December 4 Worship Service
Groveport UMC, Groveport Ohio
OPENING MUSIC “Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus” Hymnal # 196
“Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates” Hymnal # 213
CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 4:1-5
LIGHTING OF THE LOVE ADVENT CANDLE The Stokes Family
O God of our ancestors, you stand as a sign for the people. You are sovereign over all the
earth: Come and release from prison those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.
Amen.
LILLIAN FAITH CELEBRATION
PRAYER “Sanctuary”
SCRIPTURE Mark 8:34-38
SERMON “Our Needed Savior: Shame” Rev. Jonathan Mann
*CLOSING “O Little Town of Bethlehem” Hymnal # 230
