1. February 3, 2019
Welcome to OPC

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

3. Lighting of the candles
Prelude
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Lighting of the candles

4. *CALL TO WORSHIP AND INVOCATION
L: Sisters and brothers, let us worship God, who shows us a more excellent way.
P: The Lord teaches us each day what it means to love.

5. L: Our God does so by the many blessings God pours out upon us
L: Our God does so by the many blessings God pours out upon us. P: We come this day with shouts of joy, to sing and give thanks to the Lord.

6. L: Let us worship God in spirit and in truth, and most importantly, in love. P: Let us worship God this day, and may God help us to learn to love with God’s love.

7. *HYMN #481 “Praise the Lord, God’s Glories…” v.1
Praise the Lord, God’s glories show, Alleluia! Saints within God’s courts below, Alleluia! Angels round the throne above, Alleluia!

8. All that see and share God’s love. Alleluia!
*HYMN #481 “Praise the Lord, God’s Glories…” v.1
All that see and share God’s love. Alleluia!

9. *HYMN #481 “Praise the Lord, God’s Glories…” v.2
Earth to heaven and heaven to earth, Alleluia! Tell the wonders, sing God’s worth, Alleluia! Age to age and shore to shore, Alleluia!

10. Praise God, praise forevermore! Alleluia!
*HYMN #481 “Praise the Lord, God’s Glories…” v.2
Praise God, praise forevermore! Alleluia!

11. *HYMN #481 “Praise the Lord, God’s Glories…” v.3
Praise the Lord, great mercies trace, Alleluia! Praise this providence and grace, Alleluia! All that God for us has done, Alleluia!

12. All God sends us through the Son. Alleluia!
*HYMN #481 “Praise the Lord, God’s Glories…” v.3
All God sends us through the Son. Alleluia!

13. L: Love is patient and kind.
*PRAYER OF CONFESSION
L: Love is patient and kind.
P: Lord, it is hard to be patient when there is so much we need and want. When other people slow us down, it is easy to forget to be kind.

14. L: Love is not jealous or conceited or proud. P: But we are, God
L: Love is not jealous or conceited or proud. P: But we are, God. We look at some people and think we are better than they are. We look at other people and feel jealous of what they have and what they can do. Forgive us.

15. L: Love is not ill- mannered or selfish or irritable
L: Love is not ill- mannered or selfish or irritable. P: But we often blurt out rude, hurting words and accusations, almost before we know what we are saying. Help us learn to think before we speak.

16. L: Love does not keep a record of wrongs
L: Love does not keep a record of wrongs. P: But we remember even those wrongs we have really tried to forgive. We remember them and bring them up when we are angry or when we want our own way.

17. We use them to hurt even the people we love
We use them to hurt even the people we love. Help us to forgive and forget. L: Love is not happy with evil. Love is happy with the truth.

18. P: But it is hard not to take secret delight when people get what they have coming to them. Teach us compassion, God. L: Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail.

19. P: But we give up easily. We give up on other people
P: But we give up easily. We give up on other people. We give up on ourselves. We give up on making a difference. We lose hope that anything will ever be any different. Forgive us, for we pray in Jesus’ name.

20. ASSURANCE OF PARDON
L: Hear this about God’s great love: God is patient and kind. God does not keep a record of our wrongs. God does not remember our failings at loving, but is happy about every one of our successes. God never gives up on us,

21. because God’s love is forever. Know you are forgiven
because God’s love is forever. Know you are forgiven. P: Now, forgiven, we can bear all things, hope all things, endure all things. Thanks be to God! Amen.

22. SPECIAL MUSIC
~Holly Kelsey

23. PROCLAIMING THE WORD
SCRIPTURE READING:
Jeremiah 1:4-10

24. Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.’ Then I said, ‘Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy.’ But the Lord said to me,

25. ‘Do not say, “I am only a boy”; for you shall go to all whom I send, and you shall speak whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.’ Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me,

26. ‘Now I have put my words in your mouth
‘Now I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.’

27. SCRIPTURE READING:
1 Corinthians 12:31b-13:13

28. And I will show you a still more excellent way
And I will show you a still more excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and knowledge, and if I have faith, so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

29. If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth.

30. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end.

31. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.

32. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. L: This is the Word of the Lord. P: Thanks be to God!

