January 14 2018 Welcome to OPC Chimes Blowin in the Wind Dylan Welcome and Announcements Greeting Each Other Ringing of the Bell Prelude Allegro Scarlatti Lighting of the candles ID: 763848
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January 14, 2018 Welcome to OPC
Chimes “Blowin’ in the Wind” ~DylanWelcome and Announcements Greeting Each Other
Ringing of the Bell Prelude“Allegro” ~Scarlatti Lighting of the candles
*CALL TO WORSHIP AND INVOCATION L: Awesome God, you tell us that you love those who are full of peace.P: You say that they “shall be knownas God’s children.” L: So, as we worship, and sing, and listen this morning:
P : Lend us your strength to be full of kindness.L: Give us hearts for fairness and peace. P: Fill our heartswith your caring and compassion for everyone.
L: Walk with us as we try to care for all parts of your creation. P: Strengthen our voices in song, move our hearts with yourloving Spirit.
*HYMN #369 “I’m Gonna Live So God Can…” v.1 I’m gonna live so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! I’m gonna live so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime!
*HYMN #369 “I’m Gonna Live So God Can…” v.2 I’m gonna work so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! I’m gonna work so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime!
*HYMN #369 “I’m Gonna Live So God Can…” v.3 I’m gonna pray so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! I’m gonna pray so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime!
*HYMN #369 “I’m Gonna Live So God Can…” v.4 I’m gonna sing so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! I’m gonna sing so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime!
*PRAYER OF CONFESSION (unison) Gracious God, we hate when we mess up. And yet we do it too often. Sometimes we yell at people we love, sometimes we withhold love from them when we are angry.
Please forgive us. Forgive us for not following your call to love and honor those around us. Please come into the broken places in our lives, which are often places we have created, and bring healing.
Strengthen us for the daily stresses of life which can lead us to make bad decisions. Grant us the wholeness and peace which come only from you.
(silence is observed for reflection and prayer )
ASSURANCE OF PARDON L: Come, Sisters and Brothers, receive the forgiveness, wholeness, and peace of God, and follow Jesus as he leads you to love.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON P: We claim God’s forgiveness, and will sing of God’s love for us. Thanks be to God!
CHOIR ANTHEM“We Bear the Name”
Time With Young Christians
PROCLAIMING THE WORD SCRIPTURE READING: Isaiah 11:1-9
A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear; but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his loins. The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze,
their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put its had on the adder’s den. They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain;
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
SCRIPTURE READING: Matthew 5:38-48
You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also; and if anyone wants to sue you and take your coat, give your cloak as well;
and if anyone forces you to go one mile, go also the second mile. Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you.’ You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you,
Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax-collectors do the same? And if you greet only you brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
L : This is the Word of the Lord. P: Thanks be to God!
“Peace”Rev. Tedd Pullano
A Litany of Celebrationin the words ofRev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
L: Martin King had a dream. The ideals of justice and freedom and the belief that all are created equal in the eyes of God are noble principles. But they are meaningless unless they become the personal possession of each one of us.
ALL: For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent. I will struggle with myself. I will not rest until the dream of justice and freedom becomes my personal dream.
I must realize that I am not an innocent bystander. I can help realize the dream by my action, or delay it by my inaction.
L: Martin’s dream of a day when people from all races and nations, even the offspring of slaves and former slave owners, can sit at a table as brothers and sisters and find ways of transforming their differences into assets.
That was Martin’s dream. What is your dream?ALL: My dream is that one day soon I will find a way to stop just celebrating the dream and start living it.
It must become a part of my daily life; or nothing much will change.L: The dream is not about an ideal world; it is about the real world. Martin King’s poetic refrain, “I Have a Dream,” is a call for
us to remember the real world where injustice abounds.ALL: When I am in the shelter of my home I must remember the homeless. When I eat, I must remember the hungry.
When I feel secure I must remember the insecure. When I see injustice I must remember that it will not stop unless I stop it. L: I have a dream!
ALL: I also have a dream. I have a dream that the Holy Spirit will arouse in me that very flame of righteousness that cause Martin King to become a living sacrifice for the
freedom and liberation of all of God’s children. Then I will be able to resist racial injustice everywhere I see it, even within myself.
*HYMN #386 “O for a World” v.1 O for a world where everyone respects each other’s ways, Where love is lived and all is done with justice and with praise.
*HYMN #386 “O for a World” v.2 O for a world where goods are shared and misery relieved, Where truth is spoken, children spared, Equality achieved.
*HYMN #386 “O for a World” v.3 We welcome one world family and struggle with each choice That opens us to unity and gives our vision voice.
*HYMN #386 “O for a World” v.4 The poor are rich, the weak are strong, The foolish ones are wise. Tell all who mourn; Outcasts belong, Who perishes will rise.
*HYMN #386 “O for a World” v.5 O for a world preparing for God’s glorious reign of peace, Where time and tears will be no more, And all but love will cease.
OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD Offertory Invitation Offertory “Adagio in G minor” ~ Albinoni
*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 Unimaginable Peace, you sent your son into our midst that we might see his way of love, a love that is so different from what the world has shown us.
It calls us to give with extravagant generosity, and to love those who wrong us. Holy God, bless the offering we give this day, and may what we share this morning be used to bring your compassion,
peace, and love to those who need it. May people know we belong to you by the way we love and the way we give. In the name of Christ, who gave all for us. 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. 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 #404 “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” v.1 Precious Lord, take my hand, Lead me on, help me stand; I am tired, I am weak, I am worn;
*HYMN #404 “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” v.1 Through the storm, through the night, Lead me on to the light; Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home.
*HYMN #404 “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” v.2 When my way grows drear, Precious Lord, linger near; When my life is almost gone,
*HYMN #404 “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” v.2 Hear my cry, hear my call, Hold my hand lest I fall; Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home.
* BENEDICTION
Postlude “Toccata in C Major” ~Zipoli