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Ogden Presbyterian Church
Rev. Tedd Pullano 2400 South Union Street Spencerport, NY 14559
585-352-6802
Worship and Fellowship Assistants
Today Next Sunday
BELL CHOIR DIRECTOR .................................... Bonnie Bush CHOIR DIRECTOR/ORGANIST……….. ...... Ellen Bristol CHRISTIAN EDUCATION DIRECTOR .......... Donna Metherell COMMUNION SERVERS: Stephanie & Tim Cassidy, John & Cindy Caloritis
WELCOME TO OGDEN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
We are glad you came today.
For your convenience, nursery care is available in Room #1 from 9:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. If needed, the room off the Narthex can be used for a cry room or for infant care. Sunday School for children through 8th grade is held during the worship service after the children’s time. Restrooms are located past the Fellowship Hall on the right. Please join us in the fellowship hall for a coffee/tea fellowship following the service.
OPC Mission Statement: Our purpose is to equip ourselves and others to be Disciples of Christ as we seek God’s will for our church and beyond.
REMEMBER: June 2019 Oracle deadline is Monday, May 20th.
Pastor ............................ Rev. Tedd Pullano Pastor’s email ................ [email protected] Pastor’s cell…………… 750-9775 Pastor’s Office Hours ... Call ahead; available by appointment
Secretary ........................ Brandon Arva Secretary email ............... [email protected] Secretary Office Hours . Tues/Fri 1:30—5pm
Office phone: ............... 352-6802
Website: http://www.ogdenpresbyterian.org (if you misplace your bulletin or Oracle, they can be found on the website)
Greeters Barb & Charlie White Carol Newman
Ushers Jim & Sandy Frieday OPEN
Liturgist Roger Howlett OPEN
Fellowship Mexican Theme (free will offering)
Mother’s Day Theme (Men of OPC)
SS Teacher Carol Newman CE Committee
Nursery Cindy Anderson Anne Wallace
Writing of Joys and Concerns There is a prayer request card in the pew. Please write down your prayer or praise request for us. (Please print legibly). Please put the prayer card into the offering
plate during the offering so the pastor will include your joys and concerns in Prayers of the People.
Trustee of the Month — May — Tim Cassidy — 352-0442 One trustee is assigned per month to take care of any building issues
that may arise. Please call the designated Trustee if you have something that needs to be addressed. Thank You!
Please use the time before worship starts to personally meditate, prepare or center your mind for worship.
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, contact John Caloritis (Clerk of Session) at 723-1285, or Sim Mulford (Deacon Chair) at 426-5308.
TOUCH CARDS Please take a moment to send a thought or well wishes to the designated person listed below. The cards can be found in each pew. Drop them in the collection plate or in the little basket in the Library. The Deacons will make sure they get to that person.
This week’s touch cards are for - Dottie Everhart (Recovering from knee surgery)
This Week at the Ogden Presbyterian Church
Today ............... Worship, 10am .......................... Mexican Theme Fellowship .......................... CROP Walk, 1pm Tuesday ........... Women’s Bible, 9:30am Wednesday ...... Home Bureau, 9:30-2:30 .......................... SEM, 10am .......................... Choir, 4pm .......................... TOPS, 5:30pm Thursday ......... Stitchin’ for Mission, 10am Next Sunday .... Worship, 10am .......................... Mother’s Day Fellowship
MARK YOUR CALENDARS…
PW PLANT SALE Saturday, May 18th in the OPC Pavilion
9am through Noon. Questions? See Donna Gruendike
VBS WEEK 2019 will be July 8th through 12th
Questions? See Donna Metherell
Upcoming OPC Events
May 13 Men’s Bible, Noon, OPC May 14 Christian Ed, 6:30pm May 16 Holocaust Survivor
Program, 7pm May 17 PW Plant Sale Prep May 18 PW Plant Sale (Pavilion),
9am—Noon OPC Potluck, 5:30pm May 19 TWYG Breakfast, 8:30 Youth Group Picnic, 5:30 May 20 Lunch Bunch, Noon,
Slayton Place Deacons, 6:30pm Trustees, 6:30pm ORACLE DEADLINE May 21 Session, 6:30pm May 22 Home Bureau, 9:30-2:30 May 27 Men’s Bible, Noon MEMORIAL DAY
OPC POTLUCK … MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! On Saturday, May 18th at 5:30pm, we will have a potluck dinner at OPC,
along with a presentation from Tim & Pat Rowe about their Holy Land Trip experience. Bring a dish to pass, and your own place settings, and join us for
this awesome fellowship opportunity!
