SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY First Presbyterian Church

Tallahassee, Florida

Trinity Sunday

June 7, 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 WIR GLAUBEN ALL’ AN EINEN GOTT, BWV 680 J. S. Bach We All Believe in One God

*Prayer of the Day: A Litany for Trinity Sunday

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit:

Glory to you forever!

Speaker, Word, and Breath of Life:

Glory to you forever!

Font of Blessing, Living Water, Flowing River:

Glory to you forever!

Compassionate Mother, Beloved Child, Life-Giving Womb:

Glory to you forever!

Sun, Light, and Burning Ray:

Glory to you forever!

Giver, Gift, and Giving:

Glory to you forever!

Lover, Beloved, and Love itself:

Glory to you forever!

Rock, Cornerstone, and Temple:

Glory to you forever!

Consuming Fire, Dividing Sword, Overpowering Storm:

Glory to you forever!

Rainbow of Promise, Ark of Salvation, Dove of Peace:

Glory to you forever!

God who was, God who is, God who is to come:

Glory to you forever!

Almighty and ever-living God,

you have given us grace, by our confession of faith,

to acknowledge and worship your triune name

in the majesty of your unity.

Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship,

and bring us at last to see you in your eternal glory,

one God, now and forever. Amen.

*Hymn 2 bulletin, p. 5 Come, Thou Almighty King ITALIAN HYMN

Congregational responses are in bold print.

Bach’s fugal prelude on the

first phrase of Martin

Luther’s German version of

the Nicene Creed, published

in 1524 with a tune based on

the Roman Credo cardinale.

*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 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 Genesis 1:1—2:4a

Psalm 8, No. 25 bulletin, p. 6 O Lord Our God, How Excellent WINCHESTER OLD

Second Lesson 2 Corinthians 13:11-13

*Gradual Hymn 9 bulletin, p. 7 The Play of the Godhead PERICHORESIS

*Gospel Lesson Matthew 28:16-20

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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: 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.

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

THE EUCHARIST

Offertory

Hymn 292 Bulletin, pages 8-9 As the Wind Song WAIRUA TAPU

*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.”

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 bulletin, p. 10 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! NICAEA

*Charge

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Alleluia!

*Voluntary Deo gratias François Couperin “Thanks be to God”

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The final movement of

Couperin’s (1668-1733)

second organ mass, pub.

1690

SERVING IN THE LITURGY

Presider and Preacher Brant S. Copeland

Readers Jon Meier

Norma Meier

Ann Hingst

Cantor Jon Mathes

Choral Scholars Levi Gerke

Rachel Hillman

Jon Mathes

Allison Stokes

Charge-givers Thatcher and Wilson Nalls

Organist & Choirmaster Michael Corzine

Videographer Carl Morse

Announcements

The closing hymn today was sung and recorded by choir members, each from his/her own home, from First Presbyterian Church,

Tallahassee; St. John‘s Episcopal Church, Tallahassee; and St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Cambridge, MA—a “Trinity of Choirs for

Trinity Sunday.” The choral video was edited by Marissa Hall, Director of Music at St. Peter’s, Cambridge, and Music and Worship

Administrator at Trinity Church in the City of Boston.

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Text: Anon, alt.

First published in

Addendum to A

Collection of Hymns for

Social Worship, 1757

Music: ITALIAN HYMN,

Felice de Giardini (1716-

1796), 1769, alt.

Text and music: Public

Domain

.

Text: Fred R. Anderson © 1986; reprinted under OneLicense.net #A-711109

Music: WINCHESTER

OLD, Este’s Psalms, 1592;

harm. George Kirbye (

c. 1565-1634), 1592;

descant: Alan Gray (1855

-1935) © 1923

Cambridge University

Press

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Text: Mary Louise Bringle (b. 1953), 2000, © 2002 G.I.A. Publications, Inc. Reprinted under OneLicense.net #A-711109 Music: PERICHORESIS,

William Rowan (b. 1951),

2000, © 2000 admin.

G.I.A. Publications, Inc.

Reprinted under

OneLicense.net #A-

711109

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Text: Shirley Erena Murray (1931-2020)), 2004, © 2002 G.I.A. Publications, Inc.

Music: WAIRUA TAPU,

Swee Hong Lim

(b. 1963), 2004

Text and music © 2005

Hope Publishing Co.

Reprinted under

OneLicense.net #A-

711109

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Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!

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Words: Reginald Heber

(1783–1826), alt.

Music: NICAEA, John

Bacchus Dykes (1823–

1876);

harm. v. 4: Eric Thiman

(1900-1975) © 1955 H.

W. Gray Co. Inc.