BETHEL WEEKLY NEWS BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH ONE CONGREGATION TWO LOCATIONS FEBRUARY 22, 2015 BAPTIZED Receiving the Sacrament of Holy Baptism at Sunday s 8 am service is Finley Duane McCann, son of Brittney & Brad McCann, and at the 11 am service, Eivin Burns, son of Crystal & Zeb Burns. CHANGES OF RITUAL ADULT ED SESSIONS TODAY Sunday, Feb. 22nd 9:15 am Downtown & 10:45 am Highlands Mike O Connell is a life-long resident of Hudson and a funeral director at the O Connell Funeral Home, started in 1985 by his mom and dad, Tom and Janet O Connell. Mike, in his engaging style, will share how things have changed in our homes, church and the funeral, itself, when dealing with death and grief. Many of the rituals and attitudes have changed over the years and this presentation will be an opportunity to hear and discuss these changes. Please join us TO- DAY (Sunday morning) for this Adult Education opportunity! PLEASE WEAR A NAMETAG TODAY During these weekends of February we re asking everyone to grab a nametag before coming into worship. You ll be able to identify your neighbors and you will help our pastors gain a better grasp on individual names and families. We want to keep Bethel a warm, welcoming, personable and inviting place where we re able to call each other by name... Thanks for your help and cooperation! LENTEN WORSHIP SERIES & SUPPER, FEBRUARY 25 Our Lenten worship series start THIS Wednesday, February 25 at 7 pm at the Highlands campus. Theme: INVITING EYES /Luke 5:1-11. The Bethel Youth Worship Band (Eric Holter, Lauren Peterson, Andy Johnson, Afton Eisch) will join us. Please come for a tasty meal prior to the service (each with a gluten-free option) and good fellowship, 5:45-6:45 pm. Cost: $4.00/person with a $15.00 family limit. Hope to see you there! LENTEN SUPPER MENU, FEBRUARY 25 The Congregational Life committee will host, Italian Night - lasagna, spaghetti, red sauce/meatballs, tortellini/white sauce, gluten-free casserole, tossed salad, French bread, Neopolitan ice cream/ice cream wafer. WELCOME WORSHIP GUEST! Bethel believes that God is at work in our life together to transform and renew the world by making followers of Jesus. You are welcome to be a part of this community of those who celebrate the forgiveness and hope that are God s gifts to imperfect people through Jesus Christ, to grow in your faith, and to join in serving human need in his name. The people and pastors of Bethel look forward to sharing your life-journey in any way that is helpful to you. If you are a visitor to this beautiful area, we hope your visit was refreshing; your travels are safe, and your homecoming joyful. If you d like more information about Bethel, please stop by our welcome center or speak to a pastor. CHILDREN ARE WELCOMED AT BETHEL! Parents will find bags of soft toys for children at the entrance to the worship areas. Thank you for doing what you can to help in creating a worship environment where all can participate by keeping distracting noise and movement to a minimum. If you prefer, a nursery is available Sunday mornings at the Highlands campus (9:30 am).
BETHEL S VISION FOR MISSION To WELCOME all people to know Jesus Christ and come to faith in him. To provide the means for growth for Christian maturity, EQUIPPING people with the power of faith in Christ for everyday life. To challenge each member to take a personal share of God s mission, SENDING them to bring Christ s compassion, hope and joy into the world, our communities and homes. ONE CONGREGATION TWO LOCATIONS 715.386.8821 bethel@bethelhudson.org www.bethelhudson.org DOWNTOWN CAMPUS 920 Third Street Hudson, WI 54016 (Administrative Office) Office Hours: M-F: 8:30 am-4:30 pm Sunday: 8 am-10 am HIGHLANDS CAMPUS 504 Frontage Road Hudson, WI 54016 BETHEL S PASTORAL STAFF John Lestock, Senior Pastor Alicia Hilding, Assoc. Pastor Ben Hilding, Assoc. Pastor Bob Bipes, Visitation Pastor BETHEL HIGHLANDS PRESCHOOL 504 Frontage Road Hudson, WI 54016 P 715.381.8254, ext. 401 Kari Jo Fore, Director www.bethelhighlandspreschool.org B E T H E L H A P P E N I N G S DETAILS FOR THE UPCOMING WOMEN S RETREAT Bethel's 2015 Women's Retreat will begin at Heartwood Conference Center in Trego, WI, at 6:30 p.m., Friday, May 1st and will conclude at 11:00 a.m., Sunday, May 3rd. Additional details will be communicated via email to those who are registered. We will help those who have indicated to coordinate carpooling options. If you