Saturday, February 10, 2024
OPENING MUSIC
“The Lord’s My Shepherd” • Harold Darke
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
John Glass, Associate Pastor
“JESUS, WHAT A FRIEND”: A HYMN CYCLE
“To God Be the Glory” • 341
“What a Fellowship, What a Joy Divine” • 469
“What a Friend We Have in Jesus” • words 499, mel. 12
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
“Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus” • refrain only 290
John Glass, Associate Pastor
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“Soon Ah Will Be Done” • William Dawson
OFFERTORY
“I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light” • Wayne Wold
CHILDREN’S STORY & PRAYER
John Glass, Associate Pastor
SCRIPTURE READING
Isaiah 12:2 NIV
Daniel Milard, Pioneer Member
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“O Love” • Elaine Hagenberg
MESSAGE
“God Has Great Plans for Your Past, Part 3: You Can Stop Running, Now”
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Life Out Thy Life Within Me” • 316, vs. 1, 3, & 4
CLOSING MUSIC
“Allegro Moderato” • Felix Mendelssohn
OPENING MUSIC
“The Lord’s My Shepherd” • Harold Darke
WELCOME & PRAYER
John Glass, Associate Pastor
PRAISE
“Great Is Thy Faithfulness” • 100
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
John Glass, Associate Pastor
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“Soon Ah Will Be Done” • William Dawson
OFFERTORY
“I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light” • Wayne Wold
CHILDREN’S STORY & PRAYER
John Glass, Associate Pastor
PRAISE
“Agnus Dei / How Great Is Our God”
“How Great Thou Art”
“Lord I Lift Your Name / Great Are You Lord”
SCRIPTURE READING
Isaiah 12:2 NIV
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“O Love” • Elaine Hagenberg
MESSAGE
“God Has Great Plans for Your Past, Part 3: You Can Stop Running, Now”
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Life Out Thy Life Within Me” • 316, vs. 1, 3, & 4
CLOSING MUSIC
“Allegro Moderato” • 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!
