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 January 12, Saturday Young Adults GLOW Study, Memorial Chapel, 9:30 a.m.

January 14, Monday Regeneration Ministries, Office Conference Room, 7:30 p.m.

Save the date for EQUIP-HD, February 2, 2019: The Potomac Conference is coming to Sligo on February 2 with 14 equipping and training seminars. The program starts at 4:00 in the afternoon and ends at 8:00 p.m. Whether your passion is soul-winning, discipleship, multi-media, mentoring, leadership, worship, family life or something else, there will be at least one seminar that will help you to be more effective in responding to God’s call to service. Register online at <www.pcsda.org/equip/> or call 540.886.0771, ext. 238 *Child-care will be provided for children who are 100% potty trained. Please register your child/ children at the same time you register for your seminars.

Prayer Ministry Participants Wanted: Please join Sligo’s Prayer Ministry by extending the power of prayer to our members, campus, and community. If praying for others is your ministry, contact our prayer coordinator, Myrna Bas, at <houseofprayer@ sligochurch.org> The next Sligo Fellowship Potluck will be held on February 2. Guests are invited to join us, following the second service in the Fellowship Room. Members who wish to attend are requested to provide a vegetarian entrée, salad or dessert that will serve at least 10 people.

Yearbook - Thanks to everyone who had their photograph taken for the Sligo Church Yearbook. We are currently working with LifeTouch to ensure that this is available to participating families by the end of this quarter.

MISCELLANEOUS Bulletin information deadline is Monday evening! E-mail information to: <kdriscoll@sligochurch.org> Sunset: Sabbath celebration ends today at 5:06 p.m. and commences on Friday, January 18, at 5:13 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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January 16, 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 Pathfinder Sabbath. Pr. Sherilyn O’Ffill will share a message titled, “And a Friend to Man.” Music will be provided by Sligo Pathfinders.

Sligo Church Service, Sanctuary, 8:45 & 11:00 a.m.

Speaker: Charles A. Tapp 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 31

Year 2018: Dec. 31 YTD $615,415 ($49,458 Budget Booster included)

BUDGET FOR DECEMBER 31 YTD:

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

J A N U A R Y 12 , 2 019 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

$625,000

$74,901

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

who can help

CHURCH BUILDING IMPROVEMENT: Dec. 31 YTD

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

at worship THE CHURCH

what we believe

how you connect

CHURCH BUDGET: This offering pays for the outreach and

Year 2017:

Dec. 31 YTD $ 624,589 ($26,661 Budget Booster included)

Welcome to Sligo today. “Imagine there’s no heaven.

It’s easy if you try. No hell below us, above us only sky.

Imagine all the people living for today…” These are some of the words to the 1971 hit song by John Lennon, then former member of the world famous rock group, the Beatles. In this song Lennon asks us to imagine a heaven, not a place where God dwells and humans hope one day to inhabit, but a heaven that human kind could hopefully one day create on its own without the assistance of a divine Creator. When Lennon first penned these words it wasn’t that he was denying the existence of God as much as he was attempting to inspire his audience to imagine the possibilities that lie within to create a heaven that we could experience in the here and now and not in the sweet by and by. Today as we continue our series on the book of Revelation, our focus now shifts from the journey of the seven churches of Asia Minor to the call of the faithful throughout every age to imagine not the man-made heaven, which Lennon sang about, but a heaven where God sits on his throne in all his majesty, splendor and glory.

- Charles A. Tapp

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

Year 2017:

Year 2018:

PASTOR FOR CHILDREN & FAMILY MINISTRIES TBD

Dec. 31 YTD $2,693,108

Dec. 31 YTD $2,638,994

PASTOR FOR MEDIA & OUTREACH Richard Castillo, ext. 136

rcastillo@sligochurch.org

Today’s designated offering goes to Potomac Partners.

