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Son Rise Over the Land of the Rising Sun: My Eyewitness Account

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Dwight K. Nelson

Dwight 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 27, 2018
Program: 
As We Begin
A Future With Hope • Mark Miller
Andrews University Choral Union Jessica Link, graduate director; Megan Mocca, graduate student director
Praise
Praise to the Lord • God of Wonders • Holy Spirit
Prayer
José Bourget
Religious Liberty
Ganoune Diop
Children's Story
Tokyo: Here, O Lord, Your Servants Gather • Isao Koizumi/Philip Jones
Big Fish Drama
Worship in Music
Set Me As a Seal • Richard Nance
Sermon
"Son Rise Over the Land of the Rising Sun: My Eyewitness Account"
Dwight K. Nelson
Connect Card
Tithes & Offerings
I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go • 573
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"Son Rise Over the Land of the Rising Sun: My Eyewitness Account"
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  • The Witness
    • Psalm 113:3
      • "From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised."
    • Malachi 1:11
      • "'My name will be great among the nations, from the rising to the setting of the sun. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations,’ says the LORD Almighty.'"
    • Isaiah 59:19
      • "So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun; when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him."
      • Shusaku Endo—Silence
      • Ellen White—"The whole world is opening to the gospel. Ethiopia is stretching out her hands unto God. From Japan and China and India, from the still darkened lands of our own continent, from every quarter of this world of ours, comes the cry of sin-stricken hearts for a knowledge of the God of love" (Education 262).
    • Acts 1:8
      • "'But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.'"
    • 2 Corinthians 10:4
      • "The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds."
    • Matthew 8:11
      • "'I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.'"
         
  • The Prayer
  • In Japanese: Seirei no kamisama, kite kudasai.
  • In English: "."

*If you are interested in considering mission service, check out: www.andrews.edu/cm/change/missions/opportunities;  www.afmonline.org; www.hesaidgo.org; www.adventistmission.org

Offering for January 3, 2026

Pioneer Operating Budget

There is something special about the beginning of a new year. It’s the energy and the excitement. It’s the opportunities that it offers. It provides the chance to forget the past and its challenges, while we embrace the possibility to start over.

The New Year offers the opportunity for us to look at the future with optimism and gratefulness. For this reason, I like new, don’t you? Paul liked the idea of new also. That’s why he encourages us to look towards the future instead of looking back. He says, “Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead” (Philippians 3: 13, 14, NIV), we should press toward the goal to win.

The encouraging thing is, when Christ is in the lead, we must succeed. For this reason, we can embrace the possibilities of the new year– striving to be better stewards for God. So may our goals this year include spending consistent time in worship and developing a relationship of steel with God. May we take care of our wellbeing (physically and psychologically) and witness about His love by using our talents and gifts.

May we faithfully return to God the designated portion of our wealth and take care of our world and the environment. Let’s determine to make 2026 an exceptional year of sacrificial generosity, in our local church and worldwide. 

—North American Division Stewardship Ministries

Church Office Holiday Closure: 12/22-12/26 & 12/29-01/02

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!