december 2013 october 2012 april 2013 issue...

1

October 2012

Issue 359

Treasure at the Manger

“On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid

him homage. Then, opening their treasure-chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and

myrrh” (Matthew 2:10).

April 2013

Issue 365

December 2013

Issue 372

We don’t know how many wise men vis-

ited the baby Jesus, but we know exactly what

they gave him. The Bible records their generos-

ity like a baby book records every stuffed giraffe

and box of Pampers at a baby shower. The magi

knelt before the baby Jesus with Christmas gifts

of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Those are

strange and valuable gifts for a newborn.

We know the value of gold. An ounce of

gold bullion costs $1,275. It’s been forty-two

years since the United States totally abandoned

the gold standard, but Americans are still daz-

zled by the glitter of gold. Since the days of an-

tiquity gold has symbolized wealth. Gold is

treasure fit for a king. No one asks for a gift re-

ceipt when they receive gold. But why would the

magi offer frankincense and myrrh to such a tiny

baby?

Frankincense and myrrh were fragrant

perfumes worth their weight in gold. Both frank-

incense and myrrh come from tree sap. Frankin-

cense is from a small tree called Boswellia sacra

that thrives in Oman, Somalia, and Yemen.

Myrrh comes from Commiphora myrrha, a tree

that grows in Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya.

Harvesters cut into these trees until they slowly

weep teardrops of sap that harden on the trunk.

Frankincense and myrrh were exported as far

away as India and China.

In a time when people did not bathe regu-

larly, frankincense and myrrh made people smell

presentable. People were willing to pay a hefty

price to get their hands on these perfumes. Gold

may well have been the cheapest gift the magi

presented to Jesus.

The wise men were quite generous to the

baby Jesus. They didn’t bring Jesus a cozy blan-

ket or a stuffed lamb. The fortune-tellers never

dreamed of wrapping up a new baseball mitt or

an Xbox One consul. They gave Jesus the very

best they had to offer. The magi presented Christ

the Lord with their finest treasure.

What is your treasure? Is it money? Is it

time? Is it your talent? What is the very best that

you have to offer? This Christmas offer Jesus

whatever it is that you value most. Trust Imman-

uel with your wallet, calendar, and every other

gift you have to offer. Jesus can take your treas-

ure and use it to bring about his purposes on

earth. Years later the babe from the manger

would grow up to say: “For where your treasure

is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21).

This Christmas let us kneel before Jesus and ac-

knowledge that he is our king with the very best

gift that we have to offer. God can use all your

gifts in spectacular ways.

2

A Word from your Leaders

Becky Ramgren – president

Dick Sundberg – vice president

I recently read a devotional in the Covenant Home

Altar. The author grew up in Colorado and lived

much of her life in the shadows of a majestic

mountain range. She realized after leaving Colo-

rado that she often didn’t even realize God’s handi-

work in those mountains – to her, it was just home.

And this got me thinking, are there places in our

lives that we may be missing God’s handiwork?

During this busy Advent season, as we prepare for

the coming of Jesus, God Incarnate, God With Us,

let’s take time to look for the majesty of God all

around us.

Is it in a sunrise or a sunset over our city? Have

you seen God’s handiwork in the waves on a lake,

or the leaves on a tree? Have you seen him in the

smile of stranger…felt him in the hug of a child...

heard him in the prayers of godly person?

God is all around us. He is here in our city. He is

here in our neighborhood. He is here at Bethlehem

Covenant Church. His majesty is all around us.

His creation is here and now.

Stop. Look. Listen. It is our prayer that we will

see God and hear God and feel God in our lives.

Psalm 145: 4-5

One generation will declare Your works to the next

and will proclaim Your mighty acts. I will speak of

Your splendor and glorious majesty and Your won-

derful works.

Congregational Meeting Sunday, December 1st at 9:30am

We will be approving our 2014 Budget and

voting on the applications for church mem-

bership. (There is no Adult Sunday School

this morning.)

A Wedding at Bethlehem

Laura Ehrlich and Daniel Sanka were married

on Saturday, November 9th at Bethlehem.

Congratulations and Best Wishes to the new-

lyweds.

Married Here:

Bordeau, France

May 25, 2013

At Home Here:

Amsterdam,

Holland

Celebrating Here:

Bethlehem Covenant Church

Sanctuary

Friday, December 20, 7pm.

A Blessing Ceremony is being planned for

Nicholas and Elizabeth Nelson-White.

A reception will follow the ceremony.

Please join them as they celebrate with stateside

friends and family!

