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8 Bethany Newsletter APRIL 2015

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

Mile Road on the 4th Sunday of each

month. Remember to mention ‘Bethany’ to the

cashier for your purchase to qualify. Your

participation helps send Bethany’s youth to camp.

Bethany has been situated on the corner of 15 Mile Road

and Beaconsfield for more than 60 years, and has a rich

heritage that involves a group of Christ followers who are

devoted to seeking the will of God. We know it is no

accident that we have been placed on this corner and we

strive to reach out to our community with the love of Christ.

BETHANY CHURCH

19700 15 Mile Road

Clinton Twp. Mi 48035

Phone: 586-791-1190

Fax: 586-791-2959

Email: [email protected]

Website: connect2bethany.org

Office hours: M & T 10am-4pm

W - F 9am-5pm

Helping our Community Kroger Community Rewards

Do you and your family shop at Kroger? Great news...now you can earn money for the

Hope Center simply by doing your normal, every day shopping at Kroger.

The Hope Center is enrolled in Kroger's Community Rewards Program. This program will

link purchases made with your Kroger's Plus Card to the Hope Center. To participate in the Kroger

Community Rewards Program: Simply register online at https://www.kroger.com/communityrewards.

Compassion

Pregnancy Center 20TH ANNUAL

FUNDRAISING BANQUET

Thursday, April 23, 2015

6 - 9 p.m. The Mirage Banquet Hall

16980 18 Mile Rd.

Clinton Twp

586-783-2229 info


Events This Month

April 3 Good Friday

April 5 Easter/Baptism

April 12 Membership

Class Begins

April 25 “Let’s Move

Festival of Races” Day

April 26 Wendy’s

Fundraiser/Quarterly

Business Meeting

Inside this issue:

Classes 2

Missions 3

Church Calendar 5

Upcoming events 6

Youth group events 7

Volume 4, Issue 4 April 2015

Sundays in April Sermon Series Palm Sunday - “The Plans of the King.”

Good Friday—7pm Service

Easter Sunday - “Resurrection”

April 12th will begin a new series,

“That’s Not Right.” In which we will

look at many of the different things that

we do and try to justify before God and

others.

Welcome!

I am very thankful to

have you with us. If you

are a first time guest to

Bethany, please stop by

the Welcome Center,

and give us the

opportunity to meet

you! For information on

any of Bethany’s

ministries, pick up a

flyer at the Welcome

Center or see Bethany’s

web page. Please join

us again to discover the

difference God can

make in your life.

Pastor Mark Reynolds

Start you own small group! Beginning Easter Sunday with A.D.!

A.D. will pick up where the smash hit, “The

Bible” left off. This powerful 12-week series

begins on NBC with the crucifixion and tells the

story of the first 10 chapters of the book of Acts.

Watch as the disciples struggle to survive and share their beliefs, guiding us from

the sorrow of Christ's ultimate sacrifice to the awe-inspiring wonder of the

Resurrection and beyond.

Many viewers will want to learn more about these powerful stories and the faith

of the early believers. Plan now to invite your family, friends and neighbors to

watch along and even launch a study group based on the series and examine the

scriptures together.

National Day of Prayer May 7th @ Noon

Join us as we gather on the steps of the

Clinton Township Civic Center, to honor

the National Day of Prayer.

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HAPPENINGS @BETHANY

Sunday

9:45am Connection Bible Classes;

for All Ages Nursery through Adults

11:00am Worship Service

6:00pm Worship Service

CrossRoads (18-29 year olds)

Monday

7:00pm Celebrate Recovery

Committee Meetings (see Calendar)

Tuesday

1:00pm Quilting Time

Wednesday

7:00pm Bible Study & Prayer Service,

BIA-Boys In Action, GEMS Girls &

Souled Out Teens, Men’s & Women’s Bible

Studies

Thursday

7:00pm Choir practice

Saturday

8:00am Men’s Bible Study

Spring Weekly Schedule

Becoming a Member New Member Class begins

Membership does matter. Jesus lived and died

for the church (Eph. 5:25). As a believer in Christ,

you are a member of the spiritual church. In Christ,

you are called to become a part of His body as a

member of a local church. If you are a Christian

and you are not a member of a church, then we

encourage you to connect with a church as soon

as possible. Don’t take this lightly. Your

membership with a church is beneficial and

necessary (1 Cor. 12:4–31).

For those interested in membership or who

would like to know more about it, there course is 4

week class that will being April 12th.

Please sign up at the Welcome Center or call

the church office if interested.

