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SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY First Presbyterian Church
Tallahassee, Florida
The Second Sunday after Pentecost
June 14, 2020
You are Invited to print this bulletin, or view it in a split screen on your computer.
Use it to help you take part in this “virtual” service of Lord’s Day worship.
The video of this service will be posted on our YouTube site: FPCTallahassee.
A link will also be posted on our website: www.oldirstchurch.org.
GATHERING
Voluntary Praise to the Living God Isadore Freed
*Prayer of the Day
All-powerful God,
in Jesus Christ you turned death into life,
and defeat into victory.
Increase our faith and trust in him,
that we may triumph over all evil,
in the strength of the same Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever. Amen.
*Hymn 49 bulletin, p. 5 The God of Abraham Praise LEONI
*Prayer of Confession
God of grace, love, and communion,
we confess that we have failed to love you
with all our heart, soul, and mind;
and to love our neighbor as ourselves.
We ignore your commandments,
stray from your way, and follow other gods.
Have mercy on us.
Forgive our sin and raise us to new life
that we may serve you faithfully
and give honor to your holy name.
Silence is kept.
*Kyrie Eleison Hal H. Hopson
Congregational responses are in bold print.
Jewish-American
composer Isadore
Freed’s organ prelude on
today’s opening hymn.
The Prayer of
Confession and
Declaration of
Forgiveness are offered
from the baptismal font.
We believe that baptism
enacts and seals God’s
grace, offered freely to
all people.
Music: Hal H. Hopson (b.
1933), Musical Setting of
the Service for the Lord’s
Day © 2013 Birnamwood Publications (admin.
Morningstar Music
Publishers, Inc.) Used by
permission. Reprinted
under OneLicense.net
#A-711109.
*Declaration of Forgiveness
*Gloria in Excelsis Hal H. Hopson
*The Peace
The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
And also with you.
THE WORD
Prayer for Illumination
First Lesson Genesis 18:1–15; 21:1–7
Psalm 116, No. 655 bulletin, p. 6 What Shall I Render to the Lord MARTYRDOM
Second Lesson Romans 5:1-8
*Gradual Hymn 343, vv. 1, 2, 5, 6 Where Cross the Crowed Ways of Life GERMANY
bulletin, p. 7
Gospel Reading Matthew 9:35–10:23
Sermon
*Affirmation of Faith: The Apostles’ Creed Hymnal, Page 35 (front)
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
he descended into hell;
the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand
of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost;
the holy catholic church;
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting. Amen.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
(“Glory to God in the
Highest”) is a hymn of
praise developed from
Luke 2:14 (sung by the
angels to the shepherds
announcing Christ’s
birth).
The reader offers a
phrase to mark the end
of each reading, such as,
The Word of the Lord, or
Holy Wisdom, Holy Word.
The assembly responds,
Thanks be to God.
The hymn sung
immediately before the
reading of the Gospel is
called the Gradual, or
Gradual Hymn, which
refers to the step
(Latin gradus) from which
it was chanted in
medieval church practice.
After the reading of the
Gospel the reader says,
The Gospel of the Lord.
The assembly responds,
Praise be to you, O
Christ.
Various forms of the
Apostles’ Creed were
used from the second
century onward.
Announcements
Prayers of the People
THE EUCHARIST
Offertory
Anthem Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring J. S. Bach
Jesu, joy of our desiring, holy wisdom, love most bright,
drawn by thee, our souls aspiring, soar to uncreated light.
Word of God our flesh that fashioned with the fire of life impassioned,
Striving still to truth unknown, soaring, dying round thy throne.
*Prayer of Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise . . .
*The Lord’s Prayer Hymnal, p. 35 (front)
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory, forever. Amen.
SENDING
*Blessing
*Hymn 719 bulletin, p. 8 Come , Labor On ORA LABORA
*Charge
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
Thanks be to God. Alleluia!
*Voluntary Plein jeu François Couperin
[Gloria in excelsis Deo.] Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. [Glory to God in the highest.] And on earth peace to people of good will.
Eucharist means
“Thanksgiving.”
Text: attr. Robert
Bridges (1844-1930)
Music: The sixth
movement of Bach:
Cantata BWV 147.
The Prayer of
Thanksgiving begins
with an exchange
between the minister and
people, called the Sursum
Corda, meaning “hearts
lifted.” This dialogue
dates to the 3rd century
or earlier.
The opening verse of the
Gloria of Couperin’s
(1668-1733) first organ
Mass, the Mass for the
Use of the Parishes, pub.
1690.
In this brief piece the
plainsong melody
associated with these
words is played in long
notes in the pedal. The
“title” Plein jeu indicates
to the organist what
combination of sounds to
use.
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Brant S. Copeland, Pastor
Michael Corzine, Organist & Choirmaster
Christy Williams, Director of Christian Education
Dolores Ingraham, Emory Hingst, Leo Sandon, and Mary Vance, Parish Associates
First Presbyterian Church Phone 222-4504
110 North Adams Street Fax 222-2215
Tallahassee, FL 32301 www.facebook.com/oldfirstchurch
E-mail: office@oldfirstchurch.org website: www.oldfirstchurch.org
SERVING IN THE LITURGY
Presider and Preacher Brant S. Copeland
Readers Sue Hightower
Adonica Gieger
Andra Copeland
Cantor Allison Stokes
Choral Scholars Levi Gerke
Rachel Hillman
Jon Mathes
Allison Stokes
Organist & Choirmaster Michael Corzine
Videographer Carl Morse
Announcements
The anthem today was sung and recorded by the four choral scholars, each from his/her own home, via the Apple Acapella
application.
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Text and music: Public
Domain
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Text and music: Public Domain.
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Text and music: Public
Domain
Text: Jane Laurie Borthwick (1813-1897), 1859; rev. 1863, alt. Music: ORA LABORA, Thomas Tertius Noble (1867-1953), 1918