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Wendy’s Restaurant Fundraiser Sunday April 22nd, from 12-3pm Bethany’s Camper Fund will receive 15% of the proceeds from the Wendy’s on Gratiot north of 16 Compassion Thursday, April 23, 2015 Mile Road on the 4th Sunday of each 6 - 9 p.m. Pregnancy Center The Mirage Banquet Hall month. Remember to mention ‘Bethany’ to the 20TH ANNUAL cashier for your purchase to qualify. Your 16980 18 Mile Rd. FUNDRAISING BANQUET participation helps send Bethany’s youth to camp. Clinton Twp 586-783-2229 info Volume 4, Issue 4 April 2015 Helping our Community Kroger Community Rewards Welcome! Do you and your family shop at Kroger? Great news...now you can earn money for the I am very thankful to Hope Center simply by doing your normal, every day shopping at Kroger. have you with us. If you The Hope Center is enrolled in Kroger's Community Rewards Program. This program will are a first time guest to link purchases made with your Kroger's Plus Card to the Hope Center. To participate in the Kroger Bethany, please stop by Community Rewards Program: Simply register online at https://www.kroger.com/communityrewards. the Welcome Center, and give us the opportunity to meet you! For information on BETHANY CHURCH any of Bethany’s Sundays in April April 12th will begin a new series, ministries, pick up a Sermon Series “That’s Not Right.” In which we will 19700 15 Mile Road flyer at the Welcome look at many of the different things that Bethany has been situated on the corner of 15 Mile Road Palm Sunday - “The Plans of the King.” Clinton Twp. Mi 48035 Center or see Bethany’s we do and try to justify before God and and Beaconsfield for more than 60 years, and has a rich Good Friday—7pm Service Phone: 586-791-1190 web page. Please join others. heritage that involves a group of Christ followers who are Easter Sunday - “Resurrection” Fax: 586-791-2959 us again to discover the Email: [email protected] devoted to seeking the will of God. We know it is no difference God can Website: connect2bethany.org accident that we have been placed on this corner and we make in your life. Start you own small group! Office hours: M & T 10am-4pm W - F 9am-5pm strive to reach out to our community with the love of Christ. Pastor Mark Reynolds Beginning Easter Sunday with A.D.! A.D. will pick up where the smash hit, “The Bible” left off. This powerful 12-week series Events This Month begins on NBC with the crucifixion and tells the story of the first 10 chapters of the book of Acts. April 3 Good Friday Watch as the disciples struggle to survive and share their beliefs, guiding us from April 5 Easter/Baptism the sorrow of Christ's ultimate sacrifice to the awe-inspiring wonder of the Resurrection and beyond. April 12 Membership Many viewers will want to learn more about these powerful stories and the faith Class Begins of the early believers. Plan now to invite your family, friends and neighbors to April 25 “Let’s Move watch along and even launch a study group based on the series and examine the Festival of Races” Day scriptures together. April 26 Wendy’s Fundraiser/Quarterly National Day of Prayer Business Meeting May 7th @ Noon Join us as we gather on the steps of the Inside this issue: Clinton Township Civic Center, to honor the National Day of Prayer. Classes 2 Missions 3 Clinton Township, Civic Center, Church Calendar 5 40700 Romeo Plank, Clinton Upcoming events 6 Cornerstone Township MI Baptist Church Youth group events 7 www.itickers.com/thegettys 8 Bethany Newsletter APRIL 2015 1 Bethany Newsletter APRIL 2015 HAPPENINGS @BETHANY YOUTH NEWS Spring Weekly Schedule Souled Out Continues Youth Alpha Film Series 7th to 12th Grade Sunday Wednesday Wednesday Nights in March at 7pm 9:45am Connection Bible Classes; 7:00pm Bible Study & Prayer Service, One of the first things that kids learn is the ALPHAbet. The for All Ages Nursery through Adults BIA-Boys In Action, GEMS Girls & word ALPHA is the first letter in the Greek alphabet. It implies 11:00am Worship Service Souled Out Teens, Men’s & Women’s Bible the beginning of something. That’s why we’re continuing a 6:00pm Worship Service Studies series of short films called Alpha. Throughout April, we’ll be CrossRoads (18-29 year olds) discovering how we can have a full life and what God gives us Thursday Monday to accomplish that; we’ll dive into how we can resist making 7:00pm Choir practice 7:00pm Celebrate Recovery bad choices and what being a part of a church is really all Committee Meetings (see Calendar) about. We’ll