Morning Service
TRINITY SUNDAY
SUNDAY JUNE 7, 2020
*congregation standing as able
PRELUDE
Prelude in E-flat Major “Trinity” by J.S. Bach (1685–1750)
Nathan Skinner, organ
INTROIT
A New Commandment
Words: John 13: 34–35
Music: Richard Shephard (b. 1949)
Park Street Chamber Choir
A new commandment I give unto you:
that you love one another as I have loved you.
By this shall all men know that you are my disciples
if you have love for one another.
* CALL TO WORSHIP
led by Jason Abraham, Elder
Leader: Blessed be God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
People: And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever.
Leader: Ascribe to the LORD, you mighty ones, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength
People: Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness.
* OPENING HYMN No. 100 Holy, Holy, Holy
* INVOCATION, CONFESSION, & 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 coming day’s bread;
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
And lead us not into trial, but deliver us from the Evil One.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
* PEACE
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ANTHEM
O Trinity of Blessed Light
Words: St. Ambrose (4th cent.)
Music: C. Kenneth Turner
Park Street Chamber Choir
O Trinity, most blessed light,
O Unity of sovereign might,
as life the fiery sun imparts,
shed thou thy beams within our hearts.
To thee our morning song of praise,
to thee our evening prayer we raise;
then may our souls for evermore
in lovely reverence adore.
All praise to God the Father be,
all praise, eternal Son, to thee,
whom with the Spirit we adore,
for ever and for evermore.
SCRIPTURE READING
Isaiah 40:1–11
Leader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God
* HYMN Comfort, Comfort Ye My People
SCRIPTURE READING
1 Peter 1:22–2:3
Leader: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God
GLORIA PATRI (Hymn No. 734)
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, amen.
SERMON
“A Loving Hope”
Mark Booker, Senior Minister
* SERMON HYMN Christian Hearts, in Love United
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Adam Herndon, Minister to Families
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Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling
Words: Timothy Rees (1874–1939)
Music: Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
Lizabeth Nigh, soprano
Holy Spirit, ever dwelling
in the holiest realms of light;
Holy Spirit, ever brooding
o’er a world of gloom and night;
Holy Spirit, ever raising
sons of earth to thrones on high;
living, life-imparting Spirit,
thee we praise and magnify.
Holy Spirit, ever living
as the Church’s very life;
Holy Spirit, ever striving
through her in a ceaseless strife;
Holy Spirit, ever forming
in the Church the mind of Christ;
thee we praise with endless worship
for thy fruit and gifts unpriced.
Holy Spirit, ever working
through the Church’s ministry;
teaching, strengthening, and absolving,
setting captive sinners free;
Holy Spirit, ever binding
age to age, and soul to soul:
in a fellowship unending
thee we worship and extol.
* CLOSING HYMN No. 103 Holy God, We Praise Your Name
* BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
Fugue in E-flat Major “Trinity” by J.S. Bach
Nathan Skinner, organ