September 15 Service
Groveport UMC, Groveport Ohio
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
BREAKTHROUGH PRAYER: Amazing God, We pray that through the Holy Spirit Your preferred future for Groveport United Methodist Church will be made clear to us. Give us the courage we need to follow You wherever You may take us. We ask that You bind us together in love so that we can bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to our friends, families, and community. Open our eyes so that we may see the amazing things You are already doing among us. AMEN.
PRELUDE “God So Loved the World”
LIGHTING OF THE ALTAR CANDLES
*OPENING HYMN “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” #384
CALL TO WORSHIP:
L: Magnify the Lord.
P: Praise God’s holy name.
L: The Lord hears the pleas of the perishing.
P: God transforms our suffering into songs of joy.
L: God restores our fortunes when calamity strikes.
P: Bless the Lord and praise God’s holy name!
HYMN “Open Our Eyes, Lord”
PRAYER OF CONFESSION:
L.: For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.
P.: May Christ give us the light, that we may awaken to his truth.
L.: Walk as children of light as you pursue what is good, right and true.
P.: May Christ give us the light, that we may awaken to his truth.
L.: Take no part in works of darkness, but try to learn what is pleasing to God.
P.: May Christ give us the light, that we may awaken to his truth.
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
FIRST SCRIPTURE READING: Isaiah 5:21
OUR TIME OF PRAYER (During our time of prayer, the altar rail is open for all who wish to come forward.)
HYMN “Sanctuary”
PASTORAL PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS Special Music – Angela Martin
*DOXOLOGY
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
CHILDREN’S MOMENTS - (All children1st through 6th grades are invited to attend Jr. Choir at this time.)
SECOND SCRIPTURE READING: John 9:1-12
SERMON
HOLY COMMUNION “But Now I See!”
*CLOSING HYMN “Open My Eyes, that I May See” #454
*BENEDICTION
*SENDING FORTH “As We Go”
POSTLUDE “I’ll Fly Away”