Pine River United Methodist Church
March 15, 2026 10:30 a.m.
*please stand if you are able
SPECIAL MUSIC: “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing” Jody Wilson
RINGING OF THE BELL
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND JOYS AND CONCERNS
*HYMN #159 Lift High the Cross
*Call to Worship
Leader: We continue on a road that will take us to the cross.
All: It is a journey we take together, and a journey each makes alone.
Leader: We are invited to notice things on the way –
All: To notice the sharp stones, the uneven ground, the mercy of shade, the faithfulness of those who walk with us.
Leader: We carry little with us but that which is in our hearts:
All: Hope, trust, fear, apprehension, wonder, and sorrow.
Leader: On this walk, though we may long for rest, still we sing and we pray and we listen.
ALL: Now may this be a time of pure worship to our God.
*HYMN #504 The Old Rugged Cross
*Unison Prayer
Jesus, we worship You, the Lamb who was slain for our redemption. You are worthy of all honor, glory, and blessing. We bow before You with grateful hearts, celebrating Your victory over sin and death. Let our worship today proclaim Your worthiness and lift high Your name. May every heart here rejoice in Your salvation. In Your precious name, Amen.
HYMN #144 This Is My Father’s World
SCRIPTURE LESSONS:
Luke 23:26-31 page 86 in NT of Pew Bible
26 As they led him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27 A great number of the people followed him, and among them were women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him. 28 But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For the days are surely coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’ 30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ 31 For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
Psalm 13 page 481 in OT of Pew Bible
1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I bear pain in my soul
and have sorrow in my heart all day long?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider and answer me, O Lord my God!
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,
4 and my enemy will say, “I have prevailed”;
my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.
5 But I trusted in your steadfast love;
my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
6 I will sing to the Lord
because he has dealt bountifully with me.
Romans 8:18-28 page 149 in NT of Pew Bible
18 I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God, 20 for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its enslavement to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together as it suffers together the pains of labor, 23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what one already sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with groanings too deep for words. 27 And God, who searches hearts, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
Leader: The word of God for the people of God.
People: Praise be to God.
MESSAGE “An Unlikely Companionship”
Pastor Jen Matthees
SPECIAL MUSIC: “I Need Thee Every Hour” Jody Wilson
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
SILENT PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
*HYMN #370 Victory in Jesus
*BENEDICTION
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Tuesday, March 17: 10:00 a.m. Coffee at Lifehouse
Wednesday, March 18: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Senior Series
Speaker: Parker Deutz – Doctor of Physical Therapy from Essentia
on Personal devices and Senior Citizen Safety
Sunday, March 22: 10:00 a.m. Coffee Fellowship
10:30 a.m. Worship
*Easter Lily order sheet on back table. Lilies are $14.00.
March Mission: Pine River Area Food Shelf
Church Office Hours:
Tuesday 8:00 – Noon, 1:00 –3:00 p.m.
Wednesday and Friday 8:00 – 12:30 p.m
For prayer requests please contact the church office: prmethodist@gmail.com OR 218-587-4091.
The beginning of each month we will be starting a new prayer list. If you want continued prayers for a loved one, please contact church office.
GOD HEARS AND ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS
26 And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. 27 And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will. 28 And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Romans 8:26-28 NLT
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