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March 22 Service
March 22, 2026, Worship Service
Groveport UMC, Groveport Ohio
To support the ministry of the church,
please click here: https://groveportumc.org/give/
OPENING SONG: “I Stand Amazed in the Presence” - #384
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
OPENING PRAYER:
God, we're here this morning to walk through the hardest hours of Jesus' life. Some of us know this story well. Some of us are still figuring out what it means. But all of us need to hear it again. Don't let us forget what his suffering cost — or what it made possible for us. Amen.
PRELUDE & LIGHTING OF THE ALTAR CANDLES “What Wondrous Love Is This“
HYMN: “Take My Life and Let it Be” - #399
CALL TO WORSHIP:
Leader: Before you walked through those doors this morning, God was already here. Not waiting — reaching. The same way God has been reaching for you all week long.
People: Some of us felt it. Some of us are still waiting to. But something kept drawing us back to this place.
Leader: That was God. In the middle of a Tuesday that wouldn't end. In the quiet of a house that felt too empty. At the kitchen table when you didn't know what to pray anymore.
People: God was there even when our prayers felt like talking to the ceiling. Especially then.
Leader: So now we gather. Not as strangers who happen to sit in the same room — but as one body. We carry each other's doubt. Each other's exhaustion. Each other's stubborn hope.
People: We are not alone in this. We have never been alone in this.
Leader: And Christ is here. Walking with us toward Jerusalem. Toward the cross. We don't fully understand why it had to be this way.
People: But we trust the one who's walking it with us.
Leader: So come as you are. Fully. Every last bit of you.
People: We come with everything we've got. We worship — because even now, especially now, God is making something new out of all of us.
HYMN: “Beneath the Cross of Jesus” - #297
FIRST SCRIPTURE READING Isaiah 53:6-7
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: Chancel Choir – “Written in Red”
*DOXOLOGY
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
CHILDREN’S MOMENTS (All children are invited to attend Jr. Church at this time.)
SECOND SCRIPTURE READING Mark 15:1-15
SERMON “Choosing the Easy Wrong“
*CLOSING HYMN: “How Great Thou Art” - #77
*BENEDICTION
*SENDING FORTH: “Shalom to You”
POSTLUDE “Jesus Saves!”
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March 22, 2026, Worship Service
Groveport UMC, Groveport Ohio
To support the ministry of the church,
please click here: https://groveportumc.org/give/
OPENING SONG: “I Stand Amazed in the Presence” - #384
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
OPENING PRAYER:
God, we're here this morning to walk through the hardest hours of Jesus' life. Some of us know this story well. Some of us are still figuring out what it means. But all of us need to hear it again. Don't let us forget what his suffering cost — or what it made possible for us. Amen.
PRELUDE & LIGHTING OF THE ALTAR CANDLES “What Wondrous Love Is This“
HYMN: “Take My Life and Let it Be” - #399
CALL TO WORSHIP:
Leader: Before you walked through those doors this morning, God was already here. Not waiting — reaching. The same way God has been reaching for you all week long.
People: Some of us felt it. Some of us are still waiting to. But something kept drawing us back to this place.
Leader: That was God. In the middle of a Tuesday that wouldn't end. In the quiet of a house that felt too empty. At the kitchen table when you didn't know what to pray anymore.
People: God was there even when our prayers felt like talking to the ceiling. Especially then.
Leader: So now we gather. Not as strangers who happen to sit in the same room — but as one body. We carry each other's doubt. Each other's exhaustion. Each other's stubborn hope.
People: We are not alone in this. We have never been alone in this.
Leader: And Christ is here. Walking with us toward Jerusalem. Toward the cross. We don't fully understand why it had to be this way.
People: But we trust the one who's walking it with us.
Leader: So come as you are. Fully. Every last bit of you.
People: We come with everything we've got. We worship — because even now, especially now, God is making something new out of all of us.
HYMN: “Beneath the Cross of Jesus” - #297
FIRST SCRIPTURE READING Isaiah 53:6-7
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: Chancel Choir – “Written in Red”
*DOXOLOGY
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
CHILDREN’S MOMENTS (All children are invited to attend Jr. Church at this time.)
SECOND SCRIPTURE READING Mark 15:1-15
SERMON “Choosing the Easy Wrong“
*CLOSING HYMN: “How Great Thou Art” - #77
*BENEDICTION
*SENDING FORTH: “Shalom to You”
POSTLUDE “Jesus Saves!”