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BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH BELIEVE † BELONG † BECOME

20650 CUMBERLAND ROAD, NOBLESVILLE, IN 46062 317.773.4315 BETHELLUTHERANCHURCH .COM

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BETHEL BELIEVES... WITH GOD’S HELP, WE’LL GET THROUGH THIS!

Things I Wish Jesus Hadn’t Said

Jun 6/7 Not Everyone is Fit to

Serve

Jun 13/14 You Must Love the

Unlovable

Jun 20/21 We are Forgiven Only

as We Forgive

Jun 27/28 Discipleship is Based

on Hatred

Jul 4/5 Heaven is Closed to

Some

WEEKEND OF July 04/05

Things I Wish Jesus Hadn’t Said…

… Heaven is Closed to Some.

Only those who do God’s will shall enter the kingdom

of heaven. We can say that we believe, that we love

God and are a disciple of Jesus, but “the proof of the

pudding is in the eating.” How do we demonstrate our

faith by the individual actions that make up our lives?

Together, they weave a tapestry that reveals the

picture of our life. What image do we reveal?

James 1:22-25

Matthew 7:21-23

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TRAN

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Adalynne Robbins

Gold Award Project

Independence Day

Want to Volunteer?

(Food pantry especially

needs help!)

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Resources

Backpack Mission

Bethel Updates

Finances

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In Person Worship

Bethel Olympics/

Vacation Bible

School 2020 info.

In-Person worship Thank you to everyone who is coming to celebrate

in-person service with us on the weekends at a safe personal distance.




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Joyful Living A SERMON SERIES ON PHILIPPIANS

JULY 12-AUG 23 MEDITATION: WHEN PAUL WROTE HIS LETTER TO THE PHILIPPIANS, HE WAS LANGUISHING IN PRISON – TALK ABOUT A TOUGH

SETTING! NEVERTHELESS, HE TOLD THEM (AMONG OTHER THINGS) TO “REJOICE IN THE LORD, ALWAYS!” (4:4) AND ABOUT HOW HE HAD LEARNED TO BE CONTENT IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES (4:11). ARE HIS WORDS LITTLE MORE THAN A FIRST CENTURY VERSION OF

BOBBY MCFERRIN’S 1988 JINGLE “DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY”? TRUE, WE MAY NOT BE FACING JAIL TIME, BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE MORE THAN OUR FAIR SHARE OF TRIALS THESE DAYS: CORONAVIRUS, COMMUNITY SOCIAL UNREST, FAMILY STRESSES, ECONOMIC

UNCERTAINTIES, INTERNATIONAL SQUABBLES TO NAME A FEW. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM PAUL’S LETTER ABOUT THE JOY-FILLED LIVING HE DESCRIBES? WHAT DIFFERENCE MIGHT THIS TYPE OF LIFE MAKE FOR US AND FOR THE COMMUNITY GOD HAS

CALLED US TO SERVE? WHILE OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON PAUL’S LETTER, OUR ADDITIONAL READINGS EACH WEEK WILL COMPLIMENT PAUL’S TEACHINGS AND HELP US APPLY THEM IN OUR FAITH JOURNEY.

Notes

Blessing backpacks on

7/25-26

Fourth Saturday

worship on 7/25 and

8/22

Blessing communion

kits 8/1-2?

Bethel Olympics on

8/29

NEXT SERMON SERIES: JOYFUL LIVING




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Save the date…August 29

The Olympics are coming to Bethel this summer!

What: Bethel Olympics - since VBS and the 2020 Olympics have

been postponed until next year, Bethel is going to hold our very

own, inaugural Bethel Olympics! Old-fashioned church picnic games,

in a fun Olympic competition.

When: Saturday, August 29, 2020 (times to be

announced). We are planning to have it culminate into

a picnic style dinner, so it will be later in the day.

Who: Kids of all ages! Families! Friends! Open to the

community to come join the fun! Sign up with your

friends or family to form teams for each event!

Where: Parade of Families will begin in the parking

lot and parade to the shelter.

Opening Ceremonies will begin at the

shelter/fire pit area.

Games will be held in grassy areas.

Picnic: You can't have a church picnic without food!

Plan to work up an appetite and join us for hot dogs

and hamburgers on the grill. Bethel will provide the

meat and drinks. Side dish and dessert donations are

appreciated!

