+ HYMN 87: The Lord s My Shepherd, I ll Not Want CRIMOND PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS. OFFERTORY: All People That on Earth Do Dwell

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1 + Congregation Standing. Kirkin o the Tartan And be thankful. (Colossians 3:15, ESV) 11:00 a.m Bells in memory of The Great War VOLUNTARY: Andante Tranquillo Percy W. Whitlock WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS PIPING IN OF THE TARTAN: Highland Cathedral Korb Palmetto Pipes and Drums RECOGNITION OF VETERANS MEDITATION: The Last Post In honor of the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day Capers Beach, Bruce Easterling, Justin Robinson, trumpets CALL TO WORSHIP Dr. Fluhrer + HYMN: Psalm 95 IRISH + CONFESSION OF FAITH (From The Scots Confession of Faith, 1560) We undoubtedly believe That our Lord Jesus was crucified, dead, and buried, descended into hell, did rise again for our justification, and the destruction of him who was the author of death and its bondage. We do not doubt But that in the selfsame body in which he was born of the virgin, was crucified, dead, and buried, and did rise again, he did ascend into the heavens, for the accomplishment of all things, where in our name and for our comfort he has received all power in heaven and earth, where he sits at the right hand of the Father, having received his kingdom, the only advocate and mediator for us. And we believe That this same Lord Jesus shall visibly return for this Last Judgment as he was seen to ascend. And then, we firmly believe, the time of refreshing and restitution of all things shall come. Amen. + GLORIA PATRI Henry Greatorex Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. REQUEST FOR PRAYER FOR OUR FAMILIES James Lafayette Zeigler, President of The Saint Andrews Society SCRIPTURE LESSON: Psalm 100 (Pew Bible page 500) SERMON: The Old Hundredth PRAYER FOR BLESSING ON THE WORD OF GOD Dr. Derek W.H. Thomas + HYMN 65: Before Jehovah s Awesome Throne PARK STREET Trinity Hymnal + BENEDICTION + CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Benediction May the grace of Christ our Savior and the Father s boundless love, With the Holy Spirit s favor, rest upon us from above. Following the Congregational Response, please remain standing for The National Anthem of the United States of America. + THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WYCLIFF PASTORAL PRAYER Dr. Thomas + INVOCATION AND LORD S PRAYER Our Father, which 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. + HYMN 87: The Lord s My Shepherd, I ll Not Want CRIMOND Trinity Hymnal PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS OFFERTORY: All People That on Earth Do Dwell OLD HUNDREDTH arr. R. Vaughan Williams All people that on earth do dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell, come ye before him, and rejoice. The Lord, ye know, is God indeed, without our aid he did us make; We are his folk, he doth us feed, and for his sheep he doth us take. O enter then his gates with praise, approach with joy his courts unto; Praise, laud, and bless his name always, for it is seemly so to do. For why? The Lord our God is good: his mercy is forever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, and shall from age to age endure. All stand to sing the Doxology To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the God whom heaven and earth adore, From men and from the angel host be praise and glory evermore. Amen. (K4 and K5 children may leave through the narthex for Children s Church. Parents should come for them in the Thornwell Education Building, Room 107.) PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION RECESSIONAL: Amazing Grace VOLUNTARY: Toccata in G Theodore Dubois

