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AUGUST 11, 2024 TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST REV. KENDRA BALLIET Scripture - 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 Sermon Series “Worship with Rejoicing” Sermon: “It’s Complicated” The flowers on the altar today are given to the glory of God and in honor and memory of Rev. Lou Edwards Pierce and Mrs. Denothras Pickens Pierce by Dr. Armendia P. Dixon and the Pierce Pickens Family. Thank you for sharing in t...

AUGUST 11, 2024 TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST REV. KENDRA BALLIET JAMES ROSS, ORGANIST Prelude - Invitation-Paul Randall Keith Welcome *Call to Worship LEADER: We gather today knowing there are people in our world who are surrounded by violence and conflict on every side. ALL: Our work of peace begins with prayer. LEADER: We gather today knowing there are people in our community who feel lost, al...

JULY 28, 2024 - TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST GUEST PREACHER - DEACONNESS KATIE PETERSON JAMES ROSS, ORGANIST Music Ministry and Offertory- The Everlasting Arms-Wilbur Held

JULY 28, 2024 - TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST GUEST PREACHER - DEACONNESS KATIE PETERSON JAMES ROSS, ORGANIST Prelude - Prelude- Georges McMaster Welcome *Call to Worship LEADER: Children of God, you are welcome here. All of who you are—even your regrets and failings—is welcome here. ALL: We come to tell the truth about who we are in relationship with God. LEADER: Many of us find it easy to recogni...

JULY 28, 2024 - TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST GUEST PREACHER - DEACONNESS KATIE PETERSON Sermon: Thank you, Katie Peterson, Deaconess, from The Mission Barn

JULY 21, 2024 - NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Rev. Kendra Balliet Scripture 2 Samuel 7:1-14a Sermon Series - “Worship with Rejoicing” Sermon - “Worship’s Promises”

JULY 21, 2024 - NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Rev. Kendra Balliet Scripture 2 Samuel 7:1-14a Sermon Series - “Worship with Rejoicing” Sermon - “Worship’s Promises”

JULY 21, 2024 - NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST REV. KENDRA BALLIET JAMES ROSS, ORGANIST Prelude - Lord, You I Love with all My Heart-Paul Manz Welcome *Call to Worship LEADER: Welcome! Welcome to the baggage we carry, the joys we share, the griefs we bear, and the worries we hold. ALL: Come! Let us worship! LEADER: The voice of God is calling us to come with all that we are and all that we carry to...

JULY 14, 2024 - EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST REV. KENDRA BALLIET JAMES ROSS, ORGANIST Prelude - Prayerful Meditation-Bach/Earl Hazelle Welcome *Call to Worship LEADER: When we witness our work bear good fruit and rejoice in all God has done among us… ALL: we gather for worship. LEADER: When misunderstanding and misinformation threaten to divide instead of unite us… ALL: we gather for worship. LEA...

JULY 14, 2024 - EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST REV. KENDRA BALLIET Scripture - 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 Sermon Series - “Worship with Rejoicing” Sermon - “Come and Worship”

JULY 14, 2024 - EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Pastor Kendra and her small helper make a joyful noise and talk about the different ways to praise God in their chat this Eighth Sunday of Pentecost, July 14, 2024.

JULY 7, 2024 SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST REV. KENDRA BALLIET JAMES ROSS, ORGANIST Prelude - Celebration on All is Well-Ralph B. Hastings Welcome *Call to Worship LEADER: Beloved, when our bodies feel unable and incapable, and the voices all around us disparage and criticize our bodies as weak and worthless, God calls to us… ALL: Open your heart to your weakness and my strength. LEADER: When we...

JULY 7, 2024 SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST REV. KENDRA BALLIET Scripture 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 Sermon Series “Ascribe to God” Sermon: “In Weakness and in Strength”

JUNE 30, 2024 SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST REV. KENDRA BALLIET JAMES ROSS, ORGANIST Prelude - Musette on Royal Oak-John Barr Welcome *Call to Worship Leader: Beloved, when hope is high, abundance surrounds us, and we bask in the goodness of God’s provision, God calls to us… ALL: Open your heart and your hands. Leader: When disaster strikes, need overwhelms the senses, and we carry the weight and w...

JUNE 30, 2024 SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST REV. KENDRA BALLIET Scripture 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 Sermon Series “Open Your Heart” Sermon: “In Need and in Abundance”

Rev. Kendra Balliet has a chat with the children of Stone UMC on this Sunday, June 30, 2024.

JUNE 23, 2024 - FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST REV. KENDRA BALLIET JAMES ROSS, ORGANIST Prelude - Deep River-Anthony Giamanco Welcome *Call to Worship LEADER: Beloved, when sorrow and hardship abound and events across an ocean and down the block shake our resolve and make us question what good the good news is even doing, God calls to us… ALL: Open your heart. LEADER: When fear and misinformation in...

JUNE 23, 2024 - FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST REV. KENDRA BALLIET Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 Sermon Series: “Open Your Heart” Sermon: “In Sorrow and in Rejoicing”

JUNE 16, 2024 - FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST REV. KENDRA BALLIET JAMES ROSS, ORGANIST Prelude - Variations on "Dix"- Michael Burkhardt Welcome *Call to Worship LEADER: We believe God will save us in times of trouble. ALL: We believe. Help our unbelief. LEADER: We know that God has saved us in the past, tending and helping us along the way. ALL: We know what God has done for us. Help us when we fo...

JUNE 16, 2024 - FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST REV. KENDRA BALLIET Sermon Series “Ascribe to God” Scripture - Psalm 20 Sermon: “All-Powerful to Save”

JUNE 9, 2024 - THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST ANN ZURASKY, GUEST LAY SPEAKER Scripture Psalm 138

JUNE 9, 2024 - THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST ANN ZURASKY, GUEST LAY SPEAKER JAMES ROSS, ORGANIST Prelude - Holy God, We Praise Thy Name- Arr. Michael Burkhardt Welcome *Call to Worship Leader: Some of us come today with hearts weighed down with anxiety, fear, despair, and hurt. Together we cling to this truth: All: God’s steadfast love endures forever. Leader: Some of us come today with hearts that...

May 29, 2024 The Stone Children's Center is pleased to share our Preschool Graduation ceremony with you.

Rev. Kendra Balliet has a chat with the children of Stone UMC during our worship service on Sunday, May 26, 2024.

MAY 19, 2024 - TRINITY SUNDAY REV. KENDRA BALLIET JAMES ROSS, ORGANIST Prelude - Lyric Voluntary on "Gently Raise the Sacred Strain"- Franklin Ashdown Welcome *Call to Worship LEADER: God, sometimes we show up to worship ready to encounter your presence. We know you are always with us. ALL: Sometimes we catch glimpses of you at home, work, or school—in a smile, in a gentle breeze, in the joy of be...