Be helight A Publication of Bethel Lutheran Church A member congregation of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 7171 Pearl Road, Middleburg Heights OH 44130-4946 (440) 843-6663 www.gobethel.org 1
Be 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 In This Issue... Prayer Concerns....3 Schedule for Palm Sunday and Holy Week...... 4 Bethel Happenings......5-6 April & May Birthdays & Anniversaries......7-8 Calendars...9-10 Church Office 440-843-6663 Office Hours Mon Fri 9AM 1 PM Fax Number 440-843-6664 Steven M. Krebill 440-785-9614 Pastor pastorstevek@sbcglobal.net Erika Haskell 216-409-9037 Director of Music erikah15@yahoo.com Gail Gold 440-843-6663 Administrative Assistant bethelstaff@sbcglobal.net Christie Scott 440-243-6266 M.E.E.C. Director christieatmeec@yahoo.com M.E.E.C. Office 440-888-9922 The Congregation Reporters 2
Deadline for the Summer 2017 BeTheLight is May 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, fellowship events and volunteer opportunities. This newsletter is meant to be an informational tool of Bethel Lutheran Church where we serve together as a family in Christ. The BeTheLight welcomes contributions and letters. Copyrighted 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 Carl Burgess, Warren Burgess, Marshall Camp, Bryan Ciccarello, Robert Hintze, Marie Hvizdos, Marie Link, Joyce Larson, Eric Nemerovsky, Kirk Nemerovsky, Eric Whitsel PERSONS WHO ARE HOMEBOUND FROM THE PASTOR- SPRING 2015 Viola Dase~Jan Harmon~Esther Johns Phil Long~Ann Nemeth~Julius Nemeth~Mary Reinke Please keep these friends in your thoughts and prayers. 3
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE SUNDAY OF THE PASSION April 9 at 9:45 AM begins in the Gathering Place with the Procession with Palms and continues with the Lenten theme Steps Toward Faith MAUNDY THURSDAY April 13 at 1 and 7 PM. Remembering our Lord s command to love one another. Celebration of Holy Communion. GOOD FRIDAY April 14 1 PM - Adoration of the cross, and reading of the Passion according to St. John. 7 PM NEW Hope in the Shadows Tenebrae service of light and darkness HOLY SATURDAY April 15 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 candle lighting, Bible stories from the Old Testament, Affirmation of 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 16 Continental Breakfast served in the Gathering Place From 8:30-9:30AM Festival Service at 9:45 AM THE CHURCH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, APRIL 17. 4
CHRISTY KRNAC TO SERVE INTERNSHIP AT BETHEL Christy Krnac, who has been serving at Bethel as part of her seminary Ministry in Context requirement, will also serve her internship year here beginning in June. Pastor Krebill received a phone call just before Christmas from Sister Becky Swanson, the head of contextual education at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus. She was calling to find out whether Bethel would consider sponsoring and Pastor would consider supervising an intern in 2017-2018. The landscape around forming pastors in the ELCA is changing rapidly, and seminaries, candidacy committees and candidates are all trying to adjust to these new realities. For example, we had to wait a year before we received our first intern, Daryl Emowrey because the number of students was declining even then. A year later, the primary reason that we were asked to supervise Lucas Merritt was because he was restricted to Northeast Ohio, and we all know that turned out very well. This is what Pastor Krebill shared with council in January: I am very willing to serve again as an internship supervisor if I have your support to have Bethel serve as the sponsoring site. Being open to the Holy Spirit s movement in unexpected ways has certainly been a blessing to all involved in recent