STIRRINGS AT BETHESDA
Weekly Newsletter of the Bethesda Baptist Church
March 10, 2014
Recent Prayer Requests
* Elijah Mueller – in the hospital
* Praise to God for the birth of Olivia Mueller
* Walker’s grandson Bryson having tonsils & adenoids removed today
* Alicia’s mother
* Meghan Bartner
* Zachary Mueller
* Cynthia Wordlaw, need for a kidney
* Dennis fighting kidney failure
* Marilynn Norvell
* Debbie, recovering from foot surgery
* Diamonds on vacation
* Brooks on vacation
* Reppergers leaving later this week on vacation
* Prayer for the conversions of the lost, especially those in our community
* Praise to the Lord for our visitors
* Our church and need for revival
Upcoming Activities
1. Business Meeting, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
2. Sunday school, Sunday, 9:15 a.m.
3. Worship Service – Ordination of Steve
Brook, Sunday, 10:30 a.m.
4. Discipleship Training, Sunday, 5 p.m.
Mission Trip
Don’t forget Julie Brandel’s mission trip this summer to San Diego. If you wish to help with her financial needs, you may do so by writing a check to Bethesda and designating it towards her trip.
Deacon Ordination
Steve Brook will be ordained to the deacon ministry this Sunday morning, March 16, as part of our morning worship service. I encourage you to attend and support Steve and his family at this important event.
LADIES Book Study
The ladies will begin a new books study on Tuesday, March 25 entitled “Living Your Life As A Beautiful Offering”. Due to difficulty obtaining books, if you plan on attending the book study, please make certain you sign the sheet in the foyer no later than this Sunday, March 16.
Once again Pam will lead the study which will meet every Tuesday beginning at 6:30 p.m. Please mark your calendars and sign the sheet!
Bethesda Congratulations for the Week
Happy Birthday wishes this week to:
* Alexis Wildgrube – Monday
“And thus we who have not their knowledge wish and are not able even with pains to understand what the apostle referred to, especially as his meaning is made still more obscure by what he adds. … I frankly confess I do not know what he means.”
Augustine
The Bethesda Academy
The Academy returns next Monday, March 17 beginning at 6:30 p.m. Since the Thessalonian epistles have focused so much on the Lord’s Return, we’ll spend time discussing future events and investigating what God has said concerning the end times.
Join us on Monday, March 17 for a time of study and fellowship at 6:30 p.m.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Jeff and Alicia Mueller on the birth of their daughter, Olivia Abigail. Olivia entered the world last Wednesday, March 5. Praise God for another gift of life!
North American Missions
Yesterday marked the beginning of our emphasis on North American Missions as we began our week of prayer. It also marked the beginning of your opportunity to contribute to mission work throughout North America by means of the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering. Every cent you give to Annie Armstrong goes directly to missions in North America.
Bethesda’s goal is $1200. I simply ask you to seek the Lord and understand what He would have you contribute to his valuable effort. If you wish to give by means of a check, simply make your check out to Bethesda Baptist Church and note either on the “Memo” line and/or on the offering envelope that your gift is for the Annie Armstrong Offering (“Missions” will suffice).
Thank you for your donation and may the Lord bless your giving.
“The willful and persistent rejection of the truth God punishes with judicial blindness, so that the power of discernment is blunted, and error comes to be accepted as truth-nay, the perversity becomes sometimes so morbid that men bring on them the woe pronounced against such as ‘call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.’ (Isaiah 5:20)”
John Eadie
Pastor’s Postscript
Next Sunday is a very special day as we ordain brother Steve to the deacon ministry. I really encourage each of you to be there.
In your prayers this week, please continue to pray for the Mueller family, especially Elijah. Also lift up the several church families who are already on vacation or preparing to travel: the Diamonds, the Brooks, and the Reppergers. Also, give praise to God for the visitors who continue to worship with us on Sunday mornings!
I want to publicly thank all those involved with the new church sign. Several folks spent many weeks looking at various options. Then they had to order the sign, coordinate its arrival and temporary storage, and, finally, its installation. The sign is beautiful and looks tremendous! To each one who had a part in this process, thank you very, very much!
May Christ grant you a wonderful week! See you Wednesday evening!