would rather, you are welcome to drive up yourself. If you have any questions about further details at this time, feel free to ask any of the Journey Planning Team. We are all looking forward to a faith filled weekend together! CALLING PAST & POTENTIAL SMALL GROUP LEADERS The Education Team is planning another Small Group Experience and we need your help. Bethel has had three Small Group Experience opportunities in the past two years and we are planning our fourth round this coming May 3-23rd. The Small Group Experience is a congregation-wide three-week initiative to jump into a small group with hopes of growing closer to one another and to God. We have been blessed with great small group leaders in the past and are already praying and preparing for this next opportunity! If you have been a small group leader in the past or may be willing to lead this May, please contact Pastor Alicia (ahilding@bethelhudson.org). I give thanks to God for these great leaders of Bethel willing to give of their time to create opportunities for community at Bethel! SIGN-UP DEADLINE IS MONDAY FOR YOUNG AT HEARTS On Thursday, March 5th, YAH will travel to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) to view The Habsburgs, the first special show celebrating MIA's 100th birthday. The Habsburgs, Europe's greatest dynasty ruled for 500 years. The exhibition will highlight their great dynasty with more than 125 Old Master paintings, sculpture, antiquities, arms and armor, carriages and court costumes from the royal collection in Vienna. We will view this exhibit accompanied by docents who will explain what we are seeing, giving us historical background and interesting facts to heighten our enjoyment. The bus will leave Bethel Downtown at 9:30 am and leave the MIA at 2 pm to return to Hudson. The cost is $15.00. Lunch is on your own at either the upstairs restaurant or the lobby area cafe in the museum. Bethel members, if there is space after members have signed up, there will be a waiting list for friends. Please sign up and pay at the Downtown welcome center. The deadline for registration and payment is TOMORROW, Monday, February 23rd. There can be no refunds after this date unless someone on the waiting list can take your place. EASTER FLOWER ORDERS If you would like to order an Easter plant to decorate the altar at either campus, order envelopes are available at either welcome center, the church office, and in the welcome pads Downtown. Flowers are $8.50 each and choices include Easter lilies, daffodils, and purple, yellow, pink or red tulips. Please place orders by Sunday, March 22nd.
Y O U T H AND F A M I L Y H A P P E N I N G S EDUCATION UPDATES Sunday School Faith Milestone Sunday Feb. 22 March 1st no class March 8th Sunday School Service Day! Kids will work together on service projects during the regular Sunday school time. Projects may include baking cookies for the Dorothy Day shelter and making bracelets for Haiti. Join us in making a difference for others! 6th Grade Wednesday Night Class - Is the Holy Spirit a person or wind or fire or what? 7th Grade Wednesday Night Class - What if my friends aren t Christian? 8th Grade Confirmation Lenten Worship 9th Grade Confirmation Lenten Worship FAITH MILESTONES February Faith Milestone - 1st Grade, The Lord s Prayer This month, the 1st grade students have prepared for their Faith Milestone: the Lord s Prayer. Students have learned how Jesus wants us to pray and the meaning of the Lord s Prayer. Today we celebrate this Faith Milestone during the 9:30 am worship at Bethel Highlands. God s blessings to these 1st grade students: Logan Alters Nate Anderson Jonas Andrews Joey Arnevik Zander Ashley Lincoln Banaszynski Quinn Bartz Mason Bates Cooper Beckmann Jake Bluske Spencer Bullis Tovah Butterfass Reid Carrier Brecken Christenson Austin Clark Madison Copeland Madalyn DeGree Kaitlyn Drost Addison Johnson Ethan Lownsbury Charlie Marnell Henry Newman Macie Oian Jake Paulson Isabella Petry Ian Ralston Aidan Randolph Gavin Reetz Grayden Roberts Kalei Schultz Ethan Schultz Liam Siebert Marco Smith Ethan Swanson Jackson Tangen Eli Theobald SENIOR LEAGUE, GRADES 9-12 30 HOUR FAMINE On Ash Wednesday, Senior League experienced a 30 hour famine in remembrance of the hunger experienced in our world. Thanks to these students for helping bring awareness to the basic needs of others. MALAWI OFFERING SUNDAY SCHOOL Thanks to all the families who contributed to the Sunday School offering