There is a gift envelope in the office.

(Liz is the daughter of Joan Nelson.)

3

Wonderful Wednesdays

Invite a guest. A free-will donation is requested to

help with our costs.

December 4 Serving Group B

December 11 Serving Group C

December 18 Serving Group D

Next Wonderful Wednesday will be on January 8

Lucia Singers’ Calendar

Clear your calendar (and throats) on

Monday December 2 and again on December 9

Gather in the sanctuary at 7pm

It has always been a pleasure to welcome singers that

are not available for regular practices or choir on

Sunday mornings so if these dates work out and you

can carry a tune, please plan to participate. Jerry

Erickson is helping with the preparations and can an-

swer any questions that you may have. We will re-

hearse until we sound like professional Swedes; our

grand performance will be on Saturday morning, De-

cember 14th.

New-comers will be properly initiated!

(Our building will be quite full both Monday eve-

nings while other community groups also gather.)

Adult Commission

SPECIAL SUNDAY MORNING

ADVENT PROGRAM!

Back by popular demand: Charles Dick-

ens’ A Christmas Carol. Presented by our

own Clyde Lund and Joanne Hansen, this

series will prove to be every bit as good

as the last time—no, even better! Clyde

and Joanne have added new material!

This inspiring not-to-be-missed series is

also a great opportunity to invite a friend

or neighbor to join you at church.

(Session #1~ November 24)

Sunday Mornings

(In the Community Room)

A Christmas Carol

Clyde Lund and Joanne Hansen

December 8 at 9:50am ~ session #2

December 15 at 9:50am ~ session #3

December 22 at 9:30 am~ session #4

Class will meet 20 minutes earlier to ad-

journ in time for the Christmas Pageant

which begins at 10:30am

December 29—No Adult Sunday School

Scripture References for

December Worship

December 1 Daniel 3:1, 8-30

December 8 Ezekiel 37:1-14

December 15 Isaiah 55:1-11

December 22 John 1:1-18

December 24 Luke 2:1-20

December 29 John 1:19-34

Hot Food in Cold Weather

December 16—20

Meals-On-Wheels delivers

(even when it snows!)

Contact Steve Lindquist if you’d

like to help with this very worth-

while task. Gather outside Bethle-

hem at 11:15am.

4

STAR Articles for January Please submit to the office by

Monday, December 16th

Articles for the Longfellow Messenger

are due the same day.

Prayer for our Children

The next meeting: will be

Saturday, January 18th

(We will not meet in December)

December Birthdays

1 Henrik Laudon

3 Joanne Hansen

4 Arne Christiansen

Jackie Kingsley (Karbowski)

Gloria Tamte

5 Al Anderson

Deanna Carlson

6 Vanji Bratt

11 Philip Stenberg

13 Jim Clausen

14 Gordon Andersson

18 Charlotte Sjoberg

Nancy Nordenson

20 Emma Johnson

Ansel Ridenour

21 Meta Swanson

Eleanor Fong

22 Debra Brinkman

Bert Schipper

27 Vanessa Johnson

28 Charlie Sokolski

30 Peter Kerl

Jeni Bergstrom

31 Finn Christiansen

Marshall Smith

Youth Calendar—From David

Johnson, Director of Youth

Ministries (Postcards, phone calls and emails to the youth

will follow-up as the dates approach.)

Cell 952 994-2213 ~ Email

[email protected]

Youth Combined Activities

(Middle School and High School)

Wednesday December 4th

(starting at 3:30pm)

Help with Christmas Decorating

Friday, December 20th

(6-8:30pm)

1-Horsepower Open Sleigh

CrossRoads (6th, 7th and 8th grades)

Confirmation meets Wednesdays

December 4, 11 and 18 at 6:15pm

For 7th and 8th graders

Wednesdays for 6th graders at 6:15pm

WYLDLIFE on Fri, Dec. 13

Christmas Club at Minnehaha Academy

Lower campus 7 to 8:30pm

SixTwelve (9th-12th grades )

Wednesdays at 6:15pm —

Dec 4, 11, 18

5

Thanks,

Bethlehem Friends!

The coffee hour celebration of

my 80th birthday on Sunday,

November 10 was truly memo-

rable and a wonderful experi-

ence for me. Thanks to the band

of good friends who planned and

offered it, and to all who wished

me well, some welcoming me to

the other side of the gate to my

“ninth decade” and assuring me

that it’s just fine there. It was a

fun, colorful, beautifully deco-

rated occasion, with abundant

fall flowers and a very tasty cake

and coffee. Receiving so many

greetings, cards, kind wishes and

thoughts reminded me, as one

who lives alone, of the statement

in Psalm 68.6, “God settles the

solitary in a home.” I’m grateful

that the people of Bethlehem

have become for me a family in

which I can play a part as a

brother in Christ. Thank you, all

of you my brothers and sisters.

