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“I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord.”   Psalm 122, vs 1

Prelude Music                                                   

“Amazing Grace”
Wilson Waddill

 Processional Hymn    

Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!  Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee.

Holy, Holy, Holy!  Merciful and mighty!  God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

 

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

                                        

GATHERING AROUND THE WORD

Call to Worship

Leader:     Keep awake, for God comes to us when we least expect him.

People:     Listen to God’s voice; he speaks and we hear his teaching.

Leader:     Share his teaching with one another; do not keep his word a secret. Tell of his wondrous deeds. 

People:     We hope in God.

Leader:     Let us worship the God of hope.

Hymn                                                                 

For All the Saints

For all the saints who from their labors rest, who thee by faith before the world confessed, thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest. Alleluia! Alleluia!

O blest communion, fellowship divine! We feebly struggle; they in glory shine; yet all are one in thee, for all are thine. Alleluia! Alleluia!

 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast, through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Alleluia! Alleluia!

Sine Nomine

Invocation and Lord's Prayer (Unison)

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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.  Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.  Amen. 

CONFESSION OF SIN & ASSURANCE OF PARDON

Call to Confession (Unison)

O God of mercy and goodness, you have asked us to serve you in sincerity and faithfulness. We confess that we have often gone through the motions without meaning what we have said and done.  You have asked us to serve you, but so often we worship other gods.  You are a holy God and you forgive our sins.  Forgive us for neglecting you and obeying other gods.  Forgive us for not being ready when you call to us.  Wake us up, O God, and forgive us in your mercy.

Silent Confession and Assurance of Pardon     

Response:   Thanks be to God!

 Gloria Patri



 Affirmation of Faith, 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.

* ”hell” refers to the Hebrew word “Sheol,” a place of the dead, rather than the Hell of the final judgment.  

** “catholic” is Latin for “universal,” implying the Christian unity that exists beyond all denominations.

                

Anthem

“The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want”

The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want; in pastures green I lie. The Lord will lead me on my path with quiet waters by.
My soul will be restored again; my way the Lord will make. I'll walk the paths of blessedness, e'en for God's own name's sake.

Though I may walk through death's dark vale, yet will I fear no ill, for you are with me, your rod and staff me comfort still.
A table full you will provide in presence of my foes; My head with oil you will anoint my cup overflows.

Your love and mercy all my days will surely follow me. In God's own house forevermore my dwelling place shall be.

                                                                                         text: Ps. 23, Scottish Psalter, 1650
music: "Brother James' Air", JLM Bain, arr. Hopson

Pastoral Prayer of the People

Scripture Reading

Matthew 23:1-12

Sermon

“‘Do as I Say, Not as I Do’ - Pharisees and Scribes”

Rev. Cress Darwin

Communion Anthem

“Draw Us In the Spirit’s Tether”

Draw us in the Spirit’s tether, for when humbly in your name Two or three are met together, you are in the midst of them;

Alleluia!  Alleluia!  Here we touch your garment’s hem.

As disciples used to gather in the name of Christ to sup,

Then with thanks to God the giver, break the bread and bless the cup, Alleluia!  Alleluia!  So now bind our friendship up.

  text: Percy Dearmer, 1931
music: Union Seminary, Harold Friedell

The Great Prayer of Thanksgiving        

Leader:     The Lord be with you.

People:     And also with you.

Leader:     Lift up your hearts.

People:     We lift them to the Lord.

Leader:     Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

People:     It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Closing Hymn                                  

How Firm a Foundation

How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith in God's excellent Word!
What more can be said than to you God hath said, to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled? 

"Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed, for I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;
I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.

“The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose, I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
that soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never, no, never, no, never forsake."

Foundation

Benediction and Choral Response                      

Amen, Danish

Postlude                                                                   

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TODAY’S MUSIC:  Wilson Waddill is an MBA student at UNC Chapel Hill who studied music as an undergrad and grew up on James Island. He spent the last four years in New York City as a musician and elementary school teacher. Chapel Hill's temporary online learning format afforded Wilson the opportunity to return to Charleston while he pursues his MBA and the chance to reconnect with friends, family, and the wonderful people of 2nd PC. 

The first hymn today was composed by the great English 20th c. composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.  He wrote this tune, “Sine Nomine” (literally “without a name”) in 1940 as a new melody for this preexisting text. Nevertheless, Sine Nomine has become the melody most associated with “For All the Saints”.   The composer of the melody for today’s anthem, James Leith MacBeth Bain (1840-1925) was nicknamed “Brother James”; hence the tune he wrote is called ‘Brother James’ Air’.   The Communion anthem was composed by Harold Friedell in 1957.  He was for many years on the faculty of Union Theological Seminary in New York, hence the tune name “Union Seminary”.   The composer of the last hymn, “Foundation”,  is unknown, but it first appeared in an American collection in 1832.