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1 Be helight A publication of Bethel Lutheran Church A member church of the E.L.C.A. Telephone (440) Pearl Road, Middleburg Hts., OH March AND April

2 The Be fdlafjkl;fjkf helight A publication of Bethel Lutheran Church Let your light shine before others so they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. Matt 5:16 NRSV 2014 In This Issue... Monthly Calendar Prayer Concerns... 5 Bethel Happenings from Pastor Krebill Thank You from the Nicholas Family... 8 GFF News... 9 Journey Forward Project Update March & April Birthdays & Anniversaries BeTheLight Church Office Office Hours Mon - Fri 9 AM 1 PM Fax Number Steven M. Krebill Pastor Lucas Merritt Vicar Erika Haskell Director of Music Vicki Zacharias Administrative Assistant Christie Scott M.E.E.C. Director M.E.E.C. Office The Congregation Reporters Vicki Zacharias Editor Bethelstaff@sbcglobal.net

3 BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH, 7171 PEARL RD., MIDDLEBURG HTS., OH *RSS-Regular Sunday 8:30AM & 11:00 AM Life 9:45AM Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 8:00AM 4:00-7:00PM Chili/Soup Cookoff 2 *RSS Camp Sunday 6:00-7:30PM Faith X :00AM Bible in GP 5 1:00 & 7:00 PM Ash Wed 6 10:00AM Al Anon in GP GFF in FH 7 7:45PM Northeran Ohio Rail Museum in GP 8 8:00AM 9*RSS Daylight Savings Time 2:00 PM Church in Use-Pastor 3:00PM Straw poll for Bishop Redeemer Brookpark NO Faith X :00AM Bible in GP 7:00 PM Council Meeting 12 12:00N Lunch 1:00PM 6:00 PM 1 st Communion :00AM Al Anon in GP GFF in FH :00AM 16*RSS :00AM Bible in GP 19 12:00N Lunch 1:00PM 20 10:00 AM Al Anon :00AM 6:00-7:30PM Faith X 7:00PM Intern Committee Meeting 6:00 PM 1 st Communion 2 GFF in FH 23*RSS NO Faith X 24 MEEC Spring Break 3/24-3/ :00 AM Bible in GP 26 12:00N Lunch 1:00PM 6:00 PM 1 st Communion 3 27 GFF Birthday Dinner in FH :00AM ~~~~~~~~ 30 ~~~~~~~~ 31 MEEC Classes Resume

4 BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH, 7171 PEARL RD., MIDDLEBURG HTS., OH *RSS-Regular Sunday 8:30AM & 11:00 AM Life 9:45AM Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat :00N Lunch 1:00PM 3 10:00 AM Al Anon in GP GFF in FH (Carol K. out of town) 4 7:00 PM Northern Ohio Railway Museum in GP 5 8:00 AM 6 *RSS MEEC Jewelry Sale 4:00PM Inclusion Fusion Special Needs Ministry Recognition in GP NO Faith X :00 AM Bible in GP Conf Rm. 9 12:00N Lunch 1:00PM 10 10:00 AM Al Anon in GP GFF in FH :00 AM 1:30PM- 6:00PM GP in Use 13 *RSS Palm Sunday 6:00-7:30PM Faith X;end of year review & final party :00 AM Bible in GP Conf Rm. 6:30 PM MEEC Board Mtg Maundy Thursday 10:00 AM Al Anon in GP 1:00 & 7:00PM NO GFF 18 Good Friday St. Barts 7:00 Bethel MEEC NO CLASSES 4/18-4/ :00 AM 6:00 PM Easter Vigil 20 *RSS Easter Sunday :00 AM Bible in GP Conf Rm. 23 NO Choir 24 10:00 AM Al Anon GFF Service and Birthday Dinner :00 AM 27 *RSS :00 AM Bible in GP Conf Rm. MEEC Conference- NO CLASSES 30

