Sligo SDA Church Bulletin

OUR VISION

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We will g lorif y G od by be i n g i n creasi n g ly tran sfo rmed i nto the l i keness of C hri s t

our life together

calendar of events December 15, Saturday Young Adults GLOW Study, Memorial Chapel, 9:30 a.m.

December 17, Monday Regeneration Ministries, Office Conference Room, 7:30 p.m.

Prayer Ministry Participants Wanted: Sligo’s Prayer Ministry would like to invite you join us our initiative to extend the power of prayer to our members, campus, and community. If praying for others is your ministry, please contact our prayer coordinator, Myrna Bas at: houseofprayer@sligochurch.org Eat Chocolate. Pathfinder Candy is back for the holidays - it tastes great and makes a wonderful gift. Stop in the Atrium today to place your order to help out the kids. Orders must be placed by December 15 and will be available for pick up on December 22.

For more information email <pathfinder@sligochurch.org> Young Adult Social: Dinner in Silver Spring - Join us this evening at 7:00 p.m. in the downtown Silver Spring Iceskating Rink, Veterans Plaza for an evening of food with friends. Contact Leroy at 301.305-3362 for information.

GET YOUR LIFE BACK! Attend a free information session at Olney SDA Church (4100 Olney-Laytonsville Rd, Olney, MD 20832), on either: • Thursday, January 3, at 7:00 p.m. or • Sunday January 6, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.

For more information, call 301.774.7733 or 407.232.5062

A memorial service for Lt. Col. (ret.) Genevieve Beverly Price Pelote will be held on Sunday, December 16 at 11:00 a.m. in the North American Division Headquarters (9705 Patuxent Woods Dr., Columbia, Maryland 21046).

MISCELLANEOUS Bulletin information deadline is Monday evening! E-mail information to: <kdriscoll@sligochurch.org> Sunset: Sabbath celebration ends today at 4:47 p.m. and commences on Friday, December 21, at 4:49 p.m.

Sligo Live: If you have a story, a subject or an individual that you would like to see featured on Sligo Live, please contact Pastor McFarlane at <dmcfarlane@sligochurch.org> or 301.270.6777, ext. 116 *Consent To Use Photographic Images: Sligo SDA Church films all worship services. Attendance at, or participation in Sligo worship services constitutes an agreement by the participant to Sligo’s use and distribution of the attendee’s image, voice, or likeness in photos, video, electronic reproduction and audio tapes of such activities.

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December 19, Wednesday Prayer Gathering, Sanctuary, 7:00 p.m.

Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room, 8:00 p.m.

worship schedule Join us next week here at Sligo for our fourth week of Advent, Mark Sigue will share a message. Music will be provided by Jackie Ventouris & the Sounds of Steel Pan Orchestra Sligo Church Service, Sanctuary, 8:45 & 11:00 a.m.

Speaker: Mark Sigue

Mizo Service, Office Chapel, 11:00 a.m.

Kerala Church, WAU Richards Hall, 10:00 a.m.

profile of giving - December 8 CHURCH BUDGET: This offering pays for the outreach and

nurture ministries of the church and the church school, along with necessary expenses such as utilities and maintenance of the church building.

Last Year:

Dec. 9 $ 9,848 Dec. 9 YTD $ 521,837

BUDGET FOR DECEMBER 8 YTD: BUDGET BOOSTER: Dec. 8 MTD $14,290 GOAL $20,000

NEEDED

$ 12,897 $493,514 $560,335

who can help

This Year:

Dec. 9 Dec. 9 YTD 2018 GOAL

Dec. 8 $ 57,497 Dec. 8 YTD $ 2,291,972 Remaining Goal $ 508,028

Take your next step at “Connection Central” in the Atrium Do life together: Join a Journey Group Fill out a pew menu card and place it in the offering plate Visit sligochurch.org/connect2ministry

CHRIST FIRST D E C E M B E R 15 , 2 018 8:45 & 11:00 A.M.

