OUR VISION
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our life together
calendar of events June 7, Sunday 55+ Club Brunch/Potluck, Fellowship Hall A, 10:30 a.m. Takoma Academy Consecration, TA Gym, 10:00 a.m. June 8, Monday Regeneration Ministries, Office Conference Room, 7:30 p.m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS (continued) The countdown has begun! Plan to join the church family and Sligo friends from July 31 through August 2 for Sligo’s Homecoming 2015. More details to follow. Mark your calendars for Vacation Bible School 2015! This year’s theme is “Everest” - conquering challenges with God’s mighty power! Join us July 12 – 17, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. as we teach God’s Word to the children in our community. Registration will be held in the Atrium for volunteers and participants today. Sligo Women’s Ministries Book Club will meet on Wednesday, June 10 at 7:00 p.m. in the Discipleship Room to discuss “Margaret Thatcher” by Charles Moore. Adult SS is looking for musicians. Please contact Zelma Edwards at 301.445.6294 or Pr. Don McFarlane <dmcfarlane@ sligochurch.org> for more information. Camp Meeting – Plan to attend the Potomac Conference Camp Meeting, June 16 – 20, at Shenandoah Valley Academy in New Market, Virginia. For detailed speaker and schedule information go to pcsda.org/campmeeting Pharmacy Technician Summer Training Program will be held in Takoma Academy from June 15 until July 30. Call 508.577.0590 for more information. Sunset: Sabbath celebration ends today at 8:30 p.m. and commences on Friday, June 12 at 8:34 p.m. CHILDREN & YOUTH Camp Upward Bound: The featured theme for 2015 is “The Sky is the Limit.” Classes are available from June 15 – July 31 for 6 - 10 year olds. Each week is filled with activities including morning worships, swimming, field trips, fun Bible stories, reading and math enrichment, computer lab, carnival days, and much, much more! Pre-registration is highly encouraged! For more information please contact Sligo Adventist School at 301.434.1417 or www.sligoadventistschool.org Bulletin information deadline is Monday evening! E-mail information to: kdriscoll@sligochurch.org
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June 10, Wednesday Prayer Gathering, Sanctuary, 7:00 p.m. (or by phone: 949.229.4400 Pin:4997774#, 7:35 p.m.) Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room, 7:30 p.m. Sligo Book Club Meeting, Discipleship Room, 7:00 p.m. June 11, Thursday Exercise Class, Memorial Chapel, 6:00 p.m.
Welcome to Sligo Church. Today we celebrate a significant milestone that has taken years of hard work and dedication by our Takoma Academy graduates, faculty and staff. As a church family we congratulate them on this achievement! We encourage all our high school graduates to move forward in faith, holding on to the promise that the Lord has a fulfilling and meaningful plan and purpose for every individual. On this Sabbath may we each take a moment to reflect on God’s faithfulness to us throughout our years, and look towards the future with peace in our hearts because we know that our God is with us. - Joseph Khabbaz
at worship THE CHURCH
June 13, Sabbath Greeters Meeting, Place TBD, 1:30 p.m. Community Building Meeting, Place TBD, 1:30 p.m. Homeless Ministry, Discipleship Room, 2:30 p.m.
worship schedule SABBATH, June 13, Holy Communion 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.
profile of giving - May 30
Summary of our Beliefs
• 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).
8:45 & 11:00 A.M.
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: May 30 $ 30,608 May 30 YTD $ 220,305
This Year: May 30 $ 10,539 May 30 YTD $ 209,563
BUDGET FOR MAY 30 YTD: $222,735
Church Building Improvement: Greenwood Avenue Entrance Women’s Bathrooms May 30 YTD $ 18,325 Total Raised $ 88,942 Goal $100,000 Needed $ 11,058 Tithe: All of these funds are sent to the Potomac Conference. May 2015 contributions are $ 236,863 May 2014 contributions are $ 207,123 MTD Contributions are $29,740 more than last year. Today’s designated offering goes to Local Church Budget. Loose offering goes to Church Budget.
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directory PHONE: 301.270.6777 EMERGENCY: 301.980.1009 FAX: 301.270.3518 WEBSITE: www.sligochurch.org Domestic Violence Hotline: 240.777.4000 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 Gerardo Lopez, ext. 122 glopez@sligochurch.org PASTOR FOR MEDIA & OUTREACH Richard Castillo, ext. 136 rcastillo@sligochurch.org PASTOR FOR WORSHIP Cheryl Wilson-Bridges, ext. 123
cbridges@sligochurch.org
ADVENTIST COMMUNITY SERVICES Ken Flemmer 301.585.6556
HEAD ELDER Erwin Mack 301.434.1622
7700 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 I 301.270.6777
Sligo
a seventh-day adventist church The Washington Adventist University Church
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 .
