February 8, 2026

EBRUARY 8, 2026 FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY GUEST SPEAKER: KURT CRAYS, ERIE UNITED METHODIST ALLIANCE CFO ORGANIST JAMES ROSS Prelude - Partita on Hymn to Joy - Charles Callhan Welcome & Announcements *Call to Worship LEADER:People of God, why are you here? PEOPLE: We gather to worship with our hearts and our lives. LEADER: People of God, who do you worship? PEOPLE: We worship God, who loves us and teaches us to love. LEADER: People of God, how do you worship? PEOPLE: We worship God by breaking the bonds of injustice and freeing the oppressed. LEADER: People of God, come, let us worship God, whose glory surrounds us! PEOPLE: May our worship demonstrate God’s glory in our neighborhood, community, and the whole earth. * Opening Hymn – “For the Healing of the Nations” #428 *Affirmation of Faith – Apostles’ Creed #881 *Gloria Patri #70 Opening Prayer God of compassion and justice, the worship you choose for us is to loose the bonds of injustice, to let the oppressed go free, to share bread with the hungry, to shelter the homeless poor. Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly. So, in praise and wonder, we come to worship you not just with our words but with our hearts and our lives. Glory and honor be to you, O God, Creator of a new heaven and a new earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Children’s Chat Scripture- Micah 6:1-8 Leader: The Word of God for the people of God. People: Thanks be to God Message: What Does the Lord Require? Tithes and Offering Offertory - Consecration - Roger C. Wilson *Doxology – Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow #94 Prayer Hymn – “Blest Be the Tie That Binds” #557 Prayers of the People - Joys and Concerns Pastoral Prayer & Lord’s Prayer Presentation of Love – Making homelessness rare, brief, and one-time—Just as Jesus would. Josh Henry – Director, EUMA’s Shelter Area Meadville (SAM) Kurt Crays – CFO, Erie United Methodist Alliance (EUMA) *Closing Hymn – “Christ for the World We Sing”#568 Action Steps and Benediction Postlude - Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise - Michael Burkhardt Thank you for sharing in this worship service. Please continue to stay in touch through our website (stoneumc.org) and/or by following us on Facebook (Stone UMC). If you have joys or concerns that you would like lifted up in prayer, please fill out the Prayer Card in the pew, on the website, or share them by contacting us at 814-724-6736 or [email protected]