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" KIRKIN’ O’ THE TARTAN"

Sunday, January 18, 2009                                                                9.30 AM

Chaplain — Rev. Sam Knight, Associate Pastor for Congregational Care,

First Presbyterian Church of Orlando, Florida

Rev. Knight: This morning, we are gathered to reaffirm the promises made to our ancestors as they left Scotland and spread across the globe.

Let us bow our heads in prayer:

Responsive Reading:

Leader - 0 God of Bethel, by whose hand thy people still are fed,
             Who through this weary pilgrimage hast all our fathers lead

People: Our vows, our prayers we now present before thy throne of grace;

God of our fathers, be the God of their succeeding race. Through each perplexing path of life, our wandering footsteps guide,

Leader: Give us each day our daily bread and raiment fit provide.

People: 0, spread thy covering wings around, 'Ill all our wanderings cease,

And at our Father's loved abode our souls arrive in peace.

Leader: Such blessings from Thy gracious hand our humble prayers implore;

All:        And Thou shall be our chosen God, and portion evermore

Rev. Knight:   prayer

Valerie Gray:                 Flowers of the Forest:

We remember those in the Scottish Community, who, in the past year, have passed on before us.

List —piper plays "Flowers of the Forest"

Leader:

Today we have the representatives of the Clans gathered here with their banners representing their heritage:

Jim Gray — Will the Banner Bearers please come forward, face the company and raise your and raise your banners and tartans for the blessing.

Heavenly Father, on behalf of all Clans, Tartans, and Families here represented we raise these Tartans to almighty God and ask his blessing upon his servants.

Chaplain:

Scots' Blessing —

May the Blessing of the Light be on you, Light without and Light within

May the blessed sunlight shine on you till it glows like a great peat fire , so that the stranger may come in and warm himself at it, and a friend

And may the light shine out of the eyes of you, like a candle set in the windows of a house, bidding the wanderer to come in out of the storm.

And may the blessing of the rain be on you — the soft, sweet rain. May it fall on your spirit so that all the little flowers may spring up, and shed their sweetness on the air. And may the blessing of the great rains be on you. May they beat upon your spirit and wash it fair and clean, and leave there many a shining pool where the blue of heaven shines and sometimes a star.

And may the blessing of the earth be on you — the great round earth. May you ever have a kindly greeting for them you pass as you are going along the roar May the earth be soft under you when you rest out upon it, tired at the end of the day; and, may it rest easy over you when, at the last, you lie out under it. ifay it rest so lightly over you that your soul may be off from tinder it quickly and up, and off, , and on its way to God

Rev. Knight:

In Unison — Psalm 23

The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want, lie makes me down to lie,

 In pastures green, he leadeth me, the quiet waters by.

My soul he dotli restore again; and me to walk doth make

Within the paths of righteousness, ev'n for his own namesake

Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, yet will I fear none ill: For thou art with me; and thy rod and staff me comfort still.

My table thou host furnished, in presence of my foes

My head thou dolt with oil anoint , and my cup overflows

Goodness and mercy all my life, shall surely follow me

And in God's house for evermore, my dwelling place shall be.

Benediction:

And now, may the Lord bless you all and bless you kindly.

The Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you

The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. Amen

Will the Banner Bearers please file behind the Piper and lead the company from the field.

Comments from Rev. Knight:

Below is a piece from a Biblical commentary which shows that the Celtic peoples were in that area, hence the name, Galatia.

“The epistle was written “to the churches of Galatia” (1:2), a district of Asia Minor bordering on Phrygia, Pontus, Bithynia, Cappadocia, and Paphlagonia. Most modern scholars, however, limit the area to Southern Galatia (in which were the cities Lystra, Iconium, and Derbe—visited by Paul on his second missionary journey). Other scholars (e.g., Lightfoot) have limited the area to Northern Galatia. In either case, the inhabitants (Gallo-gaerci, contracted into Galati, another form of the name Celts) were Gauls in origin, the latter having overrun Asia Minor after they had pillaged Delphi, about 280 B.C. and at last permanently settled in the central parts, thence called Gallo-gaerci or Galatia.”

(New Commentary on the Whole Bible Based on the classic commentary of Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown General Editor: J. D. Douglas New Testament Editor: Philip W. Comfort)