November 3, 2012

T H E C H U RC H AT S T U D Y The ten o’clock hour provides opportunities throughout the complex to study God’s word in small groups, to reflect on the meaning of faith, and to fellowship with one another.

ADULTS

Discipleship for Everyday Believers. Sanctuary.

GATHER AROUND THE COLORED BANNERS: BLUE Front right Ram/Goring Team RED Front left Candelaria Team BROWN Back right Wesley Team FUCHSIA Back left Women & the Word GREEN Center right back Team PURPLE Center left back Vedamuthu Team SILVER Front left center Battle-Brooks Team BLACK Balcony left Young Adults Team

SABBATH C E L E B R AT I O N November 3, 2012 OUR VISION

We will glorify God by being increasingly transformed into the likeness of Christ.

OUR MISSION

We seek to grow passionate disciples of Jesus through worship of God, nurture of one another, and outreach to the world.

Believers and Doubters: Room 44, Balcony Level, currently studying Rick Rice’s, Believing, Behaving, Belonging: Finding a New Love for the Church.

Triple S Class: Fellowship Room A. Conversations on Scripture and current issues.

Mizo Bible Study: Church Office Building. Sabbath School lesson taught in Mizo.

Words To Live By: First Level Conference Room, Church Office Building. Sabbath School lesson study for one hour.

CHILDREN AND YOUTH Beginners (ages 0-2)

Little Friends (ages 3-4) Kindergarten (ages 4-5) Primary I (1st and 2nd graders) Primary II (3rd and 4th graders) Juniors (5th and 6th graders) Earliteens (7th and 8th graders) Youth (High School)

Level 1 Level 1 Level 1 Level 1 Level 3 Level 3 Level 3, Behind Balcony Level 1, Youth Room

CHURCH DIRECTORY Church Office: 301-270-6777 Emergency Line: 301-980-1009 E-Mail: sligo@sligochurch.org

Fax: 301-270-3518 www.sligochurch.org

Senior Pastor Charles A. Tapp Administrative Pastor Don McFarlane Children’s Pastor Gerry Lopez Congregational Care Pastor Debbie Eisele Interim Music Coordinator Jon Gilbertson Media & Outreach Pastor Paolo Esposito Youth & Young Adults Pastor Pranitha

Fielder Treasurer

Charlotte Conway Office Manager Kathleen Driscoll Treasury Assistant Flordeliza Balay Church Clerk Theresa Beltran Senior Ministries Israel Castro Admin. Board Chair Steve Chavez Head Elder Erwin Mack Head Deacon Allan Manuel Head Deaconess Marion Hudson Sligo School Principal Larry Rich WAU President W. Spence ACS Interim Director Gene Milton

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8:45 & 11:15 a.m.

Prelude

The Servant Song / Gillard

+Capriole Suite, Pavan / Warlock +Call to Worship

Keep the Sabbath Day / Beck

Welcome & Church Life

Don McFarlane

+Baby Dedication

Debbie Eisele

Augustella Ngo Bouhga-Hagbe

+Children’s Lesson

Gerry Lopez

*Hymn of Praise

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee / No. 12

+Call to Prayer

Cause Me to Hear / West Prayer Nayara Mowry

Anthem My Father Watches Over Me / Martin & Gabriel

Sanctus / Bach/Fettke/Bingham

Scripture

Jonathan Mowry

Sermon

James 3:13 - 18 (NIV)

Values I Learned from the Young

Invitation to Give

Jan Paulsen Yuri Tomenko

SLIGO SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

SABBATH CELEBRATION 8:45 & 11:15 a.m.

Offertory My Song / Peterson My Faith Looks Up to Thee / arr. Larson Blest Be the Tie That Binds / No. 350 Jan Paulsen

Postlude

How Firm a Foundation / Fideles +Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, Allegro / J. S. Bach

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Song Service

Theresa Garza

Theme Song

Scripture & Prayer

+Benediction Response

The Aaronic Benediction / Willan

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Sanctuary - 10:00 a.m.

O Let Me Walk With Thee / No. 554

Hymn of Response *Benediction

ADULT SABBATH SCHOOL

congregation is standing congregation is kneeling where possible 11:15 service only

Welcome Special Music

Sasha Ross

Mission Feature Lesson Study

Class Leaders

Growing in Christ

Benediction & Offering

Class Leaders

Norman Martin, pianist Sylvan Coke & Marion Hudson, deacon & deaconess on duty

Worship Service Musicians: Fred Weber, organist & accompanist Jon Gilbertson, chorister Judith Pino, soprano Jasmine Chavez, vocalist for children’s lesson Jonathan Chavez, guitarist for children’s lesson Columbia Collegiate Chorale of Washington Adventist University James Bingham, director New England Youth Ensemble of Washington Adventist University Preston Hawes, director Mark DiPinto, piano

Footnotes: A scholar, theologian, administrator and pastor, Jan Paulsen has served the Seventh-day Adventist Church in a career that has spanned more than five decades. He and his wife, Kari, have lived and worked in Africa, Europe, and the United States. In 1999, Pastor Paulsen was elected president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, a position in which he served for eleven years.

