January 7, 2024 Worship Service
Groveport UMC, Groveport Ohio
Rick Birk, Pastor
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 “Be Still My Soul”
LIGHTING OF THE ALTAR CANDLES
*OPENING MUSIC “I Love to Tell the Story” #156
CALL TO WORSHIP:
Christ’s light is shining, calling us to respond with joy.
Christ’s light is shining, calling us to worship and praise.
HYMN “Jesus, Name Above All Names”
FIRST SCRIPTURE READING: Isaiah 60:1-6
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
OUR TIME OF PRAYER
HYMN “Sanctuary”
THE LORD’S PRAYER
OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS Special Music – Angela Martin
*DOXOLOGY
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
SECOND SCRIPTURE READING: Matthew 2:1-12
SERMON “What Are You Following?”
HOLY COMMUNION
CLOSING HYMN “Blessed Assurance” #369
*BENEDICTION
*SENDING FORTH “Go Now in Peace”
POSTLUDE “Glorious Is Thy Name”