years, and I fully trust that the Holy Spirit will guide us this time as we consider this. The council was in unanimous agreement to give an affirmative response to the seminary for having Christy serve as our intern for 2017-2018. We had to wait until we had official notice of her assignment at the beginning of March to share this news. The funding for Christy s internship will come from the undesignated bequest fund, as it did for our previous interns. Because of when she started the process, Christy only needs to serve a ONE year internship, instead of the new two year process. Like Pastor Lucas before her, Christy already lives in the Cleveland area with her husband and children. Look for an introduction to Christy and her family in the summer issue of the BetheLight. 5
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR are available from the Bethel scholarship fund to students attending Lutheran schools, elementary, secondary, or college. Information is available from Pastor Krebill, and the deadline for applications is May 30. PIERSTORF MEMORIAL COLLEGE LOAND FUND, administered by Messiah Lutheran Church in Fairview Park, provides interest-free loans to Lutheran students who are or will be enrolled full time in a four-year undergraduate program at any accredited college or university. This year, the maximum interest-free loan is $3,000 for the school year. For information, go to http://www.pierstorf.org./ Complete the 2017-2018 application by visiting the website starting Aril 15, 2017. The deadline for all applications is Friday, June 30, 2017. 6
Birthdays and Anniversaries 2 Russ Bailey 3 Gail Brophy 4 Jackie Kottke Bondor 5 Elsie Petrov 5 Adelaide Rescola 5 George & Elfi Schuster 8 Giesela Stiene 9 George Schuster 10 Jennifer Stiene 10 Eliza Karp 13 Molly Weaver 13 Mitch Harshman 14 Nik Schuster 14 Fred & Sandy Sauvey 15 Esther Johns 15 Nick LoPiccolo 15 Leni Tuffner 16 Marie Link 18 Isabel Haskell 25 Alex Salem 25 Sam Haskell 26 Robert F. Breska 28 Nancy Kilkenny 29 Victoria Bobey 7
Birthdays and Anniversaries 1 James Sandine 2 Darlynne Eberhart 3 Emma Reardon 4 Sophia Schobel 4 Barbara Steffen 6 Wayne Derschau 6 Olivia Karp 7 Lori Sandine 8 Mary Reinke 8 Lynn Foster 8 Betty Powers 8 Melissa Gold 9 Chase Leidy 9 Debbie Breska 10 Jessica Stiene 11 Mary-Ellen Leidy 11 Carol Pickens 12 Bob & Lois Minut 13 Sue Van Straaten 14 Ruth Sindelar 15 Diane Hail 16 Brittany Kvasager 19 Martha Scott 22 Cliff & Carolyn Riedel 23 Ed Costa 26 Alina Bondor 27 Joyce Larson 28 Susan Mohnickey 30 Craig Campfield 31 Jutta Zwingleberg 8
April 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Study 8am 2 Adult Bible Class 8:30am 3 Spring Break ends MEEC classes resume Animate Bible Class 7pm 4 Lectionary Bible study 10am 5 6 Clev. East & West Pastor s Conference 9am Noon GFF 7pm 7 8 9 Adult Bible Class 8:30am 10 Animate Bible Class 7pm 11 Lectionary bible study 10am Council Meeting 7 pm 12 13 MAUNDY THURSDAY 1pm & 7pm 14 GOOD FRIDAY 1pm & 7pm MEEC Closed 15 EASTER VIGIL 6pm 16 EASTER Breakfast 8:30-9:30am 17 OFFICE Closed MEEC Closed 18 Lectionary Bible study 10am MEEC Board Meeting 6:30pm 19 20 GFF 7pm 21 22 23 Adult Bible Class 8:30am 30 Adult Bible Class 8:30am 24 25 Lectionary Bible study 10am 26 27 GFF Easter Service & Dinner 7pm 28 29 9
May 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lectionary Bible study 10am GFF 7pm 7 Bible Study 8:30am 8 9 Lectionary Bible study 10am Council Mtg 7pm 10 11 GFF 7pm 12 13 14 Bible Study 8:30am 15 16 Lectionary Bible study 10am 17 18 19 20 GFF 7pm 21 Seasons of Life Hospice Memorial 12:30-4pm 22 23 Lectionary Bible study 10am 24 MEEC Graduation (Sanctuary) 25 GFF - Birthday Dinner 7pm 26 27 28 29MEMORIAL DAY Office And MEEC Closed 30 31 10
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