OPENING MUSIC
“Prelude from Holberg Suite” • Edvard Grieg, arr. B. McBrien
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
Lindsey Pratt, Associate Pastor
“JUDGMENT HOUR: HOPE IN CHRIST”: A HYMN CYCLE
“All Creatures of Our God and King” • 2
“Christ, the Lord, All Power Possessing” • 415
“The Lord Is Coming” • 200, st. 1 & 3
“My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less” • 522, st. 1 & 4
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
“’We Would See Jesus’” • 494, st. 1
Lindsey Pratt, Associate Pastor
OFFERTORY
“Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?” • David Robinson III
CHILDREN’S STORY
William Nordgren, Pioneer Member
SCRIPTURE READING
Psalm 35:19-24 NIV
Zachary Gultom, AU Student
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss” • David Holsinger
MESSAGE
“Why We Are Here, Part 2: Justice—and Soon”
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Standing on the Promises” • 518
CLOSING MUSIC
“I Believe in One God” • Wolfgang Mozart
OPENING MUSIC
“Prelude from Holberg Suite” • Edvard Grieg, arr. B. McBrien
CALL TO WORSHIP & PRAYER
Lindsey Pratt, Associate Pastor
PRAISE
“Cornerstone”
“‘Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus”
PRAYER
Lindsey Pratt, Associate Pastor
OFFERTORY
“Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?” • David Robinson III
CHILDREN’S STORY
William Nordgren, Pioneer Member
PRAISE
“Mighty To Save”
“He Is Exalted”
“In Christ Alone”
SCRIPTURE READING
Psalm 35:19-24 NIV
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss” • David Holsinger
MESSAGE
“Why We Are Here, Part 2: Justice—and Soon”
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Standing on the Promises” • 518
CLOSING MUSIC
“I Believe in One God” • Wolfgang Mozart
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
