Join us on Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM for a violin concert at the Howard Performing Arts Center. Junqi Sophie Tang, Assistant Professor of Music at Western Michigan University and has previously served on the violin faculty of the University of Toledo School of Music, and was invited to serve on a distinguished panel of judges for the 2022 New York Laureate International Music Competition and 2021 Hong Kong International Violin Competition & Chamber Music Competition. She is the founder and artistic director of the Hantong International Summer Music Festival as well as the music director of the Cincinnati Music and Arts Society. She has been a First Prize winner in the 2021 Golden State International Music Competition, 2019 Hong Kong International Music Festival, and an excellence in performance award at the 2016 Schoenfeld International String Competition. This is a FREE concert.
On Saying Thank You to God
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
Pizza & Parables, Where faith meets flavor! Every Wednesday from 6:30–7:30 PM, high school students are invited for pizza, Bible study, and friends. Come hungry for both food and the Word! Meet in the Pioneer Youth Chapel.
The Lake Michigan College Sonography Program at the Benton Harbor campus is offering a free 4D Ultrasound for pregnant volunteers. Appointments are available on Tuesdays in October and November. Volunteers must be between 21 and 35 weeks at time of scan. This free opportunity helps to support the LMC sonography students.
Please join us for House of Prayer Wednesday evenings at 7pm in the Earliteen Loft for a time of singing, Bible study and prayer.