At this service, we will celebrate the Day of Pentecost with the youth choir of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Eighteen members of the choir are spending that weekend in Warrenton on their annual retreat, and they will serve as the primary choir and offer an introit, the offertory, and Communion anthem for this Sunday dedicated to the work of the Holy Spirit.
The St. Mark’s Youth Choir is directed by Judith Rautenberg, who has prepared choirs for the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Deutsche Symphonie Orchester and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. She is currently pursuing her doctorate at George Mason University.