leave plenty of room for discussion surrounding Saturday Tuesday these big questions each week at Souled Out. Don’t miss a single week of getting together with other JR 8:00am Men’s Bible Study 1:00pm Quilting Time & SR HI students to have a great time getting to know each other and God better in the process. Becoming a Member Souled Out Summer Sneak Peek New Member Class begins I know it may still be cold outside, but summer will be here Membership does matter. Jesus lived and died before you know it. And the summer of 2015 could be the for the church (Eph. 5:25). As a believer in Christ, best one yet! Especially if you get plugged in to what’s you are a member of the spiritual church. In Christ, happening for our JR & SR HI students. SR HI & College Age you are called to become a part of His body as a students get to kick off the summer at the Alive Festival in member of a local church. If you are a Christian Mineral City, OH. This five day music festival features some of and you are not a member of a church, then we the best artists in Christian music, like Skillet, Tobymac, encourage you to connect with a church as soon Needtobreathe, Lecrae, Tenth Avenue North, For King & Country, Jeremy Camp, Kari Jobe, Colton Dixon, as possible. Don’t take this lightly. Your the Passion Worship Band, Meredith Andrews, Love & The Outcome, and Quarterly Business Meeting membership with a church is beneficial and many more. You’ll be camping in tents, making your own food, swimming in necessary (1 Cor. 12:4–31). the park’s lake, and kicking off your summer right! For current sixth and April 26th after the 6pm evening seventh grade students, the summer starts off with Five Day Frenzy, a week service. Members, please plan to be For those interested in membership or who would like to know more about it, there course is 4 long crazy adventure that runs alongside Kids there. th week class that will being April 12th. Camp from June 22-25. 8 grade students Please sign up at the Welcome Center or call and up are encouraged to volunteer for Kids Kids Camp 2015 the church office if interested. Camp and be a part of making this a great week for the children who come. And that’s June 22nd—26th just June! Next month, you’ll get to hear more Save the dates of June 22-26 , if you are Baby Dedication about the rest of the summer. For now, if you have any questions, see seeking an adventure in climbing Everest with us May 10th @ 11am Pastor Mike or email him at [email protected]. at Bethany’s 2015 Kids Camp. This week long Baby Dedication is a event will need a number of volunteers, to conquer ceremony in which believing this mountain. Summer Camp parents, and sometimes entire Souled Out Online If you are interested or would like more Sign up Now! families, make a commitment If you are looking for information about Souled Out and the information please contact Pastor Mike or Kathy Most students have before the Lord to dedicate a events that we are doing, you’ve got two great sources: Face- Tucker. Everyone who wants to assist in this quest earned points through the child to God's will and to raise book and the church’s website. While there may be several will have a thorough Campers Fund to help off-set the cost. that child according to God's down sides to Facebook, one of the good things about it is background check to be See your youth leader for more Word and God's ways. that it allows us to quickly get detailed information out to eve- prepared for the excursion. information and camp forms. Reserve If the Lord is leading you to ryone about upcoming events. That same information will al- Please join us now as we your spot now! Many camps will fill up in dedicate your child, please ways be placed on our church website as well for those of beginning praying and the next month. contact the church office. you who do not have Facebook accounts. The Facebook ad- planning for an exciting Camp Barakel June 30– July 6 There will be a baby dedication dress is www.facebook.com/SouledOutBBC and the website week of Kids Camp. Camp Kaskitowa July 12-18 on Mother’s Day, May 10th. address is connect2bethany.org/#/connectbethany/teens Camp CedarRidge July 26-Aug 1 2 Bethany Newsletter APRIL 2015 7 Bethany Newsletter APRIL 2015 UPCOMING EVENTS BIRTHDAYS/ANNIVERIARIES SPOTLIGHT ON MISSIONS Upcoming Missionary of the week April 2015 1 Robert Schmidt April 5th 2 Barbara Bauman, Dan Murphy Dan Feryance, Dan and his late wife, Ida Feryance planted churches in Slovakia Events 3 Sharon Maher, Ruth Bruder beginning in 1946.