Worship This Week at Overland Park Christian Church, Overland Park, KS

January 31, 2021 Sunday Worship from Home

1/30/2021

The worship video will become available
Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m.
If it does not work for you right away, please try refreshing your browser

Please use this outline as you participate in our online worship. You can also download a PDF of our order of worship, here. The weekly announcements for our community can be found on our website home page.

Our online worship will begin at 10:30am central on Sunday morning. Grab a candle to recall the light of Christ, and something that you can use for communion so that you are ready to worship God.

Send us an email and let us know you joined us! See you at 10:30!

Words of Welcome

Sharing Christ's Peace

Prelude to Worship

Gathering in the Light

Invitation to Worship
one: We come with faith the size of a mustard seed trying to remember:
all: Nothing will be impossible with God.
one: We come trying to squeeze our hope through the eye of a needle trying to believe:
all: Nothing will be impossible with God.
one: We come picking up the pieces of what we had imagined and ready to imagine something new.
It is with this heart that we worship.
all: Nothing will be impossible with God.

Opening Song (Sing with us!) - CP 91 - Create in Me a Clean Heart

Invocation

Scripture - Exile and Return, a Children Worship & Wonder Story by Sonja M. Stewart, based on Ezra 1-6

Scripture - Zechariah 8:1-9

Meditation

Special Music - “How He Loves” by John Mark McMillan

Prayers of the People (Submit a Prayer Request) and Our Lord's Prayer

Invitation to Stewardship - Click Here to Donate

Doxology (Sing along!) - CH 379 - Accept O God the Gifts We Bring

Prayer of Dedication

Celebration of Communion - ALL are welcome!
Words of Institution: Matthew 26:26-29

Musical Response (Sing along!) - CH 384 - Here at Thy Table, Lord

Invitation to Discipleship

Closing Hymn (Sing along!) - CH 67 - O God, Our Help in Ages Past

Sharing the Light

Blessing & Benediction

Postlude

Acknowledgements and permissions:
Permission to use and stream the music in this worship service obtained from ONE LICENSE #A-730652 and CCLI #36152 and CSPL143030. Allrights reserved.
Portions of our liturgy written by Rev. Elsa A. Cook and adapted from © enfleshed, July 5, 2020

January 24, 2021 Sunday Worship from Home

1/23/2021

The worship video will become available
Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m.
If it does not work for you right away, please try refreshing your browser

Words of Welcome

Sharing Christ's Peace

Prelude to Worship

Gathering in the Light

Invitation to Worship
We are waiting.
We have been watching and waiting
in this place without place
for something to change.
We have been waiting for so long.
We come to find hope together.
We are wondering.
So many questions have come
and we are not yet sure we know the way forward,
but we pray we are learning
more and more about what we are made of.
We come to remember that hope lives inside us.
We are listening.
Above the roar and clamor
insisting that nothing should change
we turn our ears
to the tiny movements of hope.
We come to find hope together.

Opening Song (Sing with us!) - CH 65 - A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

Invocation

Scripture - The Prophet Ezekiel, a Children Worship & Wonder Story by Jerome Berryman

Scripture - Ezekiel 37:1-14 (CEB)

Meditation

Special Music - Come Awake by David Crowder Band

Prayers of the People (Submit a Prayer Request) and Our Lord's Prayer

Invitation to Stewardship - Click Here to Donate

Doxology (Sing along!) - CH 63 - How Majestic Is Your Name

Prayer of Dedication

Celebration of Communion - ALL are welcome!
Words of Institution: Matthew 26:26-29

Musical Response (Sing along!) - CH 387 - Bread of the World, In Mercy Broken

Invitation to Discipleship

Closing Hymn (Sing along!) - CP 15 - Great is the Lord

Sharing the Light

Blessing & Benediction

Postlude

Acknowledgements and permissions:
Permission to use and stream the music in this worship service obtained from ONE LICENSE #A-730652 and CCLI #36152 and CSPL143030. Allrights reserved.
Portions of our liturgy written by Rev. Elsa A. Cook, or adapted from Led by Love: Worship Resources for Year B, by Lavon Bayler. United Church Press: Cleveland, OH 1994. Pages 104-105.

January 17, 2021 Sunday Worship from Home

1/17/2021

The worship video will become available
Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m.
If it does not work for you right away, please try refreshing your browser

Words of Welcome

Sharing Christ's Peace

Prelude to Worship

Gathering in the Light

Invitation to Worship
one: Come with your grief and doubt.
all: Come and see what God will show us.
one: Come when you are tottering and waving and no longer sure how to stand upright.
all: Come and see what God will show us.
one: Come feeling scorched and burned by all that has happened.
all: Come and see what God will show us.
one: Come with your hope and wonder.
all: Come and see what God will show us.

Opening Song (Sing with us!) - CH 64 - We Sing Your Mighty Power, O God

Invocation

Scripture - The Prophets, a Children Worship & Wonder Story by Jerome Berryman, Amos 5:21, 23-24

Scripture - Amos 7:7-17 (CEB)

Meditation

Special Music - Let Justice Rain by The Many

Prayers of the People (Submit a Prayer Request) and Our Lord's Prayer

Invitation to Stewardship - Click Here to Donate

Doxology (Sing along!) - CH 63 - How Majestic Is Your Name

Prayer of Dedication

Celebration of Communion - ALL are welcome!
Words of Institution: Matthew 26:26-29

Musical Response (Sing along!) - CH 387 - Bread of the World, In Mercy Broken

Invitation to Discipleship

Closing Hymn (Sing along!) - How Great is Our God

Sharing the Light

Blessing & Benediction - “A Prayer for the Church” by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Postlude

Acknowledgements and permissions:
Permission to use and stream the music in this worship service obtained from ONE LICENSE #A-730652 and CCLI #36152 and CSPL143030. All rights reserved.
Portions of our liturgy written by Rev. Elsa A. Cook, or adapted from ©enfleshed, July 14, 2019,
or from Gathered by Love: Worship Resources for Year C, by Lavon Bayler. United Church Press: Cleveland, OH 1994. Pages 120-121.

