January 29 2017 Welcome to OPC Chimes Welcome

January 29, 2017 Welcome to OPC

Chimes Welcome and Announcements Greeting Each Other Ringing of the Bell

Prelude “Fishers of Men” Lighting of the candles Introit “Praise Ye the Lord”

*CALL TO WORSHIP AND INVOCATION L: Listen, sisters and brothers: God is calling YOU today! P: Lord, help us hear your voice in our hearts.

L: God in Christ is calling you to follow and serve. P: Lord, your call is challenging and demanding.

L: Friends, place your trust in God’s eternal love to guide and strengthen. P: Lord, let us trust you in all our ways.

L: Come, let us worship and celebrate God’s call and presence! P: Open our hearts, O Lord, to hear your voice and to follow you.

*HYMN #443 “O Christ the Great Foundation” v. 1 O Christ, the great foundation on which your people stand To preach your true salvation in every age and land:

*HYMN #443 “O Christ the Great Foundation” v. 1 Pour out your Holy Spirit to make us strong and pure, To keep the faith unbroken as long as worlds endure.

*HYMN #443 “O Christ the Great Foundation” v. 2 Baptized in one confession, one church in all the earth, We bear our Lord’s impression, the sign of second birth,

*HYMN #443 “O Christ the Great Foundation” v. 2 One holy people gathered in love beyond our own; By grace we were invited, by grace we make you known.

*HYMN #443 “O Christ the Great Foundation” v. 3 Where tyrants’ hold is tightened, where strong devour the weak, Where innocents are frightened, the righteous fear to speak;

*HYMN #443 “O Christ the Great Foundation” v. 3 There let your church awaking attack the powers of sin, And, all their ramparts breaking, with you the victory win.

*HYMN #443 “O Christ the Great Foundation” v. 4 This is the moment glorious when he, who once was dead, Shall lead his church victorious, their champion and their head.

*HYMN #443 “O Christ the Great Foundation” v. 4 The Lord of all creation his heavenly kingdom brings: The final consummation, the glory of all things.

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION (unison) God of light, too often we live in the darkness: worried about our lives, concerned for our health,

fearful that we are lost from you. We get caught up in our unwillingness to forgive, our fears of one another, our reluctance to share what we have,

our divisions and quarrels. But deep down we long to turn from the dark and live in the light. We yearn to leave what is bad and follow the paths of what is right.

Open our eyes to the light of your dawn, that our souls may be flooded with love and mercy and joy. Shine the light of your love upon us and transform us with your love,

that your promised kingdom may draw near. Amen. (silence is observed for reflection and prayer)

ASSURANCE OF PARDON L: Sisters and brothers, the light of God’s love shines into the dark places of our world, healing its brokenness, and bringing hope to places of despair.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON P: The light of God’s love makes us a forgiven people. Thanks be to God!

CHOIR ANTHEM “Morning Song” ~Ken Medema

Time With Young Christians

PROCLAIMING THE WORD SCRIPTURE READING: Micah 6: 1 -8

Hear what the Lord says: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and you enduring fountains of the earth;

for the Lord has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel. ‘O my people, what have I done to you? In what have I wearied you? Answer me! For I brought you up from the land of Egypt,

and redeemed you from the house of slavery; and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. O my people, remember now what King Balak of Moab devised, what Balaam son of Beor answered him,

and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the saving acts of the Lord. ’ ‘With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high?

Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,

the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? ’ He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

SCRIPTURE READING: Matthew 4: 12 -23

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galileee. He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so that what had been spoken through

the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: ‘Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali, on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and

shadow of death light has dawned. ’ From that time Jesus began to proclaim, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. ’ As he walked by the Sea of Galileee, he saw two brothers,

Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake—for they were fishermen. And he said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fish for people. ’ Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father,

and followed him. Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people.

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

“Follow Me” Rev. Tedd Pullano

*HYMN #388 “O Jesus I Have Promised” v. 1 O Jesus, I have promised to serve Thee to the end; Be Thou forever near me, my Master and my friend;

*HYMN #388 “O Jesus I Have Promised” v. 1 I shall not fear the battle if Thou art by my side, Nor wander from the pathway if Thou wilt be my guide.

*HYMN #388 “O Jesus I Have Promised” v. 2 O let me feel Thee near me! The world is ever near; I see the sights that dazzle, the tempting sounds I hear;

*HYMN #388 “O Jesus I Have Promised” v. 2 My foes are ever near me, around me and within; But, Jesus, draw Thou nearer and shield my soul from sin.

*HYMN #388 “O Jesus I Have Promised” v. 3 O let me hear Thee speaking in accents clear and still, Above the storms of passion, the murmurs of self-will;

*HYMN #388 “O Jesus I Have Promised” v. 3 O speak to reassure me, to hasten or control; O speak, and make me listen, Thou guardian of my soul.

*HYMN #388 “O Jesus I Have Promised” v. 4 O Jesus, Thou hast promised to all who follow Thee That where Thou art in glory there shall Thy servant be;

*HYMN #388 “O Jesus I Have Promised” v. 4 And, Jesus, I have promised to serve Thee to the end; O give me grace to follow, my Master and my friend.

OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD Offertory Invitation Offertory “Offertory” ~Prokofiev

*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) O God, we have seen your glory, felt the touch of your love, and felt your presence with us. With joyful hearts, we offer you our gifts.

Please accept and bless them. Know that, having heard your call to follow, we also offer you our lives and our service. Amen.

RESPONDING TO THE WORD JOYS AND CONCERNS PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

The Lord’s Prayer (unison) Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come; thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

BEARING AND FOLLOWING THE WORD INTO THE WORLD

*HYMN #430 “Come Sing, O Church, in Joy!” v. 1 Come sing, O church, in joy! Come join, O church, in song! For Christ the Lord has led us through the ages long!

*HYMN #430 “Come Sing, O Church, in Joy!” v. 1 In bold accord, come celebrate the journey now and praise the Lord!

*HYMN #430 “Come Sing, O Church, in Joy!” v. 2 Long years have come and gone, and still God reigns supreme, Empowering us to catch the vision, dream the dream!

*HYMN #430 “Come Sing, O Church, in Joy!” v. 2 In bold accord, come celebrate the journey now and praise the Lord!

*BENEDICTION

*HYMN #430 “Come Sing, O Church, in Joy!” v. 3 Let courage be our friend, Let wisdom be our guide, As we in mission magnify the Crucified!

*HYMN #430 “Come Sing, O Church, in Joy!” v. 3 In bold accord, come celebrate the journey now and praise the Lord!

*HYMN #430 “Come Sing, O Church, in Joy!” v. 4 Come sing, O church, in joy! Come join, O church, in song! For Christ the Lord has triumphed o’er the ages long!

*HYMN #430 “Come Sing, O Church, in Joy!” v. 4 In bold accord, come celebrate the journey now and praise the Lord!

Postlude “Piece Symphonique” ~Franck