SPENCERPORT CROP WALK 2019 This year marks 50th Golden Anniversary of CROP Walk. The Everetts
will be walking as Team OPC this year, and would appreciate your donations! 25% of the funds raised from the total amount pledged comes
right back to our Spencerport Ecumenical Food Shelf. If you want to donate online, you can go to www.crophungerwalk.org/spencerportny, which will
accept donations through May 19th.
MISSION COMMITTEE PROJECT The Spencerport Ecumenical Ministry churches are collecting hygiene items
and snacks for Los Samaritanos of Batavia. They are an organization who help the farm workers who are released from the detention center. The
workers are often dropped off at a near by gas station with nothing but the clothes they are wearing and their discharge papers. Some of the items being
collected are TRIAL SIZE tooth brush, toothpaste, soap, shampoo and conditioner. The complete list is on the Mission Table for you to take home. A special box will be on the Mission Table. Thank you for your generosity
and support.
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR PRESENTATION Thursday, May 16th @ 7pm here at OPC!
We will have a special opportunity to hear a presentation from a local Holocaust Survivor. The presentation will be followed up with a Q&A time. You won’t want
to miss it. This is made possible through Alyssa Hoadley, who has been the president of MCC’s Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Project.
Welcome to Ogden Presbyterian Church Sunday, May 5, 2019 — 3rd Sunday of Easter
GATHERING AROUND THE WORD
CAMBRIDGE CHIMES WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
GREETING EACH OTHER Ringing of Bell
PRELUDE “When Morning Gilds the Skies” BELL CHOIR Lighting of the candles
*CALL TO WORSHIP
L: Sisters and Brothers, today is the first day of our week, a new start and a new hope.
P: Lord, help us to be ready to hear your words of life this morning and each day.
L: Body of Christ, open your hearts and receive God’s breath of new life. P: Risen Lord, help us to receive your peace and feel our joy for this week. L: Come everyone, let us worship the Lord with great joy and hope! P: Let us worship God!
*HYMN #104 “Christ is Risen! Shout Hosanna!”
*PRAYER OF CONFESSION (unison) God of empty tombs and empty people: when we hesitate to speak of your hope to a hopeless world, forgive us and give us a voice. When we find it difficult to love one another, forgive us and give us fresh compassion and concern. When we want to stand with the high and mighty, forgive us and seat us care-fully next to the poor and oppressed. When we act without peace, change our hearts to carry your Shalom. When we stay locked behind our fears and doubts, forgive us, and send us out to share your grace. When we cannot believe your Word of new life, forgive us, and fill us with your joy. (silence is observed for individual reflection and prayer)
*PASSING OF THE PEACE
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON L: Sisters and Brothers, Christ comes into every shadowed corner of our lives
with the light of Easter. Christ comes into the locked rooms of our faults and gifts us with forgiveness and hope.
P: Christ comes to forgive us and fill us with peace, so we may proclaim the good news of mercy and forgiveness for all. Thanks be to God. Amen.
BELL CHOIR “Simple Gifts”
PROCLAIMING THE WORD
SCRIPTURE READINGS Isaiah 9:2-7 p. 555 John 20:19-31 p. 883 L: This is the word of the Lord. P: Thanks be to God!
SERMON “Hope Mobilizes” Rev. Tedd Pullano
*HYMN #316 “Breathe On Me, Breath of God”
OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD
OFFERING INVITATION OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD
OFFERTORY “Now Thank We All Our God” BELL CHOIR
*DOXOLOGY #542, v.4
*Worshipers please stand (as you are able)
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION (unison) Gracious and loving God, you raised Jesus from the dead, showing your love for the world. Such a generous act not only showers us with grace, it calls for a response. We respond with these gifts, and our lives—and we pray your blessing on them. As you sent Jesus, so send us in peace and in the power of your Spirit to reveal your love in all we do and say. In the name of our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
RESPONDING TO THE WORD
JOYS AND CONCERNS PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE PASTORAL PRAYER
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER (All who trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are invited to partake. Children shall partake of the elements under their parents’ guidance.)
