Good Morning, Bethesda!
What a surprise and blessing to me yesterday! The gifts and the lunch are greatly appreciated and I thank everyone. I certainly do not deserve this but am grateful for your kindness. You are a very caring people and I am delighted God has called me to be your pastor!
Urgent Prayer Requests
- Pete & Brenda Koelling
- Meghan Bartner
- Brazel family
- Rachelle Brandel in Japan.
- Jon Bound’s cousin, Carrie, suffering from terminal cancer and in need of salvation.
- Marilynn Norvell
- Cynthia Wordlaw
- Gene & Lois Schulze at home.
- Caroline, Anne Overton’s sister-in-law, fight with cancer.
- Our church and need for revival
Upcoming Activities
1. Bethesda Academy, Monday, 6:30 p.m.
2. Bible Study (2 Timothy) & Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.
3. ELECTION DAY, Tuesday – our church is a local polling place
4. Deacons’ Meeting, Wednesday, 7:45 p.m.
5. Sunday School, Sunday, 9:15 a.m.
6. Worship Service, Sunday, 10:30 a.m.
7. Discipleship Training (Biggest Losers), Sunday, 5:00 p.m.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
Yesterday wrapped up our focus on Operation Christmas Child. If you have a box at home and forgot to bring it to the church yesterday, please contact the pastor sometime this week (the sooner, the better) so arrangements may be made to include your box in our distribution.
Ladies Book Study
The ladies have completed their Thursday evening study. But I understand there is a “push” for another one sometime in March. Keep your eyes and ears open over the coming months!
Thanks to Pam for all her work in promoting, preparing, and leading this study! The ladies thoroughly enjoyed it!
“There is no voice which has ever been heard, either in heaven or in earth, more exalted, more holy, more fruitful, more sublime, than the prayer offered up by the Son to God Himself.”
– Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560) on John 17
November 6, 2012
Tomorrow is Election Day. The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. I truly encourage and exhort each of you to take the time and make the effort to vote. Also, please take the time to do some research on the candidates and issues before going to the polls.
For the last time, here is a link to the Voter’s Guide produced by Front Line to provide you with additional information.
Also, here is a link to a sample ballot for St. Charles County. Go to:
http://election.sccmo.org/election/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=28
or click on “November 6, 2012 Sample Ballot”. Clicking on this latter link will prompt you to open the sample ballot as a PDF file.
Thanksgiving Dinner Fellowship
Our church family will celebrate Thanksgiving with a dinner fellowship on Sunday, November 18 following the morning worship service. The church will provide the meat (turkey and ham). We ask each family to bring a Thanksgiving dish and a drink to share.
“… to know God and Christ is to know God as the propitiated and reconciled God.”
– Unknown
Pastor’s Postscripts
The Church Council met Saturday and briefly discussed our calendar for the next 2 months. Here are some dates to note on your calendar:
November 18: Thanksgiving Dinner
November 21: NO Prayer Meeting
December 16: Christmas Program, Fellowship, and Caroling, 5 pm
December 16: NO Discipleship Training
December 23: NO Discipleship Training
December 26: NO Prayer Meeting
December 30: NO Discipleship Training; NO 5th Sunday Q & A Fellowship
I look forward to seeing some of you tonight for the Academy, others on Wednesday for Bible Study and Prayer Meeting, and everyone on Sunday morning!
God bless you and DON’T forget to vote!
Pastor Bruce
636-233-0645
TheSaxonHus@hotmail.com
Church phone: 636-447-2121
Church web site: www.bethesdabc.org
I feel TRUSTING in Jesus in all things and ACCEPTING his chealengls with fervor is OUR challenge lately. This verse shows us more clearly how to go about HIS work.