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!
Charmed into Righteousness
The Only Savior
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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
Saturday, January 02, 2016
Program:
The Meditation
The Old Year Has Passed Away • Johann Sebastian Bach
The Introit
O God, Our Help in Ages Past • William Croft
The Call
Sabine Vatel
The Invocation
Dwight K. Nelson
In Praising
Lift High the Cross • 362
In Prayer
Sabine Vatel / Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne • st. 1 of 140
In Giving
PMC Operating Expense • Bob Johnston / Give Me Jesus • African-American Spiritual
In Proclaiming
“Charmed into Righteousness: The Only Savior" • Dwight K. Nelson
In Reading
Madeline Johnston
In Praying
Bob Johnston
In Partaking
Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus • Johann Sebastian Bach
In Singing
Sent Forth by God's Blessing • 407
In Blessing
Dwight K. Nelson
In Giving
PMC Assistance Fund
In Leaving
Fugue on "Lift High the Cross" • Kenneth Logan
More In This Series
Church Office Holiday Closure: 12/22-12/26 & 12/29-01/02
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)
Christmas Breakfast
Let’s celebrate the joy of Christmas with good food, warm community, and grateful hearts! Join us on December 20, from 9:00 to 10:30 AM, before our main worship service. Bring your favorite breakfast dish to share and enjoy a wonderful time of fellowship as we celebrate the season together.
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
Pioneer Earlyteen Loft
Please join us for House of Prayer Wednesday evenings at 7pm in the Earliteen Loft for a time of singing, Bible study and prayer.