Saturday, September 25, 2021
OPENING MUSIC
"Glory Alone to God in the Highest" • Jan Sweelinck
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
Jenifer Daley, Associate Pastor
INTROIT
"Sing for Joy" • D. Davidson
"LONG-EXPECTED JESUS": A HYMN CYCLE
“The Church Has One Foundation" • "Crown Him With Many Crowns" • "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning" • "Come Thou Long Expected Jesus"
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Jenifer Daley, Associate Pastor
CHILDREN’S STORY
Story: Rebecca Puii Fanai • Prayer: Kayleigh
SCRIPTURE READING
Acts 4:23-31 NRSV • JoAnn Siagian, Lynnetta Hamstra
INTRODUCTION TO SPEAKER
Ron Knott, Director, Andrews University Press
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
"For Everyone Born" • arr. T. Trenney
MESSAGE
“Fire and Rain“ Bill Knott, Executive Editor, Adventist Review/World
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
"O for That Flame of Living Fire"
BENEDICTION
Jenifer Daley, Associate Pastor
CLOSING MUSIC
"Fugue in C Major" • Johann Sebastian Bach
OPENING MUSIC
"Glory Alone to God in the Highest" • Jan Sweelinck
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
Jenifer Daley, Associate Pastor
OPENING SONG
"Sing for Joy" • D. Davidson
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Jenifer Daley, Associate Pastor
PRAISE
"Falling in Love with Jesus" • "Goodness of God" • "at the Cross"
SCRIPTURE READING
Acts 4:23-31 NRSV
CHILDREN’S STORY
Story: Rebecca Puii Fanai • Prayer: Kayleigh
INTRODUCTION TO SPEAKER
Ron Knott, Director, Andrews University Press
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
"For Everyone Born" • arr. T. Trenney
MESSAGE
“Fire and Rain“ Bill Knott, Executive Editor, Adventist Review/World
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
"O for That Flame of Living Fire"
BENEDICTION
Jenifer Daley, Associate Pastor
CLOSING MUSIC
"Fugue in C Major" • Johann Sebastian Bach
Offering for May 30, 2026
Pioneer Operating Budget
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
When the author of our reading became a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church decades ago, a song, “Love is Something,” written by Malvina Reynolds, was sung during their Adventist Youth (AY) programs. This song was sung during the evening offering collection. The first verse went something like this: “Love is something if you give it away, give it away, give it away. Love is something if you give it away, you end up having more.”
The idea that love begets more love could not be truer. When we love like Jesus loves, the benefits are abundant. When we give like Jesus gives—without limitation—the blessings return in abundance, running over.
And we “won’t have enough room to take it in!” (Malachi 3:10, NLT). The Bible says in Acts 20:35, “Remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
May the copious blessings of heaven be ours, as we give in love, gratitude, and without reservation to the cause of Christ in our local church today.
—North American Division Stewardship Ministries
Widows and Widowers Picnic
WIDOWS and WIDOWERS are invited to potluck at Rangeline Park, 10138 Rangeline Rd, pavilion 2, in Berrien Springs at 1 PM on Sunday, June 7. Come with your favorite dish and suitable clothing for a boat ride afterwards! See you then! Caring Hearts Ministry