OPENING MUSIC
"Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" • Helen Lemmel
WELCOME & PRAYER
Prescott Khair, Associate Pastor
CHORAL INTROIT
"Praise Hymn" • Robert Leaf / Larry Shackley
"MORE"—A HYMN CYCLE
"There's Sunshine in My Soul Today" • 470, st. 1, 3, 4
"Wonderful Words of Life" • 286, st. 1, 3
"Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah" • 538, st. 1
"Like the Woman at the Well" • 493, st. 1
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
"'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" • 524, st. 1
Johnathan Schnepp, Pioneer Member
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
"Blessed Are Those" • Benjamin Harlan
OFFERTORY
"Holy, Holy, Holy" • from Elijah, Felix Mendelssohn
CHILDREN'S STORY
Evan Keyes, Andrews University Student
SCRIPTURE READING
Colossians 2:6 & 7 NIV
Carolyn Hurst, Pioneer Member
HYMN OF PREPARATION
"More About Jesus" • 245, st. 2, 3
MESSAGE
"More of MORE+"
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
SONG OF COMMITMENT
"O, How I Love Jesus" • 248, st. 1 & 2
CLOSING MUSIC
"Andante" • Felix Mendelssohn
OPENING MUSIC
"Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" • Helen Lemmel
WELCOME & PRAYER
Prescott Khair, Associate Pastor
CHORAL INTROIT
"Praise Hymn" • Robert Leaf / Larry Shackley
"MORE"—A HYMN C YCLE
"There's Sunshine in My Soul Today" • 470, st. 1, 3, 4
"Wonderful Words of Life" • 286, st. 1, 3
"Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah" • 538, st. 1
"Like the Woman at the Well" • 493, st. 1
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
"'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" • 524, st. 1
Johnathan Schnepp, Pioneer Member
WORSHIP IN MUSIC
"Blessed Are Those" • Benjamin Harlan
OFFERTORY
"Holy, Holy, Holy" • from Elijah, Felix Mendelssohn
CHILDREN'S STORY
Evan Keyes, Andrews University Student
SCRIPTURE READING
Colossians 2:6 & 7 NIV
Kayleigh Offenback, Choir Member
HYMN OF PREPARATION
"More About Jesus" • 245, st. 2, 3
MESSAGE
"More of MORE+"
Shane Anderson, Lead Pastor
SONG OF COMMITMENT
"O, How I Love Jesus" • 248, st. 1 & 2
CLOSING MUSIC
"Andante" • Felix Mendelssohn
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!
