February 26 2017 Welcome to OPC Chimes Welcome

February 26, 2017 Welcome to OPC

Chimes Welcome and Announcements Greeting Each Other Ringing of the Bell

Prelude Lighting of the candles Introit “God is Worthy”

*CALL TO WORSHIP AND INVOCATION L: As God called to Moses from the mountain, P: We are called to be God’s people.

L: As Jesus called the disciples to climb with him to the peak of another mountain, P: We are called to follow wherever he leads.

L: As the disciples stood in awe at the sound of God’s voice, P: We are called to worship in wonder and praise.

L: Let us worship God. P: Let us worship God!

*HYMN #487 “When Morning Gilds the Skies” v. 1 When morning gilds the skies, my heart awaking cries: May Jesus Christ be praised!

*HYMN #487 “When Morning Gilds the Skies” v. 1 Alike at work and prayer, to Jesus I repair: May Jesus Christ be praised!

*HYMN #487 “When Morning Gilds the Skies” v. 2 Does sadness fill my mind? A solace here I find: May Jesus Christ be praised!

*HYMN #487 “When Morning Gilds the Skies” v. 2 Or fades my earthly bliss? My comfort still is this: May Jesus Christ be praised!

*HYMN #487 “When Morning Gilds the Skies” v. 3 Let earth’s wide circle round in joyful notes resound: May Jesus Christ be praised!

*HYMN #487 “When Morning Gilds the Skies” v. 3 Let air and sea and sky from depth to height reply: May Jesus Christ be praised!

*HYMN #487 “When Morning Gilds the Skies” v. 4 Be this, while life is mine, my canticle divine: May Jesus Christ be praised!

*HYMN #487 “When Morning Gilds the Skies” v. 4 Be this the eternal song through all the ages long: May Jesus Christ be praised!

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION (unison) Gracious God, we are blessed that you invite us to the mountain top to see your glory, but then we are selfish and want to stay there.

You tell us to listen to your Son, yet we choose to listen to other voices and other people. So often you show us the way to be your children

and we choose another way – our way. Forgive us Holy One. Help us to be your children and share your love, not hoard it.

Strengthen us to follow your path and obey your Son. (silence is observed for reflection and prayer)

ASSURANCE OF PARDON L: The promise is true – God’s Light has come into the world, and into our lives. We are graced with glimpses of God’s glory, even as we are filled with mercy and forgiveness.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON P: Here we are given mercy and hope. Here we give thanks to our God. Thanks be to God!

CHOIR ANTHEM “In This Very Room” ~R & C Harris

Time With Young Christians

PROCLAIMING THE WORD SCRIPTURE READING: Exodus 24: 12 -18

The Lord said to Moses, ‘Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction. ’

So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God. To the elders he had said, ‘Wait here for us, until we come to you again; for Aaron and Hur are with you;

whoever has a dispute may go to them. ’ Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days;

on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the cloud. Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. Moses entered the cloud, and went up on the mountain.

Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

SCRIPTURE READING: Matthew 17: 1 -9

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white.

Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. Then Peter said to Jesus, ‘Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you with, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah. ’

While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!’ When the disciples heard this,

they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, ‘Get up and do not be afraid. ’ And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone.

As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, ‘Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead. ’

L: This is the Word of the Lord. P: Thanks be to God!

“Epiphany” Rev. Tedd Pullano

*HYMN #73 “Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory” v. 1 Swiftly pass the clouds of glory, Heaven’s voice, the dazzling light; Moses and Elijah vanish; Christ alone commands the height!

*HYMN #73 “Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory” v. 1 Peter, James, and John fall silent, Turning from the summit’s rise Downward toward the shadowed valley Where their Lord has fixed His eyes.

*HYMN #73 “Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory” v. 2 Glimpsed and gone the revelation, They shall gain and keep its truth, Not by building on the mountain Any shrine or sacred booth,

*HYMN #73 “Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory” v. 2 But by following the Savior Through the valley to the cross, And by testing faith’s resilience Through betrayal, pain, and loss.

*HYMN #73 “Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory” v. 3 Lord, transfigure our perception With the purest light that shines, And recast our life’s intentions To the shape of Your designs,

*HYMN #73 “Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory” v. 3 Till we seek no other glory Than what lies past Calvary’s hill, And our living and our dying And our rising by Your will.

OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD Offertory Invitation Offertory

*DOXOLOGY #592 Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION (unison) We glorify you, O God, through these gifts and our lives. May they all be used to reveal glimpses of your glory and power.