Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church

7700 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912
   phone: 301-270-6777 | fax: 301-270-3518 | e-mail: sligo@sligochurch.org | emergency line: 301-980-1009

Copyright © 2007 Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church

 

1975-1980 Creative Evangelism

                    More Memories of the 1970's         

• 1976 - Sligo holds an evangelistic experiment by hosting a vegetarian banquet/dinner theater with actors from Atlantic Union College in the play "A Man for All Seasons"

• 1976 - Two-day evangelism workshop with Jack Provonsha

• 1976 - Adult Education drew high percentage of non-SDA's.  The Nutrition Class concluded with a vegetarian dinner with the pastors at Sligo School

• 1976 - Eight thought-provoking advertisements in major area newspaper for James Londis' Freedom Series (later published in book form)

• 1977 - Plans were laid to build a Community Service Center as a collaborative effort of several area Adventist churches

• June 22, 1978 - Sligo purchased Girl Scout Camp in Boonsboro, Maryland (Camp Boonsboro)

• 1978 - Josephine Benton plans weekly Radio Interview Talk Show to probe religious and current issues

• 1978 - First Women ordained as Local Elders after an all member vote (Vera Capman, Florence Dorn, Betty Holbrook)

• 1978 - Nursery services offered during second service for families with babies; Parent Education Program was co-sponsored with Columbia Union College

1981-1985 Providing For and Supporting Our Youth

                    Opening the Youth and Fellowship Building     

• 1981-1985 Camp Boonsboro hosted Outdoor School for Sligo School middle school students

• May 15, 1983 - Community Services Center Opened

• March 30, 1985 - Grand Opening of the Youth Building addition to Sligo Church

1986-1990 Focusing on Family

                         

• 1986 - The Forum Sabbath School Class (aka Branson/Ortner class) moved from the third floor of Richards Hall to the Fellowship Room in the church building so more people could attend

• 1986 - First African-American pastor, Hyveth Williams, joined the pastoral staff

• 1987 - "Tent" meetings with 2,000 seats under the canvas, was held on the CUC Commons: guest evangelist, John Brunt

• 1987 - First full-time pastor for children's ministry, Norma Osborn, joined the pastoral staff

1991-1995

                         

• 1991 - Addition of Parents Room to the Sligo Sanctuary

• 1991 - Sligo Child Development Center for 3 and 4 year-olds opened

• June 29, 1991 - Loan note for Youth Building paid off - note burning ceremony

• 1992 - Church board first considers major sanctuary renovation; architects envision natural light flooding the platform

• 1994 - Wedding Window - Couples renewed the wedding vows in a special weekend program

• 1994 - Sligo Seniors start the 55+ Club

• 1995 - Computer lab added to Sligo Adventist School

• 1995 - Ordination of Women Pastors - Kendra Haloviak, Penny Shell, Norma Osborn

1996-2000 Pain and Progress

               A Changing Church

               Advances in Troubled Times                          

• Four senior pastors in four years

• Sligo youth take the lead

• Revived emphasis on prayer

• Walter Scragg comes to Sligo

• Campaign for organ restoration launched

2001-2005

                  100 Years of SDA's in Takoma Park (1903-2003)      

• 2001 - Peter Bath comes as Senior Pastor

• 2002 - Sligo launches a website

• 2003 - Organ Sanctuary Renovation (OSR) begins (more photos)

• 2003-2004 - Sligo meets in Takoma Academy gymnasium during renovation of sanctuary

• May 22, 2004 - Congregation meets in newly renovated sanctuary for the first time

 

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• 2004 - New Community Fellowship (NCF) begins

• September 2004 - Sligo website design is updated to add new features such as live streaming.

• November 12-14, 2004 - Grand Opening weekend celebration of renovated sanctuary and new organ More...

• January 2005 - Peter Bath accepts a position in Kansas; Terry Johnsson appointed Interim Senior Pastor

• 2005 - Kids Church meets periodically

• July 2005 - Youth Mission Trip to Baja, Mexico

• September 2005 - Ron Halvorsen, Jr. comes as Senior Pastor

2006-2007

                         

• July 2006 - Youth Mission Trip to Louisiana for Hurricane Katrina Relief

• September 2006 - Sligo website is redesigned to improve navigation and add more new features such as podcasting

• July 2007 - Youth Mission Trip to mining town in West Virginia

• 2007 - Young Adult Ministry for ages 18-30 begins

• October 12, 2007 - Happy 100th Anniversary, Sligo Church!

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Many thanks to those who contributed time and material for this webpage including: Kit Watts, Barbara Djordjevic; William Johnsson, Sarika Chinta, Cheerie Lou Capman,  John Wagner, Vera Capman, Ardyce Griswold, Monti Sahlin, Erwin Mack, Sam Stone, Linda Booth, Troy Elliott, Kris Boyd...

1907-2007 Sligo Celebrates 100 Years (page 2)

A Note to Our Web Visitors:  We hope you enjoy this brief outline of activities and events over the span of 100 years as Sligo continues serving God in its local community and the world. Although the information on this web page is far from complete, more story items will be added throughout this centennial year. So check it out from time to time.  The Sligo Family asks for your prayers and support as we reach out to share the "Good News" of Jesus.  If you wish to share a comment about our web ministry, please send email to sligo@sligochurch.org or if you wish to contribute to Sligo's ministries, click Support Sligo.                                                                                                    go back to page 1