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SCHEDULE: New services release every Sunday through Thursday at 5 am.

Compline: Evening Liturgies for Anxious Souls is a meditative prayer service offered Sunday through Thursday evenings from the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University. Based on the ancient practice of Praying the Hours, Compline features original music and the curation of scripture and prayers built into an invitation to commune with God in a time of reflection, quiet, and stillness at the end of the day in our anxious age.

Compline: An Evening Liturgy for Anxious Souls Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 4.8 • 75 Ratings

SCHEDULE: New services release every Sunday through Thursday at 5 am.

Compline: Evening Liturgies for Anxious Souls is a meditative prayer service offered Sunday through Thursday evenings from the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University. Based on the ancient practice of Praying the Hours, Compline features original music and the curation of scripture and prayers built into an invitation to commune with God in a time of reflection, quiet, and stillness at the end of the day in our anxious age.

    Eastertide 2024 - Sunday Evening March 31st

    Eastertide 2024 - Sunday Evening March 31st

    This is the Sunday evening liturgy during Eastertide for the Compline podcast from the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University. For more about the Center for Worship and the Arts, as well as the resources we provide, visit us at https://www.samford.edu/worship-arts/.
    CREDITS: 
    © 2021 Center for Worship and the Arts, Samford University. 
    Engineered and produced by Wen Reagan for the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University. 
    SPOKEN WORD:
    Wen Reagan, Stacy Love, Tracy Hanrahan, Meagan Kennedy, Pierce Moffett, Eden Walker. 
    MUSIC:
    Wen Reagan: vocals, guitars, keys, pad. 
    “Compline #1” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music.  
    “Compline #2” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music.  
    “Wait on the Lord” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music, CCLI #7145633. 
    TEXTS:
    The liturgical words for this podcast series include original phrasings, but were primarily curated and designed from several public domain sources, including “An Order for Compline” from the Anglican and Episcopal Book of Common Prayer and collects collected from Grace Cathedral.
    SOUNDS:
    The following sound effects were used in this podcast series and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. 
    "Door, Front, Opening, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org.  
    "Door, Front, Closing, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org.  
    “06 – Crackling Candle.wav” by 14GPanskaLetko_Dominik of Freesound.org.  
    “Lights a Candle Light with a Match” by straget of Freesound.org. 
    The following sound effects were used in this podcast series and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. 
    “Soft Shoes Walking on a Dirt Road” by Nagwense of Freesound.org.  
    “Match Being Lit.wav” by Jeanet_Henning of Freesound.org.  
    “Candle Blow.wav” by Bee09 of a href="https://gracecathedral.org/prayers-difficult-times/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    • 12 min
    Eastertide 2024 - Monday Evening April 1st

    Eastertide 2024 - Monday Evening April 1st

    This is the Monday evening liturgy during Eastertide for the Compline podcast from the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University. For more about the Center for Worship and the Arts, as well as the resources we provide, visit us at https://www.samford.edu/worship-arts/.
    CREDITS:
    © 2021 Center for Worship and the Arts, Samford University.
    Engineered and produced by Wen Reagan for the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University.
    SPOKEN WORD:
    Wen Reagan, Stacy Love, Tracy Hanrahan, Meagan Kennedy, Pierce Moffett, Eden Walker.
    MUSIC:
    Wen Reagan: vocals, guitars, keys, pad.
    “Compline #1” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music.
    “Compline #2” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music.
    “Wait on the Lord” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music, CCLI #7145633.
    TEXTS:
    The liturgical words for this podcast series include original phrasings, but were primarily curated and designed from several public domain sources, including “An Order for Compline” from the Anglican and Episcopal Book of Common Prayer and collects collected from Grace Cathedral.
    SOUNDS:
    The following sound effects were used in this podcast series and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
    "Door, Front, Opening, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org.
    "Door, Front, Closing, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org.
    “06 – Crackling Candle.wav” by 14GPanskaLetko_Dominik of Freesound.org.
    “Lights a Candle Light with a Match” by straget of Freesound.org.
    The following sound effects were used in this podcast series and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
    “Soft Shoes Walking on a Dirt Road” by Nagwense of Freesound.org.
    “Match Being Lit.wav” by Jeanet_Henning of Freesound.org.
    “Candle Blow.wav” by Bee09 of Freesound.org.


