Saturday, September 17, 2022
OPENING MUSIC
Fugue on “O Sacred Head Now Wounded” • Kenneth Logan
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
HYMN OF PRAISE
“Worthy, Worthy Is the Lamb” • 246
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
“We Would See Jesus” • 494, st. 1
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“Nothing But the Blood” • Craig Courtney
MESSAGE
“Chasing Jesus: Bathing in the Red River"
Dwight K. Nelson, Lead Pastor
FOOTWASHING
“Power in the Blood” • 294, st. 1-3
”Marvelous Grace” • 109, st. 1-3
”My Jesus, I Love Thee” • 321, st. 1-2
“My Faith Looks Up to Thee” • 517, st. 1-2
THE LORD’S SUPPER
SCRIPTURE READING
Mark 14:23-25 NIV
Mordekai Ongo, Pioneer Elder
PRAYER
Andrea Gibbs, Pioneer Elder
DISTRIBUTION
“I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked” • Geoffrey O’Hara
PARTAKING
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Sent Forth by God’s Blessing” • 407
CLOSING MUSIC
“O Lamb of God, Unspotted” • Johann Sebastian Bach
OPENING MUSIC
Fugue on “O Sacred Head Now Wounded” • Kenneth Logan
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
PRAISE
“Graves Into Gardens” • “God of Wonders” • “I Surrender / I Surrender All”
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“Nothing But the Blood” • Craig Courtney
MESSAGE
“Chasing Jesus: Bathing in the Red River”
Dwight K. Nelson, Lead Pastor
FOOTWASHING
“Power in the Blood” • 294, st. 1-3
”Marvelous Grace” • 109, st. 1-3
”My Jesus, I Love Thee” • 321, st. 1-2
“My Faith Looks Up to Thee” • 517, st. 1-2
THE LORD’S SUPPER
SCRIPTURE READING
Mark 14:23-25 NIV
Mordekai Ongo, Pioneer Elder
PRAYER
Andrea Gibbs, Pioneer Elder
DISTRIBUTION
“I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked” • Geoffrey O’Hara
PARTAKING
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Sent Forth by God’s Blessing” • 407
CLOSING MUSIC
“O Lamb of God, Unspotted” • Johann Sebastian Bach
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!
