On Sunday evenings, the Stanford community gets an opportunity to reflect through Compline, a program featuring chanting and meditation at a candlelit Memorial Church. (VERONICA CRUZ/The Stanford ...

“It’s incredible to hear 300 people being completely silent. It’s amazing how quiet people can be,” said Stephen Kennedy, music director of Christ Church on East Avenue. That’s not the reaction most ...

It’s a beloved Sunday night tradition celebrating its 65th anniversary this year. And like so many other things, the weekly Compline service at St. Mark’s Cathedral on Capitol Hill in Seattle was ...

As darkness envelops the night, candlelight shines forth to welcome the weary each Sunday evening at Grace Lutheran Church's new compline service. All is silent until a single bell rings and the ...

the bells start tolling in the half hour or so before Compline begins. We sit down and wait for a moment, hear other people shuffle in. It still looks like there’s no one up front, just the light. But ...

Compline is a brief service of prayer — essentially a monk’s bedtime prayers. The community gathers to give thanks for the day that has passed and to ask for safety in the night to come. In the office ...

First-Plymouth Church will offer a Compline for Peace service on Sunday, Nov. 12, at First-Plymouth Church, 2000 D St. With the fires of war raging in the Middle East and Ukraine, we need to gather in ...

We tend to note the passage of time with misgivings, seeing in a graying head or weathered fence a lifetime slipping away. Maybe we need to narrow our focus. Maybe the passage of a day or a week is ...

An evening service intended for rest and contemplation, this is the first compline service of the new season. Compline is led by the Rev. Sarah Thomas. It begins with synthesized ambient music by DJ ...

The Rev. Ian B. Reid, senior pastor at First Lutheran Church, 1701 19th St., Parkersburg, prepares for the annual Advent Candlelight Compline services. The services will be held each Wednesday during ...