Saturday, January 04, 2025
OPENING MUSIC
"O God, Our Help" • William Croft
"Great Is Thy Faithfulness" • William Runyan
WELCOME & PRAYER
Bryan von Dorpowski, Head Elder
"FOR TIME AND FOREVER" —A HYMN CYCLE
"O God, Our Help in Ages Past" • 103, st. 1-3, 5
"Amazing Grace" • 108, st. 3, 4
"Marching to Zion" • 422, st. 1, 4
"Amazing Grace" • 108, st. 5
"In a Little While We're Going Home" • 626, st. 1, 4
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
"Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" • 290, chorus only
Kerstin Zywietz, Pioneer Member
OFFERTORY
"We Walk by Faith and Not by Sight" • James Biery
CHILDREN'S STORY
Johnathan Schnepp, Pioneer Member
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
"Run by God's Good Grace" • Christian Finck / Kenneth Logan
SCRIPTURE READING
I Peter 2:9 & 10 NIV
Larry Adams, Pioneer Member
HYMN OF PREPARATION
"Give to the Winds Your Fears" • words 519, mel. 92
MESSAGE
"Chosen"
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
"On Jordan's Stormy Banks" • 620, st. 1, 3, 4
CLOSING MUSIC
"Trumpet Tune" • Flor Peeters
OPENING MUSIC
"O God, Our Help" • William Croft
"Great Is Thy Faithfulness" • William Runyan
WELCOME & PRAYER
Bryan von Dorpowski, Head Elder
"FOR TIME AND FOREVER" —A HYMN CYCLE
"O God, Our Help in Ages Past" • 103, st. 1-3, 5
"Amazing Grace" • 108, st. 3, 4
"Marching to Zion" • 422, st. 1, 4
"Amazing Grace" • 108, st. 5
"In a Little While We're Going Home" • 626, st. 1, 4
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
"Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" • 290, chorus only
Kerstin Zywietz, Pioneer Member
BAPTISM
Santiago Rafael Suarez with Ben Martin
OFFERTORY
"We Walk by Faith and Not by Sight" • James Biery
CHILDREN'S STORY
Johnathan Schnepp, Pioneer Member
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
"Run by God's Good Grace" • Christian Finck / Kenneth Logan
SCRIPTURE READING
I Peter 2:9 & 10 NIV
Emily Rangel, Pioneer Member
HYMN OF PRE PARATION
"Give to the Winds Your Fears" • words 519, mel. 92
MESSAGE
"Chosen"
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
"On Jordan's Stormy Banks" • 620, st. 1, 3, 4
CLOSING MUSIC
"Trumpet Tune" • Flor Peeters
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!