SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY First Presbyterian Church

Tallahassee, Florida

The Sixth Sunday of Easter

May 17, 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 Sonate II: Ruhig bewegt (peacefully moving) Paul Hindemith

*Prayer of the Day

O God,

you have prepared for those who love you

joys beyond understanding.

Pour into our hearts such love for you,

that, loving you above all else,

we may obtain your promises,

which exceed all that we can desire;

through Jesus Christ our Lord,

who is alive and reigns with you

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, forever and ever.

Amen.

*Hymn 686 bulletin, p. 5 God of our Life SANDON

*Prayer of Confession

For the ways we have fallen short of your hopes,

for the harm we have done to our neighbors,

for the time we have wasted

and the opportunities we have missed,

forgive us, gracious God.

To the hope of a future in hour hands,

to the joy of service in your name,

to the fellowship of your church

and the welcome at your table,

restore us, gracious God.

Through Jesus Christ we pray.

Silence is kept.

Congregational responses are in bold print.

The slow movement of

Hindemith’s (1895-1963)

second organ sonata

(1937)

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.

*Kyrie Eleison John Weaver

*Declaration of Forgiveness

*Gloria in Excelsis 583 sung twice in Latin Jacques Berthier

*The Peace

The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

And also with you.

THE WORD

Prayer for Illumination

First Lesson Acts 17:22-31

Psalm 66, No. 54 bulletin, p. 6 Make a Joyful Noise to God! DIX

Second Lesson 1 Peter 3:13-22

*Gradual Hymn 484 bulletin, p. 7 Out of Deep, Unordered Water RUSTINGTON

Gospel Reading John 14:15-21

Sermon

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Music: John Weaver ©

1990. All rights reserved;

used by permission of

the composer.

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).

Music: © 1979, 1981 Les

Presses de Taizé (admin.

GIA Publications, Inc.)

Reprinted under

OneLicense.net #A-

711109

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.

*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. Announcements

Prayers of the People

THE EUCHARIST

Offertory

Anthem If Ye Love Me Thomas Tallis

If ye love me, keep my commandments, and I will pray the Father

and he shall give you another comforter,

that he may bide with you for ever, even the spirit of truth.

*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.

Various forms of the

Apostles’ Creed were

used from the second

century onward.

Eucharist means

“Thanksgiving.”

Text: John 14:15-17

Music: Tallis’ (1505-1585)

iconic setting of this text

from today’s Gospel

lesson, pub. 1565.

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.

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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

SENDING

*Blessing

*Hymn 282 bulletin, p. 8 Come Down, O Love Divine DOWN AMPNEY

*Charge

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Alleluia, Alleluia!

*Voluntary Trumpet Voluntary in D Jeremiah Clarke

SERVING IN THE LITURGY

Presider and Preacher Brant S. Copeland

Readers Claire Hodges

Nella Beardall

Dorothy Williams

Cantor Jon Mathes

Choral Scholars Levi Gerke

Rachel Hillman

Jon Mathes

Allison Stokes

Organist & Choirmaster Michael Corzine

Videographer Carl Morse

Announcements

Today we recognize college graduates from our congregation:

Nella Beardall - graduates from Agnes Scott College with a degree in Biochemistry.

Darrien Dahunsi - graduated from FSU with a major in international studies.

Claire Hodges - graduated from UF with a major in sustainable studies.

Matt Jennings - graduating from the TCC Eagle Connection program.

Emily Kilby - graduated from UNF with a major in elementary education. She will be moving to Washington State

to accept a teaching job.

William Lowry - graduates from Presbyterian College with a major in political science and a minor in philosophy.

Dorothy Williams - graduated from Appalachian State with a major in Middle Grades Education.

She will be staying in NC to teach.

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: Hugh Thompson

Kerr (1872-1950), 1916,

© 1928, 1956 admin.

Westminster John Knox

Press

Music: SANDON, Charles

Henry Purday (1799-

1885), 1860. Harm. John

Weaver (b. 1937) ©

1990 Hope Publishing

Company.

Text and harm.

reprinted under

OneLicense.net

#A-711109.

The candle by the

baptismal font is the

Paschal Candle.

It was lit from the new

fire kindled at the Easter

Vigil, and will burn for all

seven Sundays of

Eastertide, for baptisms,

and for funerals.

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Text: Michael Morgan (b. 1948) © 2010 admin. Congregational Ministries Publishing, PC(USA)

Music: DIX, Conrad Kocher (1786-1872), 1838; v. 3 harm. David Willcocks © 1976

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Text: Fred Kaan (1929-2009), 1965 © 1968 Hope Publishing Co. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #A-711109 Music: RUSTINGTON, C.

Hubert H. Parry (1848-

1918), 1897. Public

Domain

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Text: Bianco da Sienna (c. 1350-c.1434), c. 1367, trans. Richard Frederick Littledale (1833-1890), 1867, alt. Music: DOWN AMPNEY, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), 1906 Intro., v. 3 harm. by John Ferguson (b. 1941)