Organ Prelude

Festive Prelude No. 1

Louis Lewandowski, 1871

Call to Worship

Leader: What does the Lord require of you,

Circle: but to do justice,

love kindness,

and walk humbly with God?

Leader:  Let us worship God!

Gathering Hymn

Holy, holy, holy!  Lord God Almighty! 

tune: Nicaea
(James Bacchus Dykes 1861)

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 shalt 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!

  Reginald Heber, c. 1820, altered

Call to Confession

Leader: Let us confess our sins before God, our help in times of trouble.

Prayer of Confession

All: Almighty God,

We have asked for your righteous judgment against others,

but we have not acknowledged the sin in our own lives.

We have worshiped you with our lips,

but have dishonored you with our actions.

We have prayed for you to end the suffering in our world,

yet we have not practiced compassion
and generosity toward others.

Forgive our self-righteousness

and give us integrity of heart,

that we may shine forth the light of your goodness.

Amen.  

  (Isaiah 58: 2,4)

Declaration of Forgiveness

Leader:

In mercy God forgives us our sin

and grants us genuine repentance

through the grace and power of the Holy Spirit.

Anthem

Chautauqua Anthem 

Paul Moravec, 2017

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.

And what does the Lord require of you?

To act justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with your God.

-Micah 6:8

Pastoral Prayer and Intercessions

Good and gracious God…

O God, on this day we offer special intercessions for…

The Prayer 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, for ever and ever. Amen.

Hymn

What Does the Lord Require                   

Sharpthorne
Erik Routley, 1968

What does the Lord require for praise and offering?

What sacrifice desire, or tribute bid you bring?

Do justly; love mercy; walk humbly with your God.

Rulers of earth, give ear! Should you not justice show?

Will God your pleading hear, while crime and cruelty grow?

Do justly; love mercy; walk humbly with your God.

The flowers on the stage are given …

… in honor of the Chautauqua Bird, Tree, and Garden Club’s advocating for nature on these Grounds for over a century.  

… in loving memory of Betty Offutt Wood, W.A. "Jim" Wood, brothers Andy Wood and Arch Wood, and dear friend Polly Bradley, by the Wood family.

… in loving memory of Robert W. and Katharine C. Cornell and son Thomas Cornell, by Dr. and Mrs. R. William Cornell and family.

The week’s chaplaincy was made possible by the Robert D. Campbell Memorial Chaplaincy Fund.

Join us tonight at 8 p.m., here in the Amp, for “CHQ Vespers,” in the tradition of our Sacred Song Service, including music dear to Chautauquans for generations.