Service for the Lord's Day REFORMATION SUNDAY and KIRKIN’ O’ the TARTANS 28 October 2018
Our sole purpose is to glorify God, proclaiming through word and deed the love and compassion of Jesus Christ. We trust God’s Spirit to lead and nurture us in all our community and congregational endeavors. We desire that all who come through our doors find deeper faith, larger hope, and more complete love. Service For The Lord's Day REFORMATION SUNDAY and KIRKIN’ O’ THE TARTANS 28 October 2018 ** PRELUDE “Carolan’s Concerto” and “The Clergy’s Lamenation” O’Carolan/Barlow RINGING OF THE BELLS PROCESSIONAL “Scotland the Brave” & “March Medley” Patrick Knox Unrein, piper (Congregation remains seated for Processional) * THE OPENING OF THE WORD The Beadles: Morgan Leigh Jackson & Savannah Kate Jackson THE CONGREGATION GATHERS Leader: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP “Clap Your Hands!” GENEVAN 47 “Clap your hands, all you people! Shout for joy! God is Lord, Most High, King of all the earth. Nations bow to the might that God has shown; we have triumphed through God and God alone. Sound the trumpet, O sing with heart and voice. All you people, unite in God, rejoice!” BLESSING OF THE TARTANS Rev. Dr. Stephen Howell Wilkins, Pastor Dr. Falvy Carl Barr, Jr., Clerk of Session Leader 1: Thank you, O Lord, for your self-revealed Word which has ordained a rich heritage of faith and sacrifice from our ancestors, from Adam to Noah, from Noah to Abraham, from Abraham to David, so onwards to the incarnation of Jesus Christ to the establishment of his church: our brothers and sisters in Christ everywhere.
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