BETHANY CHURCH Quarterly Business Meeting Single Seniors Sunday, October 26th after the 6 PM evening Thursday, October 8th @ 12:30pm service. Members are encouraged to be there. Meet at church for our annual luncheon and trip to the cider mill. Military Ministry After lunch we will travel to Blakes’ Cider Mill for If you have a family a visit. Sign up at the Welcome Center or see member serving in the Volume 4, Issue 10 October 2015 Mike or Marilyn Storrs for more info. military, we would love to send a package to them. Mission Impact HOW DO I MAKE SENSE OF ISLAM? Please give their name & Welcome! Weekend SHEDDING LIGHT ON A GROWING AND Help Beautify Bethany We are very thankful to contact information to Ron October 10 & 11 CONTROVERSIAL RELIGION October 17th 1pm-4pm have you with us. If you & Gladys Buck or to the SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2015 Volunteers are needed for fall are a first time guest to church office. On Saturday, October cleanup of the garden beds. We will Bethany, please stop by A list of items that benefit 10th, Dr. John Koenke 9am – 12:30pm in Westenberg Hall be planting about 200 bulbs that the Welcome Center, Continental Breakfast served at 8:30am our military is at the Missionary to Muslims hopefully will bloom next spring. A snack will be and give us the Pre-register by Oct 7th via email: Welcome Center. Donated will be our keynote provided. Come and volunteer as long as you opportunity to meet [email protected] or sign up at the Welcome Center. items can be placed in the you! For information on speaker on “How do I Seminar Cost: $5 Per Person pay at Door would like. Please see Gladys Buck or Vicky marked bin in the lobby any of Bethany’s make sense of Barbieri if you'd like to help or donate. Questions that will be addressed… under mailboxes. Islam?” (see article to right & ministries, pick up a Islam 101: What is this religion all about? flyer at the Welcome pg 3). Do Muslims and Christians believe in the same God? 19700 15 Mile Road Bethany has been situated on the corner of 15 Mile Road Center or see Bethany’s Then Sunday, October Given ISIS and Al-Qaeda, what should my attitude be Clinton Twp. Mi 48035 and Beaconsfield for almost 60 years, and has a rich web page. Please join 11th, Marty and Debbie Phone: 586-791-1190 us again to discover the Shilling will be with us toward Muslims? Fax: 586-791-2959 heritage that involves Christ followers who are devoted to difference God can during the morning Muslims are turning to Christ….but how is this Email: [email protected] seeking the will of God. We know it is no accident that we make in your life. service. We look happening? Website: connect2bethany.org have been placed on this corner and we strive to reach out Office hours: M & T 10am-4pm Pastor Mark Reynolds forward to hearing from What are some practical ways to engage and befriend to our community with the love of Christ. W - F 9am-5pm them! Muslims? …Plus a time for Q & A Events This Month Oct 4 Communion AM October Memory Verse "Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourself. Do what it says.” Oct 7 Men’s Luncheon Oct 8 Single Seniors James 1:22 Event Oct 10 Mission 11 Weekend Oct 11 Donut Sunday Oct 16 Ladies Event Oct 21 PrimeTimers Event Oct 25 Quarterly Business Meeting Oct 31 Fall Festival Inside this issue: Classes 2 Missions 3 Church Calendar 5 Upcoming events 6 Youth group events 7 8 Bethany Newsletter OCTOBER 2015 1 Bethany Newsletter OCTOBER 2015 HAPPENINGS @BETHANY YOUTH NEWS Fall Weekly Schedule Souled Out Sunday Tuesday Wednesday Nights 9:45am Connection Bible Classes; 9:30am Women’s Bible Study There is no other place that JR HI and SR HI students should be every for All Ages Nursery through Adults 1:00pm Quilting Time Wednesday night because that’s when Souled Out is happening! Each week is 11:00am Worship Service Wednesday another opportunity to build relationships with each other and with the God who Kidz Konnection 1st-6th grades 7:00pm Bible Study & Prayer Service, Youth Groups, not only made us, but loves us so much! It is a place for friends to come and Women’s Bible Study explore what life can be like when we live it Jesus’ way. Each night can have 6:00pm Worship Service some crazy games, some food, a time where we try to put together real pieces of Thursday CrossRoads (18-29 year olds) our lives (the things we wonder about, struggle with, and need to learn more about) and bring them before the God Monday 7:00pm Choir