There will be a fellowship dinner following the second worship service in the commons.
Renovate 2.0-The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like unto an Elevator
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, October 08, 2022
OPENING MUSIC
Fugue on “O God, Our Help” • Kenneth Logan
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
Ben Martin, Associate Pastor
“GOD, HELP AND HOPE”: A HYMN CYCLE
Choral Invitation: “Sing Joyfully • Dale Wood
“Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” • 12
“The Church’s One Foundation” • 348
“O God, Our Help in Ages Past” • 103
PRAISE*
“Christ Our Hope In Life and Death”
“Blessed Assurance”
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
“Leaning on the Everlasting Arms” • 469, st. 1
CHILDREN’S STORY
“Blest Be the Tie That Binds” • Kenneth Logan
PIONEER LIFE
Celebrating Renovate: Heart & House—Thank You!
A Look Back
Dwight K. Nelson
A Project Well Done
Jenifer Daley
Contemplating Renovate 2.0—Please!
The Need
Video
The Plan
Carey Carscallen
The Timeline
Dave Nowack
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“I Need Thee Every Hour” • Stanley Pethel
Pioneer Sanctuary Choir, Brenton Offenback, director
HOMILY
“Renovate 2.0—The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like unto an Elevator”
Dwight K. Nelson, Lead Pastor
CONNECT CARD
SONG OF COMMITMENT
“We Give Thee But Thine Own” • 343
BENEDICTION
Ben Martin, Associate Pastor
CLOSING MUSIC
“The King of Love My Shepherd Is” • Sharon Rogers
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