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 February 7, Saturday Children’s Choir Practice, Choir Room, 1:00 p.m. EQUIP Training Seminars, Sanctuary, 3:30 p.m. February 8, Sunday Sligo Music Club Concert, Atrium, 3:00 p.m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS (continued) Sligo Women’s Ministries Book Club will meet on Wednesday, February 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the Discipleship Room to discuss “Touching the Holy” by Robert Wicks.
February 9, Monday Regeneration Ministries, Office Conference Room, 7:00 p.m. Stewardship Committee Mtg., Senior Pastor’s Office, 7:00 p.m. February 10, Tuesday Sligo Bell Choir Practice, SAS Room #114, 7:00 p.m.
Join us for a six-week fitness class, focusing on aerobics, pilates and toning. Classes taught by Louvina Joseph, Group Fitness Instructor and Health Coach, which began on January 8 will run Thursdays, from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Chapel. Students must bring their own mats and weights.
February 11, Wednesday Prayer Gathering, Sanctuary, 7:00 p.m. (or by phone: 949.229.4400 Pin:4997774#, 7:35 p.m.) Sligo Book Club, Discipleship Room, 7:00 p.m. Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room, 7:30 p.m.
Sunset: Sabbath celebration ends today at 5:36 p.m. and commences on Friday, February 13 at 5:43 p.m.
worship schedule
Bulletin information deadline is Monday evening! E-mail information to: kdriscoll@sligochurch.org
SABBATH, FEBRUARY 14 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. Crossroads, WAU Student Activity Center, 11:00 a.m. Underground, WAU Student Activity Center, 11:00 a.m.
CHILDREN & YOUTH Come to Washington Adventist University’s Spring Open House on Sunday, February 8, from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. in Morrison Hall (Building 9). WAU has been educating students on its 19-acre campus in suburban Takoma Park since 1904. To save your seat at the Spring Open House, or for more information, call 301.891.4000 or email ddixon@wau.edu Washington Adventist University celebrates Black History Month, February 2015: This year’s theme is A Century of Black Life, History, and Culture. • February 9 - Weinstein Auditorium, 6:30 p.m., “Learn More about August Wilson” presentation by Arena Stage • February 11 - Sligo Church, 11:15 a.m., Convocation, Glimpses of Black Life, History, and Culture • February 12 - Wilkinson Hall Lobby, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., African Artifact Exhibition • February 18 - Sligo Church, 11:15 a.m., Convocation, A Century of Black Life, History, and Culture • February 25 - Sligo Church, 11:15 a.m., Convocation • February 25 - Richards Hall Chapel, 7:00 p.m., Lecture by Social Historian, Warren Shaw Please email jfrancis@wau.edu for more information on upcoming events.
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YEAR-END SUMMARY 2014 2013 2014 Difference Tithe: $2,787,735 $2,687,689 ($100,046) Contributing Families 721 702 Church Budget: $ 615,496 $ 603,347 Contributing Families 620 615 Budget Booster: $0 $ 38,349 Contributing Families 0 97 $ 144,833
at worship THE CHURCH
Summary of our Beliefs
$ 18,817
directory
$ 38,349
PHONE: 301.270.6777 EMERGENCY: 301.980.1009 FAX: 301.270.3518 WEBSITE: www.sligochurch.org Domestic Violence Hotline: 240.777.4000
( 26,016)
nurture ministries of the church and the church school, along with necessary expenses such as utilities and maintenance of the church building. This Year 2015: Jan. 31 YTD $ 35,419
Church Building Improvement: 2014 Jan. 31 YTD Goal $150,000 Total Raised Needed
faith and practice. (2 Timothy 3:16, 17). • Jesus Christ is the Divine Son of God and our personal Savior from sin by grace through faith. (John 1:1-3; Ephesians 2:8). • Having been saved, followers of Jesus live in obedience to Him by observing the Ten Commandments. (Exodus 20: 1-17; John 14:15). • The Sabbath – the seventh day of the week- established by God at creation and honored by Jesus in His earthly ministry, is to be observed by the followers of Jesus. (Exodus 20:8-11; 1 Peter 2:21). • Jesus is coming back to earth personally and visibly to raise the righteous dead and give His faithful children of all ages immortality in an earth made new. (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17; Revelation 22:12; 21:1-3). • Our love for God is demonstrated primarily by our love for our fellowmen. (1 John 4:20; Matthew 25:34-40)
($ 12,149)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CHURCH BUDGET: This offering pays for the outreach and
Last Year 2014: Feb. 1 YTD $ 40,990
Welcome to Sligo Church. Although I have never had the privilege of serving on a jury, I have received notice several times to appear in the event that I might be selected to serve. When you think about it, to serve as a juror is an awesome responsibility, because whether we fully grasp it or not, the role of determining someone’s guilt or innocence has been placed in our hands. And how many times have we heard of cases where someone has spent years in prison, in some instances most of their lives, only to discover many years later that they had been wrongly convicted. Simply put, the jury got it wrong and as a result an innocent person was made to suffer. Today we begin a series titled, The Church on Trial, in which we will take an in depth look at the Church as we examine its guilt or innocence as it relates to the claims that it has made to be the Church of the Living God. And as strange as it may sound, we do so in the hope of being able to render a verdict of guilty as charged. - Charles A. Tapp
• The Bible is the inspired word of God and our only rule of
p r o f i l e o f g i v i n g - j a n u a r y 31
Church Building Improvement Projects:
welcome
$ 118,817 $ 3,618 $122,435 $ 27,565
worship.nurture.outreach
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 AND YOUNG ADULTS PASTOR FOR CHILDREN & FAMILY MINISTRIES Gerardo Lopez, ext. 122 glopez@sligochurch.org
8:45 & 11:00 A.M.
F E B R U A R Y 7, 2 0 1 5
Sligo
a seventh-day adventist church The Washington Adventist University Church
PASTOR FOR MEDIA AND OUTREACH
OUR MISSION
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
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 .