Practice who is writing our story each and every day. And yes, we’ll end up in the 7:00pm Celebrate Recovery Saturday gym for some fun to cap the night off. Don’t miss a single week! Committee Meetings (see Calendar) 8:00am Men’s Bible Study Bring your Bible to School Day 2015 Thursday, October 8 Last year’s inaugural “Bring Your Bible to School Day” was huge, and Fall Festival 2015 Ladies Ministry Events this year’s event on Oct. 8 promises to be even bigger. Just like last year, Volunteers needed Crockpot Meals all 50 states will be represented. But where last year we had about 8,000 Have you been to or volunteered at the annual Fall Friday, October 16th @6:30pm students participating, we’re expecting that number to be exponentially higher for the 2015 event. Festival? We are celebrating our 15th year of Ladies…..”Have you ever heard this in Think about what God can do through multiple thousands of students, from kindergarten to college, bringing opening our doors to our community. your home? Frozen Dinner…..AGAIN?” their Bibles to school as a visual way to celebrate religious freedom and share God’s hope with friends. We want to encourage you to bring your Bible to school, praying for an impact on others. bringyourbible.org If you have, you know what We can teach you how to change a great time and blessing this that. Let’s prepare FRESH Crock Pot JR & SR HI Hayride MAGIC is to the community. If you BOB Dinners Together!! Join us as we put together Saturday, October 17@ 6pm have never been, make plans wonderful meals you can freeze and use at a later We live in Michigan, the leaves are starting to change color, the nights are to attend. You don’t want to time such as during the holidays! Please sign up & cooler. this can only mean that we’re getting closer to our annual hayride. miss out! Activities include pay $5 at the Welcome Center by October 7th. Mark your calendars for October 17 to meet at church at 6pm. We’ll head out to carnival games for children, Wildwood Ranch to enjoy one wild hayride, followed up by a bonfire with donuts Annual Auction and cider, and of course some crazy campfire games. We’ll be back around inflatables and a live show in Friday, November 13th @6pm 10:30pm. Cost is just $8.00 and you can turn it into Robyn Miller no later than the sanctuary by ‘MAGIC BOB Come enjoy a great evening full of laughter and October 14. All JR & SR HI students and their friends are welcome to come. & SUZIE.’ There will also food, shopping. This is a night to raise money for an in- treats, cotton candy and house ministry. To help, donations of new or Souled Out Online If you are looking for information about Souled Out and the events that we are doing, you’ve got two great more! slightly used items need to be brought in by sources: Facebook and the church’s website. That same information will always be placed on our church website Bethany’s FALL FESTIVAL has become a favorite Sunday, November 1st. No clothing please, See as well for those of you who do not have Facebook accounts. The Facebook address is facebook.com/ event for families to enjoy on Halloween Night. Our Kathy Tucker for more information. SouledOutBBC and the website address is connect2bethany.org/#/connectbethany/teens. church is thrilled to be bringing this FREE event to Lavender Spa Retreat the members and community children! Saturday, January 23, 2016 Upcoming Teen Events February 5-7, 2016—Retreat at Camp Barakel For our smallest guests, we will have a special Join us as we November 14— Capture The Flag; JR & SR HI July 20-24, 2016—It’s 9 months away, but all Kiddie section with specifically designed games current 8th graders and up through college can spend the day December 16—Christmas party just for them! Costumes are welcomed and pencil in the Alive Festival together “Where December 31—SR HI New Year’s Eve All Nighter encouraged. Give your family a night to remember! Women Reflect on March DBA—All Night Event To make this night successful, we will need many God’s Faithfulness” smiling faces and helping hands. There is a signup as shared through sheet at the Welcome Center. Even if you are the Psalms’. unable to help that night, you can always donate The cost for the retreat is $40 per person. some candy. We hand-out on average over 25,000 Starting October 18th, sign up with your $10 pieces through the night, so we will need lots & lots deposit to Kathy Tucker or Vickie Contrucci at the of candy (no gum please)! Welcome Center.