St. John's Cathedral - Jacksonville Florida The Episcopal Church in the United States of America The Rt. Rev. Stephen H Jecko, Bishop of Florida  The Very Rev. Edward H Harrison, Jr., Dean of Florida Rabbi Stephen Grundfast, Jacksonville Jewish Center Imam Muhammad Zaid Malik, Islamic Center of Northeast Florida Michael Haller, Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church The Rev. Robert Morris, First Presbyterian Church The Rev. Jerry Milner, First United Methodist Church John Barry, Organist/Choirmaster (on vacation and continuing education)  Richard Fair, assistant director Michael G Dell, Organist/Choirmaster, First Presbyterian Church  Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - Hymnal 1982

7:30pm - A Community Service of Hope and Remembrance
Combined Choirs of:
   St. John's Cathedral
   First Presbyterian Church
   First United Methodist Church
   Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church
 

Prelude	Samuel Barber (1910-1981)	Adagio (arrangement for organ)
Prelude	Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)	Excerpt from "Requiem, Op. 48" 1) In Paradisum (arrangement for organ)
Hymn	tune: National Hymn	#718 "God of our fathers"
Anthem	tune: Materna	#719 "O beautiful for spacious skies" Irene Lumpkin, soprano
Anthem	Michael G Dell	Loving God, whose grace embraces (World Premiere; written expressly for this service)
Hymn	tune: America	#717 "My country, 'tis of thee"
Hymn	tune: St. Anne	#680 "O God, our help in ages past"

Here is the text for Michael Dell's anthem:

Loving God, whose grace embraces your creations' widest bounds,
Brighten all earth's darkest places, silence terror's frightening sounds;
Bring new vision to your people, make us instruments of peace;
Make our lives a tow'ring steeple, loving, living without cease.
Weeping God, whose heart is breaking for a would in disarray,
Move us toward a new awakening, to a hopeful bright new day.
When the weapons of destruction lose their power to do us ill,
Giving way to mass production of new tools to do you will.
Knowing God, whose depth surpasses truth from scholars' brightest minds,
Break down walls of social classes; rid the prejudice that blinds;
May uncommon sense yet find us while there's opportunity;
Blessed be the ties that bind us in a world community.
Healing God, whose holy presence brings rich comfort to the soul,
Through you spirit, by you essence, make our wounded spirits whole;
Even when our hearts are reeling, speak through us that we may be
Loving, weeping, knowing, healing, by your truth that sets us free!

• Psalm 27
• The Koran, Chapter 5:32
• Psalm 91
• The Gospel of John, Chapter 1:1

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