I’m glad to be part of our big,

loving family.

Jim Johnson

Dear Bethlehem, Words are insufficient to express

my sincere appreciation of your

gift and support! I am a M. Div.

student at North Park. I plan to

pastor a church upon graduation.

Thank you again,

Kevin Brown

Baltimore, MD

A Word About the 2013 Advent Devotional

By the time you read this the production of the 2013 Advent De-

votional will have been completed and the booklets distributed.

This could not have happened without the help of many willing

participants. Every volunteer who wrote a devotional entry for

each of the 37 days of Advent this year were given assigned

scripture texts from the Psalms, an Old Testament prophecy, a

New Testament text and a Gospel text. They were instructed to

read their assigned texts in several different versions of the Bible

and ponder them for a few days, looking for a theme or a word

that stands out or something new they’d not noticed before. It’s

amazing what blessing can come from time spent meditating on

God’s words in that way. They will be twice blessed….in the

process of writing their own entry and then as they read the en-

tries submitted by others. I want to thank each of the writers for

their inspired devotional entries.

I want to thank Claire Howland for her lovely drawing on the

cover of this year’s booklet. I also want to thank Karen Kar-

penko for teaching a lesson to the Sunday School children on the

seasons of the church year, specifically Advent, and the symbols

associated with them. Pastor Derek and Karen then provided a

chance for these children to make drawings of what they learned

about and readied those drawings for inclusion in the Advent

Devotional booklet.

Once all of the content had been submitted, edited and the book-

let formatted with appropriate clip art, it was ready for print-

ing—thank you, Mary Jones-Morris. Then it was collated, sta-

pled and distributed by a willing crew of cheerful volunteers

which included Joyce Hanson, Jim Johnson, Bev and Howard

Hinseth, Kaarina Kotkavuori, Joanne Hall, Mattie Widen,

Theresa Lund, Dave Johnson and Mary Ann Smith.

Lastly, I want to thank Jan and Bennie in the church office for

all of their help in ordering supplies and sharing their office

space on the days the printing and folding was taking place. This

booklet was a community effort and I pray it blesses our Bethle-

hem community in many ways.

With gratitude and praise,

Deb Shold, Advent Devotional editor

Additional copies are available by calling the church office.

Copies have been placed in the atrium mailboxes. If you would

like to have one mailed to you, please notify the office.

6

Bethlehem

Greets

and

Eats

Christmas Caroling

(for our homebound friends)

Sunday, December 8th

Gather at church at 3:30pm.

We will be travelling by car in small

groups. Children are welcome and appreci-

ated!

Afterwards

We will return to church to enjoy a pizza

supper together. Please RSVP (sign-up in

the office) so we are sure to have enough

pizza on hand for all the hungry carolers.

Loaves and Fishes It’s Our Turn…

Monday, December 30th

We serve a free meal at River of Life

Church in north Minneapolis each month of

the year that has a fifth Monday. This is a

hands-on, personal ministry to those who

struggle with their grocery bill; it falls when

money is tightest at the end of the month.

We’d like to encourage anyone who has

time available between about 5:15 and 7pm

to sign up in the narthex. Extra help for

clean-up is always needed and appreciated.

Carpooling can be arranged. Contributions

are always appreciated also.

Speak to Jenny Hokanson for more infor-

mation or call the church office.

An IMPORTANT Little Yellow Card

Have you misplaced yours?

Did you forget about it completely?

Are you having a difficult time predicting your

cash flow for 2014?

Is this something you’ve never done before and

you’re just not sure if you want to start?

We’d like to encourage you to follow through

with a tithe to Bethlehem. Please know that any

amount promised is appreciated and needed. It is

one of the most rewarding disciplines that our

church family offers. The yellow tithe cards are

available in the office. Can you promise even $5

a week? If you can, that might be a nice place to

start. We’d like to see every regular attendee

complete a card. We are nowhere near 100%

participation which is something that we’d

REALLY like to see. Please...please...find a

card, fill it out and turn it in to the Finance Com-

mission! (Their mailbox is in the church office.)

Not happening…temporarily Gathering for Prayer The group which prays to-

gether on Tuesday evenings at 6:30pm will be

taking a two week hiatus at year end, December

24th and 31st.