2 The Kirkin o the Tartan The St. Andrew s Society of the City of Columbia, South Carolina By Andy Chandler The Kirkin o the Tartan included in the worship service this morning was first introduced in Columbia, South Carolina, on December 4, 1977, by the members of The St. Andrew s Society of the City of Columbia at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. The term Kirkin derives from kirk, the Scottish word for church; therefore, a Kirkin is a churching or blessing. The beautifully patterned and colorful tartan banners are symbols of Scottish clans (families and associated kinsmen), each one presented today and carried by a member of the clan it represents. Presenting the tartan before God in worship is thus an act of petition in which divine blessing is sought for the families and attendant heritage they represent. Our prayers today are offered not only for those of Scottish origin but for all who come together in worship and praise of Almighty God. Held on the first Sunday after St. Andrew s Day, November 30, The St. Andrew s Society s first Kirkin proved a ceremony of colorful yet reverent pageantry probably without precedent in central South Carolina. 1 The Reverend Hugh W. McClure III of First Presbyterian Church and the Very Reverend James Stirling of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral presided over the service. On the following January 19, 1978, both clergymen were elected to honorary membership in the Society by formal resolution. Except for 1982, when the First Presbyterian Church s sanctuary suffered a devastating fire, the Kirkin has been held in alternate years at Trinity and First Presbyterian because most of the Society s early members and officers were also members of either one or the other church.2 The procession for the 1977 Kirkin included noted historian Dr. H. Henry Lumpkin of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral as Verger, Society president G. Raymond McElveen, Jr. of First Presbyterian Church, the bearers of the national flags of the United States, Great Britain, Scotland (St. Andrew s Cross), and the Lion Rampant (Royal Banner of Scotland), as well as the kilted bearers of twelve tartan banners, including Ancient Duncan, Ancient MacDonald, Ancient MacMillan, Buchanan, Douglas, Grant, Kennedy, MacArthur, Macaulay, MacBain, MacDonald of Sleat, MacGregor, and Macpherson. Many more have been added since that time as is evidenced in the accompanying list. The Citadel Pipes and Drums, led by Pipe Major Ludovic John Grant-Alexander, provided the music for the first Kirkin procession.3 As with all Kirkin services in the United States and Canada, our Kirkin o the Tartan has its origins in a similar service first held on April 27, 1941, in Washington, D.C. at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, then under the pastorate and leadership of the Scottish-born Dr. Peter Marshall, later chaplain of the United States Senate. Dr. Marshall preached a sermon entitled The Kirkin o the Tartans, at one of his many prayer services aimed at raising funds for Scottish churches during the early days of World War II, as well as for the British war effort by providing a mobile kitchen. The Kirkin service has evolved over time into what it is today, a celebration of Scotland s cultural and religious traditions. Many of these traditions, including the highland clan system, the wearing and displaying of the tartan, and the playing of bagpipes came under English suppression following the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart, known as the Young Pretender to the thrones of England and Scotland) and the Jacobite cause in In addition to celebrating the secular culture of Scotland, the Kirkin is an opportunity to celebrate Scotland s Christian history. In 563, St. Columba brought the Christian faith from Ireland to Scotland, where it took root and flourished. In 1547, nearly 1,000 years later, John Knox brought the Protestant Reformation to Scotland from Geneva, Switzerland, exclaiming from the depth of his evangelical zeal, Give me Scotland, or I die. The Reformed faith spread across Scotland, and it went on to influence Christianity in America, as waves of Scots immigrated to the New World.5 1. Charles S. Bryan, Heritage, Fellowship, Charity: The St. Andrew s Society of the City of Columbia, privately printed history of The St. Andrew s Society of the City of Columbia, South Carolina, August Ibid. 3. Ibid. 4. Kirkin of the Tartan, Sunday Bulletin, First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tennessee, 28 May 2017; George Way of Plean and Romilly Squire, Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia (Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994), pp ; Iain Zaczek and Charles Phillips, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Tartan: A Complete History and Visual Guide to over 400 Famous Tartans (London: Hermes House, an imprint of Anness Publishing, Ltd., 2009). 5. Kirkin of the Tartan, Sunday Bulletin, First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tennessee, 28 May Evening Worship 6:00 p.m. UNCHANGING GRACE FOR UNCERTAIN TIMES ENJOYING GOD 1 Peter 2:1-3 Dr. Gabriel N.E. Fluhrer Scottish Clans Represented TARTAN CLAN Bowie MacDonald Bryan Bryan Buchanan Buchanan Ancient Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell Davidson Modern Davidson Douglas Modern Douglas Ancient Dunbar Dunbar Dunbar Dunbar Ancient Duncan Duncan Farquharson Farquharson Ferguson Modern Ferguson Fraser of Lovat Fraser Gordon Gordon Grant Grant Hamilton Hamilton Hay Hay Ancient Hunter Hunter Johnson Gunn/MacDonald Johnston Johnston(e) Kennedy Kennedy Lindsay Lindsay MacAlistair MacAlistair Macaulay Macaulay Welcome We extend our cordial greetings to all who are visiting us today and hope that you will join us again for worship. We ask our guests to sign the Friendship Register along with members of the congregation and to give us an address so that we can send you information about the First Presbyterian Church. Lord s Supper: Next Sunday, November 18, during our 8:30 and 11:15 a.m. worship services, we will observe the sacrament of the Lord s Supper. The week ahead of us, therefore, is one in which we prepare for a joyful gathering at the table of our Lord Jesus Christ. The flowers in the Sanctuary are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Lucy Graybill Morton by her parents, Susan and Jack Graybill, and each member of her family. Worship at First Things to consider TARTAN CLAN MacArthur MacArthur MacBain/MacBean MacBean MacBeth MacBeth Ancient MacDonald MacDonald MacDonald of Sleat MacDonald MacFarlane MacFarlane MacGregor MacGregor MacKay MacKay MacLaine MacLean MacLaren MacLaren Maclennan Maclennan MacLeod of Lewes (Lewis) MacLeod Ancient MacMillan MacMillan Macpherson Macpherson Montgomery Montgomery Morrison Morrison Murray Modern Murray Nicholson Nicholson/MacNichol Rose Rose Ross Ross Smith Chattan/Macpherson/Mackintosh Stewart (Royal) Stewart Wallace Wallace Thank you for turning off cell phones during the worship service. Please leave any food or drink outside of the Sanctuary. Those who have been detained are asked to take their places either during the first hymn or during the organ interlude following the singing of the Gloria Patri. The 8:30 a.m. worship service is broadcast on WISW 1320 AM and at 11:00 a.m. Sundays. All services are available on live streaming audio at The Audio Ministry provides CDs of today s 8:30 a.m. service in the Narthex after the 11:15 a.m. service. All sermons preached by our ministers are available from the church website at If able, please make room in your pews for others. This helps the ushers as they seat people. Hearing amplification devices are available in the Narthex. First Presbyterian Church uses two hymnbooks. Trinity Hymnal is the blue hymnbook, and The Hymnbook is the red hymnbook. Nurseries for children to the age of four are provided in the Thornwell Education Building. A quiet room with a live video feed of the service is available in Thornwell, Room 113. There, mothers may attend to the needs of their children. The First Presbyterian Church Divine Worship November 11, :15 a.m. KIRKIN o the TARTAN It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night. (Psalm 92:1,2) 1324 Marion Street, 29201

