 Sunday, April 29, 2007 |
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We rejoice with the
Silent Mission today as they celebrate their 93rd
Anniversary. Words cannot express our appreciation to
this faithful and dedicated group of men, women, boys and
girls who are such a vital part of our church family.
Their service as deacons, deaconesses, circle
leaders, ushers and musicians and in various other roles,
is a constant blessing. We salute them for their
Christian leadership and we thank God for their service
and devotion.
We also welcome our guest preacher on this Silent Mission
Anniversary Sunday, the Reverend John Robinson,
pastor of Spirit of Christ Baptist Church in a in
Forestville, MD. We look forward to the message which God
has laid on his heart to bring to us.
As we continue to develop our theme, A Teaching and
Learning Village-Transformed and Renewed, we give
thanks to God for the ways in which the Shiloh family has
lifted and promoted our theme. In this vein the Youth
Explosion of two weeks ago exceeded all expectations. The
young people led the way in demonstrating how effective
worship can be when people are willing to think outside
the box. The entire narrative of the worship was a
teaching and learning experience. The young people began
the service with the narrators raising the question,
"What does a worship explosion really mean?"
Then they walked us through every component of the
service with creative and artful explanations of
scripture, prayer, music and dance. They displayed how
important it is to give our best for God, which indeed is
why we worship in the first place.
The youth of Shiloh helped us raise and answer the
questions of why we worship and what worship entails.
Their whole approach was consistent with the rationale of
the Jewish Passover meal, where the youngest person
present begins the feast by asking the father the meaning
of the events of the night of the Passover. The feast
then unfolds as an answer to the question. When Jewish
people eat the Passover as a family it is primarily
designed to be a teaching, learning experience at which
the great events of the night God brought Israel out of
Egyptian bondage are explained. The Youth of Shiloh built
on the teaching, learning model that is the core of the
Judeo Christian experience and gave us a great Youth
Explosion. We thank God for all of their efforts as they
lifted our theme A Teaching, Learning
Village-Transformed and Renewed"
Readings for May 6, 2007: Acts 11:1-18; Psalm 148;
Revelation 21:22-22:5; John 14:23-29; John 5:1-9
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OUR PURPOSE
Building the Village by Caring
Concept: Our pastor, the Reverend Wallace Charles Smith, envisions a holistic Ministry of Building by Caring, which includes a 3-tier approach - Care for Ourselves (spiritually), Care for Our Relations (family, friends and members), and Care for Our Community (outreach). In building our capacity to care we will also create an atmosphere that will increase our church's membership, winning more souls to Christ; they will know we are Christians by our love;.
