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April 21, 2011Sligo e-weekend Newsletter
More than words
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Greetings!
This week I put a quote of mine on Facebook and asked the students from my class on prayer to give me their honest reaction to it. What became clear within a matter of minutes was that this statement resonated with many of my other FB friends as well. As a matter of fact, I received almost as many responses to it as I did the question on why so many Christians avoid taking part in the Holy Communion. Now, that's another story altogether. This is what I placed on my Facebook page, "God knows your needs without you having to utter a single word...Prayer is not confined just to the words you speak, but to every unspoken as well as unrecognized need that you may have."
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Upcoming Speakers:
April 23 - Charles A. Tapp
April 30 - Mark Finley
May 7 - Charles A. Tapp
April 23rd Worship Service Musicians:
Patrick Alston, organist
Jon Gilbertson, chorister
Sara Devraj,
children's lesson musician
Brass Quintet
David Workman, trumpet
Nathan Clark, trumpet
Bret Miller, horn
David Sisk, trombone
Willis Clark, tuba
Sligo Children's Choir
Scharais Sullivan-Thompson, conductor
Worship Services every Saturday: First Service - 8:45am Sabbath School - 10:00am
Sabbath Celebration - 11:15am
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 More than words... So many times we confine prayer to a conversation that we have with God, and that is true, but the point that I wanted to make with this statement was that there are times when our conversation with God transcends the confinement of words. If you are like me, you can relate to this because there have been occasions when my soul wanted desperately to reach out to God but my mouth just couldn't find the words. In Romans 8:26, the apostle Paul expresses this very same sentiment. He says: "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express."Christian author Ole Hallesby, in his book titled Prayer, describes this condition as our "helplessness", which in his opinion is the greatest prayer that we can offer God.Can you imagine if our prayers were limited to our words? If that were the case, then those who possess a superior vocabulary would have a distinct advantage over those who didn't. But thanks be to God that my ability to communicate my needs to my Creator are not restricted by my inability to express them. Because when it comes to this thing we call prayer, it's about more than words, but it's about our need. And the greatest need that you and I have as believers is our desperate need of God. Senior Pastor | |
HE'S ALIVE!
We hope you can plan to join Sligo as we celebrate our RISEN Savior. Several special worship opportunities have been planned that we hope you can be a part of.
Celebrate Resurrection at Sligo
Thursday, April 21
HOLY COMMUNION: "Feet First"
Sanctuary, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 22
MEDITATION & MUSIC: "The Disciples' Dilemma"
Sanctuary, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 23
THE CHURCH AT WORSHIP: "He's Alive . . . Are You?"
Sanctuary, 8:45 & 11:15 a.m.
Speaker: Charles A. Tapp, Senior Pastor
Music by Sligo Sanctuary Choir
Sunday, April 24
RESURRECTION CELEBRATION
Sanctuary, 11 a.m.
Speaker: Pranitha Fielder, Pastor for Youth/Young Adults
Music by Christian recording artist Denise Barclay
Reception to follow, Atrium | |
More details at www.sligochurch.org/easter |
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An Evening with Jaime Jorge
Make plans now to be at Sligo Church on May 7 at 7pm to hear the truly inspirational music of world-renowned violinist, Jaime Jorge in concert.
Jaime was born in communist Cuba and began playing the violin at the age of 5. He had several opportunities to study abroad, including Moscow with some of the greatest musicians of our time--but only if his family would renounce their faith in God. They refused.
By the time he was 10, they miraculously had the chance to leave the country and chose to come to the U.S. where he received a Christian education and violin lessons with eminent violinist Cyrus Forough. But, what Jaime really wanted to do was to be a missionary doctor, and in 1994 was accepted into the University of Illinois School of Medicine. However, 2 years later, he left medical school and a promising medical career to devote himself full-time to music ministry.
Since, he has traveled all over the globe sharing God's love through music and has recorded 16 albums.
We welcome Jaime to our church and we hope you can plan to be there, too! | |
Jaime Jorge Concert
Saturday, May 7
7:00pm
Sligo Church Sanctuary
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May God continue to richly bless you!
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