November 18, 2018 Welcome to OPC

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

Prelude “Prelude on ‘Netherlands’” ~Fisk Lighting of the candles

*CALL TO WORSHIP (Psalm 100) L: Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.

P: Know that the Lord is God P: Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

L: Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. P: For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

*HYMN #551 “Come, Ye Thankful People” v.1 Come, ye thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest home; All is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin;

God, our Maker, doth provide for our wants to be supplied; *HYMN #551 “Come, Ye Thankful People” v.1 God, our Maker, doth provide for our wants to be supplied; Come to God’s own temple, come, raise the song of harvest home.

*HYMN #551 “Come, Ye Thankful People” v.2 All the world is God’s own field, fruit unto God’s praise to yield; Wheat and tares together sown, unto joy or sorrow grown;

*HYMN #551 “Come, Ye Thankful People” v.2 First the blade, and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear; Lord of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be.

*HYMN #551 “Come, Ye Thankful People” v.3 For the Lord our God shall come, and shall take the harvest home; From each field shall in that day all offenses purge away;

*HYMN #551 “Come, Ye Thankful People” v.3 Give the angels charge at last in the fire the tares to cast, but the fruitful ears to store in God’s garner evermore.

*HYMN #551 “Come, Ye Thankful People” v.4 Even so, Lord, quickly come to Thy final harvest home; Gather Thou Thy people in, free from sorrow, free from sin;

*HYMN #551 “Come, Ye Thankful People” v.4 There forever purified, in Thy presence to abide; Come, with all Thine angels, come, raise the song of harvest home.

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION (unison) God, our fears and prejudices run deep. Sometimes we can only see our own point of view. We stick with those who are like us, rarely venturing outside our comfort zones.

We do not hear those crying for justice and true peace We do not hear those crying for justice and true peace. We blame those who are suffering and in need, instead of standing by them. We deny the power of your gospel to unite us with those

who are different from us. Lord, give us eyes to see and ears to hear who are different from us. Lord, give us eyes to see and ears to hear. Open us to new possibilities of life for all of your people, and use us to enact the new life given in Christ. Amen.

(Silence is observed for individual reflection and prayer)

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (unison) We are not alone, we live in God’s world. We believe in God: who has created and is creating, who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh, to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit.

We trust in God. We are called to be the church: to celebrate God’s presence, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope.

In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone. Thanks be to God, Amen.

CHOIR ANTHEM “Thanksgiving” ~Beck

Time With Young Christians

SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 118:22-29 PROCLAIMING THE WORD SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 118:22-29

The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Save us, we beseech you, O Lord! O Lord, we beseech you, give us success!

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. We bless you from the house of the Lord. The Lord is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar. You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God, I will extol you.

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

SCRIPTURE READING: Luke 17:11-19

On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, ‘Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!’ When he saw them, he said to them,

‘Go and show yourselves to the priests ‘Go and show yourselves to the priests.’ And as they went, they were made clean. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan.

Then Jesus asked, ‘Were not ten made clean Then Jesus asked, ‘Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?’ Then he said to him, ‘Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well.’

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

“What Have You Done for Me Lately?” Rev. Bob Kaiser

*HYMN #559 “We Gather Together” v.1 We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing He chastens and hastens His will to make known;

*HYMN #559 “We Gather Together” v.1 The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing, Sing praises to His name; He forgets not His own.

*HYMN #559 “We Gather Together” v.2 Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining, Ordaining, maintaining His kingdom divine;

*HYMN #559 “We Gather Together” v.2 So from the beginning the fight we were winning; Thou, Lord, wast at our side; all glory be Thine!

*HYMN #559 “We Gather Together” v.3 We all do extol Thee, Thou leader triumphant, and pray that Thou still our defender wilt be.

*HYMN #559 “We Gather Together” v.3 Let Thy congregation escape tribulation; Thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!

OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD Offertory Invitation Offertory “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow” ~Pachelbel Photo by John Kucko

*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) Almighty God, giver of every good and perfect gift, teach us to render to you all that we have and all that we are, that we may praise you, Photo by John Kucko

not with our lips only, but with our whole lives, turning the duties, the sorrows, and the joys of all our days into a living sacrifice to you; through our Savior Jesus Christ, Amen. Photo by John Kucko

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 #555 “Now Thank We All Our God” v.1 Now thank we all our God with heart and hands and voices, Who wondrous things hath done, in whom this world rejoices;

*Hymn #555 “Now Thank We All Our God” v.1 Who, from our mother’s arms has blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, and still is ours today.

*Hymn #555 “Now Thank We All Our God” v.2 O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us, With ever joyful hearts and blessed peace to cheer us;

*Hymn #555 “Now Thank We All Our God” v.2 And keep us in God’s grace, and guide us when perplexed, And free us from all ills in this world and the next.

*Hymn #555 “Now Thank We All Our God” v.3 All praise and thanks to God, who reigns in highest heaven, To Father and to Son and Spirit now be given.

*Hymn #555 “Now Thank We All Our God” v.3 The one eternal God, whom heaven and earth adore; The God who was, and is, and shall be evermore.

BENEDICTION

Postlude “Choral Improvisation” ~Karg Elert