Welcome to Shadyside Presbyterian Church We are grateful for your presence and invite you to participate in the worship, study, fellowship, and service of this congregation.
If you are a guest with us this afternoon, our ushers are available to assist you.
Gluten-free, vegan Communion wafers are available in the Narthex for those who prefer them to the regular Communion bread.
Communion will be served through the practice of intinction. As ushers release your pews, you are invited to come forward to commune. Pull off a piece of bread held by the pastor, dip the bread into the cup the elder holds, and after communing you may return to your seat using the side aisles. If you are unable to come forward, please indicate that to an usher and the elements will be brought to you.
Nursery care is available for infants through three-year-olds during worship. Pagers are available. A cry room with a video broadcast of worship is available in the Craig Room, accessible through the Narthex.
Individual listening devices for improved sound are available for those with hearing needs. Please see an usher in the Narthex.
Restrooms are located off the Narthex and can be accessed by exiting the back of the sanctuary and turning right. Additional restrooms are available at the top of the grand staircase through the Sharp Atrium.
Flower Ministry – After worship, members of the Board of Deacons’ Flower Ministry divide the chancel flowers into bouquets to be distributed to individuals who are celebrating joyous occasions and to those who could use some cheer. If you would like to deliver a bouquet to someone you know, please stop by the front of the sanctuary after worship to receive one. Help us to share God’s love through flowers. In observance of All Saints’ Day, if you would like to receive a bouquet of flowers in honor of a departed loved one, you are welcome to come to the front of the sanctuary following this afternoon’s service.
Fifth Avenue Parking – Parking on the inbound side of the block from Wilkins Avenue to Amberson Avenue is not available for parking on Sundays. Parking is available on the outbound side as well as both sides of Fifth Avenue from Amberson Avenue into Oakland. We appreciate your helpfulness utilizing these available parking areas on Sundays.
! Please silence cellular phones and other mobile devices while in the sanctuary. We respectfully request that no food or drink be brought into the sanctuary.
2 Shadyside Presbyterian Church Order of Worship Requiem Setting by Herbert Howells Prelude Rhapsody Herbert Howells
s Hymn in Procession 543 Abide with Me Eventide
s Collect for All Saints’ Day The Reverend Lynn M. Portz
Anthem Bring Us, O Lord William Harris Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening into the house and gate of heaven. To enter that gate and dwell in that house, where there shall be no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light; no noise nor silence, but one equal music; no fears nor hopes, but one equal possession; no ends nor beginnings, but one equal eternity; in the habitation of Thy glory and dominion, world without end. Amen. Text: John Donne
Silence
Psalter Psalm 139 page 577 of the Old Testament in the pew Bible The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Salvator Mundi Herbert Howells O Saviour of the world, who by Thy cross and precious blood hast redeemed us, save us and help us, we humbly beseech Thee, O Lord.
Silence
First ScriPture Lesson The Reverend John F. Magnuson Revelation 7:9-17 page 249 of the New Testament in the pew Bible The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
s Those who are able are invited to stand. Sunday, November 6, 2016 3 Psalm 23 Herbert Howells Brian Doherty, Jolanta Doherty, Lauren-Rose King, trio The Lord is my shepherd; therefore can I lack nothing. He shall feed me in a green pasture and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. He shall convert my soul and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff comfort me. Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full. But Thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Second ScriPture Lesson Matthew 5:1-12 page 4 of the New Testament in the pew Bible The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Requiem Æternam (One) Herbert Howells Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them, Lord.
Psalm 121 Herbert Howells Brian Doherty and George Milosh, soloists I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; He that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper; the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.
Silence
The Sacrament Of Communion
Words of Institution and Distribution
Requiem Æternam (Two) Herbert Howells Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them, Lord.
I Hear a Voice from Heaven Herbert Howells Brian Doherty, George Milosh, Lauren-Rose King, soloists I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Even so, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours.
