Good Morning Bethesda!
Regrettably, my message yesterday has been forever renamed “The Toe Sermon”! However, if you recall my intention in sharing the illustration then I don’t mind folks remembering the illustration.
Let us not sorrow, grieve, or be in anguish over anticipated troubles which may never happen to us! Sorrow for the believer will come but for “a little while” and then be transformed into joy!
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, her mother, father, and sister suffering physically
- Gene & Lois Schulze at home.
- Caroline, Anne Overton’s sister-in-law, fight with cancer.
- Our church and need for revival
The Bethesda Academy
The Academy resumes tonight at 6:30 p.m. This evening will be a 90 minute examination of the Scripture on the topic of angels. You are more than welcome to attend even if you have not attended before.
Upcoming Activities
- Bethesda Academy, Monday, 6:30 p.m.
- Outreach & Visitation, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
- Bible Study (2 Thessalonians) & Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.
- Ladies Book Study, Thursday, 6:30 pm.
- Bonfire, Saturday, 7:00 p.m.
- Sunday School, Sunday, 9:15 a.m.
- Worship Service, Sunday, 10:30 a.m.
- Discipleship Training (Biggest Losers), Sunday, 5:00 p.m.
Operation Christmas Child
Boxes are available at the church and you are welcome to take as many as you want, pack them, and bring them back to the church to be delivered.
Also, you may simply place gifts in the big box this coming Sunday and let someone else do the packing (or join in the fun!). There will be a packing party at the Walker’s home on Tuesday, October 23 beginning at 6:30 p.m. Everyone will join in, pack the gifts from the big box into smaller boxes, and then spend some time in fellowship. Directions to our home will be provided on Sunday to those who are interested (we do live in a split-level so you have to navigate steps).
Even if you cannot come to the packing party, you are more than welcome to contribute gifts to the big box. BUT, all gifts for that box MUST be placed in the box this Sunday (October 21) at the latest.
Ladies Book Study
The book study is going strong and meets again this Thursday, October 18 at 6:30 p.m. If you haven’t had the opportunity to be at one yet, it’s not too late. Why not drop in this coming Thursday evening and check it out?
Please contact Pam DePriest at 441-3239 or pdepries@att.net for more information.
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
but trust Him for His Grace—
behind a frowning providence,
He hides a smiling face!
William Cowper
(“God Moves in a Mysterious Way”)
From Yesterday . . .
“Our sorrows are all, like ourselves, mortal. There are no immortal sorrows for immortal saints!”
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Church Bonfire
THIS SATURDAY, October 20 at 7:00 p.m. behind the church.
Please bring 5 pieces of firewood and a snack. Possible snacks are popcorn, hot dogs, buns, condiments, smores fixings, hot cocoa, and other drinks.
Also, don’t forget your lawn chairs!
This is the 3rd year we have had the bonfire fellowship and I am certain this one will be as enjoyable as the first two.
Pastor’s Postscripts
I do hope you take advantage of the many opportunities offered by our church for Biblical education as well as fellowship. Certainly no one can make everything but I do want to encourage you to find the time and take the effort to participate in some of the ministries we are offering as a church.
- Sunday School on Sunday mornings
- Discipleship Training on Sunday evenings
- The Bethesda Academy on Monday evenings.
- Bible Study & Prayer Meeting on Wednesdays evenings
- The Ladies Book Study on Thursday evenings
- And, THIS WEEK, our Bonfire on Saturday evening.
Come out and join us!
Pastor Bruce
636-233-0645
TheSaxonHus@hotmail.com