Volunteers:

We will need volunteers to help run this fun event! If

you would like to volunteer to help plan the Bethel

Olympics, or to help on the day of the event, please

email Kris Lingenfelter at

[email protected]. We also will need

volunteers to grill for the picnic.

Events:

Competitive Events include 3-Legged Race,

Balloon Toss, Sack Race, Egg/Spoon Race, Hula Hoop

Contest, Tricycle Race (if we can get large

trikes)...more to come! Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals

will be awarded to the top 3 teams/partners in the

competitive Events.

Non-Competitive Events (ongoing during the

event) - Corn hole, Volleyball, Frisbee, Soccer, and

more!

Donations and Loans Needed: Water Balloons,

Large Grain Sacks for sack races, Hula Hoops, Large

Tricycles (to borrow - to fit adults), Outdoor Games,

Volleyball net, Frisbees, corn hole, Can Jam, Spike

Ball, soccer balls....anything you'd like to let us borrow

for the event!

Registration/Sign-up - Early Sign-up for the Bethel

Olympics will begin in August. Participants may also

sign-up at the start of the event.

Food - Sign-ups to bring food will begin in August.


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Adalynne Robbins Gold Award Project 2020 About the project I'm a sophomore at Noblesville High School and have been a member of Bethel Lutheran Church for nine years. The project that I am working towards is my Girl Scout Gold Award (equivalent to an Eagle Scout Project). My project will be providing cleaning, school, and health kits for people to use after disasters hit their homes and communities. Detailed information may be found on the project webpage on the Bethel website. I will be partnering with the NALC and their disaster relief program that you can donate to now and beyond my donating time this summer. I will be accepting donations July 12th through the 25th and will be hosting a “Stuff the Truck” event where we package the kits and help load them into a truck that will go to warehouses around the country. This will take place on August 2 and I will need volunteers to help. Even though our world is in a time of crisis, natural disasters are still happening and people need our help. If you are a Girl Scout and want to contact me about service hours for volunteers or have any questions, please contact me through the project webpage. Here is the link for the webpage on the Bethel website:

https://bethellutheranchurch.com/gold_award_disaster_relief_project

Bethel Backpack Mission:

Bethel is collecting school supplies to fill backpacks for White River Elementary and Hamilton Heights Elementary schools. We have created an Amazon shopping list for some of the needed supplies and to offer an online shopping option!

Click here to shop the Amazon list!

The remainder of the supplies needed will be on shopping tags and available in the narthex in July! If you have questions please contact [email protected]

Thank You!!!






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We have opportunities for you to serve if you feel led… Greeter

Stand at the narthex entrance and greet disciples and guests to worship with a warm welcome by speaking to them and being available at a distance.

Worship Assistant

Read the Opening Prayer of the Day, lead the Call to Worship, read the Prayer of the People, may assist the Pastor as requested.

Lay Reader

Read the prepared Bible Lessons for a particular service.

Property/Grounds

Join the Mowing Team summer schedule for both rider & walk along yard work, occasional pruning & yard clean up days, take a turn Snow Shoveling the sidewalks as needed.

*Food & Baby Pantry

Sign up to greet & register clients, assist in gathering food, contribute food goods. *more info below*

Audio/Visual Worship Team

Run the worship screen, audio or video for a particular service.

— Contact the church office if you would like to help! 317-773-4315 —

Matthew 7:7 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened.

We have an IMMEDIATE NEED for help in the Food Pantry. Our coordinator; Sandy Hanke, will be out of commission for 6 weeks for surgery, so we need people who will step up to maintain the pantry until she returns. Covid-19 still has many people reluctant to get out but there are several places you can help safely…

We are getting this contribution of beef in August and we would like to ask for Money Contributions from the congregation to help HCH

Food Bank… however small they may be. We have promised HCH $250 toward this so we hope to receive that much in contributions.

We will also need someone to volunteer to pick the meat up on August 8 and get it to the church.

1. The second Thursday of the month we get up to 600 pounds of food from Hamilton Country Harvest Foodbank (by White River Church). We have a time window so you can pick the time that is convenient for you. If we cannot find anyone to do the pickup we will have to discontinue the food pantry for the months of July and August.

2. Because we are still in the covid phase, we need 3 people to run the pantry each Wednesday and Saturday while we are open, we need people to help with this as well.

This is a 6 week commitment from July to mid-August. We ask that you prayerfully consider helping to keep our pantry open.

