SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY First Presbyterian Church

Tallahassee, Florida

The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

August 15, 2021 - 11:00 a.m.

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 live-streamed 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

Please observe silence at the ringing of the bell for reflection and centering.

Call to Worship Psalm 34:9-10

O fear the LORD, you his holy ones,

for those who fear God have no want.

The young lions suffer want and hunger,

but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Voluntary Le Banquet Céleste (The Heavenly Banquet) Olivier Messiaen

Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. (John 6:56)

*Prayer of the Day

Almighty God, you have broken the tyranny of sin

and sent the Spirit of your Son into our hearts.

Give us grace to dedicate our freedom to your service,

that all people may know the glorious liberty of the children of God;

through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and forever. Amen.

*Hymn 504 bulletin, p. 5 We Come as Guests Invited WIE LIEBLICH IST DER MAIEN

*Prayer of Confession

O Lord our God,

you call us to work for a world

where all will be fed and have dignity,

but we find ourselves distracted by our own desires.

You call us to seek justice and peace,

but we are satisfied with injustice and discord.

You call us to bring liberty to the oppressed,

but we do not insist on freedom for all.

Forgive us, O Lord.

Turn us to your will by the power of your Spirit,

so that all may know your justice and peace;

through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Savior.

Silence is kept.

Congregational responses are in bold print.

Organist-composer-mystic Messiaen’s (1908-

1992) first published

work (1928), an organ

prelude inspired by the

inscription under the

title.

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 551 LAND OF REST

*Declaration of Forgiveness

*Gloria in Excelsis 583 sung twice GLORIA (TAIZÉ)

*The Peace

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

And also with you.

THE WORD

Prayer for Illumination

First Lesson Proverbs 9:1-6

Hymn 499, bulletin, p. 6 Bread of the World in Mercy Broken RENDEZ À DIEU

Gospel Lesson John 6:51-58

Sermon

*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.

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Kyrie Eleison means

“Lord, Have mercy.”

Music: American folk

music arr. Richard Proulx

(1937-2010), 1984, ©

1986 GIA Publications,

Inc. Reprinted under

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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: Jacques Berthier

(1923-1994), © 1979 Les

Presses de Taizé, admin.

GIA Publications, Inc.

Reprinted under

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The reader offers a

phrase to mark the end

of each reading, such as,

The Word of the Lord. The

assembly responds,

Thanks be to God.

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.

Blessing of Departing Members

Faithful God,

keep, preserve, and protect Douglass and Gayle

throughout all their days.

By the power of your Holy Spirit,

make them salt of the earth

and light for the world.

Lead them to new ministries, secure in the faith

that binds us forever in the body of Christ.

The peace of Christ be with you.

And also with you.

Prayer Concerns

Prayers of the People

THE EUCHARIST

Offertory

Hymn bulletin, p. 7 Thee We Adore, O Hidden Savior, Thee ADORO TE DEVOTE sung by the cantor

*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 719 Come, Labor On ORA LABORA

*Charge

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Alleluia.

*Voluntary Fuga (Sonata VI: Our Father, Who Art in Heaven) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

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Eucharist means

“Thanksgiving.”

Text: attr. Thomas

Aquinas (1225-1274),

trans. James Russel

Woodford (1820-1885),

1850

Music: a French

Processionale from 1697

The Prayer of

Thanksgiving begins

with an exchange

between the minister and

people, called the Sursum

Corda, meaning “hearts

lifted.” This dialogue dates

from the 3rd century or

earlier.

SERVING IN THE LITURGY

Presider and Preacher Margaret O. Fox

Readers Rosemary Colson

Carla Connors

Prayer Concerns Tip Tomberlin

Cantor Serenna Jones

Organist & Choirmaster Michael Corzine

Video Team Chris Corzine, Larry Stevenson

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First Presbyterian Church

110 North Adams Street

Tallahassee, FL 32301

E-mail: office@oldfirstchurch.org

Phone 222-4504

Fax 222-2215

www.facebook.com/oldfirstchurch

website: www.oldfirstchurch.org

Margaret O. Fox, Pastor

Michael Corzine, Organist & Choirmaster

Christy Williams, Director of Christian Education

Text: Timothy Dudley-

Smith (b. 1926), 1975,

© 1984 Hope Publishing

Co.

Reprinted under

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Music: Public Domain

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Words and Music: Public

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