Quarterly Business Meeting April 26th after the 6pm evening

service. Members, please plan to be

there.

Baby Dedication May 10th @ 11am

Baby Dedication is a

ceremony in which believing

parents, and sometimes entire

families, make a commitment

before the Lord to dedicate a

child to God's will and to raise

that child according to God's

Word and God's ways.

If the Lord is leading you to

dedicate your child, please

contact the church office.

There will be a baby dedication

on Mother’s Day, May 10th.

Kids Camp 2015 June 22nd—26th

Save the dates of June 22-26 , if you are

seeking an adventure in climbing Everest with us

at Bethany’s 2015 Kids Camp. This week long

event will need a number of volunteers, to conquer

this mountain.

If you are interested or would like more

information please contact Pastor Mike or Kathy

Tucker. Everyone who wants to assist in this quest

will have a thorough

background check to be

prepared for the excursion.

Please join us now as we

beginning praying and

planning for an exciting

week of Kids Camp.


YOUTH NEWS

Souled Out Continues Youth Alpha Film Series

Wednesday Nights in March at 7pm

One of the first things that kids learn is the ALPHAbet. The

word ALPHA is the first letter in the Greek alphabet. It implies

the beginning of something. That’s why we’re continuing a

series of short films called Alpha. Throughout April, we’ll be

discovering how we can have a full life and what God gives us

to accomplish that; we’ll dive into how we can resist making

bad choices and what being a part of a church is really all

about. We’ll leave plenty of room for discussion surrounding

these big questions each week at Souled Out. Don’t miss a single week of getting together with other JR

& SR HI students to have a great time getting to know each other and God better in the process.

Souled Out Summer Sneak Peek

I know it may still be cold outside, but summer will be here

before you know it. And the summer of 2015 could be the

best one yet! Especially if you get plugged in to what’s

happening for our JR & SR HI students. SR HI & College Age

students get to kick off the summer at the Alive Festival in

Mineral City, OH. This five day music festival features some of

the best artists in Christian music, like Skillet, Tobymac,

Needtobreathe, Lecrae, Tenth Avenue North, For King & Country, Jeremy Camp, Kari Jobe, Colton Dixon,

the Passion Worship Band, Meredith Andrews, Love & The Outcome, and

many more. You’ll be camping in tents, making your own food, swimming in

the park’s lake, and kicking off your summer right! For current sixth and

seventh grade students, the summer starts off with Five Day Frenzy, a week

long crazy adventure that runs alongside Kids

Camp from June 22-25. 8th grade students

and up are encouraged to volunteer for Kids

Camp and be a part of making this a great

week for the children who come. And that’s

just June! Next month, you’ll get to hear more

about the rest of the summer. For now, if you have any questions, see

Pastor Mike or email him at [email protected].

7th to 12th Grade

Souled Out Online If you are looking for information about Souled Out and the

events that we are doing, you’ve got two great sources: Face-

book and the church’s website. While there may be several

down sides to Facebook, one of the good things about it is

that it allows us to quickly get detailed information out to eve-

ryone about upcoming events. That same information will al-

ways be placed on our church website as well for those of

you who do not have Facebook accounts. The Facebook ad-

dress is www.facebook.com/SouledOutBBC and the website

address is connect2bethany.org/#/connectbethany/teens

Summer Camp Sign up Now!

Most students have

earned points through the

Campers Fund to help off-set the cost.

See your youth leader for more

information and camp forms. Reserve

your spot now! Many camps will fill up in

the next month.

