There will be a fellowship dinner following the second worship service in the commons.
Arose, A Mother
Resources
Speaker
Shane & Darlene AndersonOffering
Saturday, May 11, 2024
OPENING MUSIC
“Adagio” • Charles-Marie Widor
CHORAL INTROIT
“Come, My Way, My Truth” • Alexander Smith
CALL TO WORSHIP
Ben Martin, Associate Pastor
“GODLY LOVE THROUGH MOTHERS”: A HYMN CYCLE
“Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” • 12, st. 1, 3
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” • 191, st. 1; mel.12
“In Heavenly Love Abiding” • 513, mel. 348
“O Love of God Most Full” • 77, mel. 92
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
“Jesus Loves Me, This I Know” • 190, st. 1
Jess Swackhamer, Pioneer Member
OFFERTORY
From “Prayer” • Joseph Jongen
CHILDREN’S STORY
Cindy Cancel, Pioneer Member
SCRIPTURE READING
Proverbs 4:5-9 NIV
Stanton Witherspoon, AU Student
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“It Is Well With My Soul” • Craig Courtney
MESSAGE
“Arose, A Mother”
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor, with Darlene Anderson
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“The Lord Is My Light” • 515, st. 1, 3, 4
CLOSING MUSIC
“Christ We Shall Praise Well” • Johann Sebastian Bach
OPENING MUSIC
“Adagio” • Charles-Marie Widor
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
Ben Martin, Associate Pastor
HYMNS OF PRAISE
“Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” • 12, st. 1, 3
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” • 191 st. 1, 3; mel. 12
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
“Jesus Loves Me, This I Know” • 190, st. 1
Jess Swackhamer, Pioneer Member
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
“It Is Well With My Soul” • Craig Courtney
OFFERTORY
“Come, My Way, My Truth” • Alexander Smith
CHILDREN’S STORY
Cindy Cancel, Pioneer Member
SCRIPTURE READING
Proverbs 4:5-9 NIV
Stanton Witherspoon, AU Student
PRAISE
“How He Loves” • “Our God”
“Good, Good Father”
MESSAGE
“Arose, A Mother”
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor, with Darlene Anderson
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
“The Lord Is My Light” • 515, st. 1, 3, 4
CLOSING MUSIC
“Bless the Lord” • Charles Wood
Fellowship Dinner
Pioneer Commons
Offering for January 10, 2026
Religious Liberty
Seventh-day Adventists have stood firmly for religious liberty—for everyone—for more than 150 years. But do you know the reason why? Part of the reason is that, when our church was founded, almost every American state had Sunday-keeping laws on the books. Adventist pastors, farmers, laborers, and others were arrested, jailed, or fined for doing “secular work” on Sunday. Even Wille White, son of James and Ellen, was arrested in Oakland, California, in 1882 for keeping the Pacific Press Publishing presses operating on a Sunday! But that’s not the full story. The deeper reason why we continue to stand for religious liberty—in the courts, before legislatures, and through the pages of Liberty magazine—is because we want to reflect the character of the God we serve. He’s a God who created us in His image and who has given each one of us the freedom to choose whom we will worship. He’s a God who, in the words of Ellen White, “desires only the service of love,” which “cannot be won by force or authority” (The Desire of Ages, 22).
Today, please help support this vital ministry of religious liberty. It’s a ministry that defends not only the rights of individual conscience, but also the ability of our church to continue to do its mission. And as we face uncertain days ahead, your prayers and support are needed now, more than ever.
—North American Division Stewardship Ministries