Bible Encounter: The adult study group which

meets with Pastor Ryan on Thursday mornings

will not meet on December 26th or January 2nd.

Wonderful Wednesdays: No activities on

December 25th or January 1st. We will resume

regular programming on January 8th.

Scheduled for January...for sure! Sunday, January 12th: We will worship offsite at

Minnehaha Academy (north campus) to allow the

painters to finish working in our sanctuary. It’s

going to be fresh and beautiful!!!

7

Sunday Nursery Schedule Our nursery staff will be present at each

service with the volunteer.

Contemporary Worship—arrive at 8:15am

Dec. 1 Grace/Anna Bergstrom

Dec. 8 Mary Ann Smith

Dec. 15 Kelly Laudon

Sunday School—arrive at 9:30 am

Dec. 1 Lori Frasch

Dec. 8 Sara Christiansen

Dec. 15 Pageant Rehearsal

Classic Worship—arrive at 10:45am

Dec. 1 Linda Larson

Dec. 8 Jan Norman

Dec. 15 Karen Lilla

December 22: Christmas Pageant at 10:30am

Aunie Benson and Meta Swanson

December 29: One service at 10:30am

Aunie Benson and Meta Swanson

Sunday Refreshments

Dec. 1 9:30am Karen Karpenko

Noon Cheryl/Bill Hunstock

Dec. 8 9:30am Deb Shold

Noon Stephanie Wright-Blado

Dec. 15 9:30am Mary Jones-Morris

Noon Linda/George Larson

Dec. 22 One Service (10:30am)

11:30am Lynette Clausen

Dec. 29 One Service (10:30am)

11:30am A volunteer is needed!

Thinking of Volunteering? www.bethlehemcov.org

Please use the spread sheet online to vol-

unteer. Choose “Glimpse” and scroll

down to “Volunteering”. The dates are in

the left column. We’d like to see some

new names.

Training is available.

Ushers and Greeters in December

Dec. 1 8:30 Greeter Diane/Haley Hutchinson

8:30 Usher Greg Alm

10:30 Greeter

10:30 Ushers Sue Holt

Dec. 8

8:30 Greeter

8:30 Usher Greg Alm

10:30 Greeter

10:30 Ushers Sue Holt, Pete Lundstrom

Dec. 15 8:30 Greeter

8:30 Ushers Greg Alm

10:30 Greeter

10:30 Ushers

We also need usher and greeter

volunteers for the following

services

Dec. 22nd at 10:30am only

Dec. 24th at 4pm

Dec. 24th at 10pm

Dec. 29th at 10:30am only

Please sign up online

(instructions are above) or call

the church office if you can

help. (612) 721-5768.

8

It’s Lucia time again! In which Swedish province or

city will you celebrate Lucia this year? Have you no-

ticed the name on your ticket?

Your hostess will want to know where to seat you so

keep your ticket with you until you are seated at your

reserved table. Our “callers” will remind you when it

is time to go to Fellowship Hall. You may go down

either stairway near the back of the sanctuary. Until

called for your seating, you may wait in the Boutique,

the narthex, the atrium or the sanctuary.

(If our performances are sold out, you can usually

view the festivities if you are a part of the kitchen vol-

unteer crew or a host or hostess—a good reason to

sign up to help right away. New to Bethlehem?...You

will receive on-the-job training.)

We need 200 dozen cookies!

That sounds like a lot but nearly 700 people walk

through our doors on Lucia, counting our guests, pro-

gram participants and all our workers. If there are any

extras, they will be sold in the Gift Room.

Consignment Items

If you would like to consign your handwork or other

handcrafted items to sell on Lucia Morning here is the

procedure:

Please mark each item with your name and a sug-

gested price. Be sure that you deliver your creations

to the church office by Friday, December 13th when

you will be assigned an ID Consignment number as

the room is being set-up. If you have any questions

about this endeavor please speak with either Beth

Dahl or Rhonda Isaacs.

Set-Up Volunteers Needed, Friday, Dec. 13th

At 9 a.m. we will begin to decorate Fellowship Hall

and the Community Room in our Lucia tradition.

Come and experience the transformation with us!

Sign-up sheets are on the table in the atrium.

Men and women are needed.

Help Needed for Lucia Day

A sign-up sheet on the table in the atrium awaits your

name and your choice of a designated job—in the gift

room, the kitchen or the dining room. Men, women,

junior and senior high students all are needed!

