Speaker

Bryan von Dorpowski

Offering

Saturday, March 18, 2023

OPENING MUSIC

“We Live by Faith and Not by Sight” • James Biery

WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP

Mordekai Ongo, Pioneer Elder

“CONTENTMENT IN GOD’S LEADING”: A HYMN CYCLE

“Praise to the Lord” • 1, st. 1-2
“Lead On, O King Eternal” • 619 st. 1, 3
“He Leadeth Me” • 537, st. 1, 3
“Beneath the Cross of Jesus” • 303, st. 1, 3

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER

“Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah” • 538, st. 1
Mordekai Ongo, Pioneer Elder

OFFERTORY

“Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains” (from “Elijah”)  •  Felix Mendelssohn

CHILDREN’S STORY

Melissa Poua, Pioneer Member

SCRIPTURE READING

Psalm 121 NKJV
Benny Mongkau, Pioneer Member

WORSHIP IN MUSIC

“I Got Shoes” • Allice Parker and Robert Shaw

MESSAGE

“My Help, the Shade on My Right Hand”
Bryan von Dorpowski, Pioneer Head Elder

CONNECT CARD

 

HYMN OF COMMITMENT

“A Shelter in the Time of Storm” • 528, st. 1-2, 4

BENEDICTION

 

CLOSING MUSIC

“Choral Song” • Samuel Wesley

 

OPENING MUSIC

“We Live by Faith and Not by Sight” • James Biery

WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP

Mordekai Ongo, Pioneer Elder

PRAISE

“This Is How I Thank the Lord”
“Touch the Sky”

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER

Mordekai Ongo, Pioneer Elder

WORSHIP IN MUSIC

“I Got Shoes” • Allice Parker and Robert Shaw

OFFERTORY

“Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains” (from “Elijah”)  •  Felix Mendelssohn

CHILDREN’S STORY

Melissa Poua, Pioneer Member

PRAISE

“When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”
“Death Was Arrested”

SCRIPTURE READING

Psalm 121 NKJV
Lily Murphy, Andrews Academy Student

MESSAGE

“My Help, the Shade on My Right Hand”
Bryan von Dorpowski, Pioneer Head Elder

CONNECT CARD

 

CLOSING SONG

“My Help”

BLESSING

 

CLOSING MUSIC

“Choral Song” • Samuel Wesley

 

Offering for June 6, 2026

Pioneer Operating Budget

A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner. His father, being very old and weak, while eating, dropped food on his shirt and pants.

The mess that he made disgusted the other diners in the restaurant, while his son remained calm. After they were finished eating, the son, who was not embarrassed at all, quietly took him to the washroom, wiped off the food particles, removed the stains, combed his hair and fitted his glasses firmly. When they came out, the entire restaurant was watching them in dead silence, not able to grasp how someone could embarrass themselves publicly like that.

The son settled the bill and started to leave the eatery with his father. An old man amongst the diners called out to the son and uttered the words, “You have left a lesson for every son and hope for every father.” The restaurant went silent.

Paul writes, “We who are strong have an obligation to bear with … the weak, and not to please ourselves” (Romans 15:1, ESV). As part of our stewardship responsibility on earth, we are required to care for each other.

We are to show compassion and have empathy, and to love our neighbors as ourselves.

North American Division Stewardship Ministries

Widows and Widowers Picnic

WIDOWS and WIDOWERS are invited to potluck at Rangeline Park, 10138 Rangeline Rd, pavilion 2, in Berrien Springs at 1 PM on Sunday, June 7. Come with your favorite dish and suitable clothing for a boat ride afterwards! See you then! Caring Hearts Ministry