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