RESOURCES:

CHURCH OFFICE: The church office is now operating with normal

business hours Tuesday through Friday but the

office is still not open. Staff comes and goes

throughout the week so visitors will need to

make arrangements and deliveries and drop offs

will have to be arranged with the staff. If

things are left unattended at the doors they

may be put into the dumpster.

ONLINE WEEKEND SERVICE VIDEOS: Our Online Weekend Services are posted on the website and on Facebook.

CALLING AND RESPONSE TEAM: Our Calling Team is reaching out to members and

regular attenders every 14-20 days; expect your

call soon. Feel free to share with that caller any

prayer concerns you might have or any hands-on

needs with which our Response Team might assist.

Click here for current worship service videos

including this week’s Healing Service… CHURCH

SERMON VIDEOS

CARE TEAM: The Care Team, Pastor Doug, and Pastor Al will continue to be available for pastoral care, either in person or by phone.

VIRTUAL GROUP MEETINGS: Small groups who wish to continue to meet may use online group collaboration tools (Google Hangouts, Zoom, Skype, etc.) to meet “virtually”.


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UPDATES ON OUR STAFF SEARCHES

The Call Committee had an online interview with a

pastor last week and have invited him to meet online

for a second interview on July 1. The Youth and Family

Minister Team will meet again on July 2. They have

seven resumes they are reviewing and will begin

interviews in early July. God is present and working in

our search processes, and we trust that God will bring

the right people to partner with us in our ministry at

just the right time. Please keep our two staff search

teams in your prayers as they continue their hard

work!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW

COUNCIL MEMBERS!!!!!

Rochelle Lemieux

Maddie Herr

Ashley Mandery

Linc Schneider

*Thank you to Tom Hooper, Jennifer Luce, and

Mike Score for their service to Bethel.*

PRAYER

We are a praying community... we pray with expectation! Send your prayer requests to our prayer warriors (who actively pray for each and every submitted request) at [email protected].

If you would like to receive emails with current prayer requests from the community, simply send your request to Trudy at the same address.

ANNUAL REPORT

The annual report is available on the website

and there wi ll be l imited copies avai lable in

the narthex at church. Link to page is:

https://bethellutheranchurch.com/annual_report

WOW BIBLE STUDY

Women on Wednesday will resume their Bible Study on the first Wednesday in September with a study on Fear and Anxiety. More information in August.

BETHEL SOFTBALL STARTS

Our Co-Ed Softball league started on Friday June 19th.

We still need a female player or two if you would like

to sign up or you know someone who might.

ADULT CLASSES RESUME (In Person and Online through Zoom video conference platform)

Sundays at 10a

A companion study to the weekend sermon series:

“Things I Wish Jesus Hadn’t Said” taught by the pastors. We will offer this class in a “hybrid” fashion: those who wish may attend in person in the Fellowship Hall, while those who prefer may connect online through Zoom.

*To register, call or email Pastor Al, who will get you connected into the Zoom platform either by computer, phone, tablet, or phone. We are also meeting in person if you feel comfortable.

BETHEL UPDATES



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During his address at a 1999 Leadership Network event in Dallas, Bob Buford said,

“I think that God will ask us two questions when we get to heaven:

1. What did you do with Jesus?

2. What did you do with what I gave you to work with?”

Each Christian has two conversions. In our first conversion we say,

“I accept Jesus Christ.” That is what Jesus was saying to Nichodemus: “You must be born again.”

(John 3:7) This is the conversion of our heart, and it is the beginning of our faith journey.

In our second conversion we commit to begin using the gifts God gave us for ministry at and beyond

the church. This is the conversation of our calendars, credit cards, and checkbooks – the things

that matter most in our lives. One need only refer to these to see what we value most. How we

spend our time and treasure shows most clearly what we consider important. That is what the book

of James says, “Faith without works is dead.” (2:17,26)

We can say we have faith, but if our life doesn’t reflect that faith perspective, then it calls into

question the depth of that faith. Faith that is real faith does more than accept a free gift from God.

Faith that is genuine faith uses what God gives you to help spread God’s Kingdom and to serve

other people. I’m so grateful this is our perspective at Bethel!

Pastor Al

BETHEL January February March April May 2020 year-to-date

Giving 70,668 75,500 47,959 58,779 83,304 336,210

Expenses 59,915 60,212 62,287 67,127 55,473 305,013

Ss/ (Shortfall) 10,753 15,288 ( 14,328 ) ( 8,348 ) 27,831 31,197

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