February 2019
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The Monthly Newsletter of Bethesda United Methodist Church THEBETHESDABUGLE Volume IX • Issue 12 • February 2019 Pastor Linda poses with the Andrew family after the n baptism of Lainey and i Nolan on January 20. Jo e n From left: Pastor h io ! Linda, Marley, t s 19 Matt, Nolan, s 0 Lainey, and Paid i 2 Kelly. in M In Full! s le Thanks to all who ip c n contributed to is io D t retiring our boiler a g m debt! We are in r k o d a f l free and clear s r M n o going into a W 2019! r e Movie Night: Friday, February 22 T h e t h f t o r o f 1 6:30 p.m. Pray Persistently 2 Read Regularly 3 Choose Connection 4 Step up to Service Bethesda sent five of 5 our youth to this year's Give Generously rally in Ocean City! See page five for a report 6 on the event! Bring a Friend INSIDETHISISSUE NEWS PASTOR'SPAGE CELEBRATINGBLACKHISTORY HISTORYNOTES Page 1-2, 4-5, 11 Page 3 Pages 6-9 Pages 10 WS First Free NE Fifty Family Movie people Night a Fabulous came out Success! for our first Family Movie Night on January 11. The featured movie was “Small Foot.” It really was fun for all ages. We had quite a crowd of children, who made themselves at home on the floor in the Chapel, while adults occupied the chairs. The free popcorn was also a hit! At one point, it seemed there was children and popcorn everywhere! As this was an event designed to help us connect with people in the community, we were pleased that the majority of the attendees were from outside the church. Thanks to those from the congregation who came out to welcome our guests, tend the popcorn machine, and help with the clean up afterwards! We will continue to offer movies for the next couple months. Next up is “The Secret Life of Pets” on February 22 at 6:30 p.m., a hilarious look at what our pets are really doing while we are away. Help us get the word out by inviting your friends in the community to come Above, scenes from movie night. Top: the huge group preparing to leave. Bottom left: and check it out. Bethesda's new popcorn machine. Bottom right: Nikki Oakes helps with clean-up Save the date for our next movie: (Everybody learned that night just how far and wide popcorn can be spread!). March 22 at 6:30 p.m. Help us put a fresh face Pastor Linda & the congregation of Bethesda Church: Adopt on our space, room by Thank you so much for your thoughts, prayers, and kind room, by participating Card of -A- generosity since we lost our home to a fire on October 1. The gift in Adopt a Room! Thanks Room cards, donations of clothing and other necessities, and the Starting with the church monetary donations have meant so much and we appreciate it more office and the bathrooms, we than you know. We were left with only the clothes we were wearing and for the are sprucing up the downstairs wing. help we have received we will always be grateful. To our friends at Bethesda, Sign up on Sundays to be part of a team forever we will be grateful for your help! Thank you again! to tackle one of these projects, or make a donation for supplies. The Tarbutton Family Everyone can help. Grab some William, Lisa, Victoria, Will, and Kayla friends, choose a room, and get to Shrove Tuesday falls on March 5, this year, and Bethesda will host work! Contact its annual Pancake Supper from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The menu Wanda Prothero includes pancakes, sausage, scrapple, scrambled eggs, and or Doris Gerlach scalloped apples, with beverages of coffee, milk, and orange for information juice. As usual, entry is by donation. If you can help, or if you would like to make on how to get a donation of cash or food items, let Donna Lane know. If you haven't worked at started. the supper before, it is a fun opportunity to get to know your friends at church! 2 What Is Love? movie. Midler also PA starred in the film along with STO What is love? This question has Barbara Hershey. R'S intrigued human beings for, I believe, as The film is bittersweet and has a sad ending. PA long as we have been able to On the surface it is about filial (or in this case GE communicate with one another. Love is a sisterly) love, yet I believe the film represents far word we tend to use a lot in our daily more. Here are the lyrics of the first verse of “The speech. “I love that song, that restaurant, that Rose”: dress," etc. These things that we “love” may seem trivial, but Some say, "Love. It is a river people who hear the word know what the person saying it That drowns the tender reed." means. We use the word “love” to tell another person how Some say, "Love. It is a razor much we care for them. We use love to say we love a brother, That leaves your soul to bleed." sister, friend, and spouse. The word “love” has a universal Some say, "Love. It is a hunger, and interchangeable quality to it. This February the theme An endless aching need." for the four Sunday morning messages is love: brotherly (or I say, "Love. It is a flower, filial) love, family love, romantic love, and agape love or love And you its only seed." of God. And the last verse: There is a film that came out in 1979 entitled Beaches. It is When the night has been too lonely the story of two girls who met in Atlantic City as youth and And the road has been too long. have maintained their friendship throughout their adult And you think that love is only lives. The central song of the movie is “The Rose,” written by Amanda McBroom and performed by Bette Midler in the Continued on Page 11 REGULARMINISTRIESATBETHESDA Leap-Froggers' Club Sunday Morning Schedule The Leap Froggers Club meets on 9:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service Sundays at 9:00 a.m. Children age 3 to Sunday School fifth grade are invited to attend. Mrs. Nancy Seaman, along with a team of dedicated helpers, leads the club. Kids 10:15 a.m. Traditional Worship Service learn about Jesus and God’s love for us. Parents, bring your kids for Leap Pastor Linda's Office Hours Froggers and join us in the Chapel for Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. an uplifting time of contemporary Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. worship. These hours are subject to change at short notice. Seniors' Lunch-N-Linger The last Sunday of each month single seniors age 50 and over get together for Church Office Hours some fellowship. A light lunch will be Tuesdays, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. enjoyed in the church kitchen right Wednesdays, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. after the 10:15 a.m. worship service. Thursdays, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Pastor Linda [email protected] FEBRUARY 410-673-7538 Birthdays! 2/19 Charlotte Nickerson Church Office [email protected] Did we miss your birthday? Get in touch, and help us update our records! 410-673-7538 3 The UMC b i s h o p s / n e w s _ a n d _ s t a t e m e n t s / d o c u m e n t s / will hold a special General Way_Forward_Report_-_Final_-_ENGLISH.pdf. For a WS General Conference Conference Will shorter (although still long) summary of the four plans, go to NE February 23-26, in St. Meet February https://um-forward.org/resources. Louis, to decide two 23-26 to Decide questions that are currently Human Sexuality “The Traditional Plan” confronting the church: the Questions • Maintains the current Book of Discipline language and ban ordination of openly gay clergy, and on homosexual ordination and same gender marriage, and whether or not to allow same-sex marriages in our steps up enforcement of violations churches. Currently, our Book of Discipline (the church’s • Establishes accountabilities for: Bishops, Pastors, and rule book) maintains that homosexuality is “incompatible Boards of Ordained Ministry with Christian teaching” and has prohibited people who are • Encourages those who believe otherwise to seek a self- “self-avowed” homosexuals from being ordained as pastors. governing church option Pastors are also prohibited from officiating same sex • Churches that wish to leave the denomination can keep weddings. These rules have been inconsistently enforced in their building and property recent years. Many in our denomination have held fast to the position “The One Church Plan” expressed in the Book of Discipline, while others have • Removes all language in the Book of Discipline that bans pushed for changes that would fully include the LGBT homosexual ordination and same gender marriage. community with the same rights and privileges • No church or clergy is ever forced to act out of their heterosexuals enjoy. It is important to understand conscience. and affirm that there are committed, prayerful, • The Central Conferences (outside of United faithful disciples of Jesus Christ on both sides of States) can keep the current Book of Discipline these issues.