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 May 16, Saturday Greeting Ministry Meeting, Fellowship Hall A, 1:00 p.m. May 18, Monday Regeneration Ministries, Office Conference Room, 7:30 p.m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS (continued) Camp Meeting – Plan now! Join fellow believers at the Potomac Conference Camp Meeting, June 16 – 20, at Shenandoah Valley Academy in New Market, Virginia. Our theme “His Amazing Grace” will be the thread that moves us closer to Jesus. For detailed speaker and schedule information go to pcsda.org/ campmeeting Sligo deacons and deaconesses will be honored with a Hospitality luncheon next Sabbath, April 23 at 1:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall A. 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. AIM is beginning a major campaign related to after-school programing and parent organizing, named “Child First Montgomery.” Sligo is calling volunteers to: 1) help support the first pilot demonstration of this program, May 18 - 21 from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. at Burnt Mills Elementary (White Oak); and 2) join AIM at Burnt Mills Elementary on May 21 @ 6:30 p.m. to celebrate completion of the program. For more information, please contact Terri Jo Hayes at 301.537.3894 or thayes7007@aol.com
May 20, 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. May 25, Monday, Memorial Day Holiday Regeneration Ministries is cancelled Church Office is closed May 27, 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.
worship schedule SABBATH, May 23 Church Service, Sanctuary, 8:45 & 11:00 a.m. Speaker: Joseph Khabbaz Mizo Service, Office Chapel, 11:00 a.m. Kerala Church, WAU Richards Hall, 10:00 a.m.
profile of giving - May 9 CHURCH BUDGET: This offering pays for the outreach and
CHILDREN & YOUTH Sligo Adventist School invites you to their Spring Concert, May 21 at 7:00 p.m. in their Gym (8300 Carroll Avenue Takoma Park, MD 20912). Call 301.434.1417 for more information. Make a donation to fund our Mission Trip to El Salvador! The Youth Department is requesting donations for the El Salvador Mission trip. We only have $3,000, but our goal is $15,000 by the end of July! Please make donations by visiting www.sligochurch. org and click GIVE. Bulletin information deadline is Monday evening! E-mail information to: kdriscoll@sligochurch.org Sunset: Sabbath celebration ends today at 8:14 p.m. and commences on Friday, May 22 at 8:20 p.m.
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 10 $ 10,371 May 10 YTD $ 175,639
This Year: May 9 $ 9,451 May 9 YTD $ 181,301
BUDGET FOR MAY 9 YTD: $183,966
Church Building Improvement: Greenwood Avenue Entrance Women’s Bathrooms 2014 $ 118,817 May 9 YTD $ 14,786 Total Raised $ 133,603 Goal $150,000 Needed $ 16,397 Tithe: All of these funds are sent to the Potomac Conference. April 2015 contributions are $ 219,010 April 2014 contributions are $ 214,348 MTD Contributions are $4,662 more than last year. Today’s designated offering goes to Local Church Budget.
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welcome Welcome to Sligo Church. How many of you can remember the first prayer that you ever prayed as a child? Well, if that’s too difficult a task for you, then what about the first prayer that you actually put to memory. You know, like, “God is good, God is great. Let us thank him for our food, amen.” When we were young, our parents made us learn these prayers as a way of helping us understand the role that prayer was to play in our lives. But now that we are older and have, to a large degree, matured in the things of the world, as well as in the character and the ways of God, has our understanding of prayer and the way we pray matured as well? Are far too many of our prayers still confined to how we prayed as children or have we come to an understanding of the place prayer was intended to have in our lives as believers? Today in Part II of our series, When All You Can Do Is Pray, we shall take a look at one man’s journey of prayer in, The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat. - Charles A. Tapp
at worship THE CHURCH
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)
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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 ADMINISTRATIVE & 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 go to serve
we gather in his name SANCTUARY – 8:45 A.M. AND 11:00 A.M.
