A GATHERING OF US RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN A SERVICE OF PRAISE, THANKSGIVING AND COMMITMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST VISIT OF NELSON MANDELA TO THE UNITED STATES
A GATHERING OF US RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN A SERVICE OF PRAISE, THANKSGIVING AND COMMITMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST VISIT OF NELSON MANDELA TO THE UNITED STATES
The program for the interfaith service at The Riverside Church with Nelson Mandela. CARILLON RECITAL • MUSICAL PRELUDE • The Riverside Choir, The Inspirational Choir, The Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble, The Sechaba Singers of the African National Congress • SWINGING PEAL • PROCLAMATION OF GOD'S PRESENCE • Rabbi Alexander Schindler (accompanied by the sound of the shofar), The Very Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky • PROCESSIONAL • Olatunji and his African Drummers • HYMN OF PRAISE • To Each Woman, Man and Nation James Russell Lowel • CALL TO WORSHIP • Al-Haaj Dawud Assad, The Most Rev. John H. Ricard, S.S.J., Dr. Thelma Adair • CHORAL INTROIT • The Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth George...
The program for the interfaith service at The Riverside Church with Nelson Mandela. CARILLON RECITAL • MUSICAL PRELUDE • The Riverside Choir, The Inspirational Choir, The Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble, The Sechaba Singers of the African National Congress • SWINGING PEAL • PROCLAMATION OF GOD'S PRESENCE • Rabbi Alexander Schindler (accompanied by the sound of the shofar), The Very Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky • PROCESSIONAL • Olatunji and his African Drummers • HYMN OF PRAISE • To Each Woman, Man and Nation James Russell Lowel • CALL TO WORSHIP • Al-Haaj Dawud Assad, The Most Rev. John H. Ricard, S.S.J., Dr. Thelma Adair • CHORAL INTROIT • The Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth George Thalben-Ball • CALL TO PRAYER His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos • PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING • The Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, The Rev. Jesse Jackson, The Rev. Daniel F. Romero • MUSICAL SELECTION Patricia Ann Barnes • HYMN • The God of Prophets Praise •WELCOME The Honorable David N. Dinkins • READING The Rev. Herbert Daughtry • CELEBRATION IN MUSIC Simon Estes • PRESENTATION IN PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING Dr. Gardner C. Taylor • MESSAGE TO THE U.S. RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY Nelson Mandela • NKOSI SIKELEL'I AFRIKA: The National Anthem • CALL TO ACTION The Most Rev. Edmond L. Browning • OFFERING The Rev. M. William Howard • OFFERTORY ANTHEM Combined choirs • AT THE PRESENTATION • LITANY OF COMMITMENT • Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr, The Rev. Dr. Lowell Almen, The Rev. Yvonne V Delk, Bishop J. Clinton Hoggard, Dr. Donald E. Miller, The Rev. Dr. Edwin Mulder, The Rev. Dr. Syngman Rhee, The Rev. Dr. W Franklyn Richardson, Dr. Patricia Rumer, Ms. Audrey Shenandoah, The Rev. Dr. Paul H. Sherry, Bishop Melvin G. Talbert, The Rev. Dr. Daniel E. Weiss • CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE • BENEDICTION • Bishop Ithiel C. Clemmon, The Right Rev. Richard F. Grein • RETIRING PROCESSION • ORGAN POSTLUDE • PARTICIPANTS • THE PLANNING COMMITTEE OF THE ECUMENICAL SERVICE FOR NELSON MANDELA
