 |
Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 9am-12pm
Pastor Dave's Office Hours:
Monday 9am-12pm
|
|
|
|
Sunday Worship Service 9:30am
in Fellowship Hall
|
|
|
|
Worship Update
Just a reminder that masks are required for worship and any other indoor activity at Bethel for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people. Masks must be worn for the entire time that we are indoors. Exceptions are for members of the choir (while singing) and Readers/Prayer Readers while they are speaking.
Worship will be held in Fellowship Hall where we can get better ventilation.
Worship will be more limited but will still include songs and Holy Communion. This will be our standard worship for the foreseeable future, until our county and our nation has a better grasp on the Covid-19 Delta variant.
Throughout this pandemic, we have done the "next right thing." At this point, the next right thing is to take a step back so as best to control the environment for worship and any other activities we offer at Bethel. We pray that this will not be an extended period, but as we have been doing all along, we will faithfully follow CDC guidelines for our county, state, and nation.
Please pray for those who are currently suffering with the new variant of Covid-19 and please encourage everyone you know to get vaccinated!
|
|
Bethel's animal blessing will be held on October 23rd at 11:30 am, rain or shine!
Returning Thanks will be held on November 13th from 9-11:30.
More information to follow.
|
|
Fall New Member Class Forming
Pastor Dave is forming our next new member class this fall. If you are interested in learning more about becoming an "official" member of Bethel, please contact Pastor Dave. This class will include any who have recently "transferred" to Bethel and any wishing to join via Affirmation of Baptism. If you have any questions about the New Member process, please contact Pastor Dave.
|
|
Sunday's Worship: Care for Creation
This Sunday, October 3, Bethel will highlight the Care of Creation as a theme for our worship, giving thanks for the beauty, complexity, and interconnectedness of our world as a sign of God's love for us and all creatures. We are being asked to consider what challenges our creation is currently facing and what can be faithful and loving responses as people of faith. In keeping with this theme, following worship, our Adult Forum will offer the first of a two-part, two-week conversation called "Climate Change and the Christian Faith" to be led by our own John Gavitt.
We hope you can join us and we invite you to consider bringing friends who might find this conversation meaningful and interesting.
|
|
Many thanks to the Mulchnificent 7!
We enjoyed a great workout spreading 45 bags (3 cubic feet each) of mulch. Cliff, Betty, Charlie, Jason, Charlie, John, and John made quick work of trimming shrubs and spreading out mulch. John Gavitt treated us to ice cream at Pack’s. Thanks also to John McAllister (Reading Landscapers) for the load of mulch. It was mulch needed!
-John Fredericksen
|
|
Margaret Donovan Update
A Celebration of Life will be held for Margaret Donovan
on Sunday, October 10th at Victory Church in Winchester.
2 pm Visitation
3 pm Memorial Service
4 pm Meal
|
|
Luther League
The Underground will be open from 6:30 - 8:00pm on Sundays to just hang out and re-charge before we start another week. We'll have snacks, games & music. Bring a friend if you want to! See you there!
|
|
Music Ministry News
Adult Choir rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 pm.
You can support our music ministries through regular giving to the Jones/Joyner Music Fund. Your donations help bless Shenandoah University Scholarship Students, and additional musicians for worship and special events who bless us with their gifts. We have a goal to raise $6000 in this fund by December 1st to enhance special music offerings this fall and into the Christmas season. An anonymous donor has offered to match donations to the Jones/Joyner Fund, up to $1000 through September.
Come be a part of Bethel’s amazing music programs!
|
|
If you are currently a Thrivent member, please contact Kim. We want to make sure that your current membership still fits your needs.
If you are not currently a Thrivent member, but are interested in becoming one, we are working on getting updated member forms. Please contact Kim to let her know that you're interested. |
|
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued a Public Safety Alert to warn the American public of the alarming increase in fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and meth. These counterfeit pills are easy to purchase, widely available, and often contain deadly doses of fentanyl. DEA warns that pills purchased outside of a licensed pharmacy are illegal, dangerous, and potentially lethal. This alert does not apply to legitimate pharmaceutical medications prescribed by physicians dispensed by pharmacists.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, last year more than 93,000 people died of overdoses in the United States, marking the largest number of drug-related deaths ever recorded in a year. Fentanyl, the synthetic opioid most commonly found in counterfeit pills, is the primary driver of this alarming increase in overdose deaths.
