Speaker

Calvin B. Rock

Offering

Saturday, March 09, 2024

OPENING MUSIC

“Poem of Divine Love” • Kenneth Logan

CHORAL INTROIT

“Now Let Us All Praise God and Sing” • Gordon Young

CALL TO WORSHIP & PRAYER

Lindsey Pratt, Associate Pastor

“OUR”: A HYMN CYCLE

“Christ Is Alive!” • 182, st. 1, 3, 4
“The Church Has One Foundation” • 348, st. 1, 2, 4
“Where Cross the Crowded Ways” • 355, st. 1, 2, 4
“Blest Be the Tie” • 350, st. 1-3

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER

“Blest Be the Tie” • 350, st. 1
Lindsey Pratt, Associate Pastor

OFFERTORY

“Christ’s Love for All” • Anon. Melody

CHILDREN’S STORY

Ezra Jean-Baptiste with Jean-Ires Michel

SCRIPTURE READING

John 14: 25-27 NIV
Cindy Hill, Pioneer Member

WORSHIP IN MUSIC

“Even When He Is Silent” • Kim André Arnesen

INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER

Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor

MESSAGE

“Not Yet the Holy Spirit”
Calvin B. Rock

HYMN OF COMMITMENT

“Showers of Blessing” • 195, st. 1, 3-4

CLOSING MUSIC

“O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High” • David Johnson

 

OPENING MUSIC

“Poem of Divine Love” • Kenneth Logan

CHORAL INTROIT

“Now Let Us All Praise God and Sing” • Gordon Young

CALL TO WORSHIP & PRAYER

Lindsey Pratt, Associate Pastor

HYMNS OF PRAISE

“Christ Is Alive!” • 182, st. 1, 3, 4
“The Church Has One Foundation” • 348, st. 1, 2, 4

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER

“Spirit of the Living God” • 672
Lindsey Pratt, Associate Pastor

BABY DEDICATION

Yohann Kaye Delatiam Witherspoon with John Reeve

WORSHIP IN MUSIC

“Even When He Is Silent” • Kim André Arnesen

OFFERTORY

“Christ’s Love for All” • Anon. Melody

CHILDREN’S STORY

Ezra Jean-Baptiste with Jean-Ires Michel

PRAISE

“Nothing But The Blood” • “O Come To The Altar”
“New Wine” • “No Longer Slaves”

SCRIPTURE READING

John 14: 25-27 NIV

INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER

Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor

MESSAGE

“Not Yet the Holy Spirit”
Calvin B. Rock

HYMN OF COMMITMENT

“Showers of Blessing” • 195, st. 1, 3-4

CLOSING MUSIC

“O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High” •  David Johnson

 

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