Violinist Carla Trynchuk and pianist Elena Braslavsky will be performing a recital including works by Beethoven, Debussy, and the Jewish Ukrainian composer Meitus. Trynchuk, faculty at Andrews University, has performed internationally as soloist and recitalist in more than 15 countries. Braslavsky, formerly a faculty member at The Juilliard School and the Mannes School of Music, currently serves on the piano faculty of the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. Trynchuk and Braslavsky were classmates together at The Juilliard School. This will be a FREE recital on February 22, at 4:00 PM.
Ruth Murdoch Elementary Dedication & Andrews Academy 2025 Baccalaureate
Saturday, May 24, 2025
OPENING MUSIC
"Praise to the Lord" • Martin Shaw
PROCESSIONAL
"Trumpet Tune" • David Johnson
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
Leila Anthony
HYMN OF PRAISE
"Be Thou My Vision" • 547
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Lana Poua
OFFERTORY
"I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light" • Wayne Wold
CHILDREN'S STORY
Riley Boston
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
"Amazing Grace" • David Shaffer
SCRIPTURE READING
Aubrey Fitting
Matthew 10:5-10 NIV
PRAISE
"Goodness of God" • "Holy Spirit"
MESSAGE
“The Big Tent and the Little Commission"
Ben Martin, Associate Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
"Christ for the World We Sing" • 370
BENEDICTION
Ben Martin, Associate Pastor
RECESSIONAL
"God of Grace and God of Glory" • Paul Manz
CLOSING MUSIC
"Allegro Maestoso e Vivace" • Felix Mendelssohn
OPENING VOLUNTARY
"Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow" • L. Bourgeois
PROCESSIONAL
"Christ for the World" • K. Logan
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
William Crawford
PRAISE
"Friend of God" • "Worthy" • "Make Me a Servant"
PRAYER
Megan Delacruz
OFFERING
Richie & Jahaira Silié
OFFERTORY
"For the Beauty of the Earth" • J. Dawson
SCRIPTURE READING
Timothy Case
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
"God of Our Fathers" • C. Smith
THE SERMON
"Christ, Curiosity & the Class of 2025"
José Bourget
HYMN OF RESPONSE
"'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" • 524, st. 1, 3, 4
BENEDICTION
Shawna McNeily
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER RESPONSE
"The Lord Bless You and Keep You" • 669
RECESSIONAL
"Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah" • P. Manz
CLOSING VOLUNTARY
"Choral Song" • S. Wesley
Sunday Music Series with Carla Trynchuk & Elena Braslavsky
An Acoustic Evening with Sidewalk Prophets
We’re excited to be hosting An Acoustic Evening With Sidewalk Prophets this spring. In partnership with Great Big Family Productions, we’re hosting a night built around connection, stories, and songs. Because this is a small acoustic experience, seating is limited and will move quickly. If you or someone you know is planning to attend, we encourage you to get seats while they’re still available. The Howard Performing Arts Center is pleased to be able to host Sidewalk Prophets at our venue, however, all tickets will be sold online. Please click on the link to purchase your ticket.
Offering for January 31, 2026
Pioneer Operating Budget
This wonderful world in which we live came from the hand of the Creator in new and pristine beauty. Thus, God declared it was “very good” (Genesis 1:31, KJV). The creation was flawless and perfect. There was no discord in the universe. However, every day since Adam and Eve chose to eat the forbidden fruit in disobedience to God’s instruction, our planet has been ebbing away. We observe the impact of this deterioration in physical diseases that plague humanity, psychological stress that is at its peak, social displacements resulting from broken relationships, and geographical tensions playing out in wars and commotions. But there is hope in the midst of this chaotic puzzle.
In Revelation 21:1-5, John speaks about Christ, the great puzzle solver, who will make a new heaven and a new earth, for the old ones will pass away. In this new heaven, you will find the holy city, the new Jerusalem. And in this city, God “will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away” (verse 4, ESV). Affliction will not rise again. As C.S. Lewis once said, “Joy will be the serious business of heaven.”
As we give to our local budget today, let us make it our utmost goal to invite others to enroll in the new kingdom of God.
—North American Division Stewardship Ministries
Love on the Move
God's Hands 4 Kids, a PMC Grow Group outreach to our community serving foster, adoptive, kinship and guardianship families partnering with Berrien County Department Of Health and Human Services. As a gift to the families served by them and as a gift to the community of ministry leaders and professionals, we will be providing Hope for the Journey, a video conference on Trust Based Relational Intervention - trauma, on Sunday afternoons in February here at PMC. It is produced by Show Hope. For more information and to register go to our website GH4K.org
Master Guide Toolbox!
Please join us for the next Master Guide Toolbox event at the Andrews University Seminary, February 6-7, 2026! Share with your friends, colleagues, students or in your newsletters! If you have any questions, please contact Cheryl Logan at cjhlogan@gmail.com. Spread the word!