*INVITATION TO THE LORD’S TABLE L: Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I invite you to come to the joyful feast of the
Lord. When we eat at this table, we share in a meal now. As well, we also take part in a meal both old and new. When we gather here and eat, we eat the meal that Jesus and his disciples ate. And in doing so, we become those disciples. We sit around the same table. In this holy Meal, we believe that Jesus comes to meet us. And also, while we are in the past with Jesus and the Israelites, while we are in the present with each other, we are also partaking of the future meal—the resurrection banquet. We sit around this table eating with Jesus as the resurrection people. And it is a peaceful, glorious meal. And each of you are invited.
*HYMN #516 “Lord, We Have Come at Your Own Invitation” v.1
*THE GREAT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING L: As much as we are loved by God, P: We love each other! L: Beloved of God, come to this Table with your hearts wide open, P: For God has promised to dwell in us. L: Here at the Table of Grace we are fed by one who loves us. P: We come hungry, thirsty, and ready. L: We thank you, God, for calling Abram to be your servant and to bring your
blessings and hope to all the world. We thank you for then making a covenant, a deal, with Israel, promising to be Israel’s light and salvation. You made Israel your people and promised that through them all the peoples of the world would be blessed. We thank you that we are now your people, and that the covenant is now with us. We are grateful for prophets, apostles, martyrs, and everyone who has shared your life-giving Word; for leaders who ruled with justice, for all who lifted up the needy, and defended the people from their enemies. With all those through the ages who have loved the Lord Jesus Christ, and with all who try so hard to serve him here and now, we join our voices in offering praise to you, the God who guides us in love:
P: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of love and hope, heaven and earth are filled with 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 perfect one, you revealed to the nations how your love works. He preached and taught and followed your call. He put total trust in you, trust even unto death. For that we are deeply thankful.
P: Praise to you, Lord Jesus: by dying, you destroyed sin and death; by rising, you offer us resurrection life. Lord Jesus, come again.
L: God of peace and hope, 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 true communion of the body and blood of Christ, and may we become on in him.
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, and 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.”
WORDS OF INSTITUTION 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.”
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.”
Jesus tells us boldly: "I am the bread of life. If any of you come to me, you won’t be hungry; if 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 – and you experience the grace of God.
As the Communion elements are passed, the Bell Choir will perform
“Perfect Peace”
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.)
Distribution of the Cup (To symbolize our individual experience of God’s grace, please drink of the cup as it is served.)
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION (unison) Gracious God, we give you thanks for your mercy and forgiveness. We are grateful that you strengthen us with this holy meal shared in Spirit with your Son, our Lord, Jesus. Strengthened against sin, and filled with hope, we go from here to be his disciples in the world. Continue to fill and mobilize us. This we pray through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
BEARING AND FOLLOWING THE WORD INTO THE WORLD
*HYMN #432 “Song of Hope” (see PowerPoint for 2 additional verses)
*BENEDICTION
*POSTLUDE “Allegro” ~Purcell
FOOD SHELF CURRENT NEEDS LIST Jams/Jellies, Stewed Tomatoes, Diced Tomatoes, Rice (not instant),
or TOPS Gift Cards (used for perishables and produce). Thank you for your support! See Jean Schult or Andy Resch with questions.
HUMAN NEEDS FUND
Session has given the Mission Committee its approval to collect loose change again in 2019. This will be our 7th year! Last year we raised $286.49. Thank you everyone! Your support is greatly appreciated, and helps equip Spencerport
Ecumenical Ministries to make a difference to people in need in our community.
Special Offering on Communion Sundays
On Communion Sunday, please support the work of the Deacons. Your gift will be used for the love and care of our members, and those in our community.
Thank you for your generosity, in helping us continue to do our work.
VBS NEEDS… In addition to the regular list of needed items for Vacation Bible School, Donna is in need of: Scrapbook paper (including bits and pieces), and Lightly Used Stuffed Animals.
