SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY First Presbyterian Church

Tallahassee, Florida

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

July 26, 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 Sweet and Simple...and Fast Palmer Corzine

arr. Michael Corzine

*Prayer of the Day

Eternal God,

protector of all who put their trust in you,

without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy:

Fill us with your mercy and your grace,

that, with you to rule and guide,

we may so use the good things of this present life

that we do not neglect those of eternal worth;

through Jesus Christ our Lord,

who lives and reigns with you

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and forever. Amen.

*Hymn bulletin, p. 5 Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart VINEYARD HAVEN

*Prayer of Confession

Almighty and merciful God, we have erred and strayed from your ways

like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires

of our own hearts. We have offended against your holy laws.

We have left undone those things which we ought to have done;

and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.

O Lord, have mercy upon us. Forgive those who confess their faults.

Restore those who are penitent, according to your promises

declared to the world in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And grant, O merciful God, for his sake, that we may live a holy,

just, and humble life to the glory of your holy name.

Silence is kept.

Congregational responses are in bold print.

First Presbyterian

Chorister Palmer’s (b.

2011) melody composed

at St. John’s Virtual

Choir Camp in late June,

2020

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

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#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 29:15-28

Psalm 128, No. 47 Bless All who Trust in God FRANCONIA

Second Lesson Romans 8:26-39

*Gradual Hymn 823 bulletin, p. 6; sung by the Cantor Shall Tribulation or Distress ROMANS 8

Gospel Reading Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

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.

Announcements

Prayers of the People

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.

THE EUCHARIST

Offertory

Voluntary JESU, MEINE FREUDE, BWV 1105 J. S. Bach

*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 830 bulletin, p. 8 Jesus, Priceless Treasure JESU, MEINE FREUDE

*Charge

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Alleluia!

*Voluntary JESU, MEINE FREUDE, BWV 610 J. S. Bach

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Eucharist means

“Thanksgiving.”

One of Bach’s preludes

on the tune of today’s

closing hymn, this one

from the Neumeister

Collection, discovered in

1984.

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.

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 Marian Moore

Ann Del Rossi

Emmie Kutter

Paul Brooks Kutter

Cantors Rachel Hillman

Carla Connors

Pianist Timothy Hoekman

Choral Scholars Levi Gerke

Rachel Hillman

Jon Mathes

Allison Stokes

Organist & Choirmaster Michael Corzine

Videographer Carl Morse

Charge-givers Second Harvest Food Distribution Team

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Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart

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Text: Edward Hayes

Plumptre (1821–1891)

Music: VINEYARD HAVEN,

Richard Wayne Dirksen

(1921-2003) © 1974,

Harold Flammer, Inc.,

All Rights Reserved.

Used with permission.

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home at last,

3

4 5

3

4 5

3

4 5

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Text: David Mowbray (b.

1938), 1989, alt. © 1990

The Jubilate Group,

admin. Hope Publishing

Co. Reprinted under

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Music: Johann B. König

(1691-1758), 1738; arr.

William Henry Havergal

(1793-1870), 1847;

Public Domain

Text: Mary Louise

Bringle (b. 1953), 2006

Music: Sally Ann Morris

(b. 1952), 2006

Text and music © 2006 GIA Publications, Inc.

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Text: Johann Franck

(1618-1677), 1655; trans.

Catherine Winkworth

(1827-1878) 1863, alt.

Music: Johann Crüger

(1598-1662), 1653;

harm. J. S. Bach, 1723

Text and music: Public

Domain