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    • 12 min
    Eastertide 2024 - Tuesday Evening April 2nd

    Eastertide 2024 - Tuesday Evening April 2nd

    This is the Tuesday evening liturgy during Eastertide for the Compline podcast from the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University. For more about the Center for Worship and the Arts, as well as the resources we provide, visit us at https://www.samford.edu/worship-arts/.
    CREDITS: 
    © 2021 Center for Worship and the Arts, Samford University. 
    Engineered and produced by Wen Reagan for the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University. 
    SPOKEN WORD:
    Wen Reagan, Stacy Love, Tracy Hanrahan, Meagan Kennedy, Pierce Moffett, Eden Walker. 
    MUSIC:
    Wen Reagan: vocals, guitars, keys, pad. 
    “Compline #1” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music.  
    “Compline #2” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music.  
    “Wait on the Lord” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music, CCLI #7145633. 
    TEXTS:
    The liturgical words for this podcast series include original phrasings, but were primarily curated and designed from several public domain sources, including “An Order for Compline” from the Anglican and Episcopal Book of Common Prayer and collects collected from Grace Cathedral.
    SOUNDS:
    The following sound effects were used in this podcast series and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. 
    "Door, Front, Opening, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org.  
    "Door, Front, Closing, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org.  
    “06 – Crackling Candle.wav” by 14GPanskaLetko_Dominik of Freesound.org.  
    “Lights a Candle Light with a Match” by straget of Freesound.org. 
    The following sound effects were used in this podcast series and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. 
    “Soft Shoes Walking on a Dirt Road” by Nagwense of Freesound.org.  
    “Match Being Lit.wav” by Jeanet_Henning of Freesound.org.  
    “Candle Blow.wav” by Bee09 of a href="http://freesound.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    • 12 min
    Eastertide 2024 - Wednesday Evening April 3rd

    Eastertide 2024 - Wednesday Evening April 3rd

    This is the Wednesday evening liturgy during Eastertide for the Compline podcast from the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University. For more about the Center for Worship and the Arts, as well as the resources we provide, visit us at https://www.samford.edu/worship-arts/.
    CREDITS: 
    © 2021 Center for Worship and the Arts, Samford University. 
    Engineered and produced by Wen Reagan for the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University. 
    SPOKEN WORD:
    Wen Reagan, Stacy Love, Tracy Hanrahan, Meagan Kennedy, Pierce Moffett, Eden Walker. 
    MUSIC:
    Wen Reagan: vocals, guitars, keys, pad. 
    “Compline #1” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music.  
    “Compline #2” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music.  
    “Wait on the Lord” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music, CCLI #7145633. 
    TEXTS:
    The liturgical words for this podcast series include original phrasings, but were primarily curated and designed from several public domain sources, including “An Order for Compline” from the Anglican and Episcopal Book of Common Prayer and collects collected from Grace Cathedral.
    SOUNDS:
    The following sound effects were used in this podcast series and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. 
    "Door, Front, Opening, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org.  
    "Door, Front, Closing, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org.  
    “06 – Crackling Candle.wav” by 14GPanskaLetko_Dominik of Freesound.org.  
    “Lights a Candle Light with a Match” by straget of Freesound.org. 
    The following sound effects were used in this podcast series and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. 
    “Soft Shoes Walking on a Dirt Road” by Nagwense of Freesound.org.  
    “Match Being Lit.wav” by Jeanet_Henning of Freesound.org.  
    “Candle Blow.wav” by Bee09 of a...

