Bethel Blessings March 23 & 24

Our Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services will be slightly different this year, but you will be blessed hearing the Easter Story through music, words and video as the Choir presents “No Greater Love”. We will still honor the Last Supper on Thursday and the Solemnity of Good Friday. The story will culminate on Easter Sunday.

CHRIST IN OUR HOME DEVOTIONALS: Free devotion books for April, May and June are available on the cabinet outside of the sanctuary.

EASTER CANDY DONATIONS NEEDED: Please drop off individually wrapped candy to the Youth office any time before Holy Week so the kids can hunt them on Easter Sunday, thank you.

** Also Volunteers are needed to stuff Easter eggs with candy. Please come on Saturday, March 30th at 9:00am to prepare for the Annual Children’s Easter Egg Hunt. Thank you.

EASTER PANCAKE BREAKFAST VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Youth, families and friends please come help fundraise and make breakfast to serve to our Bethel family on Sunday, March 31st.

CHALLENGE GROUP: Men, we can expect God to fulfill His desire for us to have abundance. We can be joyful more often and bring peace to the various aspects of our lives. If you want this for yourself, then please join other men traveling His way. We meet weekly on Saturday in Bethel’s Library at 11:00am. You are more than welcome to join this group that is just getting off the ground. We are a group of guys walking together aiming to glorify God in every aspect of our lives.

SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR ALL AGES

CHILDREN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL (Ages 4 thru 5th grade): Come learn where you can experience God’s greatest gifts. We start at 10:30am in the Christ Center.

CONFIRMATION (All 7th thru 9th graders): Come join Pastor John in a faith building journey at 10:30am downstairs off the Christ Center. We will be meeting on April 7th & 21st.

YOUTH GROUP (Grade 6th – 12th): Saturday, March 23rd Movie Night in the Youth Room from 7:00pm-9:00pm and Sunday, March 24th at 11:00am come have Brunch at IHOP.

ADULT BIBLE CLASS: Located in the Faith Forum where Pastor Dan will be teaching the “Bethel Bible Series” at 10:30am.

STEPHEN MINISTRY: “Pull Yourself Together!” You’ve heard it a million times. Others may have said it to you or you may have said it to yourself. But things just aren’t coming together. You’re still hurting. You still feel like things are falling apart. Our Stephen Ministers are trained caregivers who will walk with you, listen to you, and provide confidential one-to-one care, as you search through the pieces and find what is truly in your heart.

INTEREST GROUPS

BOOK CLUB:  We will be meeting once a month on the 3rd Thursday at 1:00pm in the Library. The book for March will be “Crocodile on the Sandbank” by Elizabeth Peters.

BUNCO: If you can roll dice and count, you can play! All are welcome. We meet next on Friday, April 5th at 7:00pm.

COMFORT MAKERS: Bethel's quilting group meets on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Tuesday of each month from 9:00am – noon in the Christ Center.

CONNECTIONS GROUP: This group is targeted at singles and couples in their 50’s and 60’s. It is a fellowship and discussion group of mutual support, laughter, food, and fun.

GIRL SCOUTS: We meet every other Thursday at 6:00pm in the Youth Room.

DINING OUT GROUP:  We meet on the 4th (last) Monday of the month. For March, we will meet on the 25th at the Airplane Restaurant. The address is 1665 N Newport Rd, 80916.

MICROBREW CREW GROUP: This adult group meets monthly at a local microbrewery. The April meeting will be on Monday, the 8th at 6:00pm at Lost Friends Brewery. The address is 2458 Montebello Square Drive, 80918.

PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP: This group is for folks interested in photography from the novice to experienced.

PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY: If you enjoy knitting or crocheting and are interested in creating Prayer Shawls or Lap Robes for those that are home bound, this is the group for you. Yarn is available in the Narthex.

VARIETY DANCE: Variety Dance meets each Saturday afternoon in the Christ Center.

BIBLE STUDY GROUPS

Men’s Up & Adam Group: This men’s group meets at Bethel for Bible Study every Wednesday morning at 6:30am. 

Ruth Bible Study: We meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays from 9:30am - 11:00am in the Library. The Bible Study is by John MacArthur, “Philippians – Christ the Source of Joy and Strength”. We would love to have you join us.

WEST (Women Earnestly Seeking Truth):  We meet Wednesdays in the Library from 10:30am to noon. We begin a new study on March 27th titled “Women Who Believed God.”

WEB (Women Exploring the Bible):  We meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month from 9:00am to 11:00am in Bethel’s Library. We are discussing “Guidance and God’s Will, Trusting God to Lead” by Tom and Joan Stark.

Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) Evening Women’s Class: We meet at 6:00pm on Mondays, and we are studying the Gospel of John. The theme is “Making Jesus Known”.