There will be a fellowship dinner following the second worship service in the commons.
And You Welcomed Me
Resources
Pastor
Sabine VatelSabine Vatel serves on the pastoral team of Pioneer Memorial Church on the campus of Andrews University. She oversees Discipleship and Grow Group ministries. Her many interests include generational studies, people's stories, and one day speaking Spanish fluently. She finds joy in helping individuals connect to God and each other.
Offering
Saturday, May 07, 2016
Program:
As We Begin
Allegro • George Frideric Handel | Lead On, O King Eternal • James Swearingen
Welcome
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling • st. 1, 3-4 of 191
Prayer
Don Dronen
Baptism
William H. Yoong with Joe Reeves
Children's Story
On the Wings of an Eagle • Douglas Wagner
Worship in Music
In Endless Song • Randall Standridge
Sermon
“And You Welcomed Me” • Sabine Vatel
Connect Card, Tithes & Offerings
Praise
You Are Good • 10,000 Reasons • Your Grace Is Enough
Benediction
As We Depart
Be Thou My Vision • Traditional Irish Melody
Fellowship Dinner
Pioneer Commons
Offering for January 10, 2026
Religious Liberty
Seventh-day Adventists have stood firmly for religious liberty—for everyone—for more than 150 years. But do you know the reason why? Part of the reason is that, when our church was founded, almost every American state had Sunday-keeping laws on the books. Adventist pastors, farmers, laborers, and others were arrested, jailed, or fined for doing “secular work” on Sunday. Even Wille White, son of James and Ellen, was arrested in Oakland, California, in 1882 for keeping the Pacific Press Publishing presses operating on a Sunday! But that’s not the full story. The deeper reason why we continue to stand for religious liberty—in the courts, before legislatures, and through the pages of Liberty magazine—is because we want to reflect the character of the God we serve. He’s a God who created us in His image and who has given each one of us the freedom to choose whom we will worship. He’s a God who, in the words of Ellen White, “desires only the service of love,” which “cannot be won by force or authority” (The Desire of Ages, 22).
Today, please help support this vital ministry of religious liberty. It’s a ministry that defends not only the rights of individual conscience, but also the ability of our church to continue to do its mission. And as we face uncertain days ahead, your prayers and support are needed now, more than ever.
—North American Division Stewardship Ministries