October 21 2018 Welcome to OPC Cambridge Chimes

October 21, 2018 Welcome to OPC

Cambridge Chimes Welcome and Announcements Greeting Each Other Ringing of the Bell

Prelude “Toccatina” ~Lardelli Lighting of the candles

*CALL TO WORSHIP AND INVOCATION L: Sisters and brother in the One we call “Christ, ” why do you come here this hour? P: We come to worship, give thanks and sing hymns like Paul and Silas.

L: Will you sing with your whole hearts? P: We will sing with joy, with thankful hearts and with voices to honor our God.

L: Will you listen to God’s Word? P: We will be like trees planted by streams and we will drink deeply from God’s Word.

L: Let us worship God like it matters. P: May we unleash God’s Spirit of Worship and may all draw close to God this hour!

*HYMN #2223 “We Are One in the Spirit” v. 1 C

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION (unison) God of Truth and Honor, we long to sing praises to you, but too often our hearts and our actions are singing praises to other gods.

Ignoring You and your unconditional love, we look to our money, our homes, our jobs, our abilities or other things to find satisfaction. We spend our time working for those things and not for you.

They become the true gods in our lives, not you. Please forgive us. Break the hold these “gods” have on us, Merciful One. Grant us the strength to look only to you and to worship only you.

Heal our hearts and help our voices sing you praises. (silence is observed for reflection and prayer)

ASSURANCE OF PARDON L: Sisters and brothers, in Jesus the Christ, God has overcome sin, broken its hold on you. Know that in Christ’s resurrection power you are freed from sin and you are forgiven. Go and sin no more.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON P: Thanks be to God for freedom from sin and for the cleansing of our hearts. Amen and amen.

PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST L: Peace be with you. P: And with you also. L: Now is the time to share Christ’s love and forgiveness with one another. Greet one another with signs of peace and reconciliation.

CHOIR ANTHEM “Alleluia, Praise” ~Cherubini

Time with Young Christians

PROCLAIMING THE WORD SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 1: 1 -3

Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night. They are like trees planted by streams of water,

which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper.

SCRIPTURE READING: Acts 16: 23 -34

After they had given them a severe flogging, they threw them into prisen and ordered the jailer to keep them securely. Following these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God,

and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was an earthquake, so violent that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened. When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open,

he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, since he supposed that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted in a loud voice, ‘Do not harm yourself, for we are all here. ’ The jailer called for lights, and rushing in, he fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.

Then he brought them outside and said, ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved? ’ They answered, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household. ’ They spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

At the same hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and his entire family were baptized without delay. He brought them up into the house and set food before them; and he and his entire household rejoiced that he had become a believer in God.

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

“Unleashing the Spirit of Worship for All” Rev. Tedd Pullano

*HYMN #467 “How Great Thou Art” v. 1 O Lord, my God

OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD Offertory Invitation Offertory “Reflection” ~Wagner

*DOXOLOGY #542, v. 4 Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God all creatures here below; Praise God above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION (unison) Worthy God, please accept our humble offering this day. You continue to walk with us and bless us more than we need, so we offer back to you a

portion of your blessings. Use these gifts, we ask, to unleash your spirit of Worship, so all creation can sing and hear your glory and feel your love.

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, and 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 #288 “I Sing the Mighty Power of God” v. 1 I sing the mighty power of God that made the mountains rise; That spread the flowing seas abroad and built the lofty skies.

*HYMN #288 “I Sing the Mighty Power of God” v. 1 I sing the wisdom that ordained the sun to rule the day; The moon shines full at God’s command all the stars obey.

*HYMN #288 “I Sing the Mighty Power of God” v. 2 I sing the goodness of the Lord that filled the earth with food; God formed the creatures with a word and then proclaimed them good.

*HYMN #288 “I Sing the Mighty Power of God” v. 2 Lord, how Thy wonders are displayed, where’er I turn my eyes; If I survey the ground I tread, or gaze upon the skies!

*HYMN #288 “I Sing the Mighty Power of God” v. 3 There’s not a plant or flower below but makes Thy glories known; And clouds arise, and tempests blow, by order from Thy throne;

*HYMN #288 “I Sing the Mighty Power of God” v. 3 While all that borrows life from Thee is ever in Thy care, And everywhere that we can be, Thou, God, art present there.

BENEDICTION

Postlude “Marche Pontificale” ~Lemmens