    • 12 min
    Eastertide 2024 - Thursday Evening April 4th

    Eastertide 2024 - Thursday Evening April 4th

    This is the Thursday evening liturgy during Eastertide for the Compline podcast from the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University. For more about the Center for Worship and the Arts, as well as the resources we provide, visit us at https://www.samford.edu/worship-arts/.
    CREDITS: 
    © 2021 Center for Worship and the Arts, Samford University. 
    Engineered and produced by Wen Reagan for the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University. 
    SPOKEN WORD:
    Wen Reagan, Stacy Love, Tracy Hanrahan, Meagan Kennedy, Pierce Moffett, Eden Walker. 
    MUSIC:
    Wen Reagan: vocals, guitars, keys, pad. 
    “Compline #1” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music.  
    “Compline #2” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music.  
    “Wait on the Lord” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music, CCLI #7145633. 
    TEXTS:
    The liturgical words for this podcast series include original phrasings, but were primarily curated and designed from several public domain sources, including “An Order for Compline” from the Anglican and Episcopal Book of Common Prayer and collects collected from Grace Cathedral.
    SOUNDS:
    The following sound effects were used in this podcast series and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. 
    "Door, Front, Opening, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org.  
    "Door, Front, Closing, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org.  
    “06 – Crackling Candle.wav” by 14GPanskaLetko_Dominik of Freesound.org.  
    “Lights a Candle Light with a Match” by straget of Freesound.org. 
    The following sound effects were used in this podcast series and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. 
    “Soft Shoes Walking on a Dirt Road” by Nagwense of Freesound.org.  
    “Match Being Lit.wav” by Jeanet_Henning of Freesound.org.  
    “Candle Blow.wav” by Bee09 of a href="http://freesound.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    • 12 min
    Eastertide 2024 - Sunday Evening April 7th

    Eastertide 2024 - Sunday Evening April 7th

    This is the Sunday evening liturgy during Eastertide for the Compline podcast from the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University. For more about the Center for Worship and the Arts, as well as the resources we provide, visit us at https://www.samford.edu/worship-arts/.
    CREDITS: 
    © 2021 Center for Worship and the Arts, Samford University. 
    Engineered and produced by Wen Reagan for the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University. 
    SPOKEN WORD:
    Wen Reagan, Stacy Love, Tracy Hanrahan, Meagan Kennedy, Pierce Moffett, Eden Walker. 
    MUSIC:
    Wen Reagan: vocals, guitars, keys, pad. 
    “Compline #1” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music.  
    “Compline #2” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music.  
    “Wait on the Lord” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music, CCLI #7145633. 
    TEXTS:
    The liturgical words for this podcast series include original phrasings, but were primarily curated and designed from several public domain sources, including “An Order for Compline” from the Anglican and Episcopal Book of Common Prayer and collects collected from Grace Cathedral.
    SOUNDS:
    The following sound effects were used in this podcast series and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. 
    "Door, Front, Opening, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org.  
    "Door, Front, Closing, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org.  
    “06 – Crackling Candle.wav” by 14GPanskaLetko_Dominik of Freesound.org.  
    “Lights a Candle Light with a Match” by straget of Freesound.org. 
    The following sound effects were used in this podcast series and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. 
    “Soft Shoes Walking on a Dirt Road” by Nagwense of Freesound.org.  
    “Match Being Lit.wav” by Jeanet_Henning of Freesound.org.  
    “Candle Blow.wav” by Bee09 of a href="https://gracecathedral.org/prayers-difficult-times/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    • 12 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
75 Ratings

75 Ratings

JWSkills ,

A welcome addition to my evening

I came looking for something that would give a bit of guidance and structure and perhaps wisdom to my evenings, a compline service that would lead me in prayer at the close of day, and came upon this gem. I had never known or heard of this organization, but I am very pleased to have found them. This is a very calming, straightforward, digestible “devotional” — a shortened church liturgy, really (no Eucharist, but basically everything else) — that walks you through a bit of scripture, a few forms of prayer, and a short song. It’s all done in a fairly modern-sounding manner, yet it avoids being “contemporary” (which I’m happy about); it’s got a fresh feel and is led by young voices, and at the same time honors the ancient traditions of the faith. In a word, I love it.

2mkjhdyuo ,

Please! STOP!

What in the world is that super annoying background beeping?!?!?
It never stops! It’s a tortuous noise behind the otherwise lovely music, voice & words.
PLEASE stop using that terrible background noise!
It absolutely ruins this favorite time of prayer.

CarCampers ,

Beautiful!!!!

Enough said!!!

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