The streets today are empty. The public transportation system has been drawn down to minimal service and the aircraft services are in danger of having to shut down. Pubs and eating establishments are being shut down or are only being allowed to provide “take-out” or “take-away” services. Hospitals won’t allow elective services. What in the world is going on? My guess is that … [Read more...] about Stop for a Moment and Think!
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March 16 Update: Covid-19 Message from Senior Pastor, Charles A. Tapp
Hello Family, I’m sure that many of you are aware that this past Sabbath was our first online worship service without a live congregation inside the walls of our church. Despite that being the case, the preliminary numbers we have received tell us that nearly 2,500 devices were tuned in to worship with us over the weekend. Because there is no way to definitively tell just … [Read more...] about March 16 Update: Covid-19 Message from Senior Pastor, Charles A. Tapp
An Important Covid-19 Message from Senior Pastor, Charles A. Tapp:
Dear Sligo Family, I’m sure by now that many of you have heard the recent press conference held by the Governor of Maryland Larry Hogan regarding the impact the coronavirus will have our state. On yesterday, Thursday March 12, 2020, Governor Hogan announced that all gatherings consisting of 250 or more individuals must be suspended until further notice. As was promised, … [Read more...] about An Important Covid-19 Message from Senior Pastor, Charles A. Tapp:
Don’t Allow Your Heart to Be Troubled
In my many decades of life I had not seen the world as agitated as it is today. The financial world is in a spin. International and domestic travel has been curtailed in different parts of the world. The bastion of sports has been breached, to the extent that big events have been cancelled. Universities and colleges have suspended classes. Churches have cancelled worship … [Read more...] about Don’t Allow Your Heart to Be Troubled
Has the Church Been Canceled?
Recently while watching a video with my youngest daughter, Victoria, who by the way is very much an adult, a phrase was mentioned with which I was not too familiar. The phrase was the ‘cancel culture.’ No matter how hard I tried to pretend as though I was ‘woke’ when it came to this phrase, which is today’s slang for being consciously aware, she quickly recognized that I had … [Read more...] about Has the Church Been Canceled?