October 22 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 “Make Me a Blessing”
LIGHTING OF THE ALTAR CANDLES
*OPENING MUSIC “To God Be the Glory” #98
CALL TO WORSHIP:
L: With all your strength, sing aloud to the Lord, who has brought you here and blessed you.
P: Our voices shall shout forth praise and thanksgiving to God. L: With all your heart,
reach out in service to those in need, remembering God's mercy in your own life.
P: Our lives shall be witnesses to the love of God which has been lavished upon us.
L: Come, let us worship the Lord with Great joy!
P: Let us bring all that we have and all that we are to God in gratitude. AMEN.
HYMN “The Servant Song”
PRAYER OF CONFESSION:
God of love and grace, flow through our messy lives with your abundant grace. When we would close our hearts and doors, open us to share your grace with others. When we would neglect the needs of your world, forgive us so abundantly that we might be moved to give as abundantly as we have received. When we let pride and self-interest rule our days, forgive us so miraculously that we might live with humility and selflessness. In your abundant love and miraculous grace, may your world come to know your ways. Amen.
WORDS OF ASSURANCE:
L: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.
P: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.
FIRST SCRIPTURE READING John 13:34-35
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/SPECIAL MUSIC Chancel Choir
*DOXOLOGY
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
SECOND SCRIPTURE READING Hebrews 13:1-8; 15-16
SERMON “Life in the Hospitality Industry”
CLOSING HYMN “Blest Be the Tie That Binds” #557
*BENEDICTION
*SENDING FORTH “Go Now in Peace”
POSTLUDE “Shine, Jesus Shine ”
