Saturday, February 01, 2025
OPENING MUSIC
"The King of Love My Shepherd Is" • Charles Stanford & Sharon Rogers
WELCOME & PRAYER
John Glass, Associate Pastor
"HIS LIVING, OUR LEANING"—A HYMN CYCLE
"I Serve a Living Savior" • 251, st. 1, 2
"Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" • 469, st. 1, 2
"O Jesus, I Have Promised" • 331, st. 1, 3
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
"O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee" • 574, st. 1
John Glass, Associate Pastor
OFFERTORY
Fugue on "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" • Kenneth Logan
CHILDREN'S STORY
Anthony Bosman, Pioneer Member
MORE+ CONFERENCE
Bryan and Becky von Dorpowski, Head Elders
SCRIPTURE READING
Ephesians 4:11-13 NIV
Branka Slavujevic
HYMN OF PREPARATION
"O Let Me Walk With Thee" • 554, st. 1
MESSAGE
"ChurchWorks: Part 2— The Great Omission"
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
"The Giving Place" • Heather Sorenson & Joseph M. Martin
CLOSING MUSIC
"Bless the Lord, O My Soul" • Charles Wood
OPENING MUSIC
"The King of Love My Shepherd Is" • Charles Stanford & Sharon Rogers
WELCOME & PRAYER
John Glass, Associate Pastor
CHORAL INTROIT
"Gathered in God's Presence" • Egil Hovland
"HIS LIVING, OUR LEANING"—A HYMN CYCLE
"I Serve a Living Savior" • 251, st. 1, 2
"Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" • 469, st. 1, 2
"O Jesus, I Have Promised" • 331, st. 1, 3
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
"Holy, Holy, Holy" • George Oldroyd
John Glass, Associate Pastor
MORE+ CONFERENCE
Bryan and Becky von Dorpowski, Head Elders
OFFERTORY
Fugue on "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" • Kenneth Logan
CHILDREN'S STORY
Anthony Bosman, Pioneer Member
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
"The Giving Place" • Heather Sorenson & Joseph M. Martin
SCRIPTURE READING
Ephesians 4:11-13 NIV • Violetta Matsiuk
PRAISE
"Turn Your Eyes" • " Holy Spirit, Rain Down"
"More Than Able" • "Turn Your Eyes"
MESSAGE
"ChurchWorks: Part 2—The Great Omission"
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
"More About Jesus" • 245, st. 1, 3
CLOSING MUSIC
"Praise the Lord, O My Soul" • Johann Herzog
Offering for December 20, 2025
Pioneer Operating Budget
My then six-year-old son came up to me and said, “Dad, I need a lot of money, and I need to make it fast!” I smiled and inquired, “Why do you need a lot of money quickly?” I didn’t know what my son was thinking of doing with all this fast cash and why he needed the funds so urgently. I thought maybe he wanted to buy a new toy or bike for himself. He said, “Well, Mom’s birthday is coming up and I want to buy a nice gift for her!” That sure cheered my heart, and so I gave him the funds! My son was asking for money, not for selfish reasons but out of love for his mom.
When I think about church offerings, every gift we give should be measured by the unfathomable Gift of heaven. The greatest offering we received from God is Jesus, and there is no way we can measure His love and sacrifice for us. Anything we give would appear as nothing in comparison. “How vain the endeavor to measure with mathematical rules, time, money, and love against a love and sacrifice that is measureless and incomputable!” (Testimonies for the Church, Vol.4, p.119). Let’s return our tithes and offerings in response to the abundance of God’s love for us.
—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)
Pioneer Women's Ministries 2025 Advent Devotionals
Pioneer Women’s Ministries’ Advent devotionals will highlight a few of the promises of Jesus. To receive the “Red Letter Promises” daily devotionals by email for the first 25 days of December, text the word “ADVENT” to 269-281-2345. You can also receive a short daily text message preview of each day's devotional by providing your cell phone number when you register. We pray you will sense the nearness of Jesus during this holy season through these devotionals.
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.
