February 3, 2011
Sligo e-weekend Newsletter
Casualties of War
sligo sanctuary
Greetings!
 

By the time you read this latest edition of eWeekend I will have returned from a conference that I attended in San Diego, CA. And before I go any further, I must say that the weather was gorgeous. But because of my trip, I am not writing eWeekend from my study as is my custom, but from a seat in an airplane some thirty thousand feet in the air. ...(read more below)

 

 


 


True Revival
Come learn about and experience true revival each Tuesday evening during our Prayer Gathering beginning February 8. Pastor Tapp will be going through the book True Revival: The Church's Greatest Need by Ellen G. White. We hope you can join us for this weekly inspiration.

Prayer Gathering

Tuesdays
7:00pm
Sligo Sanctuary
More Information



Upcoming Speakers:

Feb. 5 - Pastor Tapp
Feb. 12 - Pastor Tapp
Feb. 19 - Pastor Tapp
Feb. 26 - Pastor Tapp
(Series on Nurture)


Organ/Sanctuary Renovation Debt Reduction

Please be in prayer about what you can do to help us pay off this debt by Thanksgiving 2011.
Learn more about the plan here.


February 5th Worship Service Musicians:

 

The Sanctuary Choir of Sligo Church
Jon Gilbertson, director
 

Patrick Alston, organist

 

Worship Services every Saturday: 

 First Service - 8:45am
Sabbath School - 10:00am
Sabbath Celebration - 11:15am


Please consider giving a gift to Sligo.

Your tax-deductible gifts will help enable us to provide environments both locally and globally.

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From 30,000 feet
 

On the flight from BWI to San Diego I spent the majority of my time helpless as I sat in the middle seat with very little leg or arm to spare. I must admit that there were times when I felt that I was in "airline prison." I'm sure you know what I mean? Regardless of how I would position myself, I just couldn't seem to get comfortable.
 

You can imagine the excitement I felt when I discovered that on the return flight home I would be able to occupy a window seat. There is something about being able to look out at the clouds that seem to bring out the kid in me. But I also discovered that having a window seat allowed me to see things from a completely different point of view than when I was I caught in the middle.


And for many of us, that is the way we are living our lives. Occupying the middle seat, feeling trapped in by life's trials and challenges that are there to greet us regardless of which way we turn. And because we feel trapped it causes us to forget that our faith in God is there to provide us with a window seat; a way to see things from His point of view. As the writer to Hebrews reminds us, "faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."


This Sabbath I will continue with part two of our series The Nature of Our Nurture which is based on Galatians 6:1-6. In this message we will examine our role as disciples to those of our fallen comrades. What should be our response to those who have fallen? Is it to drive them out of the fold or do we have an obligation to nurture them back into a state of wholeness? Or should they forever remain Casualties of War?


May God's blessings be with us all as we continue to look through the window of our faith. Whether we find ourselves in an airplane at thirty thousand feet stuck in the middle seat, or driving in our cars stuck in traffic on the beltway. Always striving to see things from God's point of view.

 

Pastor Charles A. Tapp

Senior Pastor


sheet musicColumbia Union Choral Festival to bring 200+ students to Sligo
 

On February 12, the sanctuary will be filled with the voices of academy students from all over the Columbia Union for the bi-annual Choral Festival, under the direction of Dr. James Bingham, chair of the Department of Music at Washington Adventist University. We hope you plan to be there to experience the joyous sounds our young people will share.


4 seasons tree

Seasons for the Soul

First Monday's for Women


If you're looking for a group of women to share both friendship and insight, then we hope you will visit one of our upcoming First Monday's for women.
 

On February 7 Personality Plus trainer and special education teacher Delores J. Taylor will be sharing a presentation titled Dialogue: Relationships & Anger.


Enjoy a light supper, warm fellowship, and the special feature with a new friend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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