+Sligo Live Young Adults
Adult Sabbath School
*Hymn of Response What A Friend We Have in Jesus / No. 499
SANCTUARY – 10:00 A.M.
*Benediction
Song Service
Charles A. Tapp
Postlude Festival Voluntary / Flor Peeters
Prelude Prelude in A, BWV536 / Johann Sebastian Bach +Songs of Gathering Sing Praise to God / No. 29 Take My Life and Let It Be / No. 330 (verses 1, 3 & 5) Welcome and Church Life
Barry Rowe, deacon on duty Shanti Mani Sinha, deaconess on duty
*Hymn of Praise O Worship the King / No. 83 Prayer
Cheryl Wilson-Bridges
Anthem selected +Consecration / John Ness Beck
we reflect
+Children’s Message Scripture 2 Chronicles 14:1-6 (NIV)
Gerry Lopez Daniel Miongo +Myrna Bas
+Music for Meditation O Molitva / arr. Mark Di Pinto Sermon Charles A. Tapp When All You Can Do Is Pray, Part II: The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat! Invitation to Give
*Congregation is standing Congregation is kneeling where possible + 11:00 service only
Richard Castillo
we honor and praise him
Charles A. Tapp
Offertory selected +Notturno / Edward Grieg
OUR LIFE TOGETHER
Leading our music today are: Edmond Charles, organist Desmond Pierre-Louis, chorister Dunbar Henri, vocalist Charlene Milam, vocalist +Ekaterina Tomenko Di Pinto, vocalist +Mark Di Pinto, pianist +Yuri Tomenko, violist
Roland Halstead
welcome
Theme Song I Love to Tell the Story / No. 457 Scripture & Prayer Welcome Special Music Mission Feature
Enoch Thomas Enoch Thomas Shane Kelley
Lesson Study Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and Prayer
Class Leaders
Prayer
Enoch Thomas
Zelma Edwards, pianist
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: Spears, Victor, Stoll, Achenbach, Thomas, Pino, Edwards, Kulski & Agard families Request healing/comfort: Hisnelle Philpotts, Rebecca John, Ray Arner, Alex Comilang, Shennekia Grimshaw, Eric Atchison, Alicia Robertson & Joseph Kulski A memorial service will be held for Larry Stoll tomorrow, May 17 at 11:30 a.m. here in the Sligo Church Atrium. Friends and family are invited to attend. Today’s Sanctuary flowers are from the Magpayo family as they celebrate the blessings of family, friends and new beginnings.
next week, here at Sligo...
Next week, our new Youth and Young Adult Pastor, Joseph Khabbaz will deliver a sermon titled “The Promise of Providence.” Musical guests will be The Chitans (a young Canadian singing quartet) and Audrey Moise.
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.
sabbath devotional
“...True prayer is measured by weight, not by length. A single groan before God may have more fullness of prayer in it than a fine oration of great length.” - C. H. Spurgeon
Membership Report (first reading): Joining Sligo: Lalfela Chhakchhuak, Stephanie Gomez-Lopez, Thakungi Hnamte, Darron Monteiro, Mutinta Mulonda, Palan Mulonda Joining elsewhere: Carmen Vazquez ADRA is still in urgent need for emergency donations. Multiple earthquakes in Nepal have killed close to 8,000 people so far with thousands more injured and homeless. ADRA is responding and we need your support. Please donate at ADRA.org, call 1.800.424.ADRA (2372), or text ADRA to 41444 Sligo Adventist School 2015 graduation exercises: Baccalaureate: Sabbath, May 30, Sligo Church, 11:15 a.m. Commencement: Thursday, June 4, Sligo Church, 7:00 p.m. Takoma Academy 2015 graduation exercises: Consecration: Friday, June 5, Sligo Church, 7:00 p.m. Baccalaureate: Sabbath, June 6, Sligo Church, 11:15 a.m. Commencement: Sunday, June 7, TA Gym, 10:00 a.m.