The Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton
Presider

Rabbi Jonathan Roos
Preacher

Rabbi Samuel M. Stahl
Reader

The Chautauqua Choir

Joshua Stafford
Director & Organist

Rees Taylor Roberts
Organist

SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP

We invite you to quietly prepare your hearts for worship during the Prelude. 

* Denotes that the congregation is invited to rise in body or spirit. It is our custom to sing the first and last verses of hymns in unison; the interior verses may be sung in parts.

HAPPENING TODAY

10:15 a.m. Sunday School (Ages 3–Grade 6) • Children’s School

12:15 p.m. Roman Catholic Mass • Hall of Philosophy

5 p.m. Blessing of the Animals • Miller Park

7 p.m. Palestine Park Tour • Near Miller Bell Tower 
Sponsored by The Reverend Noel A. Calhoun, Jr., D.D. Fund

8 p.m. Sacred Song Service: The Beauty of Holiness  • Amphitheater

Prelude

Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537 
J.S. Bach, ca. 1708 

Welcome & Announcements

The Rt. Rev. Eugene Sutton

Call to Worship*

Psalm 67, adapt. Stephen Mitchell

Bless us, Lord, with your peace; 

make your light shine within us.

So that your presence may be known, 

and your love appear to all people.

Let all the nations of the earth honor you, 

and all people shout out your praise.

Christian, Muslim, and Jew; seeker and agnostic;

Buddhist and Taoist, scientist and poet;

brown skinned and yellow, black and white.

let wisdom speak in our hearts

and justice light up in our eyes.

Let the whole world feel your presence

and sing out in the fullness of joy!

Hymn*

“Holy, holy holy!” 

Nicæa, John Bacchus Dykes, 1861
Reginald Heber, 1827, alt.

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!

Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,
casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea!
Cherubim and seraphim, falling down before thee,
who wert, and art, and evermore shall be.

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea!
Holy, holy, holy; merciful and mighty;
God in three persons, blessed Trinity! Amen.

Scripture Reading

Leviticus 19:15–18

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 

You shall not render an unjust judgement; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor. 

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not profit by the blood of your neighbor: I am the Lord. 

You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall not reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself. 

You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. 

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Anthem

Silent Devotion & Response 
Ernest Bloch, 1934

May the words of my mouth 
and the meditations of my heart 
be acceptable to you,
Adonai, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Prayers of the People

Holy One, there are so many ways we can praise you, both in our prayers and in the good deeds we perform. So we pray:

That we may greet each day with eagerness, even when the future is uncertain…

That we may greet each day with eagerness, especially when the future is uncertain…

For strength and wisdom to face the day’s needs…

For the grace to stretch out our hands in kindness…

For the will to stretch our minds toward justice…

For renewed desire to learn and understand…

To be fully awake: to ourselves, to each other, and to You…

To learn from You, and from Your words, the art of sacred living…

That you will hear us, and light a spark of faith and hope in us, as we lift up the needs of our lives and our world, either silently or aloud...

Grant us these prayers, O God, for the sake of your Love. Amen.

In Jewish worship services, the Kaddish, or Sanctification, is recited to mark the end of one section of the service. The main idea of the Kaddish is similar to that of the Lord’s Prayer: sanctification of God’s name throughout the world that God has created. Jesus, a Jewish scholar and teacher, added to that the inward prayers of the community, which focus on daily life. In this spirit of hospitality in worship, we invite everyone to join in the words of the Prayer that Jesus taught, or feel free to remain silent or recite aloud another prayer that is dear to your heart.

The Prayer That Jesus Taught

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; And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

Hymn

“Break thou the bread of life” 

Bread of Life, William Fisk Sherwin, 1877
Mary Ann Lathbury, 1877

1 Break thou the bread of life,
dear Lord, to me,
as thou didst break the loaves
beside the sea.Beyond the sacred page 
I seek thee, Lord.
My spirit pants for thee,
O living Word!

2 Bless thou the truth, dear Lord,
now unto me,
as thou didst bless the bread
by Galilee.
Then shall all bondage cease,
all fetters fall.
And I shall find my peace,
my all in all.

Invitation to the Offering

Offertory Anthem

“Dear Lord and Father” 
C. Hubert H. Parry, 1888, arr. H. A. Chambers
John Greenleaf Whittier, 1872

Dear Lord and Father of mankind, 
forgive our foolish ways; 
reclothe us in our rightful mind, 
in purer lives thy service find, 
in deeper reverence praise.

In simple trust like theirs who heard, 
beside the Syrian sea, 
the gracious calling of the Lord, 
let us, like them, without a word, 
rise up and follow thee. 

Drop thy still dews of quietness, 
till all our strivings cease; 
take from our souls the strain and stress, 
and let our ordered lives confess 
the beauty of thy peace. 

Breathe through the heats of our desire 
thy coolness and thy balm; 
let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; 
speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, 
O still, small voice of calm. 

Presentation of the Offering

Our Sunday offering supports not only the ministry of Chautauqua Institution’s Department of Religion, but also a tithe of your contribution is directed to organizations that meet the urgent needs of our neighbors in Chautauqua County. We thank you for your generosity! Gifts and offerings may be made by check payable to the Department of Religion, or you may donate online at giving.chq.org/religion.