3 Psalm 95 O come and to Jehovah sing; Let us our voices raise; In joyful songs let us the Rock Of our salvation praise. Before his presence let us come With praise and thankful voice; Let us sing psalms to Him with grace; With shouts let us rejoice. Men: the Lord s almighty God and King; Above all gods He is. The depths of earth are in His hand; The mountain peaks are His. Women: To Him the spacious sea belongs; Twas made by his command; And by the working of His hands He formed the rising land. O come and let us worship Him; Let us with one accord In presence of our Maker kneel, And bow before the Lord.

4 Confession of Faith We undoubtedly believe that our Lord Jesus was crucified, dead, and buried, descended into hell, did rise again for our justification, and the destruction of him who was the author of death and its bondage. We do not doubt but that in the selfsame body in which he was born of the virgin, was crucified, dead, and buried, and did rise again, he did ascend into the heavens, for the accomplishment of all things, where in our name and for our comfort he has received all power in heaven and earth, where he sits at the right hand of the Father, having received his kingdom, the only advocate and mediator for us. And we believe that this same Lord Jesus shall visibly return for this Last Judgment as he was seen to ascend. And then, we firmly believe, the time of refreshing and restitution of all things shall come. Amen.

5 The Lord s My Shepherd The Lord s my Shepherd, I ll not want; He makes me down to lie in pastures green; He leadeth me the quiet waters by. My soul he doth restore again; And me to walk doth make within the paths Of righteousness, e en for his own name s sake. Yea, thou I walk in death s dark vale, Yet will I fear none ill, for thou art with me; And thy rod and staff me comfort still. My table thou hast furnished In presence of my foes; my head thou dost With oil anoint, and my cup overflows. Goodness and mercy all my life Shall surely follow me: and in God s house Forevermore my dwelling place shall be.

6 All People That on Earth Do Dwell Choir: All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell, Come ye before him, and rejoice. Choir: The Lord, ye know, is God indeed. Without our aid he did us make; We are his folk, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take. Choir: O enter then his gates with praise, Approach with joy his courts unto; Praise, laud, and bless his name always, For it is seemly so to do. Choir: For why? The Lord our God is good; His mercy is forever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure. All stand to sing the Doxology All: To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom heaven and earth adore, From men and from the angel host Be praise and glory evermore. Amen.

7 Psalm 100 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! 3 Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! 5 For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

8 Before Jehovah s Awesome Throne Before Jehovah s awesome throne, All nations, bow with sacred joy; Know that the Lord is God alone, He can create, and he destroy- He can create, and he destroy. His sovereign pow r, without our aid, Made us of dust and formed us men; And when like wand ring sheep we strayed, He brought us to his fold again- He brought us to his fold again. We are his people, we his care, Our souls and all our mortal frame; What lasting honors shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to your name? Almighty Maker to your name? We ll crowd your gates with thankful songs, High as the heav ns our voices raise; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill your courts with sounding praise- Shall fill your courts with sounding praise. Wide as the world is your command, Vast as eternity your love; Firm as a rock your truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move- When rolling years shall cease to move.

9 Benediction May the grace of Christ our Savior And the Father s boundless love, With the Holy Spirit s favor, Rest upon us from above.

10 THE NATIONAL ANTHEM O 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 through 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. O say, does that Star-Spangled banner yet wave O er the land of the free and the home of the brave! O thus be it ever when free men shall stand between their loved homes and the war s desolation! Blest with vict ry and peace may the heav n-rescued land praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must when our cause, it is just and this be our motto In God is our trust. And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave O er the land of the free and the home of the brave!