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OPC Cambridge Chimes: Welcome and Announcements

Join us for a beautiful day of worship and gratitude for Earth and Creator. Experience the power of forgiveness and rejoice in God's love. Reflect on Scripture and sing hymns that celebrate the wonders of creation. All are welcome!

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OPC Cambridge Chimes: Welcome and Announcements

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  1. September 23, 2018 Welcome to OPC

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

  3. Prelude“Trumpet Tune”~Young Lighting of the candles

  4. *CALL TO WORSHIP AND INVOCATION L: Let us give thanks for this beautiful day, for it is a gift from Creator. P: Let us give thanks for the water without which life would not be possible.

  5. L: Let us give thanks for Grandmother Earth who protects and nourishes us. P: We give thanks for earth, air, sun, and water, in which we see the hand of Creator,

  6. even Creator Himself, for He is in all He has made. ALL: Let us give thanks for this life. It is a gift from Creator, and we have the possibility of living it.

  7. Let us live it to His praise and glory!

  8. *HYMN #273 “O God the Creator” v.1 O God the Creator, the Three in One,The Creator of earth and moon and sun,You have loved and protected us since time first begun,

  9. *HYMN #273 “O God the Creator” v.1 And we’re brothers and sisters in God’s love, in God’s love,And we’re brothers and sisters in God’s love.

  10. *HYMN #273 “O God the Creator” v.2 For the earth is our mother, where all things grow,And her valleys are green where the waters flow,Gentle deer and the eagle and the mighty buffalo,

  11. *HYMN #273 “O God the Creator” v.2 And we’re brothers and sisters in God’s love, in God’s love,And we’re brothers and sisters in God’s love.

  12. *HYMN #273 “O God the Creator” v.3 We are one in the Spirit, in the great mystery,Walk together in beauty as we dwell in harmony,Bringing all of God’s children into one community,

  13. *HYMN #273 “O God the Creator” v.3 And we’re brothers and sisters in God’s love, in God’s love,And we’re brothers and sisters in God’s love.

  14. *HYMN #273 “O God the Creator” v.4 Send a sense of Your presence as we seek leadership,Pray that God will join us in our vision quest.Welcome God to come into our hearts as our guest,

  15. *HYMN #273 “O God the Creator” v.4 And we’re brothers and sisters in God’s love, in God’s love,And we’re brothers and sisters in God’s love.

  16. *PRAYER OF CONFESSIONL: The circle of love is repeatedly broken because of the sin of exclusion. We create separate circles: the inner circle and the outer circle, the circle of power and the circle of misery,

  17. the circle of favor and the circle of denial. P: Forgive us our sins, as we forgive all who have sinned against us. L: The circle of love is broken whenever there is hostility,

  18. whenever there is misunderstanding, whenever there is insensitivity and a closed heart. P: Forgive us our sins, as we forgive all who have sinned against us.

  19. L: The circle of love is broken whenever we cannot see eye to eye, whenever we cannot link hand to hand, whenever we cannot live heart to heart and affirm our differences.

  20. P: Forgive us our sins, as we forgive all who have sinned against us. L: Through God’s grace we are forgiven, by the mercy of our Creator, through the love of Christ,

  21. and in the power of the Spirit. Let us rejoice and be glad! ALL: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be; world without end, Amen.

  22. (silence is observed for reflection and prayer)

  23. ASSURANCE OF PARDON L: Know that our God, the God of all Creation, loves and forgives you this day. P: Thanks be to God for forgiveness. Amen.

  24. CHOIR ANTHEM “Shoshone Lone Song”

  25. TIME WITH YOUNG CHRISTIANS

  26. “Hozhonji” – Navajo song of the Earth The Navajo people sing of all things in the world. They declare all things perfect as first made – the heavens, the wind, clouds, rain, sun, moon, rainbow, lightning, earth, mountains, and all growing things. This song is a blessing of thecreated world. It can also be used for healing the sick. The words are traditional Navajo.

  27. “Hozhonji” Navajo song of the Earth All is beautiful, Now the Mother Earth, And the Father Sky, Joining one another,Being helpmates ever,They.

  28. PROCLAIMING THE WORD SCRIPTURE READING: Job 12:7-10

  29. But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you; ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?

  30. In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of every human being.

  31. SCRIPTURE READING: 2 Corinthians 5:16-18

  32. From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; seeeverything hasbecome new!

  33. All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. L: This is the Word of the Lord. P: Thanks be to God!

  34. “New Journeys” Debra Glor

  35. *HYMN #271 “Many and Great” v.1 Many and great, O God, are Thy things, Maker of earth and sky;Thy hands have set the heavens with stars,

  36. *HYMN #271 “Many and Great” v.1 Thy fingers spread the mountains and plains. Lo, at Thy word the waters were formed;Deep seas obey Thy voice.

  37. *HYMN #271 “Many and Great” v.2 Grant unto us communion with Thee,Thou star-abiding One;Come unto us and dwell with us:

  38. *HYMN #271 “Many and Great” v.2 With Thee are found the gifts of life.Bless us with life that has no end,Eternal life with Thee.

  39. OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD Offertory Invitation Offertory “Air” ~Martin

  40. *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.

  41. *PRAYER OF DEDICATION (unison) O Great Spirit, you have given us all things in the earth. You have filled our baskets to the brim. Because you have filled our baskets,

  42. your goodness runs over, and we celebrate by returning to you a portion of your gifts in thanksgiving. Use it as you use us. We thank you for your gifts,

  43. even as we seek to make those gifts symbols of our worth and your choosing to keep us close by your side. Amen.

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

  45. *PASTORAL PRAYER L: From the East, the direction of the rising sun, come wisdom and knowledge. Let us face East (all face East) and pray: P: Enable us, O God, to be wise in our use of the resources of the earth, sharing them in justice, partaking of

  46. them in thankfulness. We learn from your creation that life is a sacred circle, of which there is no beginning and no end. We are all related. Lord, hear our prayer. L: Please face center. From the South comes guidance,

  47. the beginning of life. Let us face South (all face South) and pray: P:May we walk good paths, O God, living on this earth as sisters and brothers should, rejoicing in one another’s blessings,

  48. sympathizing in one another’s sorrows, and together with you renewing the face of the earth. We are all related. Lord, hear our prayer. L: Please face center. From the West come purifying waters. Let us face West

  49. (all face West) and pray that the Holy Spirit of God may again breathe over the waters making them pure, making them fruitful. Let us pray: P:We pray that we, too, may be purified, so that life may be sustained and

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