Saturday, August 28, 2021
Opening Music
“Praise to the Lord” • Martin Shaw
Kenneth Logan, organ, Minister of Music
Welcome
Prescott Khair, Associate Pastor
“Contentment in God’s Leading”: A Hymn Cycle
Praise to the Lord • Lead On, O King Eternal • He Leadeth Me • Beneath the Cross of Jesus
Raleigh Pettey, Safari Shyirakera, hymnleaders; Kenneth Logan, organ, Minister of Music
Prayer
John Glass, Associate Pastor
Children’s Story
Children Story: Fiorella Oudri, Student; Prayer: Samuel
Worship in Music
“Give Me Jesus” • Spiritual / Mark Hayes
Safari Shyirakera, soprano; Kenneth Logan, piano, Minister of Music
Message
“Living in the White Space”
Dwight K. Nelson, Lead Pastor
Connect Card
Hymn of Commitment
“Give Me Jesus”
Closing Music
“Lead On, O King Eternal” • Henry Smart
Kenneth Logan, organ, Minister of Music
Opening Music
"Praise to the Lord" • Martin Shaw
Kenneth Logan, organ, Minister of Music
Welcome
Prescott Khair, Associate Pastor
Praise
Holy Spirit
Congregational Prayer
John Glass, Associate Pastor
Pioneer Life
Denford Tanaka Mujeye Jr., presented by Denford Mujeye and Marble Mujeye, with Pastor John Glass
Worship in Music
"What You Could Do With Me" • Josh Holiday, Justin Morgan & Rachel Barrentine
Grace Dockerty, mezzo-soprano; Nathaniel Chung, piano
Children's Story
Children Story: Fiorella Oudri, Student; Prayer: Samuel
Praise
Goodness of God • Draw Me Close
Message
"How to Become an Influencer: Living in the White Space"
Dwight K. Nelson, Lead Pastor
Closing Song
Give Me Jesus
Closing Music
"Lead On, O King Eternal", Henry Smart
Kenneth Logan, organ, Minister of Music
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
