Pine River United Methodist Church
June 15, 2025, Trinity Sunday
10:30 AM Worship Service
*please stand if you are able
SPECIAL MUSIC: “Where Could I Go” Jody Wilson
PRELUDE
RINGING OF THE BELL
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND JOYS AND CONCERNS
*HYMN #64 Holy, Holy Holy! Lord God Almighty
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Gathered in the name of Jesus Christ,
inspired by the Holy Spirit,
and blessed by God,
All: we come to worship one, holy God.
Leader: O God, our own God,
how wonderful is your name in all the earth.
All: Your majesty is the music of the starry skies.
yet even children of dust can sing your praises.
Leader: In the name of the Healer, the Provider and the Enabler
let your gratitude and joy be made known.
All: O God, our own God,
how wonderful is your name in all the earth!
*HYMN #314 In The Garden
* Unison Prayer
God, thank you for your wisdom, which is the foundation of all creation. We humbly acknowledge your power and creativity and praise you for the order and beauty of your world. Help us to seek your wisdom in all our decisions, so that we may live in accordance with your will. Grant us the discernment and understanding to make choices that honor you and bring you glory. Please fill us with delight and joy in your presence and in your world, reflecting your wisdom in our own lives. May your name be glorified, Amen
HYMN Faith We Sing #2040 Awesome God
HYMN #144 This Is My Father’s World
FATHER’S DAY PRAYER
Heavenly Father,
Today we ask You to bless our earthly fathers for the many times that they have reflected the love, strength, generosity, wisdom and mercy that You exemplify in Your relationship with us, Your children. We honor our fathers for putting our needs above their own convenience and comfort; for teaching us to show courage and determination in the face of adversity; for challenging us to move beyond self-limiting boundaries; for modeling the qualities that would turn us into responsible, principled, caring adults.
We acknowledge that not all of our fathers lived up to these ideals. Give them the grace to acknowledge and learn from their mistakes. Give us the grace to extend to them the same forgiveness that you offer us all. Help us to resist the urge to stay stuck in past bitterness, instead, moving forward with humility and peace of heart. Give new and future fathers the guidance they need to raise happy and holy children, grounded in a love for God and other people –and remind these fathers that treating their partners with dignity, compassion and respect is one of the greatest gifts they can give their children.
We pray with the assurance that our fathers who have passed into the next life have been welcomed into Your loving embrace, and that our family will one be day be reunited in your heavenly kingdom. We pray all this in your heavenly name,
Amen.
SCRIPTURE LESSONS:
Psalm 8 page 478 in OT of Pew Bible
1 O Lord, our Sovereign,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouths of babes and infants
you have founded a bulwark because of your foes,
to silence the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars that you have established;
4 what are humans that you are mindful of them,
mortals that you care for them?
5 Yet you have made them a little lower than God
and crowned them with glory and honor.
6 You have given them dominion over the works of your hands;
you have put all things under their feet,
7 all sheep and oxen,
and also the beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
9 O Lord, our Sovereign,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 page 565 in OT of Pew Bible
Does not wisdom call
and understanding raise her voice?
2 On the heights, beside the way,
at the crossroads she takes her stand;
3 beside the gates in front of the town,
at the entrance of the portals she cries out:
4 “To you, O people, I call,
and my cry is to all who live.
22 “The Lord created me at the beginning of his work,
the first of his acts of long ago.
23 Ages ago I was set up,
at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
24 When there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains had been shaped,
before the hills, I was brought forth,
26 when he had not yet made earth and fields
or the world’s first bits of soil.
27 When he established the heavens, I was there;
when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
28 when he made firm the skies above,
when he established the fountains of the deep,
29 when he assigned to the sea its limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
30 then I was beside him, like a master worker,
and I was daily his delight,
playing before him always,
31 playing in his inhabited world
and delighting in the human race.
Romans 5:1-5 page 147 in NT of Pew Bible
Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
Leader: The word of God for the people of God.
People: Praise be to God.
MESSAGE “Building Character” Pastor Jen Matthees
SPECIAL MUSIC: “You Raise Me Up” Jody Wilson
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
SILENT PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
*HYMN #77 How Great Thou Art
*BENEDICTION
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Tuesday, June 17: 10:00 a.m. Coffee at Lifehouse
Sunday, June 22: 10:00 a.m. Coffee
10:30 a.m. Worship
Saturday, June 28: Walking Tacos at Summerfest
June Mission: Good Samaritan Christmas
Needed Reader for June 29: Please sign up for reading scriptures on the back table.
Sign up sheets for working at Walking Tacos and for Summer luncheon salads on back table.
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For prayer requests please contact the office through email (prmethodist@gmail.com) or call (218-587-4091).
Prayer list will be revised the beginning of each month. Please keep the office up-to-date on the prayer requests.
GOD ANSWERS PRAYER
5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Romans 5:5 NKJV
Church Office Hours:
Tuesday 8:00 – Noon, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday 8:00 – 12:30 p.m.
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