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Chimes of Hope: A Worship Service Celebrating the Ascension of Jesus

Join us for a meaningful worship service filled with music, prayers, scripture readings, and a sermon focused on the ascension of Jesus. Discover the hope and empowerment that comes from being filled with the Holy Spirit.

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Chimes of Hope: A Worship Service Celebrating the Ascension of Jesus

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  1. May 28, 2017 Welcome to OPC

  2. Chimes“Battle Hymn of the Republic” Welcome and Announcements Greeting Each Other

  3. Ringing of the Bell Prelude“Allegro” ~Handel Lighting of the candles Introit“O Lord, Open Thou Our Eyes”

  4. *CALL TO WORSHIP AND INVOCATION L: Shout to God with songs of great joy! P: Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised!

  5. L: God has redeemed us, made us whole, and filled us with her presence. P: Being filled with that presence, God calls us to ministry of hope, healing, and love.

  6. L: Come, let us continue to listen for God’s leading. P: Let us open our ears and our hearts for the call of our great leader.

  7. L: Today God strengthens us and calls us “Apostles” P: Because we are being filled and sent.

  8. L: Let us worship and celebrate the call and love of God! P: Let us praise God’s name and serve God joyfully. Amen.

  9. *HYMN #462“Christ, Whose Glory…” v.1 Christ, whose glory fills the skies,Christ, the true, the only Light,Sun of Righteousness arise,Triumph o’er the shades of night;

  10. *HYMN #462“Christ, Whose Glory…” v.1 Dayspring from on high, be near;Day-star, in my heart appear.

  11. *HYMN #462“Christ, Whose Glory…” v.2 Dark and cheerless is the mornUnaccompanied by Thee;Joyless is the day’s returnTill Thy mercy’s beams I see,

  12. *HYMN #462“Christ, Whose Glory…” v.2 Till they inward light impart,Cheer my eyes and warm my heart.

  13. *HYMN #462“Christ, Whose Glory…” v.3 Visit then this soul of mine;Pierce the gloom of sin and grief;Fill me, Radiancy divine;Scatter all my unbelief;

  14. *HYMN #462“Christ, Whose Glory…” v.3 More and more Thyself display,Shining to the perfect day.

  15. *PRAYER OF CONFESSION (unison) Patient God, it hasn’t been easy for us to be apostles or witness to your love. We get caught in traps of anger,

  16. impatience, and fear. Our words and spirits become cynical and jaded. Yet, at all times, you are with us, guiding and guarding us.

  17. On this day in which we celebrate the ascension of Jesus into heaven, we are reminded that we are not being left without guidance.

  18. The promise of the Holy Spirit is given, and in that promise, we have hope and courage to become true disciples.

  19. Forgive us when we forget that! Forgive us when we act as though you didn’t care about us or about this world. We are called to be those who live the faith of hopeand reconciliation,

  20. of courage and understanding. Lift us up when we have fallen, guide our hearts when we speak, for it is in the name of our risen Savior Jesus that we ask these things.

  21. (silence is observed for reflection and prayer)

  22. ASSURANCE OF PARDON L: May God give you a spirit of wisdom so that the power of Jesus Christ may be visible in your life. Know you are forgiven this day.

  23. P: By the grace of Jesus Christ we are forgiven and empowered to serve. Amen!

  24. CHOIR ANTHEM “Sing with Joy” ~D. Moore

  25. Time With Young Christians

  26. PROCLAIMING THE WORD SCRIPTURE READING: Ephesians 1:15-23

  27. I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. I pray that the God ofour Lord JesusChrist,

  28. the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he hascalled you,

  29. what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power.

  30. God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and aboveevery name thatis named,

  31. not only in this age but also in the age to come. And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

  32. SCRIPTURE READING: Acts 1:1-11

  33. In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostleswhom he hadchosen.

  34. After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over the course of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

  35. While staying with them, heordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the promise of the Father. ‘This,’ he said, ‘is what you have heard from me; for John baptized with water,

  36. but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.’ So when they had come together, they asked him, ‘Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?’

  37. He replied, ‘It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses inJerusalem,

  38. in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’ When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. While he was going and they were gazingup towardheaven,

  39. suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. They said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come inthe same way asyou saw himgo into heaven.’

  40. L: This is the Word of the Lord. P: Thanks be to God!

  41. “Apostles” Rev. TeddPullano

  42. Verse 3: (Jesus) appearing to them during forty days and speaking to them about the kingdom

  43. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

  44. Where the needs of the community around us are met by our passions, skills and gifts

  45. *Hymn #332 “Live Into Hope” v.1 Live into hope of captives freed, of sight regained, the end of greed.

  46. *Hymn #332 “Live Into Hope” v.1 The oppressed shall be the first to see the year of God’s own jubilee!

  47. *Hymn #332 “Live Into Hope” v.2 Live into hope the blind shall see with insight and with clarity,

  48. *Hymn #332 “Live Into Hope” v.2 Removing shades of pride and fear – a vision of our God brought near.

  49. *Hymn #332 “Live Into Hope” v.3 Live into hope of liberty, the right to speak, the right to be,

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