Camp Barakel June 30– July 6

Camp Kaskitowa July 12-18

Camp CedarRidge July 26-Aug 1

https://www.facebook.com/SouledOutBBC

http://connect2bethany.org/#/connectbethany/teens


4 William & Ann Swanson 1953

5 Tim & Katie Cole 1980

15 James & Wilma Harmon 1950

16 Brian & Lillie Ball 1994

22 Scott & Marlene Bruder 1995

26 Bill & Shirley MacPhee 1947, Doug & Fransie Crouch 1969

27 Jeff & Joy Langel 1996

28 Stan & Carol Mieksztyn 1979

30 Richard & Marlene Groves 1988

1 Robert Schmidt

2 Barbara Bauman, Dan Murphy

3 Sharon Maher, Ruth Bruder

4 Morgan Kowalewicz, Bob Walsh

9 James Dolan, Christine Arbitter

10 Alisha Manzella

11 Kathleen Silverthorn

12 Linda Abbate

14 Jay Sumner, Lucy John

15 Shirley MacPhee, Sylvia Laws,

Rhys John, Karis John

17 Beth Dolan, Timothy Wallace, Rhys John Jr

18 Monica Loving

22 Leona Brown, Jan McLaughlin

23 Robert Dolan Jr.

24 Sandy Aune

25 Michael Clauson, Terri White, April Vander Veen

26 Christopher Winter, Shirley Deacon, Betty Reagan

28 Wendy Washburn

29 Lois Walsh

30 Sophie Phillips, Janet Zilafro, Dawn Wolf,

Marge Crumley

UPCOMING EVENTS BIRTHDAYS/ANNIVERIARIES

Upcoming

Events

See the Community

Board, located across

from the gym, for local

events.

Bethany has mailboxes for our church family located in

the lobby near the front doors. This is a great way to

give birthday & holiday cards. Make sure you check

your mailbox weekly. If you are a regular attender and

would like a mailbox, please fill out a church directory

information form. Names listed above that are color

coded don’t have a Bethany mailbox so any cards or

correspondence to them will need to be mailed directly.

Color Code

Missionary Child of Missionary Shut-In or Nursing Home Military

June

7 Graduation Sunday/

Communion-PM

5-13 Church picture

14 Donut Sunday

17-21 Teen Music Festival

21 Father’s Day

22-26 Kids Camp

28 Wendy’s Fundraiser

July

1-6 Camp Barakel

5 Communion AM

8-11 Camp Kaskitowa/Father

son

12-18 Camp Kaskitowa/Boys

12 Donut Sunday

26-Aug 1st

Camp CedarRidge/Girls

26 Wendy’s Fundraiser

Quarterly Business Meeting

May

3 Choir Concert

Communion PM

10 Mother’s Day

Donut Sunday

24 Memorial Weekend

Wendy’s Fundraiser


SPOTLIGHT ON MISSIONS

Missionary of the week April 2015 April 5th Dan Feryance, Dan and his late wife, Ida Feryance planted churches in Slovakia

beginning in 1946. Later they continued their work in France. After retirement, Dan made

numerous trips to Slovakia to encourage and mentor the church there. He also

communicated with individuals in both countries via email. Currently, Dan is on hospice. He is

Fred Sochor’s brother-in-law.

April 12th Rick & Christy Gascho live and serve in Prague, Czechoslovakia with Frontiers Mission. Their ministry

includes church planting, evangelism, and discipleship. They are both missionary kids, as their parents

were missionaries. Rick is the eldest son of our missionaries Dick & Vicki Gascho. Rick and Christy have

two sons and two daughters ranging in age from ten to eighteen.

April 19th David & MaryAnn Brooks are homegrown missionaries, having served in many capacities at Bethany

before their call to the missions field. Their ministry has centered on the education of missionary children,

allowing many missionaries to remain on foreign fields. Now retired, they continue to assist missionary

families with their children’s education. The Brooks have two grown sons.

April 26th Ben & Elizabeth Hagerup Ben grew up in Ghana, West Africa, the son of former Bethany missionaries,

Mark and Amy Hagerup. Currently he and his wife, Elizabeth are involved in campus ministries in

Pennsylvania with DiscipleMakers. Elizabeth home-schools their seven children.

The goals of Bethany’s Missions Committee...to equip and enable members and friends of Bethany to be personally involved in obeying the

Great Commission...to provide a support system for our missions families who are following the Lord in reaching out into the world.

Single Seniors (55+) April 9th @noon

The Single Seniors will meet for lunch at the ‘Great Lakes Family Dinning’ @ Lakeside. Please sign up at

the Welcome Center to ride the bus, see Mike or Marilyn Storrs for more information.

To be involved with the Missions Committee please see one of Bethany’s missions members below. They will

be glad to give you more information. You can always join us right now by praying for God’s people in the

mission field—helping the world learn about Jesus.

Missions Members—Ele Bittner, Henrietta Braxton, Randy Hoover, Sue Kassin, Dave & Jo Kuhnle, Sheryl

MacPhee, Carol Meinhardt, Sharon Samson, John & Darlene Sexton, Harold Warntz, and Calvin Wolf.

Men’s Ministry GROW TOGETHER

In GROW TOGETHER, Dr. Jeff Myers explores the groundbreaking yet

timeless message about the world-changing power of a “mentoring

mindset.” As older Christians bless the young with life-long

wisdom, they too are blessed by the energy and fresh

perspective that youth brings to life and faith.

