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!
A 20:21 Mission for a 2021 Movement
Hunting Digital Natives: 'So I Am Sending You'
Resources
Speaker
Rodlie OrtizRodlie Ortiz is on the pastoral team of Pioneer Memorial Church on the campus of Andrews University where he oversees evangelism and Grow Groups. He recently finished his Doctor of Ministry degree in Missional Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary. He blogs regularly on modernekklesia.com and enjoys connecting with people that don't know God. He is married to Iveth, a special education teacher, and has two boys—Jonathan and Daniel.
Offering
Saturday, February 20, 2021
More In This Series
Opening Music
"Godly Vision" • Kenneth Logan
Kenneth Logan, Minister of Music, Pioneer Memorial Church
Welcome & Call to Worship & Prayer
John Glass, Associate Pastor
Praise
"Immortal, Invisible" • SDAH 21, st. 1-2, 4
Annelise Burghardt, Andrews University student; Charles Reid, Associate Professor of Music; Andrews University Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Wild, director
Children's Story & Prayer
Story: Ralph Wood, Pioneer Member; Prayer: Laural
Worship in Music
"The Genesis: V. Birds and Whales" • Max Keller, Assistant Professor of Music
Andrews University Chamber Orchestra, Kristii Rasmussen, graduate student director
Congregational Prayer
Evelyn Savory, Principal, Ruth Murdoch Elementary; Briauna Skinner, 6th Grade SA President, Ruth Murdoch Elementary; Nicholas Poloche, 8th Grade SA President, Ruth Murdoch Elementary
Pioneer Life
Rodlie Ortiz with Dwight K. Nelson
Praise
"How Great Is Our God"
Scripture Reading
Charles Reid, Associate Professor of Music, Andrews University
Message
"A 20:21 Mission for a 2021 Movement: Hunting Digital Natives: ' So I Am Sending You'"
Rodlie Ortiz, Associate Pastor, Pioneer Memorial Church
Connect Card & Prayer
Hymn of Commitment
"'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" • SDAH 524, st. 1-2, 4
Benediction
John Glass, Associate Pastor
Closing Music
"Be Thou My Vision" • Irish melody
Kenneth Logan, organ, Minister of Music
Church Office Holiday Closure: 12/22-12/26 & 12/29-01/02
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)
Christmas Breakfast
Let’s celebrate the joy of Christmas with good food, warm community, and grateful hearts! Join us on December 20, from 9:00 to 10:30 AM, before our main worship service. Bring your favorite breakfast dish to share and enjoy a wonderful time of fellowship as we celebrate the season together.
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
Pioneer Earlyteen Loft
Please join us for House of Prayer Wednesday evenings at 7pm in the Earliteen Loft for a time of singing, Bible study and prayer.