There will be a fellowship dinner following the second worship service in the commons.
Visions of Promise
Saturday, August 05, 2017
Program:
Opening Voluntary
O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing • Healey Willan
Processional
Lift High the Cross • Donald Busarow
Hymn of Praise
Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart! • 27
Congregational Prayer
Thomas R. Shepherd
Worship in Music
Count Your Many Blessings • Edwin O. Excel
Offering
Michigan Advance Partners
Kimberly W. Ferreira
Scripture
Felipe E. Tan
Hymn of Meditation
Be Thou My Vision • 547
Introduction of Speaker
Andrea Luxton
Baccalaureate Sermon
"Life, a Journey. God, the Guide." • John Wesley Taylor V
Hymn of Commissioning
Go Forth, Go Forth With Christ • 377
Benediction
Nadia Nosworthy
Recessional
Dialogue • Gilbert Martin
Closing Voluntary
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah • Kenneth Logan
Fellowship Dinner
Pioneer Commons
Offering for January 10, 2026
Pioneer Operating Budget
You may have heard it said, and it is true that patience is a virtue. What is also true and closely linked to patience is found in the opening verse of the parable of Luke 18:1-8 (NIV). Jesus told his disciples that they should “always pray and not give up” (verse 1). In today’s fast paced, instant, and have-to-get-it-now world, learning to be patient and not lose heart or become discouraged is surely a quality that is desirable. The widow in this parable showed the importance of being patient in one’s petitions and pursuits.
In her attempt to get the judge to defend her against her enemy, who seemed to have been making her life difficult, she kept on asking for his defense. Finally, the judge yielded to her persistence and vindicated her.
The same is true of God. When we are diligent in our prayer life, longsuffering when we are seeking to invoke Christ’s intervention, and faithful in honoring Him in our stewardship, He will move to positive action. Let us remember that unlike the judge we cannot wear out God.
Today, as we worship Him through the return of our tithes and giving of our offerings, let us practice being persistent in honoring Him with our substance and the first fruit of our increase.
—North American Division Stewardship Ministries