THE CHURCH AT STUDY
THE CHURCH AT WORSHIP we gather in his name
+Introduction of Speaker
SANCTUARY – 8:45 A.M. AND 11:00 A.M.
+Music for Meditation Love Divine, All Love’s Excelling / arr. Mack Wilberg
Takoma Academy Baccalaureate +Sligo Live Takoma Academy +Processional War March of the Priests / Felix Mendelssohn Prelude Grace Prelude in G / arr. Harris & Alston +Songs of Gathering O, How I Love Jesus / No. 248 Sweet, Sweet Spirit / No. 262 +Invocation
Alondra Liriano
Welcome and Church Life Cheryl Wilson-Bridges +Cheryl Wilson-Bridges & Richard Cunningham +Baptism Dunbar Henri Keirrah Danielle Beckett +Baptism Briana Symone Marshall
Charles A. Tapp
+Baptism Marceline Murungi Ndahayo
Phenias Bahimba
we honor and praise him
Andrew Toussaint +Ashley Seymour
Anthem Welcome Into This Place / Gary Oliver +“Come Unto Me, All We Ask Medley” / Mark Blakenship & Donnie McLurkin
we reflect
Sermon Remaining Strong
Luis Camps
+Sermon No Regrets
Ivan Williams, Sr.
Adult Sabbath School SANCTUARY – 10:00 A.M.
Song Service
welcome
Theme Song I Love to Tell the Story / No. 457 Scripture
Jodianne Gilling
we go to serve
Prayer Welcome Mission Feature TA Mission Team to Costa Rica
*Hymn of Response Showers of Blessings / No. 195
Lesson Study Myrna Candelaria & Dunbar Henri Following Jesus in Everyday Life
*Benediction
Prayer
Invitation to Give
Cheryl Wilson-Bridges
Offertory selected +Lord You Are Good / Israel Houghton
Ivan Williams, Sr. +Ivan Williams, Sr. & Adrianna Hayden
Don McFarlane Luis Camps
Michael Gray
+Recessional Cortège / Gordon Young Postlude Alleluya / William Faulkes
*Congregation is standing Congregation is kneeling where possible + 11:00 service only
+Children’s Message
Gerry Lopez
Scripture 2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV) +Ecclesiastes 11:9-12 (KJV)
Jessica Provence Gregory Hayes
Leading our music today are: Patrick Alston, organist Erin Stewartson, chorister RJ Bynum, pianist Karee-Anne Rogers, vocalist Richard Cunningham, keyboardist Keirrah Beckett, Michael Gray, Kristin Hall, Adrianna Hayden, Dania Henry & Briana Marshall, vocalists
Takoma Academy Chorale Lulu Mupfumbu, director
ANNOUNCEMENTS 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 We hold in prayer those who: Have lost loved ones: Walekar, Hempstead, Curameng, Johnson, & Spears families Request healing/comfort: Nicholas LaBastide, Hisnelle Phillpotts, Rebecca John & Ray Arner It is with regret that we announce the death of Margaret P. Walekar, beloved mother of Andrew and Andrea (Hempstead) and wife of the late Premkumar Walekar. Margaret passed away on June 1. Please keep the Walekar and Hempstead families in prayer.
Sylvan Coke, deacon on duty Carol Hooker, deaconess on duty
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.
August Pogue
sabbath devotional
*Hymn of Praise Jesus Is All the World to Me / No. 185 Prayer
Ivan Williams, II
OUR LIFE TOGETHER
“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A memorial service for former Takoma Park Church Pastor, Ron B. Halverson, Sr. will be held at the Forest Lake SDA Church (515 Harley Lester Lane, Apopka, FL 32703) this afternoon at 4:00 p.m. It will be live-streamed on the church’s website, forestlakechurch.org. Well-wishers can leave a comment for the family on a tribute wall on the website of the DeGusipe Funeral Home. Holy Communion will be celebrated next Sabbath, June 13, in both the first and second services. The Communion service, a celebration of our freedom from sin, is one of the highlights of our church life. If you know anyone who needs to have communion brought to his or her home on June 20, please call Erwin Mack at 301.434.1622. Diaconate (Deacons/Deaconesses), rehearsal for Communion will take place following the 11:15 a.m. service today. Please meet by the platform at approximately 15 minutes following the close of the worship service. Adventist Community Services of Greater Washington needs volunteers with HR, IT and Access skills to update our client database and staff a summer day camp. For more information, please contact Vee at 303.585.6556 or info@acsgw.org