PHONE: 301.270.6777 EMERGENCY: 301.980.1009 FAX: 301.270.3518 www.sligochurch.org Domestic Violence Hotline: 240.777.4000 National Suicide Hotline: 1.800.273.8255

$ 5,710

Last Year: $ 47,578 $ 2,311,125 $2,800,000

We believe the Bible is the inspired word of God and our only rule of faith and practice. As Scripture teaches, we believe God became man in the person of Jesus Christ, saving us from sin by grace through faith. We believe the seventh-day Sabbath was established by God at Creation and honored by Jesus in His earthly ministry as a gift of rest and rejuvenation for all. We celebrate the church as the diverse “new community” forged through the death and resurrection of Jesus, in which all are called, all are gifted, and all are valued. We anticipate Jesus’ personal and visible return to earth to raise the righteous dead, make the earth new, and dwell with His faithful children throughout eternity . We live out our love for Jesus by growing in His likeness and by serving our fellowmen.

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CHURCH BUILDING IMPROVEMENT: Dec. 8 YTD $ 68,668

TITHE: All of these funds are sent to the Potomac Conference to help expand the Kingdom of God throughout our region and world.

at worship THE CHURCH

what we believe

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This Year: Dec. 8 Dec. 8 YTD

Welcome to Sligo today. This Sabbath is the third week of our celebration of the Advent season. The celebration of Advent helps to serve as a powerful reminder of the greatest gift given to human-kind to believers everywhere. It is the gift of the presence of God with us, in the person of Jesus Christ. And this gift is the result of the promise that God made, that one day He would come and redeem us from this sinful and corrupt world. It is a promise that was made not just after the fall in Eden, but from the very foundation of the world. One thing that makes promises so impactful is that they always come with expectations. Consider this: No sooner than a promise is made, the expectation of its fulfillment begins to give birth in the mind of the recipient of that promise. The third week of advent is traditionally a call for the people of God to “rejoice.” So as we rejoice today, let us rejoice in a God who not only makes promises and keeps them, but who will in the end, exceed our wildest expectations.

- Charles A. Tapp

Today’s designated offering goes to Local Church Budget.

Loose offering goes to Church Budget.

worship.nurture.outreach

SENIOR PASTOR Charles A. Tapp, ext. 126

ctapp@sligochurch.org

PASTOR FOR ADMINISTRATION & ADULT MINISTRIES Don McFarlane, ext. 116

dmcfarlane@sligochurch.org PASTOR FOR DISCIPLESHIP & CONGREGATIONAL CARE Pranitha Fielder, ext. 127

pfielder@sligochurch.org

PASTOR FOR YOUTH & YOUNG ADULTS Joseph Khabbaz, ext. 119

jkhabbaz@sligochurch.org PASTOR FOR CHILDREN & FAMILY MINISTRIES TBD

The Washington Adventist University Church

PASTOR FOR MEDIA & OUTREACH Richard Castillo, ext. 136

rcastillo@sligochurch.org PASTOR FOR WORSHIP Cheryl Wilson-Bridges, ext. 123

cbridges@sligochurch.org

OUR MISSION

ADVENTIST COMMUNITY SERVICES Ken Flemmer 301.585.6556

HEAD ELDER Erwin Mack 301.434.1622

HEAD DEACON Manuel Rosette 301.370.1255

HEAD DEACONESS Marion Hudson 301.980.1862

We s eek to g row passi onate d i sc i pl es of J es us th ro ugh wor shi p of God , nur ture of o ne a noth er,and outreach to the worl d .

7 7 0 0 C a r r o l l A v e n u e , Ta k o m a P a r k , M D 2 0 9 1 2

THE CHURCH AT WORSHIP Leader: So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life.

All: And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”

Advent 3 Prelude Come Thou Long Expected Jesus with He Shall Feed His Flock /arr. Anna Laura Page Christmas Welcome Charles A. Tapp

+Sligo Live

Richard Castillo A Sligo Story Welcome & Church Life Advent Candle Lighting

Pranitha Fielder S. Bowen & R. Smallwood +Singh family

+Instrumental Overture Coventry Carol / arr. Dan Goeller

we honor and praise him Reading I: Christ’s First Coming

Bogdan Scur

Hymn of Praise O Come, All Ye Faithful / No. 132  Prayer

Cheryl Kisunzu

Musical Selections O Holy Night / Dan Goeller +Joy To the World / Frank Kuykendall Responsive Scripture Reading Genesis 3:8-15 (NKJV)

Ronald Carreno

Leader: And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

Congregation: Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”

Leader: So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”

Congregation: And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”

Leader: Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”

Congregation: And the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

+Musical Selections Little Innocent Lamb / Greg Gilpin Let There Be Peace on Earth / Craig Courtney

we reflect +Children’s Message

Mary McFarlane

we gather in his name SANCTUARY – 8:45 A.M. AND 11:00 A.M.

