June 2 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 “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
LIGHTING OF THE ALTAR CANDLES
*OPENING HYMN “Shine, Jesus, Shine”
CALL TO WORSHIP:
L: The One who called Samuel from the darkness continues to say: “Let light shine out of darkness.”
P:The light of Christ shines all around us.
L: The One who searches us and knows us hems us in, behind and before.
P: We are fearfully and wonderfully made.
L: Let us worship a God who surprises us at every turn.
HYMN “My Tribute”
OPENING PRAYER:
Merciful One, when life beats us down, you reach out and restore us to health and wholeness. Surprise us once more, O God, with your never-failing grace and the light of your love.
Amen.
FIRST SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Samuel 3:1-20
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 “The Solid Rock”
*DOXOLOGY
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
SECOND SCRIPTURE READING: 2 Corinthians 4:5-12
SERMON “You’re a Winner”
HOLY COMMUNION
*CLOSING HYMN “Open My Eyes That I May See” #454
*BENEDICTION
*SENDING FORTH “Because He Lives” (chorus only)
POSTLUDE “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”
