Sunday Worship
First Parish
A liberal religious community, welcoming to all
First gathered 1739
February 21, 2021
Zoom Worship Service
Gathering
Winter Pastoral
By Frank Bridge
In Memoriam
By Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
A Book of Verses
By Arthur Foote
All selections played by Kenneth Seitz, piano
Recorded February 18th, 2021
Welcome, Announcements, and Chalice Lighting
Jo Guthrie, Worship Associate
Opening Music
Faith
By Felix Mendelssohn
Kenneth Seitz, piano
Recorded February 18th, 2021
Joys and Concerns
Ebonié Smith-Cooper, Lay Minister
Musical Interlude
Candlemusic
By Kenneth Seitz
Kenneth Seitz, piano
Recorded April 5th, 2021
Prayer
Rev. Erica Richmond, Parish Minister
Consolation
By Franz Liszt
Kenneth Seitz, piano
Recorded February 18th, 2021
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Time for All Ages
Rev. Stevie Carmody
Greetings and Break Out Groups
Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister
Music for Break Out Rooms
Evening In the Mountains
By Edvard Greig
Winter Pastoral
By Frank Bridge
Kenneth Seitz, piano
Recorded February 18th, 2021
Reading
Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister
Musical Interlude
Jesus bleibet meine Freude (“Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”)
adapted from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 47
by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1723
First Parish Choir
Brendon Shapiro, organ
The Life of Jesus in Art:
Adoration of the Child, Gerard Honthorst, 1620
Joseph the Carpenter and Jesus, Georges de La Tour, 1642
Baptism, Ioan (John) Popa and Camelia Ionesco-Popa, 2003.
After the Baptism of Jesus, Mike Moyers, 2015
Christ in the Wilderness by Ivan Kramskoy, 1872
The Miracle of the Fish, Henri Picou, 1850
Head of Christ, Rembrandt, 1650
Christ Blessing the children, Van Dyck 1618
Christ in the house of Mary and Martha, Vermeer, 1655
The Tribute Money, Titian, 1516
Christ Driving the Money Changers Out of the Temple, Boulogne, 1618
Jesus Washing Peter’s Feet, Ford Madox Brown, 1852–6
The Last Supper, Holbein, 1520
Christ in Gethsemane, Hofmann, 1886
The taking of Christ, Michelangelo, 1602
Ecce Homo, Caravaggio, 1605
The Crucifixion, Velaquez, 1632
Entombment of Christ, Caravaggio, 1603
The Doubting of St. Thomas, Caravaggio, 1600
The Walk to Emmaus, Rowan LeCompte and Irene Matz LeCompte, 1979
Homily
Rev. Marta Morris Flanagan, Lead Minister
Music
“Amen, Blessed Be”
Kenneth Seitz, piano
Jonathan Brennand, cantor
Recorded April 5th, 2020
| “Amen, Blessed Be, Shalom, Salaam” will be played twice. You are invited to sing along at home. |
Benediction
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May faith in the Spirit of Life, |
Postlude
Impromptu
By Jean Sibelius
Kenneth Seitz, piano
Recorded February 18th, 2021
Invitation Social Time
You are invited to participate in a break out group following worship.
If you cannot participate, now is the time to exit the zoom meeting during a 3 minute break.
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