June 16 Service

June 16 Worship 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 “Faith of our Fathers” LIGHTING OF THE ALTAR CANDLES *OPENING HYMN “This Is My Father’s World” #144 CALL TO WORSHIP: P: For some of us, our father’s love is like God’s love – too deep, too long, too wide, too strong to measure. L: Some of our dads are here; some are gone, but we remember. P: For some of us, God’s love fills in the empty spaces our father left behind. L: All of us are shaped by the relationship with our fathers. P: On this day when we remember what it means to have a father or be a father, we recognize the importance of fathers in our communities. We pledge as a congregation to love and nurture the fathers among us so that they will manifest the love of God in all that they do. HYMN “This Is the Day” #657 FIRST SCRIPTURE READING: 2 Samuel 7:14-15 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 – Beth Cordle & Katie Harmon *DOXOLOGY *PRAYER OF DEDICATION CHILDREN’S MOMENTS (Children 1st-6th grades may attend Jr. Church at this time) SECOND SCRIPTURE READING: Proverbs 22:6 PRESENTATION Father’s Day Videos *CLOSING HYMN “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms” #133 *BENEDICTION *SENDING FORTH “As We Go” POSTLUDE “Love Lifted Me”