April 30, 2017 Welcome to OPC

Welcome and Announcements Chimes “Morning Has Broken” Welcome and Announcements Greeting Each Other Ringing of the Bell

PRESENTATION OF FAITH STATEMENT Madi Hoadley

Lighting of the candles Prelude “Trumpet Tune” ~Young Lighting of the candles Introit “God is Worthy”

PRESENTATION OF FAITH STATEMENT Keegan McKinney

*CALL TO WORSHIP AND INVOCATION L: Our hope is in you, Lord. P: Our hope comes from the good news of your presence with us always.

L: Our hearts belong to you L: Our hearts belong to you. P: May your presence bear fruit in our hearts, lives, and lifestyles.

L: Let us walk our faith journeys with your wisdom and understanding L: Let us walk our faith journeys with your wisdom and understanding! P: As each of us grow in faith, help us also grow in strength.

L: Help us as we seek to lead lives worthy of you, O Lord; P: Strengthen us to endure all things with patience;

L: Encourage us to joyfully give you thanks, P: For you have brought us into your kingdom!

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

PRESENTATION OF FAITH STATEMENT Emma Corey

*HYMN “I’m Pressing On the Upward Way” v.1 I’m pressing on the upward way, new heights I’m gaining every day; Still praying as I’m onward bound, “Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”

*HYMN “I’m Pressing On the Upward Way” v.1 Lord, lift me up and let me stand by faith on heaven’s table land, A higher plane than I have found; Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.

*HYMN “I’m Pressing On the Upward Way” v.2 My heart has no desire to stay where doubts arise and fears dismay; Though some may dwell where these abound, my prayer, my aim is higher ground.

*HYMN “I’m Pressing On the Upward Way” v.2 Lord, lift me up and let me stand by faith on heaven’s table land, A higher plane than I have found; Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.

*HYMN “I’m Pressing On the Upward Way” v.3 I want to live above the world, though Satan’s darts at me are hurled; For faith has caught the joyful sound, the song of saints on higher ground.

*HYMN “I’m Pressing On the Upward Way” v.3 Lord, lift me up and let me stand by faith on heaven’s table land, A higher plane than I have found; Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.

*HYMN “I’m Pressing On the Upward Way” v.4 I want to scale the utmost height, and catch a gleam of glory bright; But still I’ll pray till heav’n I’ve found, “Lord, lead me on to higher ground.”

*HYMN “I’m Pressing On the Upward Way” v.4 Lord, lift me up and let me stand by faith on heaven’s table land, A higher plane than I have found; Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.

PRESENTATION OF FAITH STATEMENT Jessica Pittman

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION (unison) Forgiving God, how many times we have spoken words of commitment and faith, and then turned our backs on these

commitments to follow the temptations of the world commitments to follow the temptations of the world. We wander after the false gods of greed, selfishness, arrogance, music, social media.

We want you to come in and clean up all our messes, excusing us from any responsibility. Forgive us for such foolishness.

Help us remember the power of your healing love, which has been given for us. Forgive us when we think we know everything and then discover that we have

behaved and thought in ignorant ways behaved and thought in ignorant ways. Teach us to listen and to place our trust in your goodness.

(silence is observed for reflection and prayer)

ASSURANCE OF PARDON L: Hear the Good News: Christ is Risen! In the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we experience God’s love which truly has no bounds. In Christ we experience forgiveness and our

relationship with God is restored relationship with God is restored! Friends, experience the Good News of the gospel. P: Christ is Risen Indeed! Thanks be to our living, loving God.

PRESENTATION OF FAITH STATEMENT John Pullano

“We Sing So All Can Hear the Story” ~Besig/Price CHOIR ANTHEM “We Sing So All Can Hear the Story” ~Besig/Price

PRESENTATION OF FAITH STATEMENT Katie Pittman

PROCLAIMING THE WORD SCRIPTURE READING: Jeremiah 29:4-7, 10-14

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters;

take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile

and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. For thus says the Lord: Only when Babylon’s seventy years are completed will I visit you,

and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.

Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart, I will let you find me, says the Lord,

and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

SCRIPTURE READING: Colossians 1:3-14

In our prayers for you we always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven.

You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and

truly comprehended the grace of God truly comprehended the grace of God. This you learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, and he has made known to us your love in the Spirit.

For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may lead lives worthy

of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God. May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to

endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us

into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. L: This is the Word of the Lord. P: Thanks be to God!

“Lifestyle” Rev. Tedd Pullano

*HYMN #525 “Here I Am, Lord” v.1 I, the Lord of sea and sky, I have heard my people cry, All who dwell in deepest sin My hand will save.

*HYMN #525 “Here I Am, Lord” v.1 I, who made the stars of night, I will make their darkness bright. Who will bear My light to them? Whom shall I send?

*HYMN #525 “Here I Am, Lord” v.1 Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard You calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if You lead me. I will hold Your people in my heart.

*HYMN #525 “Here I Am, Lord” v.2 I, the Lord of snow and rain, I have borne My people’s pain. I have wept for love of them. They turn away.

*HYMN #525 “Here I Am, Lord” v.2 I will break their hearts of stone, give them hearts for love alone. I will speak My word to them. Whom shall I send?

*HYMN #525 “Here I Am, Lord” v.2 Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard You calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if You lead me. I will hold Your people in my heart.

*HYMN #525 “Here I Am, Lord” v.3 I, the Lord of wind and flame, I will tend the poor and lame. I will set a feast for them. My hand will save.

*HYMN #525 “Here I Am, Lord” v.3 Finest bread I will provide, till their hearts be satisfied. I will give My life to them. Whom shall I send?

*HYMN #525 “Here I Am, Lord” v.3 Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard You calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if You lead me. I will hold Your people in my heart.

Reaffirmation of the Baptismal Covenant Presentation

Reaffirmation of the Baptismal Covenant Presentation Renunciations

Reaffirmation of the Baptismal Covenant Presentation Renunciations Profession *The Apostles’ Creed

*APOSTLES’ CREED I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven,

he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints,

The forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Reaffirmation of the Baptismal Covenant Presentation Renunciations Profession *The Apostles’ Creed Laying on of Hands

Reaffirmation of the Baptismal Covenant Presentation Renunciations Profession *The Apostles’ Creed Laying on of Hands Welcome

Unison Response: With joy and thanksgiving we welcome you to share with us in the ministry of Christ, for we are all one in him. Amen.

OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD Offertory Invitation Offertory “Pan Pastorale” ~Godard

*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) God of grace and truth, we seek to lead a life worthy of your calling in Christ. Because of that, we bring you the

fruit of our work, with the prayer that it may be fitting of your blessing and glory and used to build your kingdom. Thanks be to God, 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 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 #2223 “They’ll Know We are…” v.1 We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord (repeat) And we pray that all unity may one day be restored.

*HYMN #2223 “They’ll Know We are…” v.1 And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

*HYMN #2223 “They’ll Know We are…” v.2 We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand. (repeat) And together we’ll spread the news that God is in our land.

*HYMN #2223 “They’ll Know We are…” v.2 And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

BENEDICTION

*HYMN #2223 “They’ll Know We are…” v.3 We will work with each other, we will work side by side. (repeat) And we’ll guard human dignity and save human pride:

*HYMN #2223 “They’ll Know We are…” v.3 And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

*HYMN #2223 “They’ll Know We are…” v.4 All praise to the Father, from whom all things come, And all praise to Christ Jesus, God’s only Son, And all praise to the Spirit, who makes us one:

*HYMN #2223 “They’ll Know We are…” v.4 And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

Postlude “Toccata” ~Yon