BETHEL WEEKLY NEWS CHILDREN ARE WELCOMED AT BETHEL! Parents will find bags of soft toys for children at the en- trance to the worship areas. Thank you for doing what you can to help in creating a wor- ship environment where all can participate by keeping distracting noise and move- ment to a minimum. If you prefer, a nursery is available Sunday mornings at the Highlands campus (9:30 am). FLOWERS Flowers on the altar Downtown are placed by Ron & Mayelva Rimer in celebration of their 63rd wedding anniversary. BETHEL’S ANNUAL CELEBRATION TODAY Howdy, pardners! Come for some chow and squinny this Sunday afternoon, January 31, 4-6:30pm at the Highlands campus sanctuary. Meeting at 4pm fol- lowed by chow at 5:30pm. This year’s theme: The Old West! This is an all-family event, with childcare provided! During the meeting the congregation will have a chance to vote for new council members. Please see today’s insert for their biographies. HELPING TO FEED HUNGRY PEOPLE Next Sunday, February 7 is Super Bowl Sunday when some great football will be played. But it is also a day we will plan to ease the hunger of some of our local hungry people. Please plan to bring a can of soup or two for Bethel's SOUPER BOWL SUNDAY collection. We’ll make sure it gets to the food shelf. (If you’d like to make a gift, you can simply write a check labeled “food shelf” and drop it in the offering plate.) Thanks so much for your thoughtfulness and generosity! SOMETHING NEW—TWO WEEKLY LENTEN SERVICES Lent is a meaningful and powerful time for us to come to- gether as a family of faith! We’ll begin our 2016 Lenten Season with Ash Wednesday on February 10. We’ll wor- ship with the imposition of ashes at the Downtown cam- pus at 1pm and 5pm, then up at the Highlands cam- pus at 7pm. We hope you’ll make every effort to get this on your calendar, gather the family, invite a friend, and begin the Lenten Season with us. And yes, we would encourage you to bring the kids. Then, for the following five Wednesdays of Lent, we’ll be at the High- lands campus with two services at 5pm and 7pm . In between supper will be served between 5:45pm to 7pm. Along with our Congregational Life Committee, a number of our youth, and their families, will be planning, preparing and serving our Lenten suppers, plus a week of food from Wendy’s and another from Sgt. Peppers (of Oakdale). The cost will be $5 per person with a maximum of $20 per family. They will be great meals with the best fellowship anyone could ask for. Any profits made will go towards offsetting mission projects and our youth ministry. BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH ONE CONGREGATION—TWO LOCATIONS JANUARY 31, 2016 WELCOME TO WORSHIP AT BETHEL! Bethel believes that God is at work in our life together to transform and renew the world by making followers of Jesus. You are welcome to be a part of this community of those who celebrate the for- giveness and hope that are God’s gifts to imperfect peo- ple through Jesus Christ, to grow in your faith, and to join in serving human need in his name. The people and pas- tors of Bethel look forward to sharing your life-journey in any way that is helpful to you. If you are a visitor to this beauti- ful area, we hope your visit was refreshing; your travels are safe, and your homecom- ing joyful. If you’d like more information about Bethel, please stop by our welcome center or speak to a pastor. TODAY! Meeting 4 pm Dinner 5:30 pm
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BETHEL WEEKLY NEWS
CHILDREN ARE
WELCOMED AT BETHEL!
Parents will find bags of soft
toys for children at the en-
trance to the worship areas.
Thank you for doing what you
can to help in creating a wor-
ship environment where all
can participate by keeping
distracting noise and move-
ment to a minimum. If you
prefer, a nursery is available
Sunday mornings at the
Highlands campus (9:30 am).
FLOWERS Flowers on the altar Downtown are placed by Ron & Mayelva Rimer in celebration of their 63rd wedding anniversary. BETHEL’S ANNUAL CELEBRATION TODAY
Howdy, pardners! Come for some chow and squinny this Sunday afternoon, January 31, 4-6:30pm at the Highlands campus sanctuary. Meeting at 4pm fol-lowed by chow at 5:30pm. This year’s theme: The Old West! This is an all-family event, with childcare provided! During the meeting the congregation will have a chance to vote for new council members.
