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!
The Best Is Yet to Come
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, May 13, 2023
OPENING MUSIC
“I Believe in One God” • Wolfgang Mozart
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
John Glass, Associate Pastor
“LEAD ON, GOOD SHEPHERD”: A HYMN CYCLE
“The Lord Is My Light” • 515, st. 1, 3
“The Lord’s My Shepherd” • words 552, mel. 103
“All the Way My Savior Leads Me” • 516, st. 1-2
“Be Still, My Soul” • 461, st. 2
“Lead On, O King Eternal” • 619, st. 1, 3
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
“O God, Our Help in Ages Past” • 103, st. 5
John Glass, Associate Pastor
OFFERTORY
“The Lord’s My Shepherd” • Searle Wright
CHILDREN’S STORY & PRAYER
SCRIPTURE READING
Jeremiah 29:11-13 NKJV
Penina Misungwi, Pioneer Member
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“The 23rd Psalm” • Albert Hay Malotte
MESSAGE
“The Best Is Yet to Come”
Dwight K. Nelson, Lead Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Jesus Is All the World to Me” • 185, st. 1, 3, 4
BENEDICTION
CLOSING MUSIC
“Toccata” • Eugène Gigout
OPENING MUSIC
“I Believe in One God” • Wolfgang Mozart
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
John Glass, Associate Pastor
PRAISE
“How Great Thou Art” • 86, st. 1-4
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
John Glass, Associate Pastor
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“The 23rd Psalm” • Albert Hay Malotte
OFFERTORY
“The Lord’s My Shepherd” • Searle Wright
CHILDREN’S STORY & PRAYER
PRAISE
“You Say I AM”
“Good, Good Father”
“This Is Our Faith”
SCRIPTURE READING
Jeremiah 29:11-13 NKJV
MESSAGE
“The Best Is Yet to Come”
Dwight K. Nelson, Lead Pastor
CLOSING SONG
“Jesus Is All the World to Me” • 185, st. 1, 3, 4
BLESSING
CLOSING MUSIC
“Toccata” • Eugène Gigout
Church Office Holiday Closure: 12/22-12/26 & 12/29-01/02
Christmas Blessing Opportunity
Be part of a Christmas blessing this year! Chiang Mai Adventist Academy, which serves primarily Buddhist students from around the country, is looking for a set of Bible story felts to use in teaching the Bible in their Sabbath schools. FARM STEW missionaries will be going to Thailand in January and deliver them. If you have a felt set you would like to donate or would like to donate towards buying a new set, please contact Deby Andvik. (andvik@andrews.edu or call/text 269-277-4145)
Christmas Breakfast
Let’s celebrate the joy of Christmas with good food, warm community, and grateful hearts! Join us on December 20, from 9:00 to 10:30 AM, before our main worship service. Bring your favorite breakfast dish to share and enjoy a wonderful time of fellowship as we celebrate the season together.
Pioneer Women's Ministries 2025 Advent Devotionals
Pioneer Women’s Ministries’ Advent devotionals will highlight a few of the promises of Jesus. To receive the “Red Letter Promises” daily devotionals by email for the first 25 days of December, text the word “ADVENT” to 269-281-2345. You can also receive a short daily text message preview of each day's devotional by providing your cell phone number when you register. We pray you will sense the nearness of Jesus during this holy season through these devotionals.
House of Prayer
Pioneer Earlyteen Loft
Please join us for House of Prayer Wednesday evenings at 7pm in the Earliteen Loft for a time of singing, Bible study and prayer.