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