To remember the remarkable lives of Drs. Jasmine and N. Jacob, a memorial service will be held June 21, starting at 3:30 PM at Pioneer Memorial Church. For those who cannot attend in person, you can watch online by using the following link: https://pmchurch.org/media/specialevents In lieu of flowers or cards, please donate to REACH International (www.reach.org).
Don't Cry
Don't Cry But Do
Speaker
Dwight K. NelsonDwight Nelson served as lead pastor of the Pioneer Memorial Church on the campus of Andrews University from 1983 to 2023. During his time at Pioneer he spoke on the “New Perceptions” telecast, taught at the theological seminary and has written books, including The Chosen. He and his wife, Karen, are blessed with two married children and 2 granddaughters.
Offering
More In This Series
“Don’t Cry but Do”
□ Bono
-
“ Africans are dying each day of preventable, treatable diseases—
AIDS, malaria, TB—for lack of drugs that we take for granted. This statistic alone makes a fool of the idea many of us hold on to very tightly: the idea of equality. . . . Deep down, if we really accept that their lives—African lives—are to ours, we would all be doing more to put the fire out. It’s an uncomfortable truth.”
- “We can be the generation that no longer accepts that an of latitude determines whether a child lives or dies—but will we be that generation? . . . We can’t say our generation didn’t know how to do it. We can’t say our generation couldn’t afford it. And we can’t say our generation didn’t have reason to do it. It’s up to us.” (In Richard Stearn’s The Hole in Our Gospel 104, 105)
□ Jesus
-
PORTRAIT #1
- Luke 19:41—“As he saw the city, he over it.”
-
The Great Controversy: “. . . the world’s Redeemer was overwhelmed with a sudden
and mysterious sorrow. He, the Son of God, the Promised One of Israel, whose power had conquered death and called its captives from the grave, was , not of ordinary grief, but of intense, irrepressible agony. His tears were not for Himself, though He well knew whither His feet were tending. Before Him lay Gethsemane, the scene of His approaching agony. . . . Not far distant was Calvary, the place of crucifixion. . . . Yet it was not the contemplation of these scenes that cast the shadow upon Him in this hour of gladness. No foreboding of His own superhuman anguish clouded that unselfish spirit. He wept for the doomed thousands of Jerusalem. . . .The Majesty of heaven in tears! the Son of the infinite God troubled in spirit, bowed down with anguish! The scene filled all heaven with wonder.” (18, 22)
- He weeps over a city and a world.
-
We must come to the place where what the heart of God
our hearts, too.
- Portrait #1—God over the lost.
-
PORTRAIT #2
- Luke 15:5-7, 9-10, 22-24
-
Henri Nouwen: “ belongs to God's Kingdom. God not only
offers forgiveness, reconciliation, and healing, but wants to lift up these gifts as a source of joy for all who witness them. In all three of the parables which Jesus tells to explain why he eats with sinners, God rejoices and invites others to rejoice with him. . . . All these voices [of the shepherd, the woman, the father] are the voices of God. God does not want to keep his joy to himself. He wants everyone to share in it. God’s joy is the joy of his angels and his saints; it is the joy of all who belong to the Kingdom.” (The Return of the Prodigal Son 113, 114)
- Portrait #2—God over the found.
-
We must come to the place where what the heart of God
our hearts, too..
- And what is it that breaks and then elates God’s heart?
- Just look at Jesus—heartbroken over the and ecstatic over the !
It’s the truth about God—because of the lost and the found, He lives with a , heart.
Earth’s death rate—2/sec, 120/min, 7200/hr, 172,800/day
How many of those are going to a Christless grave?
- “O God, please give me Your happy, broken heart.”
John Wesley:
Do all the you can,
By all the you can,
In all the you can,
In all the you can,
At all the you can,
To all the you can,
As long as you .
Pioneer Operating Budget
One of the most exciting passages I have discovered is found in Malachi. It says, “‘Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it’” (Malachi 3:10, NKJV).
God wants us to test and prove Him now by returning faithfully our tithes and giving our freewill offerings. We live in a world that says our hearts will be glad the more we get, the more we hoard and keep. God says, “No. I have designed your heart to be glad when you give.” Now this is the heart of God!
What God promises is that He will open wide the windows of heaven to pour out all His blessings. Wow! Can you imagine this? His blessings may be spiritual, emotional, and/or physical blessings! It will be overflowing.
But remember, we give not to receive God’s blessings, but in response to His love for us and to receive His heart. Today, let’s try God and bring our tithes and offerings into His storehouse so we can witness how He will perform miracles in our lives.
—North American Division Stewardship Ministries
The Family Life Committee invites our church family to get to know each other better! We will begin with "speed friending," where we will rotate to different tables around the room to ask each other questions (sample questions will be provided). Then we'll eat a light meal together and end with a captivating hammered dulcimer concert. Ted Yoder will be sharing an eclectic set of impressive originals, fun pop songs, and moving hymns. Sunday, June 29, 4:00-6:30 PM, Pioneer Commons. Registration information will be coming soon.
You are invited to a hymn sing on June 28, 4:00-5:00 PM at The Old Rugged Cross Church, 61041 Vermont St., Pokagon, MI 49047. Please bring your Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal. A freewill offering will help to maintain the church. Please contact Melchizedek Ponniah, 269-876-7476 or melponniah@gmail.com for any additional information.
Something In Common Sabbath School presents The Five Love Languages DVD series.
- June 14- Love Language Five: Physical Touch
- June 21- Growing in Love
Everyone is welcome to join us in PMC Room 141 each Sabbath morning from 10:30 - 11:30 AM.