Doxology

Old 100th

O enter then God’s gates with praise; 
approach with joy God’s courts unto; 
praise, laud, and bless God’s name always, 
for it is seemly so to do. Amen.

Reading From Scripture

John 6:16–21

When evening came, the disciples went down to the sea, got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the water coming towards them, and they were terrified. But Jesus said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” They were about to take him into the boat, but suddenly the boat reached the land toward which they were going. 

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Sermon

Rabbi Jonathan Roos

“Get In The Boat: A Post-October 7th Theology of Relationships”

Hymn

“I’ll praise my maker while I’ve breath”

Old 113th, Attr. Matthäus Greiter, 1525
Isaac Watts, 1719; adapt. John Wesley, 1736

1 I'll praise my Maker while I've breath;
and when my voice is lost in death,
praise shall employ my nobler powers.
My days of praise shall ne'er be past
while life and thought and being last,
or immortality endures.

2 How happy they whose hopes rely
on Israel's God, who made the sky
and earth and seas with all their train;
whose truth forever stands secure,
who saves the oppressed and feeds the poor,
and none shall find God's promise vain.

3 The Lord pours eyesight on the blind;
the Lord supports the fainting mind
and sends the laboring conscience peace.
God helps the stranger in distress,
the widowed and the parentless,
and grants the prisoner sweet release.

4 I'll praise my Maker while I've breath;
and when my voice is lost in death,
praise shall employ my nobler powers.
My days of praise shall ne'er be past 
while life and thought and being last,
or immortality endures.

Blessing & Dismissal

May your light break forth like the dawn,

And may your healing quickly appear. 

May righteousness go before you, 

And may the glory of the Lord be your rear guard. Amen.

Now let us go boldly into the world doing justice, loving kindness, and walking humbly before the Lord.

Thanks be to God! 

Postlude

Postlude in D Minor 

Charles Villiers Stanford, 1908

You are invited to remain seated for the postlude.

Support for this week’s chaplaincy and preaching is provided by The Harold F. Reed, Sr. Chaplaincy.

WEEKDAY MORNING WORSHIP AT 9:15 A.M.
Amphitheater, Rabbi Jonathan Roos

Monday, July 29 • Holiday Wheat Money Gets The Best Bread (For Helping Others)

Tuesday, July 30 • Form Follows Function: The How, Why, And When To Master The Water

Wednesday, July 31 • You’re Out Of Order: The Gratitude and Blessings For Our Bounty

Thursday, Aug. 1 • Waste Not And Clean Up Your Mess

Friday, Aug. 2 • The Solitary Strength And Extra Soul Of The Sabbath

INTERFAITH LECTURES AT 2 P.M.
Hall of Philosophy, The Arts: Expressions from the Soul

Monday, July 29 • Francis Collins

Tuesday, July 30 • Su’ad Abdul Khabeer

Wednesday, July 31 • Joshua Seftel in conversation with Simran Jeet Singh

Thursday, Aug. 1 • Jolene Rickard

Friday, Aug. 2 • Dave Young Kim

WEDNESDAY ORGAN CONCERT AT 12:15 P.M.
Amphitheater, Joshua Stafford, organist

JOIN THE CHAUTAUQUA CHOIR
Thursday 6:15 p.m. Rehearsal at Smith Wilkes Hall
Friday 6:15 p.m. Rehearsal at Lenna Hall
Saturday 6:15 p.m. Rehearsal at Lenna Hall

We invite you to join us and sing with the Chautauqua Choir this season. This group is open to anyone who has experience singing in choirs and the ability to read music, and requires members to attend at least one out of three weekly rehearsals, though two or more rehearsals are preferred. Our preference is for members to sing both Sunday Morning and Sunday Evening services, though it is possible to sing only one. Questions can be directed to choir@chq.org or by calling the choir library at 716-357-6321. Click here to register ahead of rehearsals.

JOIN THE MOTET CHOIR

The Motet Choir, which leads our weekday worship services, comprises experienced auditioned singers who rehearse and perform a variety of works from the rich heritage of sacred choral music of the past and a diversity of styles from the present. Singers must have a background of choral singing experience with excellent vocal quality and sight-reading ability. Members of the Motet Choir are compensated in the form of a gate pass for the weeks that they sing in the choir. Interested singers should email choir@chq.org or call the choir library at 716-357-6321 to schedule an audition for the 2025 summer season

FLOWER DEDICATIONS

The flowers on the stage are given …

… in loving memory of Alfreda Locke Irwin and Forest B. Irwin by their children. 

… in thanksgiving for the Chautauqua and Motet Choirs, and for all our musicians.

CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION
Department of Religion

Melissa Spas
Vice President of Religion

The Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton
Senior Pastor

Rafia Khader
Director of Religion Programs

Joshua Stafford
Director of Sacred Music & The Jared Jacobsen Chair Organist

Rees Taylor Roberts
Organ Scholar

Owen Reyda
Organ Scholar

Carolyn Snider
Administrative Assistant

Annie Leech
Student Minister