OPENING MUSIC
”American Folk Hymn Suite” • Michael Burkhardt
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
Jonathan Burt, Pioneer Elder
HYMN OF PRAISE
“Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven” • 4
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Jonathan Burt, Pioneer Elder
“What a Friend We Have in Jesus” • 499 , st. 2
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“Fairest Lord Jesus” • Carlos Lugo
OFFERTORY
“Blessed Assurance” • Dale Wood
CHILDREN STORY
Brian Strayer, Pioneer Member
SCRIPTURE READING
Isaiah 8:19-20
Kamelia Burrell-Fowler, Pioneer Member
HYMN OF PREPARATION
“Amazing Grace” •108, st. 1-3
MESSAGE
“The Worst of the Worst”
John Glass, Associate Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Marvelous Grace” • 109
CLOSING MUSIC
“Toccata from Symphony V” • Charles Marie Widor
OPENING MUSIC
”American Folk Hymn Suite” • Michael Burkhardt
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
Jonathan Burt, Pioneer Elder
HYMN OF PRAISE
“Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven” • 4
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Jonathan Burt, Pioneer Elder
“What a Friend We Have in Jesus” • 499, st. 2
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“Fairest Lord Jesus” • Carlos Lugo
OFFERTORY
“Blessed Assurance” • Dale Wood
CHILDREN STORY
Brian Strayer, Pioneer Member
SCRIPTURE READING
Isaiah 8:19-20
Kamelia Burrell-Fowler, Pioneer Member
PRAISE
“Amazing Grace” • 108, st. 1, 3, 4
“Shine, Jesus, Shine” • “Days of Elijah”
MESSAGE
“The Worst of the Worst”
John Glass, Associate Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Marvelous Grace” • 109
CLOSING MUSIC
“Toccata from Symphony V” • Charles Marie Widor
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