Pine River United Methodist Church
February 8 2026 10:30 a.m.
*please stand if you are able
RINGING OF THE BELL
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND JOYS AND CONCERNS
*HYMN #139 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
*Call to Worship
Leader: We come to celebrate God’s blessings to us and we proclaim:
All: Surely God is in this place!
Leader: We come to open ourselves to God’s guidance and love and we say:
All: Surely God is in this place!
Leader: We come to see more clearly God’s presence in our lives and we cry:
All: Surely God is in this place!
Leader: We come to see God in community both far and near, and we hold fast to the promise:
All: Surely God is in this place!
Leader: We come to pray, praise, and offer ourselves to God and we exclaim:
All: Surely God is in this place! Come, let us worship! We give thanks for his Holy Presence Here!
*HYMN The Faith We Sing #2022 Great Is the Lord
*Unison Prayer
Lord, open our hearts to receive Your healing love more fully. Soften our hearts, forgive our unbelief, and release us from hurts and judgments that block Your presence. Help us to see ourselves as You see us – worthy and beloved. Fill us with Your Holy Spirit so we can embody Your love in our daily lives. Make us vessels of Your grace, patient, kind, and forgiving, just as You are. Help us to love our neighbor, even the unlovable, and to serve others with a heart transformed by Your truth. Let Your love be so compelling that it quiets our souls and empowers us to share Your light with the world, bringing glory to Your holy name. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
HYMN The Faith We Sing #2130 The Summons
SCRIPTURE LESSONS:
Luke 4:16-21 page 61 in NT of Pew Bible
16 When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set free those who are oppressed,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
20 And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 Then he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
Psalm 9:1-10 page 479 in OT of Pew Bible
1 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
2 I will be glad and exult in you;
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3 When my enemies turned back,
they stumbled and perished before you.
4 For you have maintained my just cause;
you have sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.
5 You have rebuked the nations; you have destroyed the wicked;
you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 The enemies have vanished in everlasting ruins;
their cities you have rooted out;
the very memory of them has perished.
7 But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
he has established his throne for judgment.
8 He judges the world with righteousness;
he judges the peoples with equity.
9 The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 And those who know your name put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Jeremiah 1:4-10 page 661 in OT of Pew Bible
4 Now the word of the Lord came to me saying,
5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy.” 7 But the Lord said to me,
“Do not say, ‘I am only a boy,’
for you shall go to all to whom I send you,
and you shall speak whatever I command you.
8 Do not be afraid of them,
for I am with you to deliver you,
says the Lord.”
9 Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me,
“Now I have put my words in your mouth.
10 See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms,
to pluck up and to pull down,
to destroy and to overthrow,
to build and to plant.”
Leader: The word of God for the people of God.
People: Praise be to God.
HYMN #451 Be Thou My Vision verses 1,2
MESSAGE “The Great Proclamation” Pastor Jen Matthees
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
SILENT PRAYER
THE LORD’S 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.
*HYMN #593 Here I Am, Lord
*BENEDICTION
Tuesday , February 10: 4:30 p.m. Ad Council meeting
Sunday, February 15: 10:00 a.m. Coffee Fellowship
10:30 a.m. Worship
*February Newsletter on back table if you want a printed one.
Offering plate is in back of the church.
February Mission: Tiger’s Den Food Pantry
Church Office Hours:
Tuesday 8:00 – Noon, 1:00 –3:00 p.m.
Wednesday and Friday 8:00 – 12:30 p.m
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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
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.” Psalm 91:1,2 NIV
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