THIS WEEK AT BETHEL TODAY: 8:00 Choir 9:00 Worship 10:00 Fellowship Hour 11:00 Contemporary Worship 7:00 Via De Cristo MONDAY: 6:00 In Stitches Group TUESDAY: 9:00 Bethel Quilters (Meal Served) 11:00 Full Staff Meeting 2:00 Bible Study– Siena Court 5:30 Board of Stewardship WEDNESDAY: 9:00 Bethel Quilters 5:00 Hand Bells 5:00 Supper 5:30 Wednesday School & Confirmation 6:45 Worship/Communion THURSDAY: 10:30 Bible Study for All 6:00 Love & Logic FRIDAY: Castaway High School SATURDAY: Castaway High School NEXT SUNDAY: 8:00 Choir 9:00 Worship/Communion 10:00 Fellowship Hour 11:00 Contemporary Worship/Communion 2:00 Leach Nursing Home Worship 3:00 St. Catherin's Nursing Home Worship

In case of an emergency on weekends or after church hours you may

contact Pastor Jule @ 866-1714, Pastor Erika Buller @ 952-454-6012 or Pastor Jim Gustafson @701-403-3254

Radio Broadcast: 10:00 am on KBMW AM 1450

September 24, 2017

COMMUNITY EVENTS

September 27th 65th Annual Fall Supper– 4 pm Zion Lutheran Church of Amor September 28th SVHW Wahpeton Soup Walk 5:30 pm October 1st Richland Lutheran Church Annual Bake Sale 11am October 18th Finding the Abilities In Everyone 1:00 pm @ NDSCS Tech Center

Youth attending the National Youth Gathering in Houston this

summer would like to invite you to visit the Bethel Lutheran

Pumpkin Patch, Saturdays and Sundays beginning

September 23rd and though October. Pick from a large variety of

pumpkins, free will offering, all proceeds go to benefit this life-

changing trip. Pick your perfect pumpkin-- located just off Dakota

Ave, next to the Boiler Room and in front of the town mural.

Support our youth!

TODAY!! GOD-SPEED LESLIE ROHDE! Sunday, September 24th – 10 am On August 24, 2017 our Director of Youth Ministries,

Leslie Rohde, left the staff of Bethel Lutheran Church. She resigned two weeks earlier to pursue a different

calling. As she writes in her letter of resignation, “It has not been an easy choice to make. I have really enjoyed working and learning as your youth director for the last year and a half and feel that my time at Bethel has been

very educational. However, through discernment I have come to realize that youth ministry is not my calling.”

We gratefully appreciate the love, creativity, and faith that you have shared

with our youth and families. God has blessed you with the ability to go above and beyond for the underdog, your friends, and those in need. We will gather to thank Leslie for her year and a half of ministry at Bethel on today during the coffee hour. Please join us as we thank her and bid her

God-speed.

Justice and Peace Adult Education

Sunday September 24, October 1 “…And work for Justice and Peace in all the world.”

We say and promise to do this together every time we bring a child or an

adult to the baptismal font. And it always seems like a really daunting

promise to make. Yet, we renew it every time. Ever think—what exactly

does this mean? What is it that we promise when we say this? Join

Pastor Erika for a two-part Adult Education forum between services in

the Faith Center on September 24 and October 1 to chase this question.

Food Backpack Program

The Board of Outreach is looking for your help in acquiring food items for the Food Backpack Program. The Food Backpack Program is a program that sends food home on the weekends with students that receive reduced or free meals at school and may not have food available to them at home on the weekends. A different item of food will be focused on each month that can be dropped off in front of the office in a marked container.

September’s item is:

Boxed Macaroni & Cheese

Thank you for supporting this important outreach ministry!

Urgently Needed at the Food Pantry:

1– Pasta Sauce/Ketchup 2-Canned Vegetable 3– Canned Fruit ( Lite or 100% juice preferred) 4– Canned Meals ( Ravioli, Chili, Stew etc) 5– Fruit Juice 6– Ramen Noodles 7– Cake/Brownie Mixes 8– Jelly or Jam 9– Hamburger Helper 10– Personal Care

All circles need to have their

World Relief items boxed and

ready to be sent by

Friday, October 13.

National Depression Screening Day

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

8:00 am to 6:00 pm

Prairie & Heritage Rooms

Geared to Teens & Adults

(Screening takes 5-20 minutes to complete)

Community Blood Screenings

October 23-27 Pre– registration & Fasting Required - Limited appointments

available call 218-643-0123 Screenings done at CHI ST. Francis, Breckenridge

6:00 am to 9:30 am Monday– Friday

Pay $45 and save hundreds!