for Malawi, we raised $73.50 that will be sent via our synod to help those suffering from the effects of severe flooding in Malawi. BETHEL S WINTER WEATHER POLICY With winter weather here, it is Bethel s policy to cancel or postpone youth/ children s activities if Hudson schools are closed for a snow day. BETHEL YOUTH STAFF Pastor Ben Hilding, Pastor of Youth and Family (8th & 9th Grade Confirmation) bhilding@bethelhudson.org Cindy Halunen, Director of Faith Formation (Sunday School and 6th & 7th Grade Faith Formation) chalunen@bethelhudson.org Missy Austreng, Coordinator of Faith Milestones missy@bethelhighlandspreschool.org Marcie Andrews, Youth Ministry Communications Asst. mandrews@bethelhudson.org CHRIST JAM MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH GATHERING MARCH 15--RICE LAKE This middle school youth gathering is an introduction to synod gatherings featuring workshops, service projects and entertainment from Swen and Dean! Registration Deadline: THIS Wednesday, Feb. 25 When / Where March 15, Bethany Lutheran Church in Rice Lake Cost - $40 includes a t-shirt and lunch Sign up at the at the welcome centers, pick up a permission form and submit it along with the payment (payable to Bethel) to Marcie Andrews at Bethel Downtown
WORSHIP MINISTRY ASSISTANTS 8 AM* & 11 AM Acolytes *8 am Amber & Heather Skoglund 11 am Jordan Halverson, Jacob Lockbaum Ushers *8 am Roger Pavlis, Bob Jacobson 11 am Jon Hilding, Chuck Boeder Greeters *8 am John/Janet Clymer 11 am Jerry/Margie Ellefson Communion Assistants *8 am No communion 11 am Tasha Gunderson, Linda James Readers *8 am Linda Malick 11 am Tasha Gunderson Welcome Center 8 am* Cynthia Huntley Cookie Caller* Georgia/Jerry Adams *Downtown campus HOSPITALITY TEAM 4TH SUNDAY HIGHLANDS 9:30 AM Team Leaders/Lead Ushers Bill Swanson Ushers Dan/Wendy Theobald Greeters Dan/Gretchen DuPuis, Ruby Mockler, Greta Shafer Communion Servers Dave Datt, Troy Forcier, Chuck Lewis, Dick/Char Trende, Brent Mitchell, Rob Brown Videographer Parker Poling Projectionist Sunday Keegan Sansone Welcome Center Greta Shafer Nursery Grace Yaeger Hospitality/Coffee Poling famly Projectionist Saturday Char Trende P O W E R OF P R A Y E R Those Who are Sick or in Need of Healing: Don Belisle, Scott Belisle, Sarah Dargatz, Paine DeBauche, Jean Elder, Gaye Frye, Mike Ganske, Carol Gilbert, Don Gilbertson, Mike Givens, Vivian Hart, Ken Heiser, Nancy Jeffries-Lein, Ron Johnson, Jim Klaas, Leah Krenz, Ken Larson, Betsey Lundeen, Lucille Miller, Jennifer Obermueller, Bridget Olson, Terri Pomeroy, Debbie Russell, Kay Shager, Erin Steele, Liz Whitchurch, Ward TeWinkel, Wendi Wollner and Ruth Ziemann. Those Serving or Deployed: Jeffrey Berg, Charles Burns, Jordan Kein and Steven Moreus. WORSHIP ATTENDANCE FOR FEB. 14-15, 2015 Saturday, February 14: Highlands, 5:30 pm 66 Sunday, February 15: Downtown, 8 am 109 Sunday, February 15: Highlands, 9:30 am 256; 11 am 83 TODAY S QUOTE The Christians chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement. - John R. W. Stotts THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS David and Janet Benson would like to thank you all for your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time with the sudden death of David's brother, Donald, from a brain aneurysm. Your kind expressions of sympathy and friendship will always remain in our memories. LENTEN DEVOTIONAL BOOKLETS/2015 NOW AVAILABLE These past weeks 40 of our Bethel people have been hard at work writing devotionals for the 40 days of Lent and our Lenten Devotional Booklet for this year. We thank them for their time, talents and sharing their faith with us. If you haven t picked yours up, you can get one today on your way out of our worship service. (One per family, please.) You can also download one from our web site. This will be a great way to keep Lent with us, and plan to join us each Wednesday evening for Lenten worship at Highlands. T H I S W E E K S S C H E D U L E Sunday, 22 Monday, 23 Tuesday, 24 Wednesday, 25 Thursday, 26 Friday, 27 Saturday, 28 Faith Milestone Sunday/ Grade 1 8 am Celebration worship DT 9:15 am Changes of Ritual Adult Ed DT 9:30 am New Song Worship BH 9:30 am Sunday sch. BH 10:45 am Changes of Ritual Adult Ed BH 11 am Great Awakening worship BH 4 pm Financial Peace University BH 9 am Offering counters DT 4 pm Kids Holy Yoga BH 5 pm Outreach cmtee. BH 5:30 pm Young Adult Bible study BH 6:30 pm Monday Funday 7 pm Boy Scout Troop #140 and Venture Crew DT 7 pm Holy Yoga/Gentle BH 7 pm 20/30-Somethings DT 9 am WOB quilters DT 12:30 pm Youth team BH 7:30 pm Bethel Chorale rehearsal DT Sign-up deadline for Christ Jam 9:05 am Morning Fuel BH 10 am Staff meeting DT 2 pm Prayer team DT 5:45 pm Lenten supper BH 6:15 pm Gr. 6/7 BH 7 pm Lenten worship BH 7 pm Senior League 9 am Visitor mailing team DT 9:15 am Women s Bible study BH 5:30 pm Bell Ensemble rehearsal BH 7 pm New Song rehearsal BH 7 pm HOME monthly planning DT 7 am Men s Bible study DT 8:30 am Holy Yoga /Slow Flow BH 9 am Kids Holy Yoga BH 5:30 pm Gathering Worship BH
