There will be a fellowship dinner following the second worship service in the commons.
The Strange Land
At Home
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Program:
Opening Voluntary
Amazing Grace • Gilbert Martin
Kenneth Logan
Introit *
Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life • Ralph Vaughan
Kenneth Logan
Call to Worship *
Rodlie Ortiz
Opening Hymn *
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing • 334
Praise
How Great Thou Art • Blessed Assurance • Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)
Prayer
Rodlie Ortiz
Children's Offertory
Kenneth Logan
Jesus Calls Us: O'er the Tumult • Emma Lou Diemer
Children's Story
John Glass
Worship in Music
Sing a New Song to the Lord • Josephine Katenga
Girls of Mercy
Message
The Strange Land: At Home
John Glass
Connect Card, Tithes, & Offerings
Fill My Cup, Lord • 493
John Glass
Closing Voluntary
Come, Thou Font of Every Blessing
Gilbert Martin
* First Service Only
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Fellowship Dinner
Pioneer Commons
Offering for January 10, 2026
Pioneer Operating Budget
You may have heard it said, and it is true that patience is a virtue. What is also true and closely linked to patience is found in the opening verse of the parable of Luke 18:1-8 (NIV). Jesus told his disciples that they should “always pray and not give up” (verse 1). In today’s fast paced, instant, and have-to-get-it-now world, learning to be patient and not lose heart or become discouraged is surely a quality that is desirable. The widow in this parable showed the importance of being patient in one’s petitions and pursuits.
In her attempt to get the judge to defend her against her enemy, who seemed to have been making her life difficult, she kept on asking for his defense. Finally, the judge yielded to her persistence and vindicated her.
The same is true of God. When we are diligent in our prayer life, longsuffering when we are seeking to invoke Christ’s intervention, and faithful in honoring Him in our stewardship, He will move to positive action. Let us remember that unlike the judge we cannot wear out God.
Today, as we worship Him through the return of our tithes and giving of our offerings, let us practice being persistent in honoring Him with our substance and the first fruit of our increase.
—North American Division Stewardship Ministries