May 19, 2019 Welcome to OPC

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

Lighting of the candles Prelude “Prelude in D minor” ~J.S. Bach Lighting of the candles

L: How wondrous! What a vision for us: a new heaven and a new earth! *CALL TO WORSHIP L: How wondrous! What a vision for us: a new heaven and a new earth! P: The old, bruised, angered, fearful and divided world and way of being will pass away!

L: In its place God will offer new hope and peace; God will wipe away all tears and crying. P: God will dwell with God’s people forevermore, sharing the Water of Life.

L: Sisters and Brothers, let us worship the Lord who is doing a new thing. P: May God give us eyes to see the world in a new way.

L: Praise God who establishes God’s ways in the heart of God’s people. P: May we receive God’s peace and hope, and spread that to our world.

*HYMN #122 “Thine is the Glory” v.1 Thine is the glory, Risen, conquering Son; Endless is the victory, Thou o’er death hast won. Angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away,

*HYMN #122 “Thine is the Glory” v.1 Kept the folded graveclothes where Thy body lay. Thine is the glory, Risen, conquering Son; Endless is the victory, Thou o’er death hast won.

*HYMN #122 “Thine is the Glory” v.2 Lo! Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb; Lovingly He greets us, scatters fear and gloom. Let the church with gladness hymns of triumph sing,

*HYMN #122 “Thine is the Glory” v.2 For the Lord now liveth; death hath lost its sting. Thine is the glory, Risen, conquering Son; Endless is the victory, Thou o’er death hast won.

*HYMN #122 “Thine is the Glory” v.3 No more we doubt Thee, glorious Prince of life! Life is nought without Thee; aid us in our strife. Make us more than conquerors through Thy deathless love;

*HYMN #122 “Thine is the Glory” v.3 Bring us safe through Jordan to Thy home above. Thine is the glory, Risen, conquering Son; Endless is the victory, Thou o’er death hast won.

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION (unison) Patient God of New Things, sometimes we are just too busy for our own good. We pledge ourselves to hectic schedules, and demands on our time, energy,

and resources that keep us away from our commitment to you and to each other. We rush through life. The cries of those around us in need go unheeded in our blur of activities. Slow our spirits down a bit, Lord.

Remind us again that we are responsible for the care of each other and this world; for reaching out and offering your healing love. Help us to hear the words of patient love that you have for us.

Remind us again of Jesus’ words to his disciples when he told them that they should love one another as he loved them. May we take time to bear witness to that love in all that we do.

*Assurance of Pardon L: Sisters and Brothers, wherever you are, Christ is with you. You are beloved of God, and God’s care will always surround you. Know you are forgiven this day.

*Assurance of Pardon P: In his great love, Christ forgives us. Thank you God. We are in your debt. Amen.

SCRIPTURE READING: John 13:31-35

When he had gone out, Jesus said, ‘Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews

so now I say to you, “Where I am going, you cannot come so now I say to you, “Where I am going, you cannot come.” I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.’

~The Quintessential Quintet HYMN MEDLEY ~The Quintessential Quintet

TIME WITH YOUNG CHRISTIANS

PROCLAIMING THE WORD SCRIPTURE READING: Revelation 21:1-7

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,

‘See, the home of God is among mortals ‘See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.

And the one who was seated on the throne said, ‘See, I am making all things new.’ Also he said, ‘It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life. Those who conquer will inherit these things, and I will be

their God and they will be my children. L: This is the Word of the Lord. P: Thanks be to God!

“Rose Colored Glasses” Rev. Tedd Pullano

*HYMN #439 “In Christ there is No East or West” v.1 In Christ there is no East or West, in Him no South or North; But one great fellowship of love throughout the whole wide earth.

*HYMN #439 “In Christ there is No East or West” v.2 In Christ shall true hearts everywhere their high communion find; His service is the golden cord, close-binding humankind.

*HYMN #439 “In Christ there is No East or West” v.3 Join hands, disciples of the faith, whate’er your race may be. All children of the living God are surely kin to me.

*HYMN #439 “In Christ there is No East or West” v.4 In Christ now meet both East and West, in Him meet South and North; All Christly souls are one in Him throughout the whole wide earth.

OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD Offertory Invitation Offertory “The Cuckoo” ~D’Aquin

*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 Loving God, you have given us the job to love one another. May the gifts we offer bring love and life to others. May the love we share bring hope to a world that has forgotten how to love. 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, 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 #446 “Glorious Things of Thee…” v.1 Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God; God, whose word cannot be broken, formed thee for a blest abode.

*HYMN #446 “Glorious Things of Thee…” v.1 On the rock of ages founded, What can shake thy sure repose? With salvation’s walls surrounded, Thou may’st smile at all thy foes.

*HYMN #446 “Glorious Things of Thee…” v.2 See, the streams of living waters, springing from eternal love, well supply thy sons and daughters and all fear of want remove.

*HYMN #446 “Glorious Things of Thee…” v.2 Who can faint while such a river ever flows their thirst to assuage? Grace, which like the Lord, the Giver, never fails from age to age.

*HYMN #446 “Glorious Things of Thee…” v.3 Round each habitation hovering, see the cloud and fire appear For a glory and a covering, showing that the Lord is near.

*HYMN #446 “Glorious Things of Thee…” v.3 Thus deriving from their banner Light by night and shade by day, Safe they feed upon the manna Which God gives them when they pray.

*BENEDICTION

“Classical Postlude” ~Haydn