December 24, 2016 by Sligo Church

OUR VISION

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 24, Saturday Young Adults GLOW, Memorial Chapel, 9:30 a.m. December 26, Monday Church Office is closed Regeneration Ministries is cancelled

ANNOUNCEMENTS (continued) Sligo Church Needs Receptionists: Wishing to be more involved with your church and have the opportunity to meet new people? Be part of a dynamic office family - consider serving as a receptionist on a voluntary basis each Friday morning (8:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m.) at the Sligo Church office. Training will be provided. If interested, please contact Kathleen Driscoll at 301.270.6777, ext. 239 or kdriscoll@sligochurch.org Winter Haven Emergency Shelter for women and children at Sligo runs through December 31. Contact Donna Robinson at 240.888.6775 if you wish to donate winter items. Financial contributions can be made online at <www.houseofdivineguidance.org> New Beginnings Sabbath School Class: If you are looking for a Bible study class to prepare for baptism or simply want to study the foundations of the Christian faith, please join the New Beginnings class on Sabbath mornings at 10:00 a.m. in the Pastor’s Lounge. For more information, please contact Pr. Fielder at <pfielder@sligochurch.org> Call for volunteers! The Primary I Sabbath School Class is looking for volunteers to fill two positions: greeter and teacher. If interested, please contact Pr. Gerry Lopez <glopez@sligochurch. org> or Joviah Ndahayo at 301.613.1064

MISCELLANEOUS Bulletin information deadline is Monday evening! E-mail information to: <kdriscoll@sligochurch.org> Sunset: Sabbath celebration ends today at 4:51 p.m. and commences on Friday, December 30 at 4:56 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.

welcome Welcome to Sligo on this Christmas Sabbath, when we join our thoughts and voices in celebrating the miracle of miracles – God taking on human flesh and becoming one of us and one with us. He came amid the sin and confusion of this world in order to participate in our pain, our suffering, our conflicts, our sorrows, and take our

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death that He might bring us back to himself. He came to let the world know that God and man belong together. For the past three Sabbaths we have been focusing on Jesus being the Light of the world. Today we December 28, Wednesday conclude our Advent Series with a message that reminds us of the fact that the darkness of the world was unable to destroy the Light and that Prayer Gathering, Sanctuary, 7:00 p.m. the same impregnable quality is imputed to those in whom the Light (or by phone: 949.229.4400 Pin:4997774#, 7:35 p.m.) resides. And as the incarnation is beyond human comprehension, similarly the experience of conversion is also a mystery, which we cannot understand, but for which we are grateful. - Don McFarlane

Summary of our Beliefs worship schedule SABBATH, December 31 Church Service, Sanctuary, 8:45 & 11:00 a.m. Speaker: Don McFarlane Mizo Service, Office Chapel, 11:00 a.m. Kerala Church, WAU Richards Hall, 10:00 a.m.

p r o f i l e o f g i v i n g - D e c e m b e r 17

• The Bible is the inspired word of God and our only rule of faith and practice. (2 Timothy 3:16, 17). • Jesus Christ is the Divine Son of God and our personal Savior from sin by grace through faith. (John 1:1-3; Ephesians 2:8). • Having been saved, followers of Jesus live in obedience to Him by observing the Ten Commandments. (Exodus 20: 1-17; John 14:15). • The Sabbath – the seventh day of the week- established by God at creation and honored by Jesus in His earthly ministry, is to be observed by the followers of Jesus. (Exodus 20:8-11; 1 Peter 2:21). • Jesus is coming back to earth personally and visibly to raise the righteous dead and give His faithful children of all ages immortality in an earth made new. (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17; Revelation 22:12; 21:1-3). • Our love for God is demonstrated primarily by our love for our fellowmen. (1 John 4:20; Matthew 25:34-40).