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January 25, Sabbath Children’s Church, Primary II Room, 11:00 a.m. January 26, Sunday Pathfinder Meeting, Office Chapel, 9:00 a.m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS (continued) Get a certificate in six months and advance your career with classes once a week in Homeland Security, Cyber Security or Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Response at Washington Adventist University. Classes start in March 2014. For more information email homelandsecurity@wau.edu or call 1.877.246.2225 CHILDREN & YOUTH Support our Varsity Basketball Team tonight at 9:05 at White Oak Middle School! All high school youth are invited to the Potomac Conference Sponsored Youth Fest X, Friday, January 31 (5:00 p.m.) Saturday, February 1 (10:00 a.m.) at Takoma Academy. Join hundreds of youth from around the Conference for worship, fellowship, outreach events, a concert, youth talent show, and food. Please register with the Youth Department if you would like to attend, sligoyouth@sligochurch.org.
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January 27, Monday Regeneration Ministries, Office Conf. Room, 7:00 p.m. Admin. Board Meeting, Fellowship Hall A, 7:00 p.m. January 28, Tuesday Prayer Gathering, Sanctuary, 7:00 p.m. January 29, Wednesday Sligo Ringers, SAS - Room 114, 7:00 p.m. Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room, 7:30 p.m.
February 1, Sabbath Summary of our Beliefs • The Bible is the inspired word of God and our only rule of faith EQUIP Training, Sligo Church, 3:00 - 7:50 p.m. 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). worship schedule • Having been saved, followers of Jesus live in obedience to Him by observing the Ten Commandments. (Exodus 20: 1-17; John 14:15). SABBATH, FEBRUARY 1 • The Sabbath – the seventh day of the week- established by God Church Service, Sanctuary, 8:45 & 11:15 a.m., 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). Speaker: Cory Washington • Jesus is coming back to earth personally and visibly to raise the Sligo Underground, Sanctuary, 11:15 a.m., righteous dead and give His faithful children of all ages immortality (Youth & Young Adult Service) in an earth made new. (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17; Revelation 22:12; Crossroads, WAU Activity Center, 11:15 a.m., 21:1-3). • Our love for God is demonstrated primarily by our love for our (WAU Collegiate Service) fellowmen. (1 John 4:20; Matthew 25:34-40) Mizo Service, Office Chapel, 11:15 a.m.
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JANUARY 18, 2014 CHURCH BUDGET: This offering pays for the outreach and
PHONE: 301.270.6777 EMERGENCY: 301.980.1009 FAX: 301.270.3518 WEBSITE: www.sligochurch.org Domestic Violence Hotline: 240.777.4000
Last Year: Jan. 19 Jan. 19 YTD
$ 4,835.47 $ 17,917.43
This Year: Jan. 18 $ 6,016.81 Jan. 18 YTD $ 16,173.30
Year-end Summary 2012 Sligo Church Offerings $ 676,038.00 Building Improvement $ Tithe $2,787,702.00
2013 $ 709,491.00 $ 144,833.00 $2,787,735.00
Today’s designated offering goes to Religious Liberty. Loose offering goes to Church Budget.
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I’m sure that you are familiar with the adage, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” The same can be said for its size as well. Today, we come to the end of our series on the book of Haggai, “Hope for Trying Times.” Although the book of Haggai is extremely small in size, containing only two chapters totalling a mere thirty-eight verses, its message certainly is not. For God’s message to the prophet for these former exiles was one that not only instilled a sense of hope in the hearts of the people, it also challenged them to undergo a “change” of heart. This is a lesson that was not only pertinent for them, it is one that is especially important to believers in these last days as we prepare to face some “trying times” of our own. I pray that as a result of our worship experience today, your heart will not only be filled with this hope, but that you will also be willing to undergo the change that God desires to make “in” your heart.
January 31, Friday Telugu Vespers, Memorial Chapel, 7:00 p.m.
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SENIOR PASTOR Charles A. Tapp, ext. 126
ctapp@sligochurch.org
PASTOR FOR ADMINISTRATIVE & ADULT MINISTRIES Don McFarlane, ext. 116 dmcfarlane@sligochurch.org PASTOR FOR CONGREGATIONAL CARE Debbie Eisele, ext. 127 eiseled@sligochurch.org PASTOR FOR MEDIA AND OUTREACH Paolo Esposito, ext. 136
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PASTOR FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS Pranitha Fielder, ext. 119 pfielder@sligochurch.org PASTOR FOR CHILDREN & FAMILY MINISTRIES Gerardo Lopez, ext. 122 glopez@sligochurch.org PASTOR FOR WORSHIP Cheryl Wilson-Bridges, ext. 123
cbridges@sligochurch.org
ADVENTIST COMMUNITY SERVICES Sheila Hendricks 301.585.6556
HEAD ELDER Erwin Mack 301.434.1622
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OUR MISSION 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 .