Bethel Blessings June 7 & 8
IT’S PENTECOST WEEKEND – PLEASE WEAR RED TO HONOR THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT!
SUMMER FOOD & FELLOWSHIP: The Food Fellowship Support Team (formally Inreach) will be serving on June 8th. For Father’s Day, June 15th there will be a Father’s Day Cookout.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: This week is Vacation Bible School from June 9th-13th from 9:00am – 12:00noon, children will discover how they can trust Jesus in a wild world. Thank you to all the volunteers and especially Bethany Witkop who put it all together.
ALL CHURCH BETHEL NIGHT AT THE VIBES – FRIDAY, JUNE 20TH – 6:30PM: Adults are $15, Kids are $10 and that includes the ticket, full buffet and parking (regular price is $30 adult/$20 kids under 18). Address for the stadium is 4385 Tutt Blvd, 80922. You can register with this link Bethel Night at the Ballpark. Please RSVP with payment today or no later than Sunday, June 15th either by check or online at bethellutheran.net. Hosted by Children, Youth and Family Ministry.
HOSPICE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: Pastor Nita Mathews is working with Advanced Home Health and Hospice here in Colorado Springs as one of the Chaplains and now as the Volunteer Coordinator. Medicaid requires 5% of the care Hospice patients receive to be from volunteers. Pastor Nita is looking for eager individuals aged 18 and older. She will have a training session in June. Some of the opportunities are: Direct patient care, specialty areas like music therapy and dog therapy, Office help, bereavement volunteers and Annual Celebration of Life help.
FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN: Join us at Parry’s Pizza on Barnes on Thursday, June 12th from 11:00am to 10:00pm to raise funds for Bethel to host the Feed My Starving Children Mobile Pack! Parry’s will donate 20% of your food and beverage bill to FMSC at no extra cost to you! Just let your server know you are supporting Feed My Starving Children for your dine-in or carry-out meal.
BETHEL BOOK CLUB: We will meet on Thursday, June 19th at 1:00pm in the Library. The book we are reading is “Running with Sherman – The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero” by Christopher McDougall.
NEW STEPHEN MINISTRY TRAINING: Stephen Ministry equips caregivers – called Stephen Ministers—to provide high-quality, confidential, Christ-centered care to people in need. If you are interested in serving others in this way, please consider joining the Bethel Stephen Ministry team. We will be hosting a Stephen Minister training beginning this Fall on September 10th and ending on January 14th. Commissioning of new Stephen Ministers will be held on the weekend of January 16/17. We hope you will prayerfully consider joining this important ministry. We need you!
A HUGE THANK YOU to all who donated to Gifts From the Heart and Stitched With Love. They received stuffed animals, yarn, fabric, afghans, etc. and they are very appreciated. The items are being processed for delivery.