A 20:21 Mission for a 2021 Movement

Good-Bye Good Ole Days: ‘So I Am Sending You’

Speaker

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 09, 2021
Program: 
Opening Music
"Allegro maestoso e vivace" • Felix Mendelssohn
Kenneth Logan, Minister of Music, Pioneer Memorial Church
Welcome & Call to Worship & Prayer
Rodlie Ortiz, Associate Pastor, Pioneer Memorial Church
* "For Time and Forever"—A Hymn Cycle
"O God, Our Help"—SDAH 103 • "Amazing Grace" / "Marching to Zion"—SDAH 108 / 422 • "In a Little While"—SDAH 626, st. 1-2
Benie Shirakera, Winner Silvestre, vocals; Tyler Ronto, organ; Kenneth Logan, organ
Praise
"I Will Follow" • "Trust and Obey" • "Lead Me, Lord" • "God Will Make a Way"
Charles Reid, praise leader; Debbie Weithers, Dan Hamstra, vocals; Nathaniel Chung, piano; Lucas Aguiar, guitar
Congregational Prayer
Alex Aguilera, Fiorella Oudri
Pioneer Life
Grow Groups
Rodlie Ortiz, Associate Pastor
Pioneer Life
Testimony
Olen & Danae Netteburg
Children's Story
Ben Martin, Associate Pastor; Loissy & Elldon, Children's Prayer
Scripture Reading
Ildiko Gyeresi, Elder, Pioneer Memorial Church
Worship in Music
"Jauchzet dem Herrn!" ( Exult in the Lord!") • Christian Finck / Logan
Tyler Ronto, trombone; Kenneth Logan, organ
Message
"Good-bye Good Old Days: 'So I Am Sending You'"
Dwight K. Nelson, Lead Pastor, Pioneer Memorial Church
Closing Hymn
"This Little Light of Mine" • SDAH 580
Closing Benediction
Rodlie Ortiz, Associate Pastor
Closing Music
"O God, Our Help in Ages Past" • William Croft
Kenneth Logan, Minister of Music, Pioneer Memorial Church
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What we experienced at the MORE+ Conference was a wonderful start. Reformation/Discipleship is the indispensable follow up to any such revival experience.
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On Wednesday, April 16 we begin a 7-Session Discipleship Journey using an interactive curriculum created with Pastor Don MacLafferty, participants will experience seven principles of discipleship in fresh ways.

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Our Pioneer Youth Missions team has just returned from Beirut, Lebanon. Come to the mission vespers at 6:00 PM on Sabbath, April 5, to hear the testimonies, see the pictures and be inspired by what God is doing in the Middle East.

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The parable teaches us that we need to use the talents we’ve been given to grow God’s kingdom and for God’s glory. We shouldn’t hide or neglect them. God rewards those who act in faith by investing what He has given. He gives us the responsibility to manage our time, talents, treasures, temple, and testimony.

What belongs to God? For time, it is one-seventh of our week; for talents, we must use them and double them; for our treasures, one-tenth; for our health, we must care for our bodies because we are the temple of the Holy Spirit; and for our testimony, we must tell the story of what God has done for us and how he is transforming us.

God has committed these things to us; how we invest them reveals whether we can be entrusted with eternal riches. By using and growing these talents, they develop in us Christ-like characters and He then multiplies what He gave to us.

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We are creating a master list of all Pioneer Sabbath schools. If you are a teacher/coordinator of a Sabbath School class that meets outside the sanctuary, please email your name, class location and meeting time to Melchizedek Ponniah at melponniah@gmail.com

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