Walk– in Flu Clinic every Friday from 8:30 to 4 pm at Richland County Health Department located at Wahpeton Law Enforcement Center, second floor. Flu shots are also available by appointment Monday—Thursday. If questions please call 701-642-7735

New Member Sunday, October 29

A pot luck to welcome new members will be in fellowship hall following

the 11:00 am service.

BRING YOUR FAVORITE DISH TO SHARE

Flamingo the Lawns

Attention, attention! Pink flamingoes will be invading Wahpeton

and Breckenridge soon! Starting September 3rd, we will be having

a flamingo fundraiser for the 2018 National Youth Gathering.

Here’s how it works:

1) Spend $30 to spread flamingo repellant on your lawn or risk

your front yard being invaded by flamingoes! There will be a

booth on Sunday after the 9am service and on Wednesday nights

once confirmation and Wednesday School has started back up.

2) Spend $20 to flamingo someone else’s lawn. Flamingoes will

stay from Sunday to Weds or Weds to Sunday.

3) If you’re worried about the flamingo invasion, act now!

Flamingo invasion season is throughout September and October,

so if you get invaded once and are worried about it a second time,

you can still buy flamingo repellent for the rest of flamingo

season!

4) Spend $10 to get them off your lawn earlier.

Did you Know? For your information --- Bethel Quilters sent 21 quilts/blankets to the Police Department in Aransas Pass, Texas (near Corpus Christi) with the Dilworth, MN Police Department. The Police had hoped to be able to fill a trailer and take it to Texas over Labor Day weekend. The community was very generous --- they filled 2 trailers with bedding and other supplies for Hurricane Harvey victims. We saved $150 in postage by sending our boxes of quilts with the Dilworth Police Department. They had applied for a Travel Grant to cover their expenses. 18 quilts will be given to residents of the recent apartment fire in Wahpeton. In October we will be sending 15 quilts on the Lutheran World Relief truck. We are thankful that 87 quilts have been given in 2017 to assist with needs lo-cally, elsewhere in our country, and globally. Bethel women have applied for and received six $250 grants from Thrivent Financial (total $1,500). These grants have been used to buy fabric, batting and other quilting supplies. We have also made capes for children in local hospitals. Last Fall, a Thrivent grant covered the ex-penses for the meal at our fundraising breakfast. All Thrivent members are encouraged to apply for a grant for any project at Bethel of your choosing. Thanks to all the Bethel members and friends for giving donations and memorial to our Quilting fund. Without your assistance, we couldn’t do all these projects. New members are always welcome and encouraged to join the quilting group. Come as you are– no experience needed!

Flamingo the Lawns

Attention, attention! Pink flamingoes will be invading Wahpeton

and Breckenridge soon! Starting September 3rd, we will be having

a flamingo fundraiser for the 2018 National Youth Gathering.

Here’s how it works:

1) Spend $30 to spread flamingo repellant on your lawn or risk

your front yard being invaded by flamingoes! There will be a

booth on Sunday after the 9am service and on Wednesday nights

once confirmation and Wednesday School has started back up.

2) Spend $20 to flamingo someone else’s lawn. Flamingoes will

stay from Sunday to Weds or Weds to Sunday.

3) If you’re worried about the flamingo invasion, act now!

Flamingo invasion season is throughout September and October,

so if you get invaded once and are worried about it a second time,

you can still buy flamingo repellent for the rest of flamingo

season!

4) Spend $10 to get them off your lawn earlier.

Did you Know? For your information --- Bethel Quilters sent 21 quilts/blankets to the Police Department in Aransas Pass, Texas (near Corpus Christi) with the Dilworth, MN Police Department. The Police had hoped to be able to fill a trailer and take it to Texas over Labor Day weekend. The community was very generous --- they filled 2 trailers with bedding and other supplies for Hurricane Harvey victims. We saved $150 in postage by sending our boxes of quilts with the Dilworth Police Department. They had applied for a Travel Grant to cover their expenses. 18 quilts will be given to residents of the recent apartment fire in Wahpeton. In October we will be sending 15 quilts on the Lutheran World Relief truck. We are thankful that 87 quilts have been given in 2017 to assist with needs lo-cally, elsewhere in our country, and globally. Bethel women have applied for and received six $250 grants from Thrivent Financial (total $1,500). These grants have been used to buy fabric, batting and other quilting supplies. We have also made capes for children in local hospitals. Last Fall, a Thrivent grant covered the ex-penses for the meal at our fundraising breakfast. All Thrivent members are encouraged to apply for a grant for any project at Bethel of your choosing. Thanks to all the Bethel members and friends for giving donations and memorial to our Quilting fund. Without your assistance, we couldn’t do all these projects. New members are always welcome and encouraged to join the quilting group. Come as you are– no experience needed!