Choose a time slot between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. Volun-

teers for the 12-1 p.m. clean-up are especially appreci-

ated. We are all tired at that point and many hands

make for quick work.

Lucia Singers

Rehearsals are scheduled for

Monday, December 2 and

Monday, December 9 at 7 p.m.

Decorative Items

Scandinavian (or otherwise

suitable) tablecloths, runners,

squares, wall hangings, candle-

holders and centerpiece items

should be brought to Fellow-

ship Hall by 9 a.m. on Friday.

Please put your name on them.

Other Items for the Gift

Room

Food items, donated crafts

and “older treasures” may

be left in the church office

prior to December 13 la-

beled for Beth Dahl.

Lucia Fest

Saturday, December 14, 2013

(Don’t Forget...In keeping with the spirit of Lucia,

please note that your ticket requests that you bring

along a non-perishable item for the food shelf. )

9

WOW!!! Children’s Ministry In December

Sunday, December 1st

8:30am Lucia Rehearsals for Tomte (K to 3rd grade) and

Dancers (4th -6th grade)

9:30am Rehearsals for Christmas Pageant

11:00am Alleluia Choir sings (arrive at 10:40am)

Wednesday, December 4

3:30-5:45pm Children’s Choirs with Cindy Bergstrom

5:45pm Wonderful Wednesday Activities

Friday, December 6

5:30pm Pizza for the family!

6:00pm Movie: Veggie Tales Premier

Sunday, December 8

8:30am Tomte/Dancers Lucia rehearsal

9:30am Rehearsals for Christmas Pageant

11:00am Alleluia Choir sings (arrive at 10:40am)

3:30pm Christmas Caroling for the entire family




Saturday, December 14

8:00am Tomtes and Dancers arrive for Lucia!!!

Sunday, December 15

9:30am Rehearsal for Christmas Pageant

11:00am Alleluia Choir Sings. Please arrive by 10:40am




Saturday, December 21

9:30am Christmas Pageant Rehearsal—2 hours

Sunday, December 22

10:30am Christmas Pageant—Children’s Choirs participate

Tuesday, December 24

4:30pm Family Christmas Eve Worship with

Nursery Care available

10:00pm Worship with Choir and Organ

Nursery Care not assigned.


Celebrate a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Sunday, December 29

10:30am (No Sunday School) Worship ~ Traditional Christmas Carols!

10

Banana Shenanigans on Saturday, December 7th

Peel, cut and smash with high spirits!

We’re making some gifts and wrapping them twice—not naughty,

just nice—with prayer that they will be a blessing to the Child Care

Center families and the 2013 visitors which came to be with us dur-

ing the year.

The banana breads will include a greeting and an invitation to wor-

ship with us as we anticipate Christmas and begin a new year to-

gether. Help to mix the ingredients, pour the batter, wrap the breads

and deliver a few of the loaves to our visitors. Older children may enjoy participating in this activity

too. Lots of helpers are needed. Speak to Phil Swanson if you have questions.

Come to the kitchen around 9am, long hair secured, aprons tied and hands to work!

Way back in my youth pastor days, I used to take high school kids to a highway underpass in down-

town Tacoma, Washington to participate in a ministry called “The Friday Night Feed”. Churches

and other organizations would gather together to have a late night cookout for hundreds of needy

people in Tacoma. We had committed to serve the fourth Friday of every month. One year, the

fourth Friday of December happed to fall on Christmas night. When I asked our church families if

any of the students would be able to participate, the unanimous answer was, “sorry, but Christmas is

a time for family.” I sympathized with their sentiment and even had those strong feelings myself, but

I couldn’t help but feel like this was an adventure in missing the point of Christmas.

Isn’t it ironic that in this so-called “season of giving” the holidays can often bring out in us so much

self-centeredness? Sure, we may like to give gifts to our families and throw nice parties for friends,

but so much of our activity really ends up revolving around us and those closest to us. The very first

Christmas certainly wasn’t a gathering of close friends and family. Instead, the guests at Jesus’ birth

were strangers! Scripture makes clear again and again that the gift of Jesus isn’t something for us to

keep to ourselves, but good news is meant to be shared with our neighbors—and that can be anyone!

Many of our friends and neighbors who rarely attend church will at least consider finding a place to

worship this Christmas. Why not help them along by inviting them to one of our Christmas Eve ser-

vices here at Bethlehem? This year we’ll have two wonderful worship gatherings at 4:30pm and

10pm to celebrate the greatest gift of all. Both services will include treasured traditions of carols,

candlelight and the retelling of Christ’s birth. Your invitation might be the spark that rekindles

someone’s relationship with Jesus. Ultimately, this is what church is really all about. It’s not about

us and our families, but seeing neighbors and even strangers join an ever growing family of God.