Nayara Mowry, a native of Brazil, is a student at the University of Maryland. She enjoys working with the Young Adults and AIM, and is passionate about international development and languages.

Jonathan Mowry grew up at Sligo, and has been involved as a teacher for both the Youth and Young Adult Sabbath School programs. He writes computer software for a living, and enjoys photography and gardening.

WORSHIP SERVICE 8:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m

November 10 “Windchasers”

Charles A. Tapp

November 17 Festival of Praise

Don McFarlane

November 24

Charles A. Tapp

December 1 Holy Communion

Charles A. Tapp

December 8

Charles A. Tapp

Sunset Tonight: 6:06 November 10: 4:59

ANNOUNCEMENTS Let us hear from you! To write the pastors a note, make a prayer request or inquire about becoming a member of Sligo Church, please use the Note Card from the hymnal rack.

“Simple Truths for Life:” Sligo’s Radio Ministry, can

be heard each Sabbath morning from 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. on WGTS 91.9 FM. Listen with a friend, then invite them to come to church in person at 11:15 a.m.!

Hospitality luncheon today will be served by the Joseph

& Griffin team to our Sligo Adventist School teachers, staff and their families. *Next Sabbath, November 10, we want to honor veterans.

If you have served in the cause for freedom in any country around the world and would like to join us for lunch - or if you would like to contribute - please RSVP by November 8.

Call Louvina Joseph at 301-431-2188.

ANNOUNCEMENTS Sligo Church needs knitters and crocheters! As

part of the Raising the Roof initiative, Sligo’s knitters and crocheters are being challenged to produce hats, scarves and mittens for the homeless. Free, basic crochet and knitting patterns are being provided and finished items will be collected in the Atrium until December 15th, when they will be collected and distributed to those in need in time for Christmas. If you are unable to actually produce items, but you have yarn you could donate for other knitters/crocheters please leave it in the donation box. For further information you can contact Wendy Trim at <wendytrim@gmail. com> or on 240-460-4409.

Donations Needed: The Center for Student Success/First

beauty of our worship by providing flowers, contact Flor Balay at the Church Office, 301-270-6777, ext. 114.

Generation Ambassadors Program will be collecting canned goods and gently used coats for people in need. Please look for boxes in Wilkinson Hall, Halycon & Morrison Hall and at Takoma Academy & Sligo Church. All donations benefit Adventist Community Services of Greater Washington. For more information please email Kassie Edwards @ <kedwards@wau.edu>

Prayer Support: Prayers of recovery for Glenn Larsen,

Bulletin Information Deadline is Monday evening!

Sanctuary Flowers: If you would like to enhance the

Vada Gentry & Joseph W. Martin. Prayers of comfort for the families of Doug Nanson, Arne Wasli, Sujatha Kalapala, and Robert Bond and for the Devie Phipps and Tony Futcher families who lost loved ones.

E-mail information to <kdriscoll@sligochurch.org> Thank you!

Prayer Gathering: Let all the faithful pray to you while

to assist in various departments of Children’s Ministry. If you are interested in helping with Primary I, Juniors and Earliteen Sabbath School classes or help with “Our Hands” Puppet Ministry, please contact Pastor Gerry Lopez at 301270-6777 ext. 122

you may be found; ... You surround [us] with songs of deliverance. (Psalm 32:6,7) Gather with us for a special time of prayer on Tuesdays, from 7 – 8 p.m. in the Sanctuary.

The Kalapalas thank the Sligo church & school family for the calls, cards, flowers, food, prayers & visits during their time of sorrow and bereavement.

The Haven: “Friendship, Fellowship & Faith” -

November 3. You’re invited to bring a dish (labeled “The Haven”), wear comfortable shoes, and come share your faith! We will eat lunch in the church office basement and fellowship as we walk along Sligo Creek Parkway, culminating with devotion by Pr. McFarlane. For more information, please call 301-431-2188.

Sligo Federated Music Club invites you to their No-

vember 11 concert performed by the Washington Adventist University Music Faculty in the Atrium at 3 p.m.

Sligo Women’s Ministries Book Club will meet on

Wednesday, November 14 at 7 p.m. in Room 44 to discuss “Sex, Mom and God” by Frank Schaeffer.

Come join us for a beautiful concert featuring Evelyn

Simpson-Curenton and friends, including the Sligo Sanctuary Choir, on November 17 at 6 p.m. in the Sanctuary.

CHILDREN/YOUTH/YOUNG ADULTS

Children’s Ministry: We are urgently seeking volunteers

The Sligo youth department is partnering with Young

Life, an international teen Christian mentoring program.