4 Shadyside Presbyterian Church Prayer of Response and 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. s HYMN 529 Lord of the Living Christe sanctorum s BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE Hyfrydol Ralph Vaughan Williams
In observance of All Saints’ Day, if you would like to receive a bouquet of flowers in honor of a departed loved one, you are welcome to come to the front of the sanctuary following this afternoon’s service, where Shadyside Presbyterian Church’s Board of Deacons will be distributing the flowers in the chancel.
Today in Shadyside Presbyterian Church The flowers in the Sanctuary this afternoon are given to the glory of God and in memory of our church family’s loved ones, who have gone on before us, by Susie and Roy Dorrance.
Ushers – W. Dennis Bossick and Barbara L. Dunkelman. Coordinator: Mark G. Allston.
Sunday, November 6, 2016 5 Music Notes
Herbert Howells (1892–1983) In 1935, Howells’ son Michael died of polio at the age of nine, a tragedy which inevitably cast an immense shadow over the composer’s life. Until quite recently, it was thought that the Requiem was composed in response to Michael’s death, but we now know that Howells composed it in 1932 or 1933, originally intending it for the choir of King’s College, Cambridge. For some reason, the music was never sent to King’s, and its existence remained unknown until its eventual publication in 1980, only three years before the composer’s own death. After the tragic events of 1935, Howells increasingly associated the Requiem with his lost son, so much so that, a few years later, when he was composing Hymnus Paradisi, a work specifically intended as Michael’s memorial and without doubt Howells’ masterpiece, he used substantial parts of the earlier Requiem, re-scoring it for soloists, large chorus, and orchestra. Fauré and Duruflé did not adhere strictly to the standard liturgy in their Requiems, and before them Brahms had gone even further in Ein Deutsches Requiem by using his own selection of texts taken from the Lutheran Bible and the Apocrypha. Though musically Howells’ Requiem could scarcely be more different from the Brahms, there is perhaps a similar spirit at work in the composer’s very personal choice of devotional psalms and scriptural passages from both the Catholic and Anglican liturgies for the dead. Howells’ music is much more complex than other choral music of the period, most of which still followed in the Austro-German tradition that had dominated English music for two centuries. Long, unfolding melodies are seamlessly woven into the overall textures; the harmonic language is modal, chromatic, often dissonant, and deliberately ambiguous. The overall style is free-flowing, impassioned, and impressionistic, all of which gives Howells’ music a distinctive visionary quality. The Requiem is written for unaccompanied chorus, which in places divides into double choir. There are six short movements which are organized in a carefully balanced structure. The two outer movements frame two settings of the Latin “Requiem æternam” and two psalm-settings. Howells reserves his most complex music for the Latin movements, in which he uses poly-tonality, chord-clusters, and the simultaneous use of major and minor keys. In contrast, the psalm-settings are simple and direct, the speech-rhythms of the plain chordal writing arising out of the textual inflections. One of the earliest and most fundamental influences on Howells was Gloucester Cathedral, with its immense, vaulted spaces and glorious east window. Howells wrote of it as “a pillar of fire in my imagination.” He consciously set out to mirror these essentially architectural elements of spaciousness and luminosity in his music, and these characteristics can clearly be heard in the Requiem. Significantly, the main climax of the work occurs at the words “et lux perpetua luceat eis” — “let light perpetual shine upon them” — a symbol of hope and comfort, confirmed in the closing pages by the final release of tension and the gradual transition to a simple, peaceful D major. Notes by John Bawden
