There will be a fellowship dinner following the second worship service in the commons.
2017 Holiday Season
The Gift of a Good Forgetter: Your #1 New Year's Promise
Resources
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, December 30, 2017
Program:
The Introit
O God, Our Help in Ages Past • William Croft
The Call
Micah 7:18-19 NIV
Rodlie Ortiz
The Doxology
Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow • 2
The Invocation
Dwight K. Nelson
In Praising
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross • 154
In Praying
Rodlie Ortiz
In Thanking
Don & Carol Dronen
In Giving
As We Sail to Heaven's Shore • Greg Nelson/Phill McHugh
Michigan Evangelism • Rodlie Ortiz
In Telling
Dwight K. Nelson
In Proclaiming
"The Gift of a Good Forgetter: Your #1 New Year’s Promise"
Dwight K. Nelson
The Cleansing
Forever • How Deep the Father's Love For Us • Power in the Blood • Jesus Paid It All
In Reading
Matthew 26:26-29 NIV
Vida Giddings
In Praying
Philip Giddings III
In Partaking
There Is a Savior • Nelson / Farrell / Helvering
Ryan Clough, tenor
In Singing
PMC Assistance Fund
Sent Forth by God's Blessing • 407
More In This Series
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