The refrain of one of our most beloved carols is itself this invitation to worship: Come, Let Us Adore

Him.

Peace, Pastor Matt

11

Contact Information Telephone 612-721-2290

Website www.bethlehemkids.org

Email

[email protected]

Thanksgiving is a time when most of us spend more time thinking about our blessings. Some of them

that I thought of in relation to the children and families at the center are: thankful for giggles, twinkles

in eyes, smiles half hidden behind a mitten and rosy red cheeks bursting out from under warm hats.

Thankful for children who love to run through the playground playing tag and soccer, building forts

with sticks, biking around the track and swinging from the monkey bars. Thankful for parents and

grandparents who spend time snuggling with children, imagining stuffed animals have come to life,

reading stories over and over, and taking time to make healthy lunches day after day. Thankful for

families who take time off of work to stay home with their children who are not feeling well and for

families who come to read or volunteer in our rooms. Also, I’m thankful for BCC’s commitment to

support our center through prayers for our families and staff. Finally, I’m thankful for our staff and

their caring hearts that nurture these tender children as well as the staff’s commitment to lessons that

engage and spark curiosity.

This year we again shared with the church families in the joy of preparing Operation Christmas Child

boxes. The families from BCCC donated many items for us to pack and we tried to ensure that all of

the children took part in the packing process with their classmates. This year we packed 31 boxes!

Besides packing the boxes we are looking forward to decorating the rooms with Christmas and winter

crafts as well as using the opportunity to share more of the facts surrounding Jesus’ birthday.

The Beginner and Pre-K children are in the beginning stages of preparing for their Christmas Program,

to be held in the sanctuary December 19 at 7:00 p.m. It is lovely to hear the voices drifting down the

hallway to the office carrying the familiar Christmas tunes. You are welcome to join us for the pro-

gram and share some “Happy Birthday Jesus” cake after the performance.

The school age staff is beginning to talk about what activities they will participate in with the children

this Christmas Break. Some of the ideas they have: ice skating, cookie baking (my personal vote as I

know they’ll need a taste tester and I’m highly qualified), movie at the Riverview, glow in the dark

party, acting workshop, Children’s Theater, sledding, Roller Garden, hip hop dance class, bakery tour,

Humane Society guest, p.j. party, bowling, Christmas Caroling, karaoke, a tour of Excel Center. The

staff is very good at planning unique field trips and the children enjoy the variety so I’m sure that this

will be another fun break for everyone.

May each of you have an abundance of peace and joy in your hearts!

Jill and the BCCC Staff

12

NON-PROFIT

US POSTAGE

PAID

TWIN CITIES

MN

PERMIT NO. 386

Bethlehem Covenant Church

3141 43rd Avenue South

Minneapolis, MN 55406

Rev. Ryan Eikenbary-Barber

David Johnson, Dir. of Youth Ministry

Derek VanderMolen, Dir. of Children’s Ministry

Rev. Matthew Kennedy, Pastor of Worship

Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, Adult Choir Director

Contact the church at:

Telephone: 612-721-5768

Web Address: www.bethlehemcov.org

Email: [email protected]

Dated Material: Return Service Requested

**Schedules and Times change during Advent —carefully check the enclosed information!** SUNDAY 8:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship* 9:45 a.m. Sunday School* 11:00 a.m. Classic Worship* MONDAY 7:00 p.m. Community activities evening TUESDAY 8:00 a.m. Breakfast at Bridgeman’s—2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month 9:00 a.m. Properties Work Day at church* 6:30 p.m. Gathering for Prayer—Church Community Invited* WEDNESDAY 9:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study—no study 12/25 or 1/1 12:30 p.m. Staff Meeting 3:30 p.m. Hosanna Choir, Pre-K * 4:00 p.m. Hosanna Choir, K-1st grade* 4:45 p.m. Alleluia Choir, Grade 2 and up* 5:45 p.m. Wonderful Wednesday Meal* 6:15 p.m. Kids Club* 6:30 p.m. Confirmation* 6:30 p.m. Adult Choir rehearsal* 6:30 p.m. Sr. High Six12* THURSDAY 9:45 a.m. Bible Encounter* FRIDAY 6:30 a.m. Men’s Breakfast and Bible Study 9:00 a.m. Walk and coffee at Mall of America

december 2013 october 2012 april 2013 issue...

Documents