A SERVICE IN CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER NOVEMBER 2, 1921 - APRIL 18, 2011 “HE CARED” OLD SAINT PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH BALTIMORE, MARYLAND WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2011 ELEVEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING ORDER OF SERVICE PRELUDE Musical Selections for the Organ and the Brass Ensemble ―Miserere Mei,‖ Richard Burchard The Maryland Boychoir ―Great Day,‖ Spiritual, arr. Brazeal Dennard MUSICAL HONORS The 229th Army Band, Maryland National Guard Four Ruffles and Flourishes ―The Stars and Stripes Forever‖ ―O God, Our Help in Ages Past‖ MUSICAL SALUTE TO OUR CITY, STATE AND NATION ―Baltimore, Our Baltimore,‖ Folger McKinsey/Emma Hemberger Baltimore, where Carroll flourished, and the fame of Calvert grew! Here the old defenders conquered as their valiant swords they drew. Here the starry banner glistened in the sunshine of the sea, in that dawn of golden vision that awoke the song of Key: Here are hearts that beat forever for the city we adore; here the love of men and brothers Baltimore, our Baltimore! ―Maryland, My Maryland,‖ James Ryder Randall Thou wilt not cower in the dust, Maryland! My Maryland! Thy beaming sword shall never rust, Maryland! My Maryland! Remember Carroll's sacred trust, remember Howard's warlike thrust, and all thy slumberers with the just, Maryland! My Maryland! ―The Star-Spangled Banner,‖ John Stafford Smith/Francis Scott Key Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? HYMN IN PROCESSION ―Glorious things of thee are spoken‖ Words: John Newton (1725-1807), alt. Music: Austria, Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) WELCOME The Reverend Mark Stanley, Rector, Old St. Paul’s Church OPENING PRAYER Presider The Lord be with you. People And also with you. Presider Let us pray. O God, whose mercies cannot be numbered: Accept our prayers on behalf of thy servant William Donald, and grant him an entrance into the land of light and joy, in the fellowship of your saints; through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. People Amen. The People are seated for the lessons and the psalm THE FIRST LESSON Psalm 37: 23-24, 27 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and God delights in his way; though we stumble we shall not fall headlong, for the Lord holds us by the hand. Depart from evil, and do good; so you shall abide forever. For the Lord loves justice, and he will not forsake his faithful ones. Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. PSALM 23 People The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in the green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me 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, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. THE SECOND LESSON Revelation 21:2-7 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ―See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them as their God; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.‖ And the one who was seated on the throne said, ―See, I am making all things new.‖ Also he said, ―Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.‖ Then he said to me, ―It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life. Those who conquer will inherit these things, and I will be their God and they will be my children.‖ Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. All stand to sing SEQUENCE HYMN ―Amazing grace! how sweet the sound‖ EQUENCE YMN S H ―Amazing grace! how sweet the sound‖ Words: John Newton (1725-1807), alt.; st. 5, from A Collection of Sacred Ballads, 1790 Music: New Britain, from Virginia Harmony (1831) Words: John Newton (1725-1807), alt.; st. 5, from A Collection of Sacred Ballads, 1790 Music: New Britain, from Virginia Harmony (1831) THE GOSPEL John 11:21-27 THE GOSPEL John 11:21-27 Martha said to Jesus, ―Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him.‖ Jesus said to her, Martha said to Jesus, ―Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But ―Your brother will rise again.‖ Martha said to him, ―I know that he will rise again in the even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him.‖ Jesus said to her, resurrection on the last day.‖ Jesus said to her, ―I am the resurrection and the life. Those ―Your brother will rise again.‖ Martha said to him, ―I know that he will rise again in the who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes resurrection on the last day.‖ Jesus said to her, ―I am the resurrection and the life. Those in me will never die. Do you believe this?‖ She said to him, ―Yes, Lord, I believe that who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.‖ in me will never die. Do you believe this?‖ She said to him, ―Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.‖ Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. Please be seated SPECIAL MUSIC Morgan State University Choir ―If I Can Help Somebody,‖ Alma Bazel Androzzo, arr. Dr. Nathan Carter If I can help somebody as I pass along, If I can cheer somebody with a word or song, If I can show somebody he is travelling wrong, Then my living shall not be in vain. If I can do my duty as a Christian ought, If I can bring back beauty to a world up-wrought, If I can spread love's message that the Master taught, Then my living shall not be in vain. Then my living shall not be in vain, Then my living shall not be in vain, If I can help somebody as I pass along, Then my living shall not be in vain. REFLECTIONS Mrs. Lainy Lebow-Sachs The Honorable Barbara A. Mikulski The Honorable Kweisi Mfume THE HOMILY The Reverend Luther Starnes THE PRAYERS The People may sit or kneel and respond to every petition with Amen. In peace, let us pray to the Lord. Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Grant, we beseech thee, to thy whole Church in paradise and on earth, thy light and thy peace. Amen. Grant that all who have been baptized into Christ’s death and resurrection may die to sin and rise to newness of life, and that through the grave and gate of death we may pass with him to our joyful resurrection. Amen. Grant to us who are still in our pilgrimage, and who walk as yet by faith, that thy Holy Spirit may lead us in holiness and righteousness all our days. Amen. Give courage and faith to those who are bereaved, that they may have strength to meet the days ahead in the comfort of a reasonable and holy hope, in the joyful expectation of eternal life with those they love. Amen. Grant us grace to entrust William Donald to thy never-failing love; receive him into the arms of thy mercy, and remember him according to the favor which thou bearest unto thy people. Amen. Grant us, with all who have died in the hope of the resurrection, to have our consummation and bliss in thy eternal and everlasting glory, and, all thy saints, to receive the crown of life which thou dost promise to all who share in the victory of thy Son Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. All stand for THE COMMENDATION Give rest, O Christ, to thy servant with thy saints, where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting.