OPENING MUSIC
“Be Strong in the Lord” • Kenneth Logan
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
Lindsey Pratt, Associate Pastor
“SOUND HIS PRAISES!”: A HYMN CYCLE
“Worthy, Worthy Is the Lamb” • 246
“Fairest Lord Jesus” • 240, st. 1-2, 4
“Praise Him! Praise Him!” • 249
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
“O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee” • 574, st. 1
CHILDREN’S STORY
“O Rest in the Lord” • Felix Mendelssohn
Story: Jonathan Burt, Pioneer Member
SCRIPTURE READING
Ashley and Lucy Press, Pioneer Members
Joshua 1:8-9 NIV
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“Ain’-a That Good News” • William Dawson
MESSAGE
“Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho: I Spy”
Dwight K. Nelson, Lead Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Cover With His Life” • 412, st. 1-3
BENEDICTION
CLOSING MUSIC
“’Be Not Afraid’, Says God the Lord” • Felix Mendelssohn
OPENING MUSIC
“Be Strong in the Lord” • Kenneth Logan
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
Lindsey Pratt, Associate Pastor
PRAISE
“Days of Elijah”
“What a Beautiful Name”
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Bryan von Dorpowski, Pioneer Member
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“Ain’-a That Good News” • William Dawson
BABY DEDICATION
Eliza Harper Khair, presented by Prescott and Korissa Khair with Pastor Dwight Nelson
CHILDREN’S STORY
“O Rest in the Lord”, Felix Mendelssohn
Story: Jonathan Burt, Pioneer Member
PRAISE
“Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)”
“Waymaker”
MESSAGE
“Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho: I Spy”
Dwight K. Nelson, Lead Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Cover With His Life” • 412, st. 1-3
BENEDICTION
CLOSING MUSIC
“’Be Not Afraid’, Says God the Lord” • Felix Mendelssohn
Offering for January 3, 2026
Pioneer Operating Budget
There is something special about the beginning of a new year. It’s the energy and the excitement. It’s the opportunities that it offers. It provides the chance to forget the past and its challenges, while we embrace the possibility to start over.
The New Year offers the opportunity for us to look at the future with optimism and gratefulness. For this reason, I like new, don’t you? Paul liked the idea of new also. That’s why he encourages us to look towards the future instead of looking back. He says, “Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead” (Philippians 3: 13, 14, NIV), we should press toward the goal to win.
The encouraging thing is, when Christ is in the lead, we must succeed. For this reason, we can embrace the possibilities of the new year– striving to be better stewards for God. So may our goals this year include spending consistent time in worship and developing a relationship of steel with God. May we take care of our wellbeing (physically and psychologically) and witness about His love by using our talents and gifts.
May we faithfully return to God the designated portion of our wealth and take care of our world and the environment. Let’s determine to make 2026 an exceptional year of sacrificial generosity, in our local church and worldwide.
—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!
