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PALM SUNDAY ORDER OF WORSHIP Rev. Kendra Lovelace Balliet Organist: Jim Ross Prelude -Variations on St. Theodulph- Margaretha de Jong-Jon Spong Welcome *Call to Worship Leader: We come to prepare for the holiest of weeks. People: We will journey through praise, with joy on our lips; we will travel through betrayal and death, cradling hope deep in our hearts. Leader: Jesus leads us through this wee...

PALM SUNDAY ORDER OF WORSHIP Rev. Kendra Lovelace Balliet Scripture Luke 19:29-40 Sermon Series “Journey of Stones” Sermon: “Crying Stones”

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Rev. Kendra Lovelace Balliet Scripture Matthew 16:13-20 Sermon Series “Journey of Stones” Sermon: “Upon This Rock”

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT ORDER OF WORSHIP Rev. Kendra Lovelace Balliet Organist: Jim Ross Music Ministry: Pic-A-Longs Prelude - Celtic Hymn (Hans-Andre' Stamm) - James Ross, organ Be Thou My Vision - Pic-A-Longs Welcome *Call to Worship Leader: Lenten travelers, how long have you traveled this road with your gaze pointed down at the dust and gravel and asphalt as you walk or limp or roll down the path...

FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT ORDER OF WORSHIP Rev. Kendra Lovelace Balliet Organist: Jim Ross Prelude - Solemn Melody-Wolford Davies Welcome *Call to Worship Leader: Lenten travelers, the journey is long. Let us take a moment to rest and breathe. People: Only in God do we find our rest. Leader: Sometimes the road is easy, and we bask in the warmth of the Light who guides us. People: Other times the road...

FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT Rev. Kendra Lovelace Balliet Scripture Luke 11:37-52 Sermon Series “Journey of Stones” Sermon: “Hearts of Stone”

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Rev. Kendra Lovelace Balliet Scripture John 8:1-12 Sermon Series “Journey of Stones” Sermon: “Sticks and Stones”

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT ORDER OF WORSHIP Rev. Kendra Lovelace Balliet Organist: Jim Ross Prelude - The Good Samaritan-Robert Swift Bell Prelude - O Sacred Head-Anna Laura Page Welcome *Call to Worship Leader: Lenten travelers, why are you here? People: We gather to do the work of worship. Leader: Lenten travelers, what happens when we gather to worship? People: We listen and proclaim. We sing and pra...

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT Rev. Kendra Lovelace Balliet Scripture Mark 12:1-12 Sermon Series “Journey of Stones” Sermon: “Rejected Stones”

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT ORDER OF WORSHIP Rev. Kendra Lovelace Balliet Organist: Jim Ross Prelude - Elegy For Forty Days- Vicente Piano Welcome *Call to Worship Leader: Lenten travelers, who is this Jesus that we follow? People: He is the Messiah. Leader: What kind of Messiah is Jesus? People: He is the Messiah who teaches that he will lose his life and who calls us to lose our lives in order to save...

Children's Chat - February 25, 2024 Rev. Kendra Lovelace Balliet chats with the children of Stone United Methodist Church.

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Rev. Kendra Lovelace Balliet Scripture Exodus 32: 1-24 Sermon Series “Journey of Stones” Sermon: “Written in Stone”

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT ORDER OF WORSHIP Rev. Kendra Lovelace Balliet Organist: Jim Ross Prelude - Solemn Prelude- Charles Callahan Welcome *Call to Worship Leader: Lenten travelers, when you feel the security of God’s love, affirmation of God’s call, and covered in God’s grace… People: God comes near. Leader: When you feel deserted and alone, starving and parched for a caring hand or an encouraging...

Rev. Kendra Balliet has a chat with the children of Stone UMC on this First Sunday of Lent.

TRANSFIGURATION SUNDAY Rev. Kendra Lovelace Balliet Scripture Mark 9:2-9 Sermon: “Glory”

TRANSFIGURATION SUNDAY ORDER OF WORSHIP Rev. Kendra Lovelace Balliet Organist: Jim Ross Prelude - Ten Thousand Angels-Ray Overholt Welcome *Call to Worship Leader: The mighty one, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. People: Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. Leader: God’s glory fills the earth, but sometimes we, like Elisha, d...

Pastor Kendra has a chat with the children of Stone UMC on this Transfiguration Sunday.

FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY ORDER OF WORSHIP Guest Preacher: Joe Illig, Executive Director of Wesley Woods Christian Camp Organist: Jim Ross Prelude-In Heavenly Love Abiding-Dale Wood Welcome *Call to Worship Leader: Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart in the company of the upright in the congregation. People: Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who del...

FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY Joe Illig, Executive Director of Wesley Woods Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-21, NIV Sermon: “Boundless ”

THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY ORDER OF WORSHIP Pastor: Rev. Dr. Jane Ellen Nickell Organist: Jim Ross Prelude - Shall We Gather at the River? - Dale Wood Welcome *Call to Worship Leader: It is time to focus, not on our wants or complaints but on God: People: In the silent places of my soul I turn to God, for God alone is our rock and salvation. Leader: Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good new...

THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY Pastor: Rev. Dr. Jane Ellen Nickell Scripture: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 & Mark 1:14-20 Sermon: “Good Answer” -Rev. Dr. Jane Ellen Nickell

Stone United Methodist Church welcomes the Rev. Jackie L. Roberson, Jr. (Executive Director - Family & Community Christian Association) this morning to deliver a message titled, "Where Is the Love?".

HUMAN RELATIONS DAY ORDER OF WORSHIP Pastor: Rev. Kendra Balliet Organist: Jim Ross Prelude "Invocation"-Lani Smith Welcome *Call to Worship Leader: The voice of God calls to us! Are you listening? People: Speak, Lord, your servants are listening. Leader: The hands of God beckon us! Are you paying attention? People: Show us, Lord, your servants are paying attention. Leader: The love of God asks us...

BAPTISM OF OUR LORD SUNDAY ORDER OF WORSHIP Pastor: Rev. Kendra Balliet Organist: Jim Ross Prelude "Prelude"-Georges Mac-Master Welcome *Call to Worship Leader: In the beginning, God… People: Swept over waters, spoke light into existence, created day and night and called it good. Leader: As the days and nights of creation filled with life, God… People: Made humanity out of the dirt to love and ten...

EPIPHANY SUNDAY Pastor: Rev. Kendra Balliet Scripture- John 1:1-14 Series-The Light of Grace Sermon – “Presence: Angels"