Saturday, August 02, 2025
OPENING MUSIC
"Beautiful Savior!" • anon.
WELCOME & PRAYER
Prescott Khair, Associate Pastor
HYMN OF PRAISE
"Praise to the Lord" • 1
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
"Jesus Is All the World to Me" • 185, st. 1
Prescott Khair, Associate Pastor
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
"Rhosymedre" • Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Arnold Foster
OFFERTORY
"My Faith Looks Up to Thee" • Lowell Mason
CHILDREN'S STORY
Ryan Hayes, Professor of Chemistry
SCRIPTURE READING
John 5:1-3 and John 5:5-9, ASV
Susan Schwab, Pioneer Member
HYMN OF PREPARATION
"'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" • 524, st. 1 & 4
MESSAGE
"Jesus Is All You Need"
Artur Stele, Andrews University Board Chair
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
"Great Is Thy Faithfulness" • 100
CLOSING MUSIC
"Great Is Thy Faithfulness" • William Runyan
OPENING MUSIC & PROCESSIONAL
“O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing” • Healey Willan
“Lift High the Cross” • Donald Busarow
WELCOME & HYMN OF PRAISE
John Wesley Taylor V, President
“Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart!” • 27
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Sue Mondak, Clinical Associate Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“Rhosymedre” • Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Arnold Foster
OFFERTORY
“Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart” • Kenneth Logan
SCRIPTURE
Deuteronomy 32:11 KJV
Joel Raveloharimisy, Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences
HYMN OF MEDITATION
“Be Thou My Vision” • 547
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER
Artur Stele, Andrews University Board Chair
BACCALAUREATE SERMON
"Soaring"
G. Alexander Bryant President of the North American Division
HYMN OF COMMISSIONING
“Go Forth, Go Forth With Christ” • 377
BENEDICTION
Sozina Katuli, Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences
RECESSIONAL
“Dialogue” • Gilbert Martin
CLOSING MUSIC
“Choral Song” • Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Offering for December 27, 2025
Michigan Advance Partners
When I was in my teens, I read a powerful promise, "Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us of which we know nothing. Those who accept the one principle of making the service of God supreme, will find perplexities vanish and a plain path before their feet" (Ministry of Healing, p.481).
It really was not relevant to me then because my parents provided my food, lodging, and basic needs. But after I got married and had our three children, many expenses ate our income rapidly. Every dollar mattered. I remembered wishing that our babies would hurry up and get out of the “diaper stage” because every diaper cost money.
It would be easy to rationalize that our children are part of our ministry, therefore, we didn’t need to give our offerings for several months. But that would put me in charge of running “God’s business” instead of allowing God to take care of our needs. We learned to step out in faith and depend on Him.
Now that I look back on those days, it is amazing how God came through in thousands of ways to provide for our needs! It was fun to see how He provided all our needs then and continues to do so now. Today, let’s not rationalize our commitment to God. Let’s trust God with all our needs by returning our tithes and offerings faithfully.
—North American Division Stewardship Ministries
Church Office Holiday Closure: 12/22-12/26 & 12/29-01/02
Please note that the church office will be closed from December 22 to 26 and again from December 29 to January 2 for the holiday season. We will reopen on January 5. Our church services will proceed as always. If you have any announcements, please submit those no later than December 19. Thank you for your understanding. We wish you a blessed Christmas and a happy New Year!
Christmas Blessing Opportunity
Be part of a Christmas blessing this year! Chiang Mai Adventist Academy, which serves primarily Buddhist students from around the country, is looking for a set of Bible story felts to use in teaching the Bible in their Sabbath schools. FARM STEW missionaries will be going to Thailand in January and deliver them. If you have a felt set you would like to donate or would like to donate towards buying a new set, please contact Deby Andvik. (andvik@andrews.edu or call/text 269-277-4145)
Pioneer Women's Ministries 2025 Advent Devotionals
Pioneer Women’s Ministries’ Advent devotionals will highlight a few of the promises of Jesus. To receive the “Red Letter Promises” daily devotionals by email for the first 25 days of December, text the word “ADVENT” to 269-281-2345. You can also receive a short daily text message preview of each day's devotional by providing your cell phone number when you register. We pray you will sense the nearness of Jesus during this holy season through these devotionals.
House of Prayer
Please join us for House of Prayer Wednesday evenings at 7pm in the Earliteen Loft for a time of singing, Bible study and prayer.