Sligo church will become a site for Young Life in this area starting in the spring. We are currently seeking people of any age who are willing to be mentors. A free 8-week training will be provided. Please email Pastor Pranitha Fielder at <pfielder@sligochurch.org> if you are interested in Young Life.

The Potomac Conference presents iThrist, a spiritual

retreat specifically designed for the collegiate and young adult community, November 9 through 11, 2012. The venue is Camp Blue Ridge, and the cost is $99 per person.

Registration is still open but you need to act now. For more information or to register, contact the Young Adult department at 301-270-6777 or <youngadults@sligochurch.org>

PROFILE OF GIVING

CALENDAR

October 31, 2012

November 3, Saturday

Church Budget: This offering pays for outreach and nurture

ministries of the church and the church school along with necessary expenses like utilities and upkeep of the church building.

Last Year This Year Oct. 15 $ 6,665.97 Oct. 13 $ 6,858.76 Oct. 22 $ 6,781.70 Oct. 20 $ 7,752.88 Oct. 29 $ 8,333.82 Oct. 27 $ 9,680.49 Oct. Online $ 7,179.58 Oct. Online $ 11,988.78 Oct. Paypal $ 200.00 Oct. 31 YTD $483,770.62 Oct. 31 YTD $437,441.17 Total Contributing Families on Oct. 27-31, 2012 : 154 Total Contributing Families on Oct. 29-31, 2011 : 189

Budget for Oct. 31 YTD : $437,065 Organ / Sanctuary Renovation (OSR) Monthly Mortgage Payment: Monthly payment- $16,500- Approx. $1,800 is for interest OSR DEBT

Received

OSR

REDUCTION Month to Date

Oct. 6 $ 956.37 $ 758.00 Oct. 13 $ 947.00 $ 50,626.33 Oct. 20 $ 233.00 $ 861.35 Oct. 27 $1,136.40 $130,745.65 Oct. Online $2,892.00 $ 426.00 Balance as of Oct. 31, 2012:

Budget Booster:

Goal Raised by Oct. 31 YTD Needed

$ 1,714.37 $ 53,287.70 $ 54,382.05 $ 186,264.10 $ 189,582.10 $ 106,876.78

$27,000.00 $11,228.59 $15,771.41

Wishing Well:

Oct. 31 YTD (incl. in OSR Debt Reduction)

November 4, Sunday

Pathfinder Meeting, Office Chapel, 9 a.m.

55+ Club Potluck/Brunch, Fellowship A, 10 a.m.

November 5, Monday

Regeneration Ministries, Office Conf. Room, 7 p.m.

First Monday, Fellowship Hall A, 7 p.m.

November 6, Tuesday

Prayer Gathering, Sanctuary, 7 p.m.

November 7, Wednesday

In the Footsteps of Paul, Discipleship Room, 6:30 p.m.

Revelation Seminar, Discipleship Room, 7:30 p.m.

Warmth for the Homeless, Prayer Room, 7 p.m.

Sligo Ringers, Sligo School, 7 p.m.

Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room, 7:30 p.m.

November 9, Friday

Underground Vespers, Youth Room, 6 p.m.

Young Adult Bible Study, Fellowship Room B, 7:15 p.m.

November 10, Saturday

Membership Team Meeting, Discipleship Room, 9 a.m.

Mission Orientation, Fellowship Hall B, 9:30 a.m.

Children’s Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room, 1:30 p.m.

Homeless Ministry, Discipleship Room, 2 p.m.

November 1, Sunday

Sligo Federated Music Club, Atrium Suite, 3 p.m.

November 12, Monday

Regeneration Ministries, Office Conf. Room, 7 p.m. $ 786.34

Tithe: All of these funds are sent to the Potomac Conference.

September 2012 contributions are $ 285,556.12 September 2011 contributions are $ 214,758.32 Contributing Families in September 2012 : Contributing Families in September 2011 :

Children’s Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room, 1:30 p.m.

November 13, Tuesday

Prayer Gathering, Sanctuary, 7 p.m.

November 14, Wednesday 642 579

Today’s designated offering goes to Local Church Budget.

Loose offering goes to Church Budget.

Thank you for your support!

In the Footsteps of Paul, Discipleship Room, 6:30 p.m.

Revelation Seminar, Discipleship Room, 7:30 p.m.

Warmth for the Homeless, Prayer Room, 7 p.m.

Sligo Ringers, Sligo School, 7 p.m.

Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room, 7:30 p.m.

WASHINGTON ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY November 7, Wednesday

Chapel, Sligo Church, 11:15am

November 9, Friday TREASURER’S NOTE: Download a QR app to any smart-

phone, use your phone to scan the QR code above, and support your church with your tithe & offerings through online giving.

Thank you!

7700 CARROLL AVENUE, TAKOMA PARK, MD 20912

Reflections, Fellowship Hall A, 7:30 p.m.

Singspiration, Morrison Hall Chapel, 8:45 p.m.

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