Loose offering goes to Church Budget.

worship.nurture.outreach

The Washington Adventist University Church

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 we gather in his name

Adult Sabbath School

Sermon Charles A. Tapp Christ First: A Journey through the Book of Revelation, Part XI: Imagine Heaven

Prelude There is a Happy Land / Dale Wood +Song of Gathering Marching to Zion / No. 422

+Sligo Live

Richard Castillo Toys for Tots Welcome & Church Life

we go to serve *Hymn of Reflection Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken / No. 423

Cheryl Wilson-Bridges

Offertory The Holy City / Stephen Adams +Oh, What a Beautiful City / Edward Boatner

we honor and praise him

*Benediction

*Hymn of Praise All Creatures of Our God and King / No. 2 Haritha Moturi

Anthem Speak the Name / Koryn Hawthorne

Charles A. Tapp

Postlude Toccata on “Lobe Den Herren” / arr. Craig Phillips

Song Service

Roland Halstead 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.

Theme Song Jesus Is Coming Again / No. 213 Welcome & Prayer

Lesson Study Among the Lampstands

Prayer

James Gulley

Zelma Edwards, pianist

 Prayer

we reflect

SANCTUARY – 10:00 A.M.

*Congregation is standing  Congregation is kneeling where possible +11:00 service only

Responsive Scripture Reading Colossians 3:1-7 (NKJV)

Alexander Meier

Leader: If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Congregation: Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

Leader: For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Congregation: When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

Leader: Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Congregation: Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, All: in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.

+Music for Meditation

How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings / Samuel Liddle

Michael Dulcich, deacon on duty Becky Ratana, deaconess on duty

Leading our music today are: Paul Byssainthe, Jr., organist Kay Rosburg, chorister Naomy Rodrigues, Sara Devaraj & Liana Allen, vocalists

Footnotes: Alexander Meier has been attending Sligo Church most of his life. He has enjoyed learning in the Sabbath School Classes and attending VBS every summer. Alex is a Junior in high school, who takes piano lessons, enjoys Bible stories, history, and sports. He also can be seen in the Deacons’ room helping on the Sligo Church Security Team.

Haritha Moturi is an International student from India attending Washington Adventist University and has been worshipping at Sligo Church for over a year. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Business Administration. Haritha is ever willing to help the poor and needy and wants to volunteer in spreading God’s Word.

sabbath devotional

“I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years.”

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: Anna Vandeman Maxwell, Lalsangliani (Sangi) Vangchhia, Allen W. Foster & Arlene Calvert Hoppe We are sad to announce the passing of:

• Anna Vandeman Maxwell, on January 2 at the age of 101, in Denver, Colorado. She was a dietician at Adventist hospitals all her working life. She is survived by three children: Robert Vandeman, Larry Vandeman & Donna Moore, nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

• Sligo member, Lalsangliani (Sangi) Vangchhia, on January 6 at the age of 73. She worked as a Registered Nurse for 40 years. She is survived by her husband: Van and sons: Willis & Glen. A memorial service will be held for her at a later date.

• Allen W. Foster, on January 8 at the age of 79. He was a prolific songwriter, who had several hymns in the SDA hymnal, among which are “Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley” and “I Lay My Sins on Jesus.” He is survived by his wife: Gwendolyn and daughters: Angela Foster Griffin & Joya Foster Follette.

His son, Allen Foster, Jr. predeceased him. A funeral service will be held for Allen on Sunday, January 20, at 3:00 p.m. in Ebenezer SDA Church (1437 Christian St, Philadelphia, PA 19146).

• Former member, Arlene Calvert Hoppe, on December 29, 2018 in Santa Rosa, California. She is the sister of Sligo member, Nona Calvert Whitman and aunt of Keldon Read Whitman and Julie Whitman Welp. A memorial service will be held in Loma Linda in March.

Adventurer Club Sign-Ups: If your child is looking for a fun way to fill one weekend a month, join Adventurers! Kids aged 3.5 - 9 learn about Jesus and earn awards through games, arts, crafts and field trips. Register in the Atrium on January 12 or online at <sligochurch. org/adventurers> today! Sligo members and non-members are welcome!

– Martin Luther

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SANCTUARY – 8:45 A.M. AND 11:00 A.M.

OUR LIFE TOGETHER

THE CHURCH AT STUDY