There will be a fellowship dinner following the second worship service in the commons.
The Wings of God
Saturday, November 28, 2020
Program:
Opening Music
Welcome & Call to Worship
Ben Martin, Associate Pastor, Pioneer Memorial Church
"Ever Joyful"—A Hymn Cycle
"Rejoice, the Lord Is King" • "Now Thank We All Our God" • Now Thank We All Our God" • "Joy By and By"—SDAH 430, st. 1-2
Eun Hye Kim, Leanne Miller, choristers; Tyler Ronto, trombone, student; Kenneth Logan, organ, Minister of Music
Congregational Prayer
Erhard Gallos, Christiane Gallos, Pioneer Members
Pioneer Life
Milet Rangel, Pioneer Member, with David Nowack, Chair, Stewardship Committee
Children's Story & Prayer
Iveth Ortiz, Pioneer Member; Hanan & Eli, Pioneer Children
Scripture Reading
Xiujuan Li, Pioneer Member
Worship in Music
"Now Thank We All Our God" • Johann Sebastian Bach
Tyler Ronto, trombone, student; Kenneth Logan, organ, Minister of Music
Message
"The Wings of God"
John Glass, Associate Pastor, Pioneer Memorial Church
Closing Hymn
"Under His Wings"—SDAH 529, st. 1 & 3
Benediction
Ben Martin, Associate Pastor, Pioneer Memorial Church
Closing Music
Kenneth Logan, Minister of Music, Pioneer Memorial Church
Fellowship Dinner
Pioneer Commons
Offering for January 10, 2026
Religious Liberty
Seventh-day Adventists have stood firmly for religious liberty—for everyone—for more than 150 years. But do you know the reason why? Part of the reason is that, when our church was founded, almost every American state had Sunday-keeping laws on the books. Adventist pastors, farmers, laborers, and others were arrested, jailed, or fined for doing “secular work” on Sunday. Even Wille White, son of James and Ellen, was arrested in Oakland, California, in 1882 for keeping the Pacific Press Publishing presses operating on a Sunday! But that’s not the full story. The deeper reason why we continue to stand for religious liberty—in the courts, before legislatures, and through the pages of Liberty magazine—is because we want to reflect the character of the God we serve. He’s a God who created us in His image and who has given each one of us the freedom to choose whom we will worship. He’s a God who, in the words of Ellen White, “desires only the service of love,” which “cannot be won by force or authority” (The Desire of Ages, 22).
Today, please help support this vital ministry of religious liberty. It’s a ministry that defends not only the rights of individual conscience, but also the ability of our church to continue to do its mission. And as we face uncertain days ahead, your prayers and support are needed now, more than ever.
—North American Division Stewardship Ministries