052422_Prayer

Interfaith Prayer Vigil May 24, 2022 • 7 PM Prelude "Elegy", op. 24 — Gabriel Fauré Brian Donat, cello; Duane Prill, piano Welcome *Call to Worship Based on Psalm 130 All are invited to read the bold-faced type; the lay reader will read the unbolded type.  Out of the depths we cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear our voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of our supplications! If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered. We wait for the Lord; our souls wait, and in God’s word we hope; our souls wait for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning. O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and great power to redeem.  It is God who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.   *Song "Kum Ba Yah" (Come By Here)                      African-American Spiritual, arr. Carlton R. Young, 1988 Prayer for Children and Families Silence Prayer for an End to Gun Violence Song We have come with a force more powerful Than the guns in our enemies' hands: It’s our love for all creation That will liberate this land. ("The Peace Poets" - a collective of artists that celebrate, examine and advocate for life through music) Led by Carl Johengen Prayer for an End to White Supremacy Silence Lament for Broken Community Musical Interlude "Song Without Words", Craig Phillips Brian Donat, cello; Duane Prill, organ Prayer for Those Who Are Numb Silence Prayer for Action Musical Interlude "Olam Chesed Yibaneh", Menachem Creditor (based on Psalm 89:3) Keri Lopatin Berger, cantor; Carl Johengen, piano Prayer for Peace Silence *Song "We Shall Overcome"   During the singing of this hymn, the clergy will light the candles of those gathered.                          Verse 1 will be repeated at the end.  African-American Spiritual, adapt. by WIlliam Farley Smith, 1986 Closing Postlude "What Wondrous Love Is This", arr. Gail Ann Wasson Participants  in the Service: Clergy and Liturgists:   Rabbi Peter Stein, Temple B'rith Kodesh Rabbi Debbi Till, Temple Sinai Rev. Canon Robert Picken, St. Paul's Episcopal Church Rev. Derrill Blue, Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church Rev. Shari Halliday-Quan, First Unitarian Church of Rochester Rev. Dr. Stephen Cady, Rev. Kathy Thiel, Rev. Pat Dupont, Asbury First United   Methodist Church  Iman Abid-Thompson  Organ: Duane Prill        To further support the cause of reducing gun violence, and to aid victims of gun violence,  please visit riseuprochester.net.