Saturday, January 11, 2025
OPENING MUSIC
"I Believe in One God" • Wolfgang Mozart
"Christ We Shall Praise Well" • J. S. Bach
WELCOME & PRAYER
John Glass, Associate Pastor
CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH—A HYMN CYCLE
"The Church Has One Foundation" • 348
"O Word of God Incarnate" words 274, st. 4; mel. 348
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
"Live Out Thy Life Within Me" • 316, st. 1
José Bourget, Andrews University Chaplain
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
"Jesus, Guide Our Way to Eternal Day" • Adam Dreese / Kenneth Logan
OFFERTORY
"Jesus Calls Us; O'er the Tumult" • William Jude
CHILDREN'S STORY
John Reeve, Associate Professor of Church History
SCRIPTURE READING
Revelation 7:9 & 10 NIV
Michael Zhang, Pioneer Member
HYMN OF PREPARATION
"Holy, Holy, Holy" • 73, st. 2, 4
MESSAGE
"ChurchWorks: Part 1— How the Gates of Hell Shall Fall"
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
"Soldiers of Christ, Arise" • 616
CLOSING MUSIC
"The Church Has One Foundation" • Samuel S. Wesley
OPENING MUSIC
"I Believe in One God" • Wolfgang Mozart
"Christ We Shall Praise Well" • J. S. Bach
WELCOME & PRAYER
John Glass, Associate Pastor
CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH—A HYMN CYCLE
"The Church Has One Foundation" • 348
"O Word of God Incarnate" words 274, st. 4; mel. 348
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
"Live Out Thy Life Within Me" • 316, st. 1
José Bourget, Andrews University Chaplain
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
"Jesus, Guide Our Way to Eternal Day" • Adam Dreese / Kenneth Logan
OFFERTORY
"Jesus Calls Us; O'er the Tumult" • William Jude
CHILDREN'S STORY
John Reeve, Associate Professor of Church History
PRAISE
"Open Our Eyes" • "Lord Open Our Eyes"
"Bind Us Together" • "O God, Our Help In Ages Past"
"Father, Let Your Kingdom Come" "We Have This Hope"
SCRIPTURE READING
I Peter 2:9 & 10 NIV
MESSAGE
"ChurchWorks: Part 1— How the Gates of Hell Shall Fall"
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
HYMN OF COMMITMENT
"Soldiers of Christ, Arise" • 616
CLOSING MUSIC
"The Church Has One Foundation" • Samuel S. Wesley
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!