Please see today’s insert for their biographies. HELPING TO FEED HUNGRY PEOPLE Next Sunday, February 7 is Super Bowl Sunday when some great football will be played. But it is also a day we will plan to ease the hunger of some of our local hungry people. Please plan to bring a can of soup or two for Bethel's SOUPER BOWL SUNDAY collection. We’ll make sure it gets to the food shelf. (If you’d like to make a gift, you can simply write a check labeled “food shelf” and drop it in the offering plate.) Thanks so much for your thoughtfulness and generosity! SOMETHING NEW—TWO WEEKLY LENTEN SERVICES
Lent is a meaningful and powerful time for us to come to-gether as a family of faith! We’ll begin our 2016 Lenten Season with Ash Wednesday on February 10. We’ll wor-ship with the imposition of ashes at the Downtown cam-pus at 1pm and 5pm, then up at the Highlands cam-
pus at 7pm. We hope you’ll make every effort to get this on your calendar, gather the family, invite a friend, and begin the Lenten Season with us. And yes, we would encourage you to bring the kids.
Then, for the following five Wednesdays of Lent, we’ll be at the High-lands campus with two services at 5pm and 7pm. In between supper will be served between 5:45pm to 7pm. Along with our Congregational Life Committee, a number of our youth, and their families, will be planning, preparing and serving our Lenten suppers, plus a week of food from Wendy’s and another from Sgt. Peppers (of Oakdale). The cost will be $5 per person with a maximum of $20 per family. They will be great meals with the best fellowship anyone could ask for. Any profits made will go towards offsetting mission projects and our youth ministry.
BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH ONE CONGREGATION—TWO LOCATIONS
BETHEL’S PASTORAL STAFF John Lestock, Senior Pastor
Alicia Hilding, Assoc. Pastor
Ben Hilding, Assoc. Pastor
Bob Bipes, Visitation Pastor
BETHEL HIGHLANDS PRESCHOOL 504 Frontage Road
Hudson, WI 54016
715.381.8254, ext. 401
Kari Jo Fore, Director www.bethelhighlandspreschool.org
B E T H E L H A P P E N I N G S
WELCA BIBLE STUDY LEADER TRAINING SUNDAY, 1/31 Reminder: this month's WELCA (Women of the ELCA) Bible study is in the same Gather Magazine as last month. Pastor Alicia will plan to see this month's designated Bible study leaders at Bethel's Downtown campus in the conference room this afternoon at 1 pm, Sunday, Jan. 31. THANKS TO SKIP FOR OFFERING BETHEL U COURSE
A big thank you to Skip James for offering our Bethel University of Hud-son course in January. The three-week course on sacred music was well at-tended and much enjoyed. Skip inspired each of us to appreciate the history of sacred music and see it in a whole new light. Thank you also to the Edu-cation Committee (especially Steve Heilmann for chairing the event) for or-ganizing all the details.
BETHEL BOOK CLUB MEETS FEBRUARY 3 The Bethel Book Club will meet on Wednesday, February 3, from 1-3 pm at the Downtown campus to discuss, The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin. This historical novel is about Anne Morrow Lindberg and her marriage and life with Charles Lindberg. It draws on the rich history of the 20th century from the late 20’s to the mid 60’s. Anne was an accomplished pilot herself and traveled with Charles as his co-pilot in the early years of aviation, mapping routes that are still used by the airlines today.
All are welcome to join us in a lively discussion of the book which will be facilitated by Bonnie Federation. PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION OPENS SOON Registration dates at Bethel Highlands Preschool are set for fall! Tours are taking place daily. Please call 715.381.8254, ext. 401 to schedule a time. • Feb 6th at 8 am for CURRENT STUDENTS • Feb 6th at 9 am for RETURNING FAMI-
LIES (siblings of past or current students) • Feb 13th at 8 am for Bethel Church Members • Feb 13th at 9 am for General Public
CAN YOU ASSIST AT OUR LENTEN WORSHIP SERVICES? The Lenten season begins early this year (Ash Wednesday is Feb. 10th), so we are lining up worship assistants now for those special services. If you would be willing to help, please contact our volunteer coordinator, Kathy Jeska at 715.386.8821, ext. 33, [email protected] or at home, 715.749.3525. Thank you. FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN Bethel has reserved 16 spots at Feed My Starving Children for Saturday, February 13, 11:30 am-1:30 pm (Eagan location). To register with the Be-thel group, sign up through the link on bethelhudson.org/serving & mis-sions. Please contact Alan Park with any questions [email protected].
