Saturday, September 28, 2024
OPENING MUSIC
"I Believe in One God" • Wolfgang Mozart
"Praise to the Lord" • Johann Walther
WELCOME & PRAYER
Ben Martin, Associate Pastor (MDiv '15)
CHORAL INTROIT
"Sanctus" ("Holy, Holy, Holy") • George Oldroyd
"TEACH US ON THE WAY" —A HYMN CYCLE
"Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" • 12
"Lift Up the Trumpet" • 213, st. 1, 2, & 4
"Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah" • 538
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
"Ubi Caritas" • Maurice Duruflé
Steven Manoukian, Development Director, Andrews University
OFFERTORY
"The Lord's My Shepherd" • Harold Darke
CHILDREN'S STORY
Hayden Baldwin, (BS '24)
SCRIPTURE READING
Luke 2:48-50 NRSVue
Donald Bedney, (MDiv '90, MSA '91)
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
"A New Jerusalem Arise" • Kyle Peterson
HYMN OF PREPARATION
"Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" • 469, st. 2
MESSAGE
"A Pupil's Pilgrimage"
John McVay, President Emeritus of Walla Walla University (MDiv '84)
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
"Lead On, O King Eternal" • 619
CLOSING MUSIC
"Allegro Moderato" • Felix Mendelssohn
OPENING MUSIC
"I Believe in One God" • Wolfgang Mozart
"Praise to the Lord" • Johann Walther
WELCOME & PRAYER
Ben Martin, Associate Pastor (MDiv '15)
CHORAL INTROIT
"Sanctus" ("Holy, Holy, Holy") • George Oldroyd
HYMNS OF PRAISE & PILGRIMAGE
"Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" • 12
"Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah" • 538
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
"Ubi Caritas" • Maurice Duruflé
Steven Manoukian, Development Director, Andrews University
OFFERTORY
"The Lord's My Shepherd" • Harold Darke
CHILDREN'S STORY
Hayden Baldwin, (BS '24)
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
"A New Jerusalem Arise" • Kyle Peterson
SCRIPTURE READING
Luke 2:48-50 NRSVue
Donald Bedney, (MDiv '90, MSA '91)
PRAISE
“There Is A Name I Love To Hear" • "Love Lifted Me!"
"I Am Thine, O Lord" • " Draw Me Close to You"
"More Than Anything / My Jesus, I Love Thee"
MESSAGE
"A Pupil's Pilgrimage"
John McVay, President Emeritus of Walla Walla University (MDiv '84)
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
"Lead On, O King Eternal" • 619
CLOSING MUSIC
"Allegro Moderato" • Felix Mendelssohn
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!