Bible Readings for February 28, 2026

Study, Learn and Grow: Bible Readings for February 28, 2026: Let's read the Bible together in the next year.  Today, our passages are  Leviticus 22:17–23:44; Mark 9:30–10:12; Psalm 44:1-8; and Pro...

Mission Yearbook: POAMN workshop covers grief and how to become better grieving congregations

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Prayer Requests to be shared during Sunday’s service

On Sunday, March 1, Sligo Presbyterian Church will lift to God the needs below:

• Adam & Shaina Hile
• Antonio Jimenez
• Bade Mohn
• Barbara Yarchuk
• Bennett Ray Hagan 
• Betty Phillips
• Betty Terwint
• Bob Varner
• Brooke
• Butch, Cass's brother
• Cara Maguire Defibaugh
• Carla Hepler
• Cathy Hale
• Corbin
• Dan Kemp
• Dan Wallace
• Denny Myers
• Don Free and Family
• Duane Quinn
• Fred Summerville
• Gabe
• Gavin Blazosky
• Jane
• Jason
• Jayden Shorts
• Jeb Rapp
• Jeff Raybuck
• Jerry & Tracy Hawks
• Jim Mahle
• Jim Mason
• Joann Klamer
• Joe Rainey
• Karen Defibaugh
• Kaylyn Bashline
• Kirby McCall
• Lana Todd
• Landdon Chalmers
• Len Gaulin
• Levi Jack
• Mark Dell
• Mason Martin
• Matt
• Nancy Blauser
• Nancy Wilson
• Pamela
• Patty Divins
• Ron & Shelly Haines
• Ron Lerch
• Rowan Pinson
• Rudy
• Ryan Cornecki & Family
• Sam & Carol Mason
• Tadd French
• TJ
• Tom Mason
• Tyler & Tamlynn
• Valerie Haight and family
• Van Watkins
• Vickie White Templin
• Wes Summerville
• William Ford
• Zach Schieberl

What Do People Believe: A Look at World Religions (What Do Adherents of Other Eastern Religions Believe?)

Understanding may be the key to coexistence; therefore, it’s important to understand how other peoples understand God and their relationship with the divine. On January 8, at 6:30 p.m., we started a  study entitled What They Believe. For seven weeks, we’re focusing on some of the major world religions. For each, we’re considering its view of God, themselves, the world, and the moral principles that guide their living. We’ll follow the schedule below:

• Session 1 - What is Religion?
• Session 2 - What Do Christians Believe?
• Session 3 - What Do Jews Believe?
• Session 4 - What Do Muslims Believe?
• Session 5 - What Do Hindus Believe?
• Session 6 - What Do Buddhists Believe?
• Session 7 - What Do Adherents of Other Eastern Religions Believe?

In our last session, we discussed Confucianism, Taoism and Shintoism. The discussion and slides used during the discussion are below.

Our Kindness Kids Celebrate Valentine's Day

After working a couple of weeks, the Sligo Presbyterian Church Kindness Kids distributed "God Loves You" cards and candy to the members of the congregation on Sunday, February 15. We thank Debbie Rudiger, the leader of the group, and all the young people for offering this gift to us. Below are some pictures of the preparation and distribution of the Valentines. 

Bible Readings for February 27, 2026

Study, Learn and Grow: Bible Readings for February 27, 2026: Let's read the Bible together in the next year.  Today, our passages are  Leviticus 20:22–22:16; Mark 9:1-29; Psalm 43:1-5; and Proverb...

The Program and Bulletin for the SPC Worship Service - Sunday, March 1, 2026

In this season of Lent, we're moving through a sermon series entitled “Preparing for Easter.” During these five services, we're considering how we might get ourselves ready to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We’re focusing on the following:

• February 22 - Fasting
• March 1 - Forgiving
• March 8 - Repenting
• March 15 - Praying
• March 22 - Loving

On Sunday, we’ll continue this series by looking at how we can prepare for Easter by forgiving others. Below is the program and bulletin for the service. You can stream the service by going to the Sligo Presbyterian Church YouTube Channel on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).  You can hear a podcast of the service at the Sligo Presbyterian Church YouTube Channel or the Sligo Presbyterian Spotify Page.

Mission Yearbook: POAMN workshop looks at caring for the sandwich generation

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Bible Readings for February 26, 2026

Study, Learn and Grow: Bible Readings for February 26, 2026: Let's read the Bible together in the next year.  Today, our passages are  Leviticus 19:1–20:21; Mark 8:11-38; Psalm 42:1-11; and Prover...

Mission Yearbook: Social worker explores dementia’s spiritual journey at POAMN conference

Witness, Share and Evangelize: Mission Yearbook: Social worker explores dementia’...: Kay Adams , a longtime social worker who counsels and coaches families of dementia patients, recently delivered a talk on “The Spiritual Jou...