5 Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? *Deadline for the May 2014 BeTheLight is April 15 th * The purpose of BeTheLight is to inform our members, friends and visitors of worship services and to encourage spiritual growth, Christian Education opportunities, missions and outreach, activities and fellowship events and volunteer opportunities. This newsletter is meant to be an information tool of Bethel Lutheran Church where we serve together as a family in Christ. The BeTheLight welcomes contributions and letters. Copy written material (including prayers and inspirational verses) cannot be published without written permission from the author. MISSION STATEMENT The people of Bethel Lutheran Church are called by God to be faithful to the word of God and proclaim it to all people. We share Christ s love and forgiveness by being Christ s hands, feet, arms and voice as we gather and as we scatter. ONGOING PRAYER CONCERNS PERSONS IN NEED OF HEALING Brian Krajewski, Karen Horner, Pamela Misischia, Charlotte Karpinecz, Noreen Harbart, Cy Maszczynski, Carl Burgess, Carol Spensley, Robert Hintze, Marie Link, Tom Powers, Dorothy Holtz, Lynn Kostura, Blaise & Donette Ipsaro, Mary Sollers, Donald O Dell, Gary Baratko, Janet Sopko, Clifford Riedel, Jr., James Craciun, Irene Peters, William & Eleanor Olschewsky, Bob & Donna Breska, Luise Dorr, Powers Family, Joyce Larson, Ginny Markus PERSONS WHO ARE HOMEBOUND Lilo Frey ~ Alma Schmidt ~ Ruth Jeckel ~ Dorothy Myers ~ Johanna Wismar ~ George Schwark ~ Velma Wolff ~ Esther Slack Please keep these friends in your thoughts and prayers

6 LENT BEGINS MARCH 5 Ash Wednesday March 5 Our 2014 Lenten journey begins with Ash Wednesday worship on Wednesday, March 5. Services will be held at 1 PM and 7 PM and will include confession, the imposition of ashes, and Holy Communion. Wednesdays During Lent March 12, 19, 26, April 2 and 9. NOON - Lunch served in the Gathering Place 1 PM- Mid-week Lenten using the theme Restored in Christ. The season of Lent is a time for us to face together the brokenness of our lives and our world, and then turn that brokenness to Christ so that we can be restored by him through the cross. Each midweek Lenten service focuses on a certain event in the Lenten story; broken vessel, broken trust, broken bread, broken promises, broken justice. Sundays During Lent 8:30 and ll:00 AM "Cross Words" -Sermon series using words from Matthew s Gospel and other scripture lessons. Mar. 9 - Mar Mar Mar. 30- Apr. 6- Apr. 13- TEMPTATION TRUST TRANSFORMATION TOTALLY TOUCHED TETELESTAI

7 HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE SUNDAY OF THE PASSION APRIL 13 at 8:30 and ll:00 AM Life Together classes at 9:45 AM begins in the Gathering Place with the Procession with Palms and continues with the Lenten theme Cross Words MAUNDY THURSDAY APRIL 17 at 1 and 7 PM. Remembering our Lord s command to love one another Celebration of Holy Communion. GOOD FRIDAY APRIL 18 NOON Community at St. Bart s 7 PM at Bethel NEW! Tenebrae Service of Shadows Planned and led by Vicar Lucas. HOLY SATURDAY APRIL 19 Easter Vigil worship begins at 6 PM This most ancient of liturgies celebrates our passover with Jesus from darkness to light, from death to life. It includes candlelighting, Bible stories from the Old Testament, Holy Baptism and Holy Communion, and as a highlight involves the children decorating the sanctuary with Easter flowers as we make the symbolic move from Lent to Easter. EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 20 Continental Easter Breakfast served in the Gathering Place from 7:30-10:30 AM Festival at 8:30 and ll:00 AM THE CHURCH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, APRIL 21.