F A I T H F O R M A T I O N
FAITH FORMATION UPDATES SUNDAY SCHOOL This week Sunday School students learn more about God’s love. The Point: God cares for each of us. The Story: Parable of the lost sheep, Matthew 18:10 - 14
WEDNESDAY NIGHT LESSONS
6th & 7th Grades—Lenten Walk 8th & 9th Grades—Lenten Walk
SENIOR LEAGUE WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3 ~ 7 PM, DOWNTOWN CAMPUS Following student-led worship, Senior League will conjure up the kid in all of us for some good old-fashioned sledding! The blue bus will leave for the Nasvik’s at 7:30 and return at 8:45. Dress warm! 30 HOUR FAMINE Senior High youth will participate in the 30 Hour Famine through World Vision on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 10. Their fast will begin at midnight on Tues-day and they will break the fast on Thursday morning with breakfast. As part of this fasting event, students are raising money to send to World Vision to support hunger efforts in Kenya. To make a donation, please visit the Bethel Lutheran Team page at: https://youth.worldvision.org/index.cfmfuseaction=donate.team&teamID=10902. The donation link is also available on the Bethel Lutheran Church website and Facebook page.
BHP COMMUNITY CHAPEL THIS WEEK Join us for Community Chapel time with the children of Bethel Highlands Preschool! This Tuesday, February 2, at 9:05am or 12:35pm, and Wednesday, February 3, at 9:05am at the Highlands campus. The simplicity of the message and the eagerness of preschoolers is clear as we learn to have faith like a child.
BETHEL YOUTH STAFF
Pastor Ben Hilding, Pastor of Youth and Family Jean Elliott, Director of Youth Ministry (Confirmation & Senior League) Cindy Halunen, Director of Faith Formation (Sunday School and 6th & 7th Grade Faith Formation) Missy Austreng, Coordinator of Faith Milestones Marcie Andrews, Youth Ministry Communications Assistant
FAITH MILESTONES
FEBRUARY—1ST GRADE:
THE LORD’S PRAYER On February
14 and 21, 1st
graders will
hear and see
how Jesus gets
excited when
we pray, that
he gave us this prayer as a
way to talk to him and what
this prayer is all about. These
students will meet with Missy
Austreng in classroom 6 during
the Sunday school hour on
those Sundays. This Faith Mile-
stone will be celebrated with
a special blessing during wor-
ship on Sunday, February 28, 9:30am at Highlands.
MARCH—3RD GRADE:
FIRST COMMUNION Third grade
students will
prepare for
their Faith
Milestone,
First
Communion, in March. Classes will be held at 6pm at
Highlands on Tuesdays, March
1 and March 15. The first class
is for students and the second
class will be for students AND
parents. This Faith Milestone
will be celebrated at the Maundy Thursday services on
P O W E R O F P R A Y E R �THOSE WHO ARE SICK OR IN NEED OF HEALING Laura Bankes, Pastor Bob Bipes, Andrea Deacon-Jones, Allen Ecker, Pat Eich, Barbara Erickson, Doris Fondroy, Shirley Halyburton, Margaret Hamann, Ken Heiser, Jean Hobart, Jean Johnson, Jessica Johnson, Cheryl Klanderman, Kim Lagerstrom, Ruth Lewis, Herbert Lidtke, Dan Lindquist, Sarah Lockbaum, Liam Loughney, Andrew Mack, Augusto Perez, Sr., Terri Pomeroy, Rosemary Riemenschneider, Kay Shager, Chuck Stene, Chris Wolfgram, Valerie Woods, Jason Yndestad.
�THOSE SERVING OR DEPLOYED Jeffrey Berg, Charles Burns, Jordan Kein and Steven Moreus.
�SYMPATHY We offer our sympathies and prayers to Jennie and Chuck Boeder at the death of Jennie’s mother, Marge. God bless and comfort these friends with the promise of Christ: “Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted.”
�HEALING MINISTRIES PRAYER God of steadfast love, today, I'm in one of those neutral days. I want to thank you for being present in my life every day, even on neutral days. When some-one asks me, "How are you?" I try to respond authentically without being too divulging. I know I have you to divulge to. But interestingly there are some days "I am neutral"; days when I don't really have a clue "how I am." My reply to the question usually goes like this, "I don't know, I haven't checked in with myself yet". Lord, I want you to know I don't feel bad that I haven't checked in with myself yet, or that I am neutral or I haven't pinpointed "how I am." I trust you to help me pinpoint or to relax into my neutral, relaxed state of mind. I trust that you know and that some days I don't know. Amen. “The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17
TODAY’S QUOTE “God forces no one, for love cannot compel, and God’s service, therefore, is a thing of perfect freedom.”~Hans Denck
