May 7 ServiceGroveport UMC, Groveport OhioJonathan Mann, PastorPRELUDE AND LIGHTINGOF THE ALTAR CANDLES“Lead On, O King Eternal”OPENING MUSIC “Ye Servants of God” Hymn 181Call to Worship: Revelation 1:5-8To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Fatherto Him be glory and power for ever and ever! AmenLook, He is coming in the clouds, and every eye will see Him,even those who pierced Him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of Him.So shall it be. AmenI am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.Congregational Prayer:Almighty God, from everlasting to everlasting You are the same. Though theworries of this world sometimes feel so important to us, we take heart that thepower and victory are Yours. We glorify Your name and champion Your work to allthe earth. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.Ministry Moment: Liberian Student ScholarshipPRAYER “Sanctuary”LORD’S PRAYEROFFERING OUR GIFTS “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”DOXOLOGYSPECIAL MUSIC CHANCEL CHOIR - “Majesty”SCRIPTURE PASSAGE Genesis 15:1-6SERMON “Looking at the Stars”Rev. Jonathan MannCOMMUNIONCLOSING “Amazing Grace” Hymn 378BENEDICTIONSENDING FORTH “Because He Lives” – Chorus onlyPOSTLUDE “Love Lifted Me”