THE CHURCH AT STUDY

Musical Selections And His Name Shall Be Called Wonderful / Sally Deford +Glory Hallelujah / Mark Butler Angels We Have Heard On High / arr. Anwar Ottley

Advent Homily Charles A. Tapp Promises and Expectations Offertory Sing We Now of Christmas / Mark Hayes +The First Noel Reading II: Christ’s Second Coming

Adult Sabbath School SANCTUARY – 10:00 A.M.

Song Service

Judith Pino

Theme Song In Christ There is No East Nor West / No. 587 Welcome & Prayer Jeanette Bryson

Special Music Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella / 17th-century Carol

Lesson Study

Unity in Worship

Prayer Jeanette Bryson

Zelma Edwards, pianist

Bogdan Scur

Musical Selection Even So, Come / arr. Cliff Duren Charles A. Tapp

Postlude Improvisation on Antioch / Alston *Congregation is standing  Congregation is kneeling where possible +11:00 service only Barry Rowe, deacon on duty Keri Tomenko, deaconess on duty Leading our music today are: Patrick Alston, organist Paul Byssainthe, Jr., chorister Reginald Bouknight, vocalist Sheri Jackson, vocalist

Combined Church Choirs: Sligo and Takoma Park Paul Byssainthe, Jr., director

Sligo Children’s Choir, Sligo Singers & Orchestra Joya Follette & Paul Byssainthe, Jr., directors

Barclay Brass Ben Hauser, trumpet; Bras Weil, trumpet; Manuel A. Collazo-Llantin, horn; Jason Wright, horn; Hiram Diaz, trombone; David Millar, trombone

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 a 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 friends, then invite them to come to church in person at 11:00 a.m. Download past episodes or subscribe to future episodes for free from Simple Truths for Life by Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church from the iTunes Store. You can also go to simpletruthsforlife. org/podcast Prayer Requests: Families of these deceased: Chad Drumheller, Genevieve B. P. Pelote & Pui I

Membership Report (second reading): Joining Sligo: Becky Barker, Antoinette Edgecombe, Monday Jonas-Mbagwu, Jennifer Madera, Edwin Martinez, Brenda RamosVirgo Joining elsewhere: Audrey Darby URGENT HELP NEEDED FOR PICKING UP DONATED ITEMS AND FOR HELPING SETUP APARTMENTS FOR REFUGEES: The Women’s Refugee Group is in need of volunteers to assist in picking up donated items (furniture, household goods, etc.) on Sunday, December 16, from various locations, in a rented truck.

Also if you are free on Monday, December 17 at 10 a.m., you can help them get the two apartments ready before the families arrive.

Please call Hannah Koilpillai at 301.385.0667 if you can help with the pickups on December 16 and/or with setting up apartments on December 17.

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*Benediction

OUR LIFE TOGETHER

3rd Advent Candle Lighting: We light this candle as a sign of the coming light of Christ, coming again to reign in glory.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice!

Keep awake, therefore, and be ready.

The Lord is coming at an unexpected hour.

The kingdom of heaven has come near.

Go and tell what you have seen and heard: The virgin will conceive and bear a son, And they shall name him Emmanuel, God with us.

Prepare the way of the Lord!

Treasurer’s Note: Many of you will be giving your year-end offerings this month. There are several ways in which you can give in addition to your giving at church. You may contribute through our on-line giving (Go to <www.sligochurch. org> and click on GIVE and choose one of the options). Or if you prefer, by mail, but it must be post-marked by December 31. You can also put your giving envelope in the church office Mail Slot during the week. Thank you for your faithfulness in giving your tithe and for supporting your local church by giving liberally and systematically to the Church Budget.

Sligo Church Needs Receptionists: Wishing to be more involved with your church and having the opportunity to meet new people? Then, be part of a dynamic office family by serving as a receptionist on a voluntary basis at the Sligo Church office on Tuesdays and/or Wednesdays. If interested, please contact Kathleen Driscoll at 301.270.6777, ext. 239 or <kdriscoll@sligochurch.org>