ORDER OF WORSHIP
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
CONFIRMATION SUNDAY
May 21, 2017
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
10:00 a.m.
The beginning of the opening voluntary is a call to silent, personal meditation.
Please silence all electronic devices as we prepare our hearts and minds to worship God.
OPENING VOLUNTARY
Andante Sostenuto
(Symphonie Gothique)
Charles-Marie Widor
God of truth, how difficult it is for us to be truthful before you. We want to hide our
anxieties and fears, our resentments and self-centeredness. Cut through our evasions by
the truth of your word, and help us to be honest. God of mercy, your hopes for us are
greater than our own, yet our failures do not surprise you. Forgive us, we pray, even for
the sin we cannot see. God of love, accept us as we are but do not leave us here. Help us
put behind us all that is unworthy in us, that by your grace we may live in confidence and
joy, following Jesus our Savior.
SILENT CONFESSION
(1844-1937)
KYRIE ELEISON
INTROIT
(b. 1977)
Christopher Tye
(1505-1573)
O come, ye servants of the Lord,
and praise his holy name
from early morn to setting sun,
his might on earth proclaim.
His laws are just, and glad the heart;
he makes his mercies known.
Ye princes come, ye people too,
and bow before his throne.
CALL TO WORSHIP
Minister:
People:
Minister:
*HYMN 108
Blessed be the name of the Lord, from this time forth and forevermore. From
the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised.
Who is like the Lord our God? He raises the poor from the dust and lifts
the needy from the heap, to make them sit with princes, with the princes
of his people.
Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord; praise the name of the Lord.
Let us worship God.
Christ Is Alive!
Thomas Juneau
TRURO
PROMISE OF THE GOSPEL
*GLORIA PATRI
Juneau
PSALTER
Psalm 66:14-18
Charles Villiers Stanford
(1852-1924)
Come and listen, all you who fear God,
and I will tell you what he has done for me.
I called out to him with my mouth,
and his praise was on my tongue.
If I had found evil in my heart,
the Lord would not have heard me;
But in truth God has heard me;
he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer,
nor withheld his love from me.
*THE PEACE
Minister:
People:
As a forgiven people, let us share Christ’s peace with one another.
The peace of Christ be with you.
And also with you.
SECOND LESSON
John 14:15-23 (p. 109)
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
William Redding Storm
Infant son of Anna Jeanene Storm and William Matthew Storm
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
HYMN (seated)
Holy Spirit of the Living God, instruct us in all truth. What is dark, illumine; what is low,
raise and support; what is shallow, deepen; that every moment of our lives may bear witness
to your power and your love; in the name of Jesus Christ, giver of all grace. Amen.
FIRST LESSON
TALLIS’ CANON
During the organ introduction, children through fifth grade
may process to the Chapel to meet for the Gathering.
Go with us, Lord, and guide the way,
Through this and every coming day,
That in your Spirit strong and true,
Our lives may be our gift to you.
Acts 17:22-31 (p. 137)
MEDITATION
“Community”
Brian Russo
PRAYERS
Minister:
People:
Minister:
People:
Minister:
People:
OFFERING
The Lord be with you,
And with your spirit.
Let us pray. O Lord show thy mercy upon us,
And grant us thy salvation.
O God, make clean our hearts within us,
And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.
OFFERTORY ANTHEM
(b. 1977)
If ye love me,
keep my commandments.
And I will pray the Father,
and he will give you another comforter;
even the spirit of truth.
Prayers concluding with the Lord’s Prayer:
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.
*HYMN 443
O Christ, the Great Foundation
AURELIA
RECEPTION OF THE CONFIRMANDS
Justin Patrick Andrews
Walker Corbit Ball
Blake Christian Brown
Claire Nancy Camp-Landis
Robert Brian DiDonato
Alison Spahr Frazier
Walker Rutherfoord Goodwin
Adelaide Mae Hocking
Clara Lillian Hocking
Nicole Rose Huertgen
Philip Stopford
Conor John Kilfeather
Galen Rachel Kilfeather
Jillian Francis Quirus
Amanda Jean Raphael
Matthew John Sasso
Nicole Barbara Sasso
Emilyanne Grace Shelley
Jack Harry Violante
Margaret Taylor Wilde
THE ORDER FOR CONFIRMATION
Invitation
Sentences
Questions to the Confirmands
Confirmation Prayer
Prayer of the Congregation
Great and gracious God, we praise you for calling us to be a servant people, and
for gathering us into the body of Christ. We thank you for choosing to add to our
number brothers and sisters in faith. Together may we live in your Spirit, and so
love one another, that we may have the mind of Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom
we give honor and glory forever. Amen.
Welcome
*DOXOLOGY
LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise God, all creatures here below, Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God above, ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
The Apostles’ Creed
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.
*HYMN 427
Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service
BLAENHAFREN
*BENEDICTION
CLOSING VOLUNTARY
LEADING WORSHIP: Cynthia A. Jarvis, Brian D. Russo, Austin Crenshaw Shelley; MUSIC:
Gallery Choir; Daniel Spratlan, Conductor; and Ken Lovett, Organist
Menuet Gothique
(Suite Gothique, op. 25)
(1862-1897)
GREETERS:
Franklin
Elders: Matthew Ward and Christen Webber; Deacons: Courtney and Trish
USHERS: William Chambers, Team #1 Leader; Richard Brown, Carolyn Manwaring, Kevin
Raphael and Harry Spaeth
*Congregation standing
In Memoriam
Léon Boëllmann
Theodore Miller Hillsley III
November 9, 1931—May 12, 2017
FLOWER GUILD: Diane Cornely
Flowers in the chancel are given to the glory of God
and in loving memory of
Mary Elizabeth Buehler, Sheldon Pfeifer
and Randall E. Cain
by Linda Pfeifer.
Flowers in the narthex are given to the glory of God
and in loving memory of
Theodore Miller Hillsley III
by his family.
MUSIC ATTRIBUTIONS: Hymns, anthems and texts reproduced with permission CCLI. License #:
3140916. OneLicense.net #: License # 717-519, copied with permission.