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JANUARY 12, 2025
REV. KENDRA BALLIET
ORGANIST JAMES ROSS

* Please Stand If Able

Prelude - Be Thou My Vision-Hal Hopson

Welcome & Announcements 
 
*Call to Worship 
When we pass through the cleansing waters of baptism and the troubled waters of our lives, God declares:
I will be with you.
When we go through the fires that refine us and the fires that threaten our livelihoods, God declares:
I will be with you.
Even when we travel to the far corners of the earth or down into the depths of our souls, God declares:
I will be with you.
So come, let us worship God whose love never fails, whose presence never leaves, whose mercies never end.
Praise be to God who, in the form of Jesus, waded into the waters of baptism to prove God’s solidarity with us! Amen.
 
* Opening Hymn – “We Would See Jesus”        #256
 
Opening Prayer 
“I am no longer my own, but thine.
 Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt.
 Put me to doing, put me to suffering.
 Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee,
 exalted for thee or brought low for thee.
 Let me be full, let me be empty.
 Let me have all things, let me have nothing.
 I freely and heartily yield all things
 to thy pleasure and disposal.
 And now, O glorious and blessed God,
 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
 thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it.
 And the covenant which I have made on earth,
 let it be ratified in heaven. Amen.”
 
Wesley Covenant Prayer
 
Children’s Chat  
Scripture – Isaiah 43:1-7,  Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
Pastor: The Word of God for the people of God. 
People: Thanks be to God 
 
Message: “The Joy of Covenant”
 
Tithes and Offering 
Offertory -  Clair De Lune-Debussy , Arr. Bill Simon
*Doxology – Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow #94 
 
Prayers of the People - Joys and Concerns 
 
*Prayer Hymn – “Breathe on Me Breathe of God”      #420
 
Pastoral Prayer & Lord’s Prayer 
 
Reaffirmation of Our Baptism
 
*Closing Hymn – “Spirit Song”                                  #347
 
Action Steps and Benediction 
 
Postlude - Praise The Lord! Ye Heavens Adore Him- Anna Laura Page
  
This service is recorded and is subject to change upon the movement of the Holy Spirit. 

The flowers on the altar today are given to the glory of God  and in memory of our sweet Millie from the Stone UMC Care Team.

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