On the Road from Jerusalem: A Study of Acts (Issue Resolved - Acts 15:1-41)

In our Wednesday morning Bible study, we're using the Acts of the Apostles to discuss the growth of the earlier church from its birth in the city of Jerusalem to Paul’s arrival in Rome. During our time together, we’ll look at the following:

• Session 1 - Preparing for the Journey (Acts 1:1-2)
• Session 2 - Transition (Acts 1:3-26)
• Session 3 - Birth (Acts 2:1-47)
• Session 4 - The Work Begins (Acts 3:1-26)
• Session 5 - When Faced with Opposition (Acts 4:1-37)
• Session 6 - But... (Acts 5:1-42)
• Session 7 - Problem Solved (Acts 6:1-15)
• Session 8 - When Something Bad Happens (Acts 7:1-60)
• Session 9 - Step Two (Acts 8:1-40)
• Session 10 - Saul (Acts 9:1-43)
• Session 11 - Clean People (Acts 10:1-48)
• Session 12 - Phase Three Begins (Acts 11:1-30)
• Session 13 - Even Above Kings (Acts 12:1-25)
• Session 14 - The New Kid Takes the Stage (Acts 13:1-52)
• Session 15 - Approaching a New Community (Acts 14:1-28)
• Session 16 - Issue Resolved (Acts 15:1-41)
• Session 17 -  A New World (Acts 16:1-40)
• Session 18 - Know Your Audience (Acts 17:1-34)
• Session 19 - The Big Time (Acts 18:1-28)
• Session 20 - Christ and Culture (Acts 19:1-41)
• Session 21 - Farewell (Acts 20:1-38)
• Session 22 - Jerusalem (Acts 21:1-40)
• Session 23 - A Personal Testimony (Acts 22:1-30)
• Session 24 - The Plot Thickens (Acts 23:1-35)
• Session 25 - The Way Continues (Acts 24:1-27)
• Session 26 - Different Singer, Same Song (Acts 25:1-27)
• Session 27 - A Message to God’s People (Acts 26:1-32)
• Session 28 - Will He Make It (Acts 27:1-44)
• Session 29 - Without Hindrance (Acts 28:1-31)

In our sixteenth session, we looked at Acts 15:1-41 and discussed the conference that resolved the most important facing the church in the Book of Acts. The discussion and passage are below.

Acts 15:1-41 [New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition]

Then certain individuals came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to discuss this question with the apostles and the elders. So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they reported the conversion of the gentiles and brought great joy to all the brothers and sisters. When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them. But some believers who belonged to the sect of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary for them to be circumcised and ordered to keep the law of Moses.”

The apostles and the elders met together to consider this matter. After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “My brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that I should be the one through whom the gentiles would hear the message of the good news and become believers. And God, who knows the human heart, testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us, and in cleansing their hearts by faith he has made no distinction between them and us. Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear? On the contrary, we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.”

The whole assembly kept silence and listened to Barnabas and Paul as they told of all the signs and wonders that God had done through them among the gentiles. After they finished speaking, James replied, “My brothers, listen to me. Simeon has related how God first looked favorably on the gentiles, to take from among them a people for his name. This agrees with the words of the prophets, as it is written,

‘After this I will return,

and I will rebuild the dwelling of David, which has fallen;

    from its ruins I will rebuild it,

        and I will set it up,

so that all other peoples may seek the Lord—

    even all the gentiles over whom my name has been called.

Thus says the Lord, who has been making these things         known from long ago.’

“Therefore I have reached the decision that we should not trouble those gentiles who are turning to God, but we should write to them to abstain only from things polluted by idols and from sexual immorality and from whatever has been strangled and from blood. For in every city, for generations past, Moses has had those who proclaim him, for he has been read aloud every Sabbath in the synagogues.”

Then the apostles and the elders, with the consent of the whole church, decided to choose men from among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leaders among the brothers, with the following letter: “The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers and sisters of gentile origin in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings. Since we have heard that certain persons who have gone out from us, though with no instructions from us, have said things to disturb you and have unsettled your minds, we have decided unanimously to choose men and send them to you, along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth. For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to impose on you no further burden than these essentials: that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”

So they were sent off and went down to Antioch. When they gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter. When they read it, they rejoiced at the exhortation. Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers and sisters. After they had been there for some time, they were sent off in peace by the brothers and sisters to those who had sent them. But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, and there, with many others, they taught and proclaimed the word of the Lord.

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Come, let us return and visit the brothers and sisters in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.” Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. But Paul decided not to take with them one who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work. The disagreement became so sharp that they parted company; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus. But Paul chose Silas and set out, the brothers and sisters commending him to the grace of the Lord. He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.