There will be a fellowship dinner following the second worship service in the commons.
Significance
Resources
Pastor
Sabine VatelSabine Vatel serves on the pastoral team of Pioneer Memorial Church on the campus of Andrews University. She oversees Discipleship and Grow Group ministries. Her many interests include generational studies, people's stories, and one day speaking Spanish fluently. She finds joy in helping individuals connect to God and each other.
Offering
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Program:
As We Begin
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing • Gilbert Martin | Rank on Rank the Host of Heaven • Kenneth Logan
Praise
Bless His Holy Name • Behold What Manner Of Love • You Are My King (Amazing Love) • I Love You Lord
Prayer
Rodlie Ortiz
Tithes & Offerings
Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow • attr. Henry Purcell
Children's Story
Bible Reading
1 John 3:1-10 NIV
Worship in Music
Great Is Thy Faithfulness • William Runyan
Sermon
“Significance" • Sabine Vatel
Connect Card
Lord, I Want to Be a Christian • st. 1-2, 4 of 319
Benediction
God Be With You Till We Meet Again • Ralph Vaughan Williams
As We Depart
Blessed Are You Who Live in Faith Unswerving • Johannes Brahms
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