SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY First Presbyterian Church

Tallahassee, Florida

The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

October 18, 2020

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Use it to help you take part in this “virtual” service of Lord’s Day worship.

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GATHERING Voluntary Chorale Prelude: AUF MEINEN LIEBEN GOTT Johann Nicolaus Hanff

In My Beloved God (I trust…)

*Prayer of the Day Almighty and everlasting God,

in Christ you have revealed

your glory among the nations.

Preserve the works of your mercy,

that your church throughout the world

may persevere with steadfast faith

in the confession of your name;

through Jesus Christ our Lord,

who lives and reigns with you

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, forever and ever. Amen. *Hymn 385 bulletin, p. 5 All People that on Earth Do Dwell OLD HUNDREDTH

*Prayer of Confession

Merciful God,

we confess that we have sinned against you

in thought, word, and deed,

by what we have done,

and by what we have left undone.

We have not loved you

with our whole heart and mind and strength.

We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.

In your mercy, forgive what we have been,

help us amend what we are,

and direct what we shall be,

that we may delight in your will

and walk in your ways

to the glory of your holy name.

Silence is kept.

Congregational responses are in bold print.

No. 514

Hanff (1663-1711)

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.

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*Kyrie Eleison 551 LAND OF REST

*Declaration of Forgiveness

*Gloria in Excelsis 583 sung twice 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 Exodus 33:12-23

Psalm 99, No. 57 bulletin, p. 6 Tremble, O Tremble TROMBLEY

Second Lesson 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Gradual Hymn bulletin, p. 7 I’m Not Ashamed to Own My Lord BELMONT Gospel Reading Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

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Kyrie Eleison means

“Lord, Have mercy.”

Music: American folk

melody, arr. Richard

Proulx (1937-2010),

1984; © 1986 GIA

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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)

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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 Minute for Mission Prayers of the People

THE EUCHARIST

Offertory Hymn 506 bulletin, p. 8 Look Who Gathers at Christ’s Table! COPELAND

Sung by all

*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.

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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.

SENDING

*Blessing *Hymn 307 bulletin, p. 9 God of Grace and God of Glory CWM RHONDDA

*Charge Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Alleluia!

*Voluntary Salvation Now Is Come to Earth Dieterich Buxtehude

SERVING IN THE LITURGY

Presider and Preacher Brant S. Copeland Readers Virginia Thomas

Nikki Grondzik

Abby Grondzik

Cantor Jon Mathes

Choral Scholars Levi Gerke

Rachel Hillman

Jon Mathes

Allison Stokes

Organist & Choirmaster Michael Corzine

Videographer Carl Morse

Video editor Teonna Glispy

Today marks the 35th anniversary of Brant Copeland’s ministry at First Presbyterian Church.

The three hymns sung this morning (Opening, Gradual, Closing) and the Prayer of Confession were

chosen by Brant for his first service at First Presbyterian on October 20, 1985. The hymnal in use then

was The [red] Hymnbook, pub. 1955, in which the Gradual Hymn was No. 292. The opening voluntary

was a chorale prelude on AUF MEINEN LIEBEN GOTT similar to that heard this morning. The Offertory Hymn was led by the Choral Scholars, each from his/her own home, using the

Acapella app. It was commissioned by First Presbyterian Church for Brant Copeland’s 15th Anniversary

celebration in 2000, and subsequently published in our current hymnal, Glory to God, 2013.

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

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Buxtehude (1637-1707)

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Text: Richard Leach (b.

1953) © 2007 Selah

Publishing Co. Music: Alfred V. Fedak

(b. 1953) © 2011 Selah

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Text: Thomas Troeger

(b. 1945), 2000, © 2002

Oxford University Press

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Music: COPELAND,

Michael Corzine

(b. 1947), © 2000

This text celebrates the

radical hospitality that

characterizes Christ’s

welcome, which

transcends time and reaches in all directions

(Matthew 8:11 / Luke

13:29). Saints of old are,

like us, people in need of

forgiveness, and the

response to such pardon

is “thanks and praise.”

—Carl P. Daw, Jr. from

Glory to God No. 506

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