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 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