March 17 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 “Jesus Paid It All”
LIGHTING OF THE ALTAR CANDLES
*OPENING HYMN “My Hope Is Built” #368
CALL TO WORSHIP:
L: God so loved the world …
P: That God gave us light.
L: God so loved the world …
P: That God gave us God’s son.
L: God so loved the world …
P: That God gave us eternal life.
L: Let us worship in the light of God’s love for the world.
HYMN “Holy Spirit, Thou Art Welcome”
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
We affirm the life-giving, renewing work of Jesus Christ on our behalf. In Christ the past is past. It is gone. It no longer determines who we are or who we can become. Christ took care of all that so that we may look to him for our identity and hope. We are reconciled to God through Christ. We are made new creatures. We receive the promise of God's daily presence and mercy. We are God's children! We affirm our choice to live as those whose inheritance is sure, whose joy is secure, and whose present and future are held in the loving hands of our gracious Lord and Savior.
FIRST SCRIPTURE READING: Galatians 2:20
OUR TIME OF PRAYER (During our time of prayer, the altar rail is open for all who wish to come forward.)
HYMN “Sanctuary”
THE LORD’S PRAYER
OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS
*DOXOLOGY
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
CHILDREN’S MOMENTS
SECOND SCRIPTURE READING: Mark 15:15-23
SERMON “Hail, King of the Jews!”
*CLOSING HYMN “Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross” #301
*BENEDICTION
*SENDING FORTH “Go Now in Peace”
POSTLUDE “Wonderful Grace of Jesus”