6 Shadyside Presbyterian Church In Memoriam “Blessed are they who die in the Lord,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them.” Revelation 14:13 Gustav Anderson Ethelind Appleton Giltinan Eddy Brenda Murray Dr. Harrison Ray Anderson Lauren Nicole Eshbaugh Robert Page Dr. Harrison Ray Anderson Jr. Sally Kennedy Fownes Claudette Parker John A. Anderson Shirley A. Gedman Marilyn C. Patterson Margaret Anderson Quentin Giorgio Ruth Bromm Raymond Deanne Binde Donna Marie Gordon Bob Reed James Bromm John R. Green Margaret C. Ross Jesse Bromm Barbara Hartley J. David Ross Josephine Bromm Matthew Hazenstab Arthur W. Scheib Robert F. Bromm Van Heely Mary Jane Scheib William F. Bromm Margaret Heely Tallu Fish Scott William F. Bromm Jr. Jessie Hoffman Emma O. Sharp William F. Bromm III Abigail MacKenzie Jarvis H. Parker Sharp Harris Carr Florence E. Jordan Ruth Mae Shutes Alexander F. Chrobak Margaret A. Kirk Barbara Lee Owens Stamy Russell Clarkson Jr. Bill Leckie Lloyd Franklin Stamy Donald T. Corfield Bruce Logan Mae Ross Taylor Kenneth Davies Anna MacConnell Joseph Tiberi Donald Dewitz Joan MacConnell Gregory Reed Wagner Jerilyn Dinsmoor Eunice M. Mehl Donald Jeffrey Wagner Emily Elizabeth Dorrance Daniel R. Mehl John Walters Beatrice P. Dorrance H. Cameron Metz Jr. R. Gilbert Dorrance Benjamin Bright Moran
·········· Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. ··········
During the liturgical seasons of Advent and Lent, Shadyside Presbyterian Church invites you to join us each Wednesday for an evening of music and reflection. These 45-minute candlelight Communion services include music offered by the Shadyside Strings, Chatham Baroque, and the choirs of the Pittsburgh School for the Choral Arts. Advent Lent November 30, December 7, 14, and 21, 2016 March 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, and April 5, 2017
Sunday, November 6, 2016 7 The Shadyside Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir Mark A. Anderson, conductor • Justin M. Wallace, assistant organist Geoffrey Arnold Scott Cuva David M. Johnson Gail E. Roup Kathryn Barnard Meghan DeWald Lauren-Rose King Jennifer Saunders-LaRocco Barbara B. Beisel Brian C. Doherty Kathy Linger Virginia Schaap Jane M. Boyle Jolanta Doherty Margaret A. Ross Mehl Curt A. Scheib Lauren E. Boyle Abigail Eagleson George Milosh Alexis McCune Secosky Mark A. Boyle Ashley Episcopo Bethany Mingle Virginia Small Jamie N. Burrows Ellen Fast Boyd S. Murray Kendra Buckwalter Smith Claire Campbell Rhondda J. Gabud Timothy E. Nye Lloyd F. Stamy Jr. Jonathan P. Clunies Joel Goodloe William Ottow Emily Swora Kara Cornell Dexter L. Gulick Ryan Ricarte John Teresi Karen B. Crenshaw Margaret E. Heely Anastasia Robinson Richard A. Walker
The Shadyside Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir Sunday, December 11, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. A Concert of Music for Advent and Christmas Shadyside Chancel Choir Saturday, December 24, 2016, at 9:00 p.m. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service of Lessons and Carols with Extended Choral and Orchestral Prelude at 8:40 p.m. Shadyside Chancel Choir with Orchestra Friday, April 14, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. Good Friday Evening of Music and Readings Svyati, by John Tavener Shadyside Chancel Choir with Elisa Kohanski, Cello Sunday, April 16, 2017, at 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Easter Services of Worship Shadyside Chancel Choir with Brass and Percussion
Live Webcast Listen to a live audio stream of our service of worship at 11:00 a.m. on Sundays: www.shadysidepres.org/live Please share this link with friends and neighbors who may not be able to join us in person.
