OPENING MUSIC
“How Fair and how Pleasant art Thou” • Marcel Dupré
“I Come with Joy” • David Cherwien
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
John Glass, Associate Pastor
HYMN OF PRAISE
“Joy By and By” • 430
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
“Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus” • 290, chorus only
John Glass, Associate Pastor
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“Be Thou My Vision” / “It Is Well With My Soul” • trad. Irish & Philip Bliss
OFFERTORY
“I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say” • Charles Callahan
CHILDREN’S STORY & PRAYER
Jess Swackhamer, Pioneer Member
SCRIPTURE READING
Matthew 28:18-20 NIV
Beryl Johnson-Bergmann, Pioneer Member
HYMN OF PREPARATION
“Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee” • 241, st. 1, 3, & 5
MESSAGE
“The Shot of a Lifetime: Joy in the Making”
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“Watchman, Blow the Gospel Trumpet” • 368, st. 1, 2, & 4
BENEDICTION
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
CLOSING MUSIC
“Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart” • Albert Travis
OPENING MUSIC
“How Fair and how Pleasant art Thou” • Marcel Dupré
“I Come with Joy” • David Cherwien
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
John Glass, Associate Pastor
PRAISE
“Praise Him! Praise Him!”
“Sweet, Sweet Spirit”
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
“Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus” • 290, chorus only
John Glass, Associate Pastor
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“Be Thou My Vision” / “It Is Well With My Soul” • trad. Irish & Philip Bliss
OFFERTORY
“I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say” • Charles Callahan
CHILDREN’S STORY & PRAYER
Jess Swackhamer, Pioneer Member
SCRIPTURE READING
Matthew 28:18-20 NIV
PRAISE
“Joy”
“Everybody Ought To Know”
MESSAGE
“The Shot of a Lifetime: Joy in the Making”
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
SONG OF COMMITMENT
“Make Us One”
BLESSING
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
CLOSING MUSIC
“Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart” • Albert Travis
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!
