Gethsemane United
Methodist Church
PO Box 185
369 Allport Cutoff
Allport, PA 16821
Church Office Telephone: 814-345-6860
Pastor’s church office hours: Mon., Tues, & Wed. 9 am- 12 pm
Parsonage Telephone: 814-345-6931
Pastor Julia Cell: 814-883-8602
Daycare telephone: 814-345-3809
Church Email address: gumc.office@gmail.com
Church Website: www.gethsemanechurch.org
WiFi Password: Trustinchrist
If you would like to sponsor the bulletin in honor/memory of someone or some event, the cost is $20. Please call church office 814-345-6860 with the information for the bulletin.
If you would like to purchase flowers for the altar for Sunday morning worship, there is a sign-up sheet on bulletin board by sanctuary entrance. Then please call church office 814-345-6860 and give the information for the bulletin.
“When life gives you stones, God can turn them into streams.” – Adapted proverb
Gethsemane United Methodist Church
March 8, 2026
9:00 am
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Welcome, brothers and sisters in Christ,
as we gather for
Praise, Prayer, Word and Worship!
GETHSEMANE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
March 8, 2026
PREPARATION AND PRAISE
GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
GATHERING PRAISE SONG
PRELUDE
OPENING PRAYER: (in unison)
Holy God, we come thirsty for Your presence today. Our lives have hard places, dry seasons, and rocks that seem impossible to move. But You are the God who brings water out of the hardest places. Refresh our hearts, open our eyes to Your provision, and fill us with Your living water. Let this message strengthen our faith and draw us closer to Jesus, the Rock that never runs dry.
In Jesus’ name we pray,
Amen
*OPENING HYMN: “Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me” #361
OLD TESTAMENT READING: Exodus 17:1-7 Georgette Eirich
When life feels like a wilderness, where do you turn for refreshment_God, yourself, or something else?
Are there times when your doubts or complaints prevent you from seeing God’s provision right in front of you?
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE: “Jesus Loves Me”
SONG OF PRAYER: “Lord Listen to Your Children Praying” # 2193
PRAYER OF INTERCESSION (In unison after prayer)
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
(Matthew 6:9-13)
GREETING AND SHARING GOD’S PEACE
Sharing Joy by greeting each other from where you are seated.
GOSPEL LESSON: John 4: 5-26
MESSAGE: “Overflow from the Hard Place”
OFFERING AND TRADITIONAL DOXOLOGY
OFFERING: Feel free to place your gifts, offerings, and tithes in the container in the aisle behind the last pew. We thank you and may God bless
each of you.
*CLOSING HYMN: “Wade in the Water” #2107 Faith We Sing
SENDING FORTH WITH BLESSING
* BENEDICTION SONG: “Irish Blessing”
*Please stand, if you are comfortable. Thank you
