Order of Service
January 17, 1999
Oh, Freedom: The Day of Jubilee
Emancipation Proclamation Day Pageant
*indicates congregation stands if able
| Introduction | Rev. Daniel C. Taylor Finley C. Campbell |
| Organ Prelude | |
| Prologue | words of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Norman Hines |
| Voices | Youths #1,2,3 |
| Ringing of the Church Bells | |
| Call to Worship | Those Old Historical Materialist Blues Finley Campbell, Cindy Carroll |
| Opening
Words |
And, I am the voice of Hstory words of Martin Luther King, Jr. Norman Hines |
| *Opening Hymn | Let My People Go soloist: Cindy Carroll |
| ACT 1: WAITING FOR THE PROCLAMATION | |
| Lighting the Chalice | Rev. Sydney Wilde |
| Narrative Interlude | Pheifer Browne, Roberta Lammers, Ellie Hall, Norman Hines |
| Unison
Affirmation We are sick and tired of waiting We are sick and tired of waiting |
Heidi Menzel Congregation |
| Narative Interlude | Pheifer Browne, Aneesah Ali |
| Unison
Affirmation And the world is waiting! And the world is waiting! |
Heidi Menzel Congregation |
| *Congregational Hymn #56 | Oh Freedom led by Cindy Carroll |
| Welcome & Hand of Friendship | Rev. Sydney Wilde, Pierre Poinsett, Grace Williams, Charles Staples |
| The Youth and Children Moment | The Emancipation Catechism Rev. Beth Williams |
| Unison Affirmation | Heidi Menzel |
| Narrative Interlude | Richard Snow |
| Unison Affirmation | 10:59: We are sick and tired of waiting |
| Announcements/Offertory/Prayer | Rev. Daniel C. Taylor |
| Narrative Interlude | Bobbi Lammers, heidi Menzel, Rev. Sydney Wilde |
| The Freedom Moment | Congregation/Narrator/Audience Participant Leader |
| Narrative Interlude | Pheifer Browne |
| Anthem | Gloria from the Gloria Mass by Antonio Vivaldi |
| Narrative Interlude | Rev. Sydney Wilde |
| Hymn | Day of Jubilee soloist: Rev. Daniel Taylor Cast |
| ACT II. THE MEANING OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION | |
| Narrative Interlude | Aneesah Ali, Pierre Poinsett, Rev. Sydney Wilde, Pheifer Browne, Jim Proctor, Heidi Menzel, Bobbi Lammers |
| *Hymn | Get on Board Little Children The Gospel Train/The Freedom Tain |
| Narrative Interlude | Rev. Sydney Wilde, Pheifer Browne, Bobbi Lammers |
| Audience Participant Leader | The Great Abolitionist War Heidi Menzel |
| Unison Affirmation | The Great Abolitionist War |
| Hymn | Oh Freedom, Oh Freedom soloist: Cindy Carroll |
| ACT III. THE SYMBOLISMOF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION | |
| Introduction to the Sermon | Rev. Sydney Wilde |
| Sermon | Rev. Daniel Taylor |
| *Hymn (see insert) | John Brown Gave us Hope The Battle Hymn of the Republic |
| Closing Thoughts | |
| Benediction | |
| All Together: In remembrance of the agony which the slave labor economic system brought to men and women of all colors, in remembrance of all who have killed and died to make mena and women free, let the music sigh an elegy in memoriam for all...all the murdered dead...slain because the love of money was greater than the love for our humanity, our humanity, our humanity.... | |
| Postlude | Steal Away Tom Huyck and Harvey Thomas |
Reminder: There will be a freedom luncheon of delicious, nourishing abolitionist food in the Garden Room, beginning at 12 noon. Our guest speaker will be Ms. Charlotte Fortens, free black woman from Philadelphia, a former Freedman’s teacher in the Liberated Territories of the Sea Island Freedom Plantations and an eyewitness to the original Emancipation Proclamation Celebration. She will be speaking abouth the variety and history of these Emancipation Proclamation celebrations. She will be played by Joan Staples.
During the service, nursery care is available for babies and toddlers. Please see an usher for directions to the nursery.
Theme |
Feeling at Home in the World | |
| Adventurers | Turtles & Snails: Animals with Homes on their Backs, Part II | |
Teachers: |
Ivan Lappin, Liz Butler & John Porterfield | |
Theme |
Affirming Racial Justice and Diversity | |
| Voyagers | What Do You See? | |
Teachers: |
Ann Marie Kirby & Anne Morrill-Ploum | |
| Pathfinders | Understanding Stereotypes | |
Teachers: |
Julie Neuman & Grace Williams | |
| Searchers | Building Equity in Our Own Group | |
Teachers: |
Joe Cherry, Steve Ploum & Hank Henriques | |
Theme |
Coming Together as a Group | |
| Youth Group | Discussion | |
Advisors: |
Enid Norman & Andrew Shults |