At Bethlehem we have been engaged in a three step process that will create 1 and 3 year Mission Priorities to guide our ministry with our members and community into the future. Step one began in the fall when about two dozen leaders gathered to create our Purpose Statement and Guiding Principles (overwhelmingly approved by the congregation in January. See it on the last page of our worship folder). Step two begins NOW with Congregational Listening Sessions and ‘one-on-ones’ i

The women’s groups of Bethlehem have been active since the church began in 1924. Even though the names of the groups have changed over the years, the mission has stayed the same: to serve God, to serve our church, and to serve others. During the month of May, as part of our series, ReformationLIVES: Celebrating Our Shared Stories, we will celebrate Women’s Ministry and all of the work that they have done for the church. Our Celebration Service will be on Mother’s Day, May

The women of Bethlehem support the mission of Lutheran World Relief. Kits and quilts are put together and sent in the fall of each year. Men, women and children in need throughout the world, no matter their circumstances, are given kits to provide them with some of the basics: personal care kits when they might be in refugee camps; school kits for children to use to learn; infant care kits with clothes and cloth diapers; and fabric kits used to teach women to sew clothes for

Our 5th annual Faith, Family, Fun Day is Saturday, August 12. We will be distributing bags of fresh produce to neighborhood families. Our neighborhood is known as a “food desert”. A store with fresh produce is a mile and a half away from our neighborhood; a difficult bus ride and even more difficult walk with bags of groceries. We are collecting our “pennies” to help fund this worth-while cause. Place your donation in the jar in the social hall. #familyfun #giving #fellowshi

Join us on Sundays, through May 21, at 9:30 in the Library on our lower level for our Adult Forum as we continue the study of “The Call: The life and message of the Apostle Paul.” From the publisher: “From the road to Damascus to the sun-drenched lands of modern-day Greece and Turkey to a Roman prison, go with Adam Hamilton as he follows the journeys of Paul in this six-week DVD study about Christianity’s greatest teacher and missionary. You’ll see exactly where some of the