2/8/2026 "What's the Point?" by the Rev. Jeff Hunt - St. John's UMC, Dover, NH Live Stream Church

Описание: Sunday, February 8, 2026 - Live Streamed at 9:30 AM

WHAT'S THE POINT?
Sunday mornings can be powerful. We sing, we pray, we listen, we nod thoughtfully. And then Monday shows up - emails, deadlines, traffic, kids, bills - and whatever happened here somehow stays here. Like church is a weekly phone charge, and by Tuesday afternoon the battery is dead again.
That's exactly the tension Isaiah is addressing in chapter 58.
The people worship enthusiastically. They fast. They pray. And then they walk right back into lives shaped by injustice, cruelty, and self-interest. God's word, spoken by the prophet is essentially, "You're showing up for worship, but you're missing the point."

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Worship Leader: The Rev. Jeff Hunt
Liturgist: Cheri Nixon
Preacher: The Rev. Jeff Hunt

Scripture Reading: Isaiah 58: 1-12

Message: "What's the Point?" by the Rev. Jeff Hunt
© 2026 Jeff Hunt & St. John's United Methodist Church, Dover NH

Music Information:

Carillon:
Selections by Andy Galt and/or Guy Eaton

Organ selection by Jeff Mitchell
Pachelbel's Canon in D

Opening Hymn:
Song of Praise:
"Seek Ye First"
The United Methodist Hymnal # 405
https://hymnary.org/hymn/UMH/405
By Karen Lafferty
Copyrights: © 1972 CCCM Music, Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
Used by Permission. CCLI Song # 1352

Anthem:
"I Will Serve the Lord All My Days"
By Don Besig & Nancy Price
Copyrights: © 2000 GlorySound, a Div. of Shawnee Press, Inc.. All rights reserved.
Permission to reprint, podcast, and/or stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license # A-731343. All rights reserved.
ONE LICENSE Song # 224424
Flute: Dawne Warfield

Hymn of Response:
"The Voice of God is Calling"
The United Methodist Hymnal # 436
https://hymnary.org/hymn/UMH/436
Words: John Haynes Holmes (1913)
Music: William Lloyd (1840)
Copyright: Public Domain

Offertory Music:
Organ selection by Jeff Mitchell

The Doxology:
"Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow"
The United Methodist Hymnal # 95
https://hymnary.org/hymn/UMH/95
Words: Thomas Ken (1674)
Music: OLD 100TH; Attributed to Louis Bourgeois (1551)
Copyright: Public Domain

Closing Hymn:
"You Are the Seed"
The United Methodist Hymnal # 583
https://hymnary.org/hymn/UMH/583
By Cesareo Gabaraín; translated by Raquel Gutiérrez-Achon & Skinner Chávez-Melo
Copyrights: © 1979 Cesareo Gabarain. Harm. © 1987 Skinner Chávez-Melo. All rights reserved.
Permission to reprint, podcast, and/or stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license # A-731343. All rights reserved.
ONE LICENSE Song # 22560

Closing:
Organ selection by Jeff Mitchell

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CCLI Streaming License Number 21148179
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Participating in our online services:

The Rev. Jeff Hunt - Pastor at St. John's UMC, Dover NH

Steve MacKenzie: Director of Music, including Organist, Pianist, Choir Director, and Soloist
Brianne Tarleton: Assistant Director of Music
Andy Galt and Guy Eaton: Carilloneurs
Patty Hoogeveen: Keyboard & Piano
George Reagan: Drums
Michael Rennebu: Bass
Guest organist & pianist: Jeff Mitchell

Members of the Chancel Choir

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AV Team Leader: Bob Johnson

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