OPENING MUSIC
“Poem of Divine Love” • Kenneth Logan
CHORAL INTROIT
“Now Let Us All Praise God and Sing” • Gordon Young
CALL TO WORSHIP & PRAYER
Lindsey Pratt, Associate Pastor
“OUR”: A HYMN CYCLE
“Christ Is Alive!” • 182, st. 1, 3, 4
“The Church Has One Foundation” • 348, st. 1, 2, 4
“Where Cross the Crowded Ways” • 355, st. 1, 2, 4
“Blest Be the Tie” • 350, st. 1-3
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
“Blest Be the Tie” • 350, st. 1
Lindsey Pratt, Associate Pastor
OFFERTORY
“Christ’s Love for All” • Anon. Melody
CHILDREN’S STORY
Ezra Jean-Baptiste with Jean-Ires Michel
SCRIPTURE READING
John 14: 25-27 NIV
Cindy Hill, Pioneer Member
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“Even When He Is Silent” • Kim André Arnesen
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
MESSAGE
“Not Yet the Holy Spirit”
Calvin B. Rock
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Showers of Blessing” • 195, st. 1, 3-4
CLOSING MUSIC
“O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High” • David Johnson
OPENING MUSIC
“Poem of Divine Love” • Kenneth Logan
CHORAL INTROIT
“Now Let Us All Praise God and Sing” • Gordon Young
CALL TO WORSHIP & PRAYER
Lindsey Pratt, Associate Pastor
HYMNS OF PRAISE
“Christ Is Alive!” • 182, st. 1, 3, 4
“The Church Has One Foundation” • 348, st. 1, 2, 4
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
“Spirit of the Living God” • 672
Lindsey Pratt, Associate Pastor
BABY DEDICATION
Yohann Kaye Delatiam Witherspoon with John Reeve
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“Even When He Is Silent” • Kim André Arnesen
OFFERTORY
“Christ’s Love for All” • Anon. Melody
CHILDREN’S STORY
Ezra Jean-Baptiste with Jean-Ires Michel
PRAISE
“Nothing But The Blood” • “O Come To The Altar”
“New Wine” • “No Longer Slaves”
SCRIPTURE READING
John 14: 25-27 NIV
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
MESSAGE
“Not Yet the Holy Spirit”
Calvin B. Rock
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Showers of Blessing” • 195, st. 1, 3-4
CLOSING MUSIC
“O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High” • David Johnson
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!