Saturday, November 02, 2024
OPENING MUSIC
"Fantasia" • Johann Sebastian Bach
WELCOME & PRAYER
Jacob Gibbs, Associate Pastor
"OF WORSHIP AND REST"—A HYMN CYCLE
"Crown Him With Many Crowns" • 223
"This Is My Father's World" • 92, st. 1, 2
"O Day of Rest and Gladness" • 382, st. 1, 2; mel. 348
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
"There Is a Place of Quiet Rest" • 495, st. 1
Linda Fuchs, Pioneer Member
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
"Sabbath Rest" • Kenneth Logan
OFFERTORY
"O Rest in the Lord" • Felix Mendelssohn
CHILDREN'S STORY
Jeremiah Samuel, Andrews University Student
SCRIPTURE READING
Matthew 11:28-30 NIV
Melchizedek Ponniah, Pioneer Member
HYMN OF PREPARATION
MESSAGE
"The Cure for the Chaotic Life—Part 1: A Park in Time"
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
"Fairest Lord Jesus" • 240, st. 1-3
BENEDICTION
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
CLOSING MUSIC
"Andante" • Felix Mendelssohn
OPENING MUSIC
"Fantasia" • Johann Sebastian Bach
WELCOME & PRAYER
Jacob Gibbs, Associate Pastor
HYMN OF PRAISE
"Crown Him With Many Crowns'" • 223
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
"This Is My Father's World" • 92, st. 1
Seth McKelvey, AU Student
BABY DEDICATION
Emma Mazava, presented by Naina and Harisoa Mazava with Shane Anderson
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
"Sabbath Rest" • Kenneth Logan
OFFERTORY
"O Rest in the Lord" • Felix Mendelssohn
CHILDREN'S STORY
Jeremiah Samuel, Andrews University Student
SCRIPTURE READING
Matthew 11:28-30 NIV
PRAISE
"How Deep The Father's Love For Us"
"Never Lost" • "Blessed Assurance"
"The Blessing"
MESSAGE
"The Cure for the Chaotic Life—Part 1: A Park in Time"
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
"Fairest Lord Jesus" • 240, st. 1-3
CLOSING MUSIC
"Andante" • 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!
Christmas Blessing Opportunity
Be part of a Christmas blessing this year! Chiang Mai Adventist Academy, which serves primarily Buddhist students from around the country, is looking for a set of Bible story felts to use in teaching the Bible in their Sabbath schools. FARM STEW missionaries will be going to Thailand in January and deliver them. If you have a felt set you would like to donate or would like to donate towards buying a new set, please contact Deby Andvik. (andvik@andrews.edu or call/text 269-277-4145)
House of Prayer
Please join us for House of Prayer Wednesday evenings at 7pm in the Earliteen Loft for a time of singing, Bible study and prayer.