January 10, 2021 Sunday Worship from Home

1/10/2021

The worship video will become available
Christmas Eve morning at least by 11:00 a.m.
If it does not work for you right away, please try refreshing your browser

Words of Welcome

Sharing Christ's Peace

Prelude to Worship

Gathering in the Light

Invitation to Worship
one: O how we had thought the world was so firmly established. That no change should come.
We sang, we shall not, we shall not be moved.
all: We planted ourselves by the water. We fought.
one: O how we thought the world was so firmly established, but here we are, now, trying to believe that there are treasures in the darkness and riches in secret pandemic places that are teaching us and preparing us for what will come next. O how we have hoped for such holy splendor that would make the sea roar and the forest sing for joy so that the whole earth rejoices in song together.
all: Now, we move into possibility.
one: We plant ourselves here beside Living Water that will erode our doubts and chart new paths
of wonder and hope.
all: Let us worship holy God!

Opening Song (Sing with us!) - CH 66 - Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

Invocation

Scripture - Psalm 96:1-13 (NRSV)

Scripture - Isaiah 45:1-7 (CEB)

Meditation

Special Music - Sung by Emily Boedeker

Prayers of the People (Submit a Prayer Request) and Our Lord's Prayer

Invitation to Stewardship - Click Here to Donate

Doxology (Sing along!) - CH 63 - How Majestic Is Your Name

Prayer of Dedication

Celebration of Communion - ALL are welcome!
Words of Institution: Matthew 26:26-29

Musical Response (Sing along!) - CH 387 - Bread of the World, In Mercy Broken

Invitation to Discipleship

Closing Hymn (Sing along!) - CH 88 - All My Hope on God Is Founded

Sharing the Light

Blessing & Benediction
one: Through prayer and practice, we pursue what is just, what is true, what is kind.
all: With each new day, we hope for Love to lead us.
one: With discernment, we wade bravely into the struggles of life together.
all: We yearn for wisdom that satisfies.
one: Persistently, faithfully, relentlessly, we keep our gaze set upon righteousness.
all: Determined in hope, we depart with the Holy as our firm foundation.

Postlude

Acknowledgements and permissions:
Permission to use and stream the music in this worship service obtained from ONE LICENSE #A-730652 and CCLI #36152 and CSPL143030. All rights reserved.
Portions of our liturgy written by Rev. Elsa A. Cook, or adapted from ©enfleshed, October 18, 2020, or from Taught by Love: Worship Resources for Year A, by Lavon Bayler. United Church Press: Cleveland, OH 1998. Pages 150-151.

January 3, 20201 Epiphany Sunday Worship from Home

1/2/2021

The worship video will become available
Christmas Eve morning at least by 11:00 a.m.
If it does not work for you right away, please try refreshing your browser

Please use this outline as you participate in our online worship. You can also download a PDF of our order of worship, here. The weekly announcements for our community can be found on our website home page.

Our online worship will begin at 10:30am central on Sunday morning. Grab a candle (or your Advent Wreath & Candles!) to recall the light of Christ, and something that you can use for communion so that you are ready to worship God.

On this Epiphany Sunday you might also choose to download this Epiphany Star to color!

Send us an email and let us know you joined us! See you at 10:30!

Words of Welcome

Sharing Christ's Peace

Prelude to Worship

Gathering in the Light

Invitation to Worship
one: The Magi had a dream.
all: They dreamed of a Messiah.
one: They dreamed of just rulers.
all: They dreamed of a new day for all people.
one: The Magi had a dream, and this dream led them to action.
all: They journeyed to unknown places.
one: They followed a star.
all: They walked for days to get to Jesus.
one: So may we be like the Magi, may our dreams inspire action.
all: Let us worship the one true God.

Opening Song (Sing with us!) - CH143 - Joy to the World

Invocation

Scripture - Isaiah 60:1-6 (CEB)

Scripture - The Magi Appear to the Child Jesus, a Children Worship & Wonder story by Ruth Winkler, based on Matthew 2:1-12

Meditation - Those Who Dream Persevere

Special Music - You're Here by Francesca Battistelli and Ben Glover

Prayers of the People (Submit a Prayer Request) and Our Lord's Prayer

Invitation to Stewardship - Click Here to Donate

Doxology (Sing along!) - "What Child is This Doxology"

Prayer of Dedication

Celebration of Communion - ALL are welcome!
Words of Institution: Matthew 26:26-29

Musical Response - "Infant Lowly, Infant Holy"

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Invitation to Discipleship

Closing Hymn (Sing along!) - In the Bleak Mid-winter

Sharing the Light

Blessing & Benediction

Postlude

Acknowledgements and permissions:
Permission to use and stream the music in this worship service obtained from
ONE LICENSE #A-730652 and CCLI #36152 and CSPL143030. All rights reserved.
Portions of our liturgy written by Sarah Are | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org

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