A Christian Gathering in Word and Song

Andrew Gerow Hodges Chapel Friday, April 1, 2011 7:30 p.m.

Prelude If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee Charles Callahan Jamie McLemore, organ (b. 1951) Call to Worship Psalm 95:1-7

Let us worship God, who has done great things. We rejoice in our God, who made a way through the desert of this world. Let us worship God, who has caused streams of mercy to flow in the wasteland. We are the people God has formed through Christ; we worship him, and we rejoice! Let us worship God in spirit and in truth. We praise God for the grace that has saved us. Alleluia! We rejoice!

Hymn 667 God Has Spoken HYMN TO JOY Processional memoria gratia Philip L. Copeland

(b. 1967) Amberlyn Richardson, soprano

Anthem Hear My Prayer Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my crying come unto thee. - Psalm 102:1

Anthem Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence Gustav Holst (1860-1911)

Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand; ponder nothing earthly-minded, for with blessing in his hand, Christ our God to earth descendeth, our full homage to demand. King of kings, yet born of Mary, as of old on earth he stood, Lord of lords, in human vesture, in the body and the blood; he will give to all the faithful his own self for heavenly food.

Rank on rank the host of heaven spreads its vanguard on the way, as the Light of light descendeth from the realms of endless day, that the powers of hell may vanish as the darkness clears away. At his feet the six-winged seraph, cherubim, with sleepless eye, veil their faces to the presence, as with ceaseless voice they cry: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Lord Most High!

Leah Doss, soprano Byron Turk, baritone

Anthem Sacred Love Georgy Sviridov (1915-1988)

Sadie Frazier, soprano

Tï, liubov sviataya, ot nachala tï gonima, krovyu politaya. Tï, liubov sviataya.

Thou, O sacred love, from the start art thou persecuted, watered with blood. Thou, O sacred love!

Hymn 376 How Long, O Lord Stanza 1 Scripture Reading Psalm 88: 1-7

O LORD, God of my salvation; I cry out day and night before you. Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry! For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. I am counted among those who go down to the pit;

I am a man who has no strength, like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand. You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep. Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves.

Hymn 376 How Long, O Lord Stanza 2 Scripture Reading Psalm 88: 8-10

You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape; my eye grows dim through sorrow.

Every day I call upon you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you. Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you?

Hymn 376 How Long, O Lord Stanza 3 Scripture Reading Psalm 88:13-18

But I, O Lord, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you. O Lord, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me? Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,

I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me. They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together. You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.

Responsive Reading: Psalm 89:1-4

I will sing of your steadfast love, O LORD, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations. I declare that your steadfast love is established forever; your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens. You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one I have sworn to my servant David: ‘I will establish your descendants forever, and build your throne for all generations.’” Praise the Lord!

Hymn 16 The God of Abraham Praise LEONI Anthem Cantate Domino Sándor Szokolay

(b. 1931) Cantate Domino canticum novum: quia mirabilia fecit. Jubilate Deo! Cantate et exsultate et psallite. Dic nobis Maria, Quid vidisti in via? Sepulcrum Christi videntis, et gloriam vidi resurgentis, Angelicos testes, sudarium et vestes. Surrexit Christus! Alleluia. Jubilate in conspectu regis, Domini Jubilate! Orbis terrarum et qui habitant in eo!

Sing to the Lord a new song, because He hath done wonderful things. Sing joyfully to God! Sing and exult and rejoice. Tell us, Mary, what did you see on the way? I saw the tomb of the living Christ, and the glory of His rising, The angelic witnesses, the shroud and His Clothes. Christ, my hope! Alleluia. Sing joyfully in his royal presence Sing joyfully in the world, and all that dwell in it.

Anthem Down to the River arr. Philip Lawson

(b. 1948) As I went down in the river to pray, Studyin’ about that good old way and who shall wear the starry crown.

Good Lord, show me the way. Oh sisters (brothers, fathers), let’s go down, down in the river to pray.

Josh Bullock, tenor Anthem The Lord’s Prayer arr. Jerry Jordan

(b. 1946) 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 in temptation But deliver us from evil, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

Spoken Benediction

Even before we call on your name Rev. Eric L. Mathis To ask You, O God, When we seek for the words to glorify You, You hear our prayer; Unceasing love, O unceasing love, Surpassing all we know. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Even with the darkness sealing us in, We breathe Your name, And through all the days that follow so fast, We trust in you. Endless your grace, O endless Your grace, Beyond all mortal dream. Both now and for ever, and unto ages and ages. Amen.

- Michael Dennis Brown

Choral Benediction Beautiful Savior F. Melius Christiansen Prelude If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee J. S. Bach

(1685-1750) Worship Leaders and Speakers: (in order of appearance) Sarah Cottingham, Jocelyn Lonquist, Christian Noojin, Melissa Carlisle, Ryan Jones, Kelsey Stoner, Peter Haley Philip L. Copeland, conductor Dr. Philip Copeland is Associate Professor of Music at Samford University where he directs the internationally acclaimed A Cappella Choir and serves as Director of Choral Activities. He is in his second semester at Samford University and teaches classes in conducting, vocal diction, and choral music education. In Birmingham, Dr. Copeland also serves as director for the newly formed Alabama Symphony Orchestra Chorus as well as Director of Music Ministries at South Highland Presbyterian Church. Prior to his position at Samford, Copeland was Director of Choral Activities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) where choirs under his direction distinguished themselves on the national and international stage. Samford A Cappella Choir The first choir at Howard College was founded by Kathleen Martinson in 1939, ten years before a music degree existed at what is now Samford University. There have been six directors since its founding: George Koski, Gene Black, Milburn Price, Timothy Banks, and now Philip Copeland. The choir is founded in the rich tradition of St. Olaf College; it retains some of the early influence of Dr. Koski and his experiences under F. Melius Christiansen of St. Olaf. Now in its seventy-first year, the 2010-2011 choir is made up of over fifty singers and represents eight states. Twenty of the members are freshmen and nearly half the singers are new to the choir this year.

As a courtesy to the performers and to the other members of the audience, please turn off alarm watches, cellular phones, and audible pagers. Photography and unauthorized recording are not permitted during the performance.

Recital Ushering provided by the Omicron Gamma Chapter of Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity, and Stage Management provided by the Pi Sigma Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.

Samford University is an Equal Opportunity Institution that complies with applicable law prohibiting discrimination in its educational and employment policies and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age,

disability, or national or ethnic origin.