DEA agents, in partnership with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, have seized record amounts of counterfeit pills containing deadly doses of fentanyl. Officials also report that increasingly, methamphetamine is being pressed into counterfeit pills. Drug traffickers are using fake pills to exploit the opioid crisis and prescription drug misuse in the United States. More than 5 million counterfeit pills have been seized this year. At this unprecedented rate, more counterfeit pills will be seized in 2021 than in the previous three years combined.
For more information, please take a look at the two links below.
|
|
Worship Assistant Schedule |
A Worship Assistants Schedule has been completed for the remainder of 2021 and is available HERE. Printouts of the schedule are also available in the Narthex and the main office.
If you are interested in participating as a worship assistant and have not already signed up, please contact George Donovan. We are still in need of Ushers and Greeters primarily. Later this fall, we will launch a Ministry Response process which will be an opportunity for you to sign up for ministries for 2022. We hope to have this launched by November.
If you have any questions about our Worship Assistants ministry, please contact George Donovan.
|
|
Worship Assistant Schedule
October 3rd, 2021
Church Season - Pentecost
Color - Green
Worship time - 9:30 am
Greeter (Please Arrive by 9:10) - Shari Fletcher
Usher (Please Arrive by 9:10) - John Gavitt
Scripture Reader - Karen Shipp
Prayers - Robin Forest
Sound - David Shoberg
|
|
Wild Women Coffee (or Cocoa) Zoom Meetup
Bring your cup of cocoa (or coffee) and love for Jesus and join in the conversation and prayers, Thursday mornings at 8:30am. We would love to pray for you and your concerns! All Women are Welcome!
Zoom Meeting ID: 830 3166 2845
Passcode: Jesus4U
|
|
First Friday Fellowship will be held on October 8th at 9:30 am at the Royalicious Bagel Bakery and Deli, 621 W. Jubal Early Drive in Winchester.
|
|
Women's Book Club - The "October" meeting of the Women's Book Group will be held on Thursday, November 4th at 6 PM in the Library in upper Bethel.
|
|
Women's Retreat 2021
"Finding joy... No Matter What"
Friday, November 5th- Saturday, November 6th, 2021
Bethel's Discipleship Hall
We welcome Jill Baughan, our guest speaker, who will share her words of wisdom on creating, seeking, and living a life of choosing JOY! In the midst of the pandemic and the changes made in all of our lives we are desperately looking for JOY!
Spend Friday and Saturday with us as we share time with one another finding ways to live a life full of JOY!
We promise love, laughter, prayers, friendship, and a weekend filled with the Holy Spirit!
Registration and further information available on September 12th!
|
|
The Men's Breakfast will be held Saturday the 2nd from 8:30 am - 9:30 am at the Backseat Bar & Grill.
|
|
The Intercessory Prayer Team is available by calling or emailing us. We'll pray with you, make up a Prayer Card, and keep praying for your needs on a regular basis. You are also welcome to fill out a prayer card and write in the prayer book at the entrance of Discipleship Hall.
|
|
Who do I Contact?
Do you have questions about who to contact for anything church related? We've put together a handy guide to help you!
I need to promote a Bethel event - Kristin
I need to use Bethel facilities - Kim
I have questions about giving - Kim
I need to update my information (address/phone/email) - Kim
I would like to provide a floral arrangement - Kim
I want to promote/display something during worship - Kim
|
|
Thank you so much for your continued support of mission and ministry at Bethel! |
|
To make an offering, please use one of the methods described below: |
1. Mail to Bethel at 2077 N Frederick Pike, Winchester, VA 22603
2. Use the Give Now button on our website.
3. Donate via text, by sending the dollar amount you wish to give, including a dollar sign, (ie: $50/$50.00) to 844-946-2995.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
