There will be a fellowship dinner following the second worship service in the commons.
The Healing of Forgiveness
Saturday, March 23, 2024
OPENING MUSIC
“Cantilena” • Josef Rheinberger
WELCOME, CALL TO WORSHIP, & PRAYER
Prescott Khair, Associate Pastor
HYMN OF PRAISE*
“Lift High the Cross” • 362, st. 1, 2, 4, 5
“’Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus” • 524, st. 2
SONG OF PRAISE**
”Doxology”
PRAYER
Prescott Khair, Associate Pastor
OFFERTORY
“There Is a Balm in Gilead” • African-American Spiritual / Kenneth Logan
CHILDREN’S STORY
Brian Strayer, Professor Emeritus, Andrews University
PRAISE**
“Oh Magnify the Lord”
“When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”
MESSAGE
“The Healing of Forgiveness”
John Glass, Associate Pastor
ORDINANCE OF HUMILITY
FOOTWASHING
Jonathan Burt
HYMNS OF THE CROSS*
”Marvelous Grace” • 109, st. 1, 2
“Power in the Blood” • 294, st. 1, 3
“Worthy, Worthy Is the Lamb” • 246
PRAISE**
”I Sing Praises”
“I Just Want to Praise You”
“We Exalt Thee”
THE LORD’S SUPPER
SCRIPTURE
1 Corinthians 11:23-26 NIV
Ronald Knott, Pioneer Elder
PRAYER
Esther Knott, Pioneer Elder
PASSING OF EMBLEMS
Fugue on “Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?” • Spiritual / Kenneth Logan
PARTAKING OF ELEMENTS
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Sent Forth by God’s Blessing” • 407
BENEDICTION
John Glass, Associate Pastor
CLOSING MUSIC
“Lift High the Cross” • Charles Callahan
Fellowship Dinner
Pioneer Commons
Offering for January 10, 2026
Pioneer Operating Budget
You may have heard it said, and it is true that patience is a virtue. What is also true and closely linked to patience is found in the opening verse of the parable of Luke 18:1-8 (NIV). Jesus told his disciples that they should “always pray and not give up” (verse 1). In today’s fast paced, instant, and have-to-get-it-now world, learning to be patient and not lose heart or become discouraged is surely a quality that is desirable. The widow in this parable showed the importance of being patient in one’s petitions and pursuits.
In her attempt to get the judge to defend her against her enemy, who seemed to have been making her life difficult, she kept on asking for his defense. Finally, the judge yielded to her persistence and vindicated her.
The same is true of God. When we are diligent in our prayer life, longsuffering when we are seeking to invoke Christ’s intervention, and faithful in honoring Him in our stewardship, He will move to positive action. Let us remember that unlike the judge we cannot wear out God.
Today, as we worship Him through the return of our tithes and giving of our offerings, let us practice being persistent in honoring Him with our substance and the first fruit of our increase.
—North American Division Stewardship Ministries