8 Shadyside Presbyterian Church Music in a Great Space ·········· 2016–2017 Concert Season ·········· Music in a Great Space, the concert series at Shadyside Presbyterian Church, presents its 24th season. We invite you to join us for these concerts — all presented in our Richardsonian Romanesque sanctuary. Sunday, January 8, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. Scott Bell, Oboist, and Friends Tickets: $15. $10 for seniors (60 and older). Free for students with valid I.D. Sunday, January 22, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. The Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra Francesco Lecce-Chong, Conductor Tickets: $15. $10 for seniors (60 and older). Free for students with valid I.D. Saturday, April 22, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. Messiah, by George Frideric Handel The Pittsburgh Camerata and Chatham Baroque Tickets: $25. For more information, please call 412.682.4300, or visit www.shadysidepres.org. Receive e-mail announcements from Shadyside’s Music Ministry by emailing [email protected] with “Subscribe Music List” in the subject line. Proceeds from each Music in a Great Space concert will support five music students attending Hope Academy of Music and the Arts, East Liberty Presbyterian Church’s arts education outreach program. Hope Academy provides theater, music, and dance programs for young artists from three to nineteen years old. The Music in a Great Space concert series is made possible by a grant from the William E. Saul Fund of the Shadyside Presbyterian Church, an endowment created by Mr. Saul in memory of his mother, Lydia Schulze Saul.
The Pittsburgh Camerata ·········· Concerts at Shadyside Presbyterian Church ·········· Hear Pittsburgh’s premier professional chamber choir under the direction of Mark A. Anderson, Shadyside Presbyterian Church’s Director of Music Ministry and the Camerata’s Artistic Director.
Sunday, December 18, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. Sure on This Shining Night The Pittsburgh Camerata
Sunday, February 12, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. Images and Reflections The Pittsburgh Camerata
Tickets available from www.pittsburghcamerata.org.
Sunday, November 6, 2016 9 Music for Midsummer Nights ·········· A Mini-Series of Midweek Concerts from Music in a Great Space ·········· At the conclusion of its 24th season, Music in a Great Space invites you to join us for a series of delightful concerts on Wednesday evenings in June.
Wednesday, June 7, 2017, from 7:00 to 7:55 p.m. Chandos Anthems, by George Frideric Handel The Pittsburgh Camerata with Strings Tickets: $15. $10 for seniors (60 and older). Free for students with valid I.D.
Wednesday, June 14, 2017, from 7:00 to 7:55 p.m. The Steel City Men’s Chorale No admission charge. Freewill donations accepted.
Wednesday, June 21, 2017, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. A Chorus Divided: Music for Double Choir The Pittsburgh Camerata Tickets available from www.pittsburghcamerata.org.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017, from 7:00 to 7:55 p.m. Raquel Winnica Young, Mezzo-soprano, and Scott Pauley, Theorbo No admission charge. Freewill donations accepted.
Mission Partner Spotlight The mission outreach efforts of Shadyside Presbyterian Church (SPC) range from educating community youth and feeding the homeless, to international efforts of caring for orphans and promoting health care. Open Hand Ministries (OHM) is a ministry of four churches located in Garfield and East Liberty committed to promoting justice and equality through homeownership. OHM helps to revitalize the community by converting abandoned properties into safe and energy-efficient homes. OHM also helps first-time homeowners to develop the skills which will lead them to financial stability and strength, and continues in relationship with these families long after they move in. Shadyside volunteers help to renovate these homes, doing everything from demolition at the start of the project to painting at the end. OHM welcomes volunteers to join them on the first Saturday of each month; no prior experience required. There also are opportunities to participate in the client care teams which walk alongside the families as they prepare for homeownership and beyond. For more information about OHM, visit www.openhandpittsburgh.org. For more information regarding the church’s local, national, and international mission partners, please visit www.shadysidepres.org/serving-community.
10 Shadyside Presbyterian Church Sunday Adventures in Music Now in its 25th year, Sunday Adventures in Music (SAM) is a comprehensive music-training program for children in kindergarten through fifth grade. Led by Stephen Donnelly, Associate for Children’s Music Education, SAM gives us an opportunity to teach children the skills necessary to participate fully in the musical life of the Christian church. Through SAM, we seek to help children develop their singing voices, learn basic skills in music literacy, and become familiar with varied traditions of sacred music from around the world. We are pleased to have included a number of children from the community on our past rosters and are always eager to reach out to new friends. For more information and a complete schedule, contact Ellen Allston, Director of Christian Education for Children’s Ministry, by e-mail at [email protected] or by telephone at 412-682-4300, ext. 119.
