Pine River United Methodist Church
November 16, 2025
Worship Service 10:30 a.m.
*please stand if you are able
SPECIAL MUSIC: (#2068) “I Love You Lord” Jody Wilson
RINGING OF THE BELL
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND JOYS AND CONCERNS
*HYMN #377 It Is Well with My Soul
*Call to Worship
Leader: The Lord is continually creating something new.
All: We are part of that creation, renewed, redeemed, beloved.
Leader: Through all this change, God is with us.
All: Though we struggle and doubt, yet God is faithful.
Leader: Praise be to God who continually blesses us.
All: Let our hearts, our voices, and our spirits sing God’s praises. AMEN.
*HYMN The Faith We Sing #2270 He Has Made Me Glad
*Unison Prayer UMH 570 Prayer of Ignatius of Loyola
Teach us, good Lord,
to serve you as you deserve;
to give and not to count the cost;
to fight and not to heed the wounds;
to toil and not to seek for rest;
to labor and not to ask for any reward,
except that of knowing that we do your will;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
HYMN #706 Soon and Very Soon
SCRIPTURE LESSONS:
Isaiah 65:17-25 page 659 in OT of Pew Bible
17 For I am about to create new heavens
and a new earth;
the former things shall not be remembered
or come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever
in what I am creating,
for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy
and its people as a delight.
19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem
and delight in my people;
no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it
or the cry of distress.
20 No more shall there be in it
an infant who lives but a few days
or an old person who does not live out a lifetime,
for one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth,
and one who falls short of a hundred will be considered accursed.
21 They shall build houses and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 They shall not build and another inhabit;
they shall not plant and another eat,
for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They shall not labor in vain
or bear children for calamity,
for they shall be offspring blessed by the Lord—
and their descendants as well.
24 Before they call I will answer,
while they are yet speaking I will hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together;
the lion shall eat straw like the ox,
but the serpent—its food shall be dust!
They shall not hurt or destroy
on all my holy mountain,
says the Lord.
Isaiah 12 page 610 in OT of Pew Bible
1You will say on that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
for though you were angry with me,
your anger turned away,
and you comforted me.
2 Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and will not be afraid,
for the Lord is my strength and my might;
he has become my salvation.”
3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. 4 And you will say on that day:
“Give thanks to the Lord;
call on his name;
make known his deeds among the nations;
proclaim that his name is exalted.
5 Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously;
let this be known in all the earth.
6 Shout aloud and sing for joy, O royal Zion,
for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”
2 Thessalonians 3:6-15 page 197 in NT of Pew Bible
Now we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother or sister living irresponsibly and not according to the tradition that they received from us. 7 For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us; we were not irresponsible when we were with you, 8 and we did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you. 9 This was not because we do not have that right but in order to give you an example to imitate. 10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: anyone unwilling to work should not eat. 11 For we hear that some of you are living irresponsibly, mere busybodies, not doing any work. 12 Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. 13 Brothers and sisters, do not be weary in doing what is right.
14 Take note of those who do not obey what we say in this letter; have nothing to do with them, so that they may be ashamed. 15 Do not regard them as enemies, but admonish them as brothers and sisters
Leader: The word of God for the people of God.
People: Praise be to God.
MESSAGE “Rejoice in the New!” Pastor Jen Matthees
SPECIAL MUSIC: “I will call upon the Lord” Jody Wilson
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
SILENT PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
*HYMN The Faith We Sing #2282 I’ll Fly Away
*BENEDICTION
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Tuesday, November 18: 10:00 a.m. Coffee at Lifehouse
5:00 p.m. Ad Council Meeting
Sunday, November 23: 10:00 a.m. Coffee Fellowship
10:30 a.m. Worship
After worship hanging of the greens followed by
Potluck
October and November Mission: Snow Removal
Please take a November Pew News Newsletter located on the back table if you would like a printed one.
Church Office Hours:
Tuesday 8:00 – Noon, 1:00 –3:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday 8:00 – 12:30 p.m
**We need scripture reader for Sunday, November 30. Please sign up on back table.
*Advent candle lighting and reading sign up on back table. (One person can do both)
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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
“16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you his peace at all times and in every situation. The Lord be with you all.”
2 Thessalonians 3:16 NLT
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