OPENING MUSIC
“Adagio” • Charles-Marie Widor
CHORAL INTROIT
“Come, My Way, My Truth” • Alexander Smith
CALL TO WORSHIP
Ben Martin, Associate Pastor
“GODLY LOVE THROUGH MOTHERS”: A HYMN CYCLE
“Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” • 12, st. 1, 3
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” • 191, st. 1; mel.12
“In Heavenly Love Abiding” • 513, mel. 348
“O Love of God Most Full” • 77, mel. 92
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
“Jesus Loves Me, This I Know” • 190, st. 1
Jess Swackhamer, Pioneer Member
OFFERTORY
From “Prayer” • Joseph Jongen
CHILDREN’S STORY
Cindy Cancel, Pioneer Member
SCRIPTURE READING
Proverbs 4:5-9 NIV
Stanton Witherspoon, AU Student
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“It Is Well With My Soul” • Craig Courtney
MESSAGE
“Arose, A Mother”
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor, with Darlene Anderson
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“The Lord Is My Light” • 515, st. 1, 3, 4
CLOSING MUSIC
“Christ We Shall Praise Well” • Johann Sebastian Bach
OPENING MUSIC
“Adagio” • Charles-Marie Widor
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
Ben Martin, Associate Pastor
HYMNS OF PRAISE
“Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” • 12, st. 1, 3
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” • 191 st. 1, 3; mel. 12
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
“Jesus Loves Me, This I Know” • 190, st. 1
Jess Swackhamer, Pioneer Member
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“It Is Well With My Soul” • Craig Courtney
OFFERTORY
“Come, My Way, My Truth” • Alexander Smith
CHILDREN’S STORY
Cindy Cancel, Pioneer Member
SCRIPTURE READING
Proverbs 4:5-9 NIV
Stanton Witherspoon, AU Student
PRAISE
“How He Loves” • “Our God”
“Good, Good Father”
MESSAGE
“Arose, A Mother”
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor, with Darlene Anderson
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“The Lord Is My Light” • 515, st. 1, 3, 4
CLOSING MUSIC
“Bless the Lord” • Charles Wood
Offering for June 6, 2026
Pioneer Operating Budget
A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner. His father, being very old and weak, while eating, dropped food on his shirt and pants.
The mess that he made disgusted the other diners in the restaurant, while his son remained calm. After they were finished eating, the son, who was not embarrassed at all, quietly took him to the washroom, wiped off the food particles, removed the stains, combed his hair and fitted his glasses firmly. When they came out, the entire restaurant was watching them in dead silence, not able to grasp how someone could embarrass themselves publicly like that.
The son settled the bill and started to leave the eatery with his father. An old man amongst the diners called out to the son and uttered the words, “You have left a lesson for every son and hope for every father.” The restaurant went silent.
Paul writes, “We who are strong have an obligation to bear with … the weak, and not to please ourselves” (Romans 15:1, ESV). As part of our stewardship responsibility on earth, we are required to care for each other.
We are to show compassion and have empathy, and to love our neighbors as ourselves.
—North American Division Stewardship Ministries
Widows and Widowers Picnic
WIDOWS and WIDOWERS are invited to potluck at Rangeline Park, 10138 Rangeline Rd, pavilion 2, in Berrien Springs at 1 PM on Sunday, June 7. Come with your favorite dish and suitable clothing for a boat ride afterwards! See you then! Caring Hearts Ministry