1. April 22, 2018
Welcome to OPC

2. Welcome and Announcements
Cambridge Chimes
Welcome and Announcements
Greeting Each Other

3. “La Vaillance” ~Telemann
Ringing of the Bell
Prelude
“La Vaillance” ~Telemann
Lighting of the candles

4. *CALL TO WORSHIP AND INVOCATION
L: It is a joy to welcome you this day!
P: We are grateful and happy to be here.
L: The Good Shepherd knows you and has called you here.

5. P: We come celebrating God’s tender, caring love for us
P: We come celebrating God’s tender, caring love for us. L: Our God seeks us out, longing for us to know God’s voice. P: We ask this day to hear God’s voice and to respond with joy.

6. L: God hopes to feed you with his Word
L: God hopes to feed you with his Word. P: Holy and Good Shepherd, help us to know your Word deeply – with our mind and our hearts. L: Let us worship God. P: Let us worship God!

7. *HYMN #466 “O For a Thousand Tongues…” v.1
O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer’s praise, The glories of my God and King, the triumphs of God’s grace!

8. *HYMN #466 “O For a Thousand Tongues…” v.2
Jesus, the name that charms our fears, that bids our sorrows cease; ‘Tis music in the sinner’s ears, ‘tis life, and health, and peace.

9. *HYMN #466 “O For a Thousand Tongues…” v.3
Christ breaks the power of reigning sin, and sets the prisoner free; Christ’s blood can make the sinful clean, Christ’s blood availed for me.

10. *HYMN #466 “O For a Thousand Tongues…” v.4
My gracious Master and my God, assist me to proclaim, To spread through all the earth abroad the honors of Thy name.

11. *PRAYER OF CONFESSION (unison)
You long to fill us with your comfort and peace, Good Shepherd, but we continue to take on more anxiety, more worry, more fear.

12. You would comfort us in the gentleness of your hope, but we choose the embrace of a world spinning out of control. You would feed us with more than we need,

13. but we continue to hunger for the sweet sensations offered to us by temptation. You keep your promises and offer us forgiveness and mercy all the days of our life.

14. May we keep our eyes focused on the path you have shaped for us; may we listen to the call of the Good Shepherd who leads us into your joy, that kingdom prepared for us by Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

15. (silence is observed for reflection and prayer)

16. L: This is the good news: wherever we are, God is with us; whoever we
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
L: This is the good news: wherever we are, God is with us; whoever we
are, God forgives us, and offers us new life.
P: Because Christ is risen, we are forgiven and shall live forever. Alleluia!

17. “Love Lifted Me” ~H. Smith Duet by Norma Jones & Debra Glor
SPECIAL MUSIC
“Love Lifted Me” ~H. Smith Duet by Norma Jones & Debra Glor

18. Time With Young Christians

19. PROCLAIMING THE WORD SCRIPTURE READING: Ezekiel 34:11-15

20. For thus says the Lord God: I myself will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. As shepherds seek out their flocks when they are among their scattering sheep, so I will seek out my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places to which they have been scattered on a

21. day of clouds and thick darkness
day of clouds and thick darkness. I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited parts of the land.

22. I will feed them with the good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel shall be their pasture; they shall lie down in good grazing land, and they shall feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord God.

23. SCRIPTURE READING: John 10:11-18

24. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away – and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

25. The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold.

26. I must bring them in also, and they will listen to my voice
I must bring them in also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down,

27. and I have power to take it up again
and I have power to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father. L: This is the Word of the Lord. P: Thanks be to God!

28. “Staying Focused”
Rev. Tedd Pullano

29. Standing here in Your presence In a grace so relentless
Sinking Deep by Hillsong Young & Free
Standing here in Your presence
In a grace so relentless
I am won
By perfect love

30. Wrapped within the arms of heaven In a peace that lasts forever Sinking deep In mercy's sea

31. I'm wide awake Draw me close Stirred by grace And all my heart is Yours

32. All fear removed I breathe You in I lean into Your love Oh, Your love

33. When I'm lost You pursue me Lift my head to see Your glory Lord of all So beautiful

34. Here in You I find shelter Captivated by the splendor Of Your face My secret place

35. I'm wide awake Draw me close Stirred by grace And all my heart is Yours

36. All fear removed I breathe You in I lean into Your love Oh, Your love

37. Your love so deep Is washing over me Your face is all I seek You are my everything

38. Jesus Christ You are my one desire Lord hear my only cry To know You all my life

39. Love so deep Is washing over me Your face is all I seek You are my everything

40. Jesus Christ You are my one desire Lord hear my only cry To know You all my life

41. I'm wide awake Draw me close Stirred by grace And all my heart is Yours

42. All fear removed I breathe You in I lean into Your love Oh, Your love

43. *HYMN #387 “Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” v.1
Savior, like a shepherd lead us, much we need Thy tender care; In Thy pleasant pastures feed us, for our use Thy folds prepare:

44. *HYMN #387 “Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” v.1
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus, Thou hast bought us, Thine we are; Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus, Thou hast bought us, Thine we are.

45. *HYMN #387 “Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” v.2
Thou hast promised to receive us, poor and sinful though we be; Thou hast mercy to relieve us, grace to cleanse, and power to free:

46. *HYMN #387 “Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” v.2
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus, early let us turn to Thee; Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus, early let us turn to Thee.

47. *HYMN #387 “Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” v.3
Early let us seek Thy favor; early let us do Thy will; Blessed Lord and only Savior, with Thy love our bosoms fill:

48. *HYMN #387 “Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” v.3
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus, Thou hast loved us, love us still; Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus, Thou hast loved us, love us still.

49. OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD Offertory Invitation Offertory “Largo” ~Eccles

50. *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.

51. *PRAYER OF DEDICATION (unison)
Gracious God, you take care of us. You meet our needs, even when we do not recognize it. Out of your generosity we have much.

52. At this moment, we lovingly and gratefully return to you a bit of what we have. Please accept it, bless it, and use it to spread your tender love to those who need it most. Amen.

53. RESPONDING TO THE WORD JOYS AND CONCERNS PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

54. 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.

55. 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.

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

57. BEARING AND FOLLOWING THE WORD INTO THE WORLD

58. *HYMN #339 “Be Thou My Vision” v.1
Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art Thou my best thought, by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

59. *HYMN #339 “Be Thou My Vision” v.1
Riches I need not, nor man’s empty praise, Thou mine inheritance now and always: Thou and Thou only, first in my heart, Great God of heaven, my treasure Thou art.

60. *HYMN #339 “Be Thou My Vision” v.1
Be Thou my wisdom, and Thou my true word; I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord; Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, Still be my vision, O Ruler of all

61. BENEDICTION

62. “Fugue in A Major” ~Zachau
Postlude
“Fugue in A Major” ~Zachau