Order of Service – 125th Anniversary
St. John’s Union Church
January 30, 1972
125th Anniversary Service
Mr. Robert F. Heller, U.C.C. Pastor | Mrs. Arlo Babp, Lutheran Organist
Prelude
“Voluntary in C. Major” by Henry Purcell; Trumpets and Organ Trumpets – Alan Babp and David Arner
Processional Hymn
“The Church’s One Foundation”
Responsive Reading
Pastor: The Lord is in His holy temple, let all the earth keep silence before Him.
People: O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
Gloria Patri
Scripture Lesson: Psalm 127:1
“Nun Danket Alle Gott” – Chorale
“Now Thank We All Our God” – J.S. Bach
Men’s Choir, St. John’s U.C.C., Nazareth
Selection: “Let The People Sound His Praise” by G. F. Handel
Men’s Choir, St. John’s U.C.C., Nazareth
Greetings – Dr. Wm. T. Longsdorf, Conference Minister: U.C.C.
Greetings – Rev. Jan C. Walker, Assistant to the President, Lutheran Synod: LCA
Selections: “Take Not Thy Holy Spirit” by Ralph Williams
“Rise Up, O Men of God” by Kenneth Jennings
Men’s Choir, St. John’s, Nazareth
Anniversary Address
Dr. John R. Weinlick, Dean Emeritus of Moravian Seminary
Offertory:
Anthem: “Gloria in Excelsis” by Mozart – Joint Choir
Offering Response “We Give Thee But Thine Own”
Prayer, Lord’s Prayer
Benediction, 3-Fold Amen
Recessional Hymn “Onward Christian Soldiers”
Chimes, Silent Meditation