8 Dear Bethel Church Family, Thank you so very much for the love, caring, and compassion you have shown our family this past month. Your support has helped more than we can express. God s love shines through you! We are so very blessed to be a part of the Bethel Lutheran Church family. Your ongoing prayers are appreciated. The Dan Nicholas Family

9 "Ability at Work" is the theme for Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month Bethel Lutheran Church & God s Faithful Followers are celebrating Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month this month and invite you to consider the true meaning of this year s theme, Ability at Work!" Statewide, and across the nation, organizations devoted to serving individuals with developmental disabilities are working to raise public awareness of the many abilities people have, regardless of disability. Ability at Work encourages people to understand that when people with disabilities are welcomed into local neighborhoods, workplaces, houses of worship, and schools--everyone wins. This is a time when our organization focuses on encouraging the public to better understand the individuals we serve. During Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, you are encouraged to learn more about the people in our community who have developmental disabilities and to recognize that all of us have talents and abilities that we can offer to make this a better place to live. We, at Bethel Lutheran Church, are blessed to have an opportunity to learn this first-hand at God s Faithful Followers. Please consider visiting our ministry program on a Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. You ll learn that everyone has something to offer and when we are all together our communities are stronger, we accomplish more, and everyone wins! Winter weather is still hanging on! If the weather seems too severe, please stay home and be safe. If we are going to cancel worship, we will let you know by an all congregational AND voice mail when you call the church number

10 Journey Forward Update for Bethel's Team with the Synod "Journey Forward" Project The NE Ohio Synod's "Journey Forward" project seeks to find how we (individuals and congregations) are called to tend the Gospel and love God by serving our neighbor. Entering its sixth month, the "Journey Forward" project is currently in a "congregation engagement" phase. In this phase, Bethel's "Journey Forward" team (Dan Karp, Sue Van Straaten, Elfi Schuster, Ray Herzog, and Pastor Krebill) will be talking with congregation members (one-on-one) about their whole lives, not just their "church selves." By realizing how we, individually, improve ourselves, overcome difficulties, and so forth, the "congregation engagement" phase seeks to adapt individual ideals and inspirations to: (1) see how congregations perceive their potential role for working effectively in their communities alongside others of different faiths, cultures, and backgrounds; and (2) inspire greater growth, success, and happiness for all of us, our congregations, our Synod, our communities, and beyond. ~~~ Ten-year old Tom loved Sunday School and had perfect attendance, except one Sunday when he was too ill to leave the house. His older sister stayed home with him while mom and dad went to church. When they returned home, they had palm branches. Curious, Tom asked what the palm branches were for. Dad explained that people waved palm branches and laid them across Jesus' path. "Darn," Tom scowls, "The one day I'm not there and He shows up!" Submitted by Ray Herzog

11 March Birthdays and Anniversaries 1 Linda English 4 Bryan LaGuardia 7 Gloria Neumann 8 Ray Herzog~Bev Riehl~Carolanne Giguere 9 M/M Karl Yanuzzi Emma Whitsel 13 Sandy Sauvey 14 Ken Feuerstein 16 Anthony English~Linda Harshman 18 Karen Spiegelberg 19 Dieter Herbert 20 Fred Sauvey~M/M Phillip Long Ruth Jeckel 26 Lauren Einheit 28 Holly Nicholas 29 Esther Slack 30 Debbie Giguere

12 April Birthdays and Anniversaries 2 Russ Bailey 3 Velma Wolff 4 Jackie Kottke Bondor 5 Elsie Petrov~Adelaide Rescola~M/M George Schuster M/M John Weaver Giesela Stiene 9 George Schuster 10 Jennifer Stiene~Eliza Karp 13 Molly Weaver~Mitch Harshman 14 Nik Schuster~M/M Fred Sauvey Esther Johns~Nick LoPiccolo~Magdalena Tuffner~Joan Colon 16 Marie Link 18 Isabel Haskell 23 M/M Herbert Tuffner Alex Salem~Sam Haskell 26 Robert F. Breska~M/M David Mohnickey 2008~M/M Edward W. Gold Victoria Bobey 30 M/M Neal Bradnan 1960