Saturday, November 26, 2022
OPENING MUSIC
“Allegro” • Henry Heron
“Put on Gladness, O My Soul” • Johannes Brahms
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
Rodlie Ortiz, Associate Pastor
“EVER JOYFUL”: A HYMN CYCLE
“Rejoice, the Lord Is King” • 221 alt., all sts.
“Now Thank We All Our God”, no. 559, all sts.
“Joy By and By” • 430, sts. 1-2
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Bordes Henry Saturne, Pioneer Elder
“For the Beauty of the Earth” • 565, st. 1
OFFERTORY
“Now Thank We All Our God” • H. W. Tauscher
CHILDREN’S STORY
SCRIPTURE READING
Michael Zhang, Pioneer Member
Psalm 107:31-32
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“Thanks Be to God” • May Brahe
MESSAGE
“On Saying Thank You to God”
John Glass, Associate Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Let All Things Now Living” • 560, all sts.
BENEDICTION
CLOSING MUSIC
“Now Thank We All Our God” • Sigfrid Karg-Elert
OPENING MUSIC
“Allegro” • Henry Heron
“Put on Gladness, O My Soul” • Johannes Brahms
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
Rodlie Ortiz, Associate Pastor
OPENING HYMN
“Now Thank We All Our God”, no. 559, all sts.
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“Thanks Be to God” • May Brahe
OFFERTORY
“Now Thank We All Our God” • H. W. Tauscher
CHILDREN’S STORY
PRAISE
MESSAGE
“On Saying Thank You to God”
John Glass, Associate Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Let All Things Now Living” • 560, all sts.
BLESSING
CLOSING MUSIC
“Now Thank We All Our God” • Sigfrid Karg-Elert
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!