Grief Support: Surviving the Holidays ·········· Mondays, November 7 and 14, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. ·········· For those who have experienced the death of a loved one, the approaching holidays often bring mixed feelings of sadness, nostalgia, and even dread. On Mondays, November 7 and 14, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., Shadyside Presbyterian Church Care and Support Ministries will offer a two-week gathering to help you prepare for the holidays. Facilitated by the Reverend Lynn Portz and Elder Linda Fisher, these discussions will be filled with practical and uplifting ideas for the weeks ahead, and include a devotional booklet for you to take home. Please feel free to bring a family member or friend. To register for the group, speak to Rev. Lynn Portz or call the church office: 412-682-4300.
Adult Christian Education ·········· Sundays at 9:45 a.m. ·········· On Sunday mornings, the Adult Christian Education Team invites you to gather in the Sharp Atrium at 9:30 a.m. for a time of fellowship and light refreshments before attending the study of your choice. Topical Book Study Adult Bible Study From October 23 through November 20, Explore Scripture in-depth in this study led by eat with more intention, compassion, and gratitude Elder Richard L. McGough III. This year, join us as as we read To The Table: A Spirituality of Food, we study the writings of St. John, beginning with the Farming, and Community with Gospel, continuing with the epistles, and Elder Niquelle T. Abdul-Malak and Susan W. Balaan. concluding with the Book of Revelation.
Please pick up a bookmark available in the Narthex and Sharp Atrium to preview the schedule for future studies.
Sunday, November 6, 2016 11 Thanksgiving Eve Service
·········· Wednesday, November 23, at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary ··········
We have chosen to set aside this time to celebrate God’s many blessings to us as a congregation. The service will include Thanksgiving hymns and a meditation by the Reverend Dr. Conrad C. Sharps. Special food donation bags will be distributed in the Narthex and Sharp Atrium on Sundays, November 13 and 20. A list of suggested non-perishable items will be attached to the bags. The bags will be received during the Thanksgiving Eve Service. If you are unable to attend the service, you may drop the bags at the church office the week of Thanksgiving. All gifts collected will be delivered to the East End Cooperative Ministry Food Pantry to replenish their food supply. Questions may be directed to the Reverend Todd E. Leach, Associate Pastor for Missions, or to any member of the Hunger and Homelessness Mission Action Community (MAC).
Church Staff Conrad C. Sharps, Senior Pastor Stephen M. Donnelly, Associate for Children’s Music Todd E. Leach, Associate Pastor for Missions Education John F. Magnuson, Associate Pastor for Discipleship Michelle M. Dzikowski, Assistant to the Associate Pastors Lynn M. Portz, Associate Pastor for Parish Life Della L. Ellard, Administrative Assistant Ellen L. Allston, Director of Christian Education for Ruth E. Garrett, Assistant to the Senior Pastor Children’s Ministry Karen S. Jueng, Associate for Children’s Ministry Mark A. Anderson, Director of Music Ministry Mary E. Lang, Director of the Nursery School Robert K. Anderson, Head Sexton Sonja Lipski, Infant Ministry Peter F. Bodnar, Director of Communications Dennis H. Martin, Sexton Jane M. Boyle, Director of Children’s Handbell Choir Bobby C. Pack Jr., Sexton Steven M. Bright, Hospitality Coordinator Rebecca D. Reeder, Campus Ministry – Judy A. Brust, Accountant Carnegie Mellon University Brytani H. Clifton, Campus Ministry – Nancy M. Shaytar, Director of Finance Chatham University Justin M. Wallace, Assistant Organist
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