BETHEL HAPPENINGS BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH FEBRUARY 22, 2015 PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR THRIVENT CHOICE DOLLARS Thrivent Choice Dollars grant funds can help support organizations you care about. Don t let your designated Choice Dollars expire. Eligible members of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans who have been designated Choice Dollars have until March 31, 2015, to direct any remaining 2014 Choice Dollars. Help support Bethel! Call 800-THRIVENT and state Thrivent Choice or go to Thrivent.com/thriventchoice. Tracy Berglund and Mike Nelson will host Q&A coffee sessions in the coming weeks to answer any questions you may have. Please watch the Bethel Weekly News for details. 20S/30S SMALL GROUP CONTINUES MONDAYS DOWNTOWN We began a new 20s and 30s Small Group Bible Study Monday nights at Bethel last month and plan to continue the group indefinitely. Come on down to the new Engedi Room at the Downtown campus for Bible Study at 7 pm on Mondays! Bring friends! If you have any questions, please contact coleaders, Kali Sharot (ksharot5@gmail.com) or Pastor Alicia (ahilding@bethelhudson.org). BIBLE STUDY LEADERS WELCA Bible study leaders will meet for a training session on Tuesday, March 3rd at 6:30 pm, Downtown campus. BETHEL BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION Join readers on Wednesday, March 4th from 1-3 pm at the Downtown campus to discuss Wild by Cheryl Strayed. If you have suggestions for the 2015-2016 season, please bring the title, author, and a short description of the book. We will choose books for the next season at the June 3rd meeting. All are welcome to join the book discussions.
BETHEL HAPPENINGS BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH FEBRUARY 22, 2015 FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED We are looking to begin a new support group for family members of the incarcerated. If you, or someone you know are interested, please contact Jean at 715.381.0324 or contact the church office. (Participants need not be from Bethel yet the meetings may take place here.) BACK TO BILOXI AUGUST 23-29! The Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders will host a blitz build during their Katarina reunion in Biloxi, MS Aug. 23-29. A Bethel team will participate in this event, which will include completely building several homes and remodeling others in one week. SPACE IS LIMITED SIGN UP SOON. The cost of the trip is $250 plus transportation. If interested, please contact Alan Park at parka99@sbcglobal.net. A link with details has been posted on Bethel s web site (Serving & Missions/Mission Trips). The price of the trip increases to $300 after March 30th. HAITI MISSION TRIP JULY 11-17 If you missed the recent meeting, you are welcome to join the trip, but you will need to make your own travel arrangements. Please contact Alan Park (parka99@sbcglobal.net) or Mary Gerzmehle (mgerzmeh@hotmail.com). MISSION TANZANIA IS COMING UP FEB. 27-MARCH 21, 2016 A heads-up for those who might be considering joining Bethel s mission team to Tanzania: a planning meeting will be held sometime this Spring. Please feel free to contact Alan Park (parka99@sbcglobal.net) or Mary Gerzmehle (mmgerzmeh@hotmail.com) with any questions. REDESIGNING DEMENTIA CARE IN ST. CROIX COUNTY Presented by Nancy Abrahamson -Dementia Care Specialist, ADRC of St Croix County. Presented by Nancy Abrahamson -Dementia Care Specialist, ADRC of St Croix County. Thursday Feb. 26, 5:30-6:45 pm at Community Commons Senior Center, 421 Green Ave, New Richmond, WI 54017. Discussion will include creating dementia friendly communities, and supporting those with the diagnosis through Memory Cafes, volunteer support in the home and other initiatives. Free and open to the public. Reservations are needed please call 1-800-372-2333, x 4366 to register. 6