Saturday, October 21, 2023
OPENING MUSIC
“Prelude on RHOSYMEDRE [“My Saviour’s Love to Me”] • Ralph Vaughan Williams
CHORAL INTROIT
“Praise Hymn” • Larry Shackley
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
Jenifer Daley, Associate Pastor
“DIVINE LOVE”: A HYMN CYCLE
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” • 191
“In Heavenly Love Abiding” • words 513, mel. 316
“Jesus Loves Me” • 190 st. 1, 3
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
“Blest Be the Tie That Binds” • 350, st. 1
Paul Smith & L. Monique Pittman, Pioneer Members
PASTOR APPRECIATION MONTH
Bryan and Becky von Dorpowski, Head Elders
OFFERTORY
“Prelude and Birdsong Fugue: ‘Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart!’” • Kenneth Logan
CHILDREN’S STORY & PRAYER
Alina Baltazar, Pioneer Member
SCRIPTURE READING
Proverbs 5:15-18 (NIV)
Johnny Suarez, Pioneer Member
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“The Greatest Gift” • Lynn Bailey and Becki Mayo
MESSAGE
“How To Stay Married Forever & Like It: After You Say ‘I Do’”
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“’Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus” • 524, st. 1, 3-4
CLOSING MUSIC
“How Fair and How Pleasant Art Thou” • Marcel Dupré
OPENING MUSIC
“Prelude on RHOSYMEDRE [“My Saviour’s Love to Me”] • Ralph Vaughan Williams
CHORAL INTROIT
“Praise Hymn” • Larry Shackley
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
Jenifer Daley, Associate Pastor
PRAISE
“Open The Eyes Of My Heart” • “I Speak Jesus”
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Paul Smith & L. Monique Pittman, Pioneer Members
BAPTISM
Emmett Elijah Martin with Ben Martin, and Luke Anthony Palmer with Rodney Palmer
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“The Greatest Gift” • Lynn Bailey and Becki Mayo
PASTOR APPRECIATION MONTH
Bryan and Becky von Dorpowski, Head Elders
OFFERTORY
“Prelude and Birdsong Fugue: ‘Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart!’” • Kenneth Logan
CHILDREN’S STORY & PRAYER
Alina Baltazar, Pioneer Member
PRAISE
“Raise A Hallelujah” • “Amazed” • “To God Be The Glory”
SCRIPTURE READING
Proverbs 5:15-18 (NIV)
MESSAGE
“How To Stay Married Forever & Like It: After You Say ‘I Do’”
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“’Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus” • 524, st. 1, 3-4
CLOSING MUSIC
“How Fair and How Pleasant Art Thou” • Marcel Dupré
Offering for December 27, 2025
Michigan Advance Partners
When I was in my teens, I read a powerful promise, "Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us of which we know nothing. Those who accept the one principle of making the service of God supreme, will find perplexities vanish and a plain path before their feet" (Ministry of Healing, p.481).
It really was not relevant to me then because my parents provided my food, lodging, and basic needs. But after I got married and had our three children, many expenses ate our income rapidly. Every dollar mattered. I remembered wishing that our babies would hurry up and get out of the “diaper stage” because every diaper cost money.
It would be easy to rationalize that our children are part of our ministry, therefore, we didn’t need to give our offerings for several months. But that would put me in charge of running “God’s business” instead of allowing God to take care of our needs. We learned to step out in faith and depend on Him.
Now that I look back on those days, it is amazing how God came through in thousands of ways to provide for our needs! It was fun to see how He provided all our needs then and continues to do so now. Today, let’s not rationalize our commitment to God. Let’s trust God with all our needs by returning our tithes and offerings faithfully.
—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!
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)
House of Prayer
Please join us for House of Prayer Wednesday evenings at 7pm in the Earliteen Loft for a time of singing, Bible study and prayer.
