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
ANNOUNCEMENTS (continued) Prayer Gathering has moved to WEDNESDAYS. Join us to pray and praise God each Wednesday evening, at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary. Plan to make Prayer Gathering a part of your weekly Wednesday routine. Where there’s more prayer, there’s more power! Sligo Women’s Ministries Book Club will meet on Wednesday, November 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the Discipleship Room to discuss “The Goldfinch” by Donna Tart. The Sligo chapter of “Scholarshipping Our Sisters” invites you to PossibiliTEA, an elegant tea and silent auction, at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 16, here in the Sligo Atrium, to benefit the women’s scholarship program. Invite a friend. Gentlemen are welcome! Adventist Community Service of Greater Washington (ACSGW), located at 501 Sligo Avenue in Silver Spring, MD needs energetic volunteers to do some painting, deep cleaning and repairs in the kitchen. If you are able to assist on November 16, from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., please register by calling Vee at 301.585.6556. Sunset: Sabbath celebration ends today a 5:00 p.m. and commences on Friday, November 14 at 4:54 p.m. Bulletin Information Deadline is Monday evening! E-mail information to: kdriscoll@sligochurch.org
CHILDREN & YOUTH Join us for the Barn Party on November 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Atrium. There will be food, fun games and a professional photographer for holiday pictures! Join us next Saturday November 15 for Friends and Family Underground. We will have special gifts for all your friends and family! Join us for Underground on November 22. Alex Lamarre will deliver a message titled, Transformed, not Conformed, Part II.
Welcome to Sligo Church. Last Sabbath we began a sermon series titled, “We’ve Come This Far by Faith” which posed the all-important question, “How far November 8, Sabbath does faith really take us?” We discovered through the Homeless Ministry, Discipleship Room, 2:00 p.m. Apostle Paul’s admonition to “walk by faith and not by sight,” that genuine faith in God allows the believer to November 9, Sunday experience eternity while never leaving this present age. To live by Sligo Music Club Concert, Atrium, 1:00 p.m. faith means that our lives are no longer governed by what we see, but November 10, Monday instead are governed by our ability to see the world as God sees it. Regeneration Ministries, Office Conference Room, 7:00 p.m. Today in part two of our series, we examine the relationship between faith and works as it relates to our salvation. Nowadays many ChrisNovember 12, Wednesday tians believe that although they are saved by grace through their faith Prayer Gathering, Sanctuary, 7:00 p.m. relationship with Jesus Christ, in addition to this they need to produce (or by phone: 949.229.4400 Pin:4997774#, 7:35 p.m.) works to go along with their faith. But if we are saved by faith, then why Sligo Book Club, Discipleship Room, 7:00 p.m. should we be worried about works? In our message today, “The Work Knitting Ministry, Prayer Room, 7:00 p.m. of Faith,” we shall remove the tension that exists between faith and Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room, 7:30 p.m. works to demonstrate just how dependent one is on the other. - Charles A. Tapp
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at worship THE CHURCH
worship schedule SABBATH, NOVEMBER 15 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. Underground, Youth Room, 11:00 a.m. Crossroads, WAU Student Activity Center, 11:00 a.m.
profile of giving NOVEMBER 1, 2014
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: Nov. 2 Nov. 2 YTD
$ 10,510.00 $460,875.05
This Year: Nov. 1 $ 7,857.22 Nov. 1 YTD $455,371.33
BUDGET FOR NOVEMBER 1 YTD: $460,560.00
Budget Booster: Nov. 1 $ 631.60 Goal $ 35,000.00
Total Raised Needed
$14,412.70 $20,587.30
Church Building Improvement: Nov. 1 $ 2,395.50 Total Raised $100,638.65 Goal $150,000.00 Needed $ 49,361.35 Tithe: All of these funds are sent to the Potomac Conference. September 2014 contributions are $ 194,241.87 September 2013 contributions are $ 193,880.33 YTD Contributions are $77,211.00 less than last year. Today’s designated offering goes to General Conference Session Offering/World Budget. Loose offering goes to Church Budget.
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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.
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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 ADMINISTRATIVE & ADULT MINISTRIES Don McFarlane, ext. 116 dmcfarlane@sligochurch.org PASTOR FOR DISCIPLESHIP & CONGREGATIONAL CARE TBD 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 MEDIA AND OUTREACH PASTOR FOR WORSHIP Cheryl Wilson-Bridges, ext. 123 ADVENTIST COMMUNITY SERVICES Ken Flemmer 301.585.6556
Sligo
a seventh-day adventist church The Washington Adventist University Church
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cbridges@sligochurch.org HEAD ELDER Erwin Mack 301.434.1622
7700 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 I 301.270.6777
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 .