33. “I Can’t Do It”
Rev. Tedd Pullano

34. *HYMN #398 “There’s a Sweet, Sweet Spirit” v.1

35. OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD Offertory Invitation Offertory “” ~

36. *DOXOLOGY #542, v.4
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.

37. *Prayer of Dedication
(unison)
Gracious God, your love for us is shown in the gifts of Jesus and the Holy Spirit. You call us to make these gifts evident in our lives.

38. Receive and bless, this, our offering, as a symbol of our thanksgiving and as a sign of our commitment to tell of your love and mercy. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

39. RESPONDING TO THE WORD JOYS AND CONCERNS PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
PASTORAL PRAYER

40. THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
All who trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are invited to participate in the Sacrament of the Lord’s Table. With parental permission, baptized children are welcome to partake in the Sacrament as well.

41. *INVITATION TO THE LORD’S TABLE
L: This is the joyful feast of the people of God.
P: People will come from East and West, and from North and South, and sit at the table in the household of God.

42. *HYMN #516 “Lord, We Have Come” v.1
Lord, we have come at Your own invitation, Chosen by You, to be counted Your friends;

43. *HYMN #516 “Lord, We Have Come” v.1
Yours is the strength that sustains dedication, Ours a commitment we know never ends.

44. *THE GREAT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
L: May God the Creator, God the Redeemer, God the Healer be with you.
P: And also with you.
L: Lift up your hearts!
P: We lift them up to the Lord!
L: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

45. P: It is right to give God thanks and praise.
L: It is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise, Loving God, for into this troubled world you break forth with the Light of Love. Though we choose to embrace the call of sin, you come to us with good news of your mercy and love – and the call to love others.

46. When we forget the good way of following you, you remember us and look upon us with favor by sending prophets, unexpected angels and even your own Son Jesus. Therefore with the angels and all the other hosts of heaven we stand in awe before you to join their chorus of praise:

47. P: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of love, heaven and earth are full of your glory and love. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
L: In sending Jesus the Christ, the obedient one, you revealed to all how your Love works. He honored your call on his life by preaching, teaching,

48. restoring, and redeeming. He brought Love everywhere he went
restoring, and redeeming. He brought Love everywhere he went. He taught us how your love works, and how we should love. For that we are deeply thankful. So, here in this holy time of celebration, here at the sacred feast prepared for us, we would speak of that mystery we call faith:

49. P: We remember Christ’s death; we remember Christ’s resurrection; we remember Christ will come again in glory.
L: God of light, let your Holy Spirit move in power and love over us and over these earthly gifts of bread and wine. By our sharing of them, may we experience the mystery of the true communion

50. of the body and blood of Christ, and may we be strengthened to follow him and carry his healing to all who are in need.

51. 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.

52. 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.

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

54. *WORDS OF INSTITUTION
L: On the night he was arrested, while they were eating, Jesus reached over, took some bread, gave thanks to God. Then he broke it, and gave it to his disciples and told them “Take this and eat it. This is my body, given for you. Do this remembering me and my example.”

55. *WORDS OF INSTITUTION
In the same way he took the cup from the table, and said, “This cup I have here is the new covenant, new hope, which will be sealed in my blood, which I will shed for you for the forgiveness of your sins. Whenever you drink it, remember me.”

56. *WORDS OF INSTITUTION
Jesus tells us boldly: “I am the bread of life. If any of you come to me, you won’t be hungry; it any of you believe in me, you will never be thirsty.” Friends, every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the saving death of the risen Lord until he comes –

57. and you experience the grace of God.
*WORDS OF INSTITUTION
and you experience the grace of God.

58. SHARING OF THE BREAD AND CUP Distribution of the Bread
(bread is gluten free)
(to symbolize our common experience of God’s grace, please retain the bread until all have been served).

59. SHARING OF THE BREAD AND CUP Distribution of the Cup
(to symbolize our individual experience of God’s grace, please drink the cup as it is served).

60. PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION (Unison)
Gracious God, we give you thanks for satisfying our hungry hearts with this holy meal shared in the Spirit with Jesus, your Son, our Lord. Strengthened and refreshed,

61. PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION (Unison)
we go from here to be his disciples in the world by offering unconditional love. Help us to do so, we pray, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

62. BEARING AND FOLLOWING THE WORD INTO THE WORLD

63. *HYMN #2173 “Shine, Jesus, Shine” v.1W

64. *BENEDICTION

65. Postlude
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