Something special happens when God’s people come

together in a church — teens, young adults, adults, seniors —

and do life together. GROW TOGETHER ignites powerful

spiritual growth through engaging multi-generational unity within the church, helping one

another answer the three basic questions of life.

Schedule April 11 Intro—Grow Together

18 Week 1, Chapters 1-3

25 Off Let’s Move Race

May 2 Week 2, Chapters 4-6



23 Off Memorial Weekend

30 Off Church Work Day


UPCOMING EVENTS

PrimeTimers Corner Thursday April 16th @11am

Join us at 10:30 AM on Thursday, April 16th at the Lorenzo

Cultural Center as we examine what made the Michigan of today.

From God’s majesty that created the state’s geography, to the forces of

personality that molded its persona. We’ll explore how the character of

Michigan was shaped, through exhibits, presentation, and activities.

At 11:00 AM we’ll listen to a presentation by Joel Stone, senior curator at

the Detroit Historical Society, as he recounts the histories of heroes and

geniuses, teachers and merchants, drunks and scoundrels, who had a

lasting impact on our state, but have been swept into the historical dust bin.

Following Mr. Stones presentation, we’ll have another 30 to 45 minutes to

check out the exhibits before heading over to Logan’s Roadhouse for lunch

at 1:00 PM. Logan’s is located at 14235 Hall Rd in Shelby Twp (north side

of Hall between Hayes and Schoenherr).

Those needing a ride should be to the church in time for a 10:00 am

departure. We should return to the church by 3:00. Sign up at the Welcome

Center. Take note that this is on a Thursday this month and a little earlier in the month than usual.

Coming May 18th -22nd

Bethany PrimeTimers May event is the Pigeon Forge and Smoky Mountains Show Trip with Diamond

Tours Inc May 18th—22nd. Flyers are at the Welcome Center. There are still spots available. Cost is $420

based on double occupancy. See Sheryl MacPhee for more information or to sign up..

PrimeTimers—for individuals and

couples 50 and above. Committed to

enjoying life together.

Church Work Day Saturday May 30th 9am-2pm

The Trustees are planning a church work day for the end of May. If you are

willing and able we would love to have you help on a number of projects

around the church that need attention. A sign up sheet with more details about

some of the projects will soon be at the Welcome Center, Please save the date.

Festival of Races April 25th

Macomb Health and

Fitness Foundation is

happy to invite you to the

2015 Festival of Races

in downtown Mt

Clemens. This year’s festival will include a full

marathon, half marathon a 5K run, and the Kid's

Last Mile. You can find out more information at

letsmovefestival.com

In the past Bethany has played

apart in the Festival by volunteering

to hand out packets on the 23/24

or working a water table on 25th.

Please contact the church office for

more information or if interested.

Fix it Fridays Bethany is a large church with

many different needs. Once or

twice a month on Friday we are

looking for volunteers, that could

help with different projects

around the church. We currently

have dates scheduled in April, for the 10th and 24th.

Most “Fix it Fridays” would beginning at 10 am and

go until noon or later. One goal would be to

encourage fellowship by eating lunch out together.

If you are interested or willing to help, sign up at

the Welcome Center or contact Pastor Mark. Some

of the projects will include: painting, replacing

electrical outlets, repairing carpeting, cleaning

grounds, vehicles, storage areas, carpets and pews,

gardening, changing lightbulbs, and scanning &

shredding.


MONTHLY CALENDAR

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Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30

9:00am– Donut

Sunday 9:45am - Connection Groups / Membership Class 11am - Worship Service Kidz Konnection 4pm - CE Meeting 6pm - Evening Service CrossRoads

9:45am - Connection Groups 11am - Worship Service Kidz Konnection 6pm - Evening Service CrossRoads

7pm Celebrate Recovery;

Deacons Meeting

7pm Celebrate Recovery; Missions Committee

Meeting


Youth Committee Meeting


Trustee Meeting

9:45am - Connection Groups 11am - Worship Service Kidz Konnection 12-3pm-Wendy’s Fundraiser 6pm - Evening Service CrossRoads 7pm Quarterly Business

Meeting

9:45am - Connection Groups 11am - Worship &

Baptism Service Kidz Konnection

11:30am Men’s Luncheon

7pm Bible Study & Prayer; Boys In Action; GEMS

Girls; Souled Out Teens; Men’s &

Women’s Bible Studies

7pm Choir Practice

7pm Choir Practice

1pm

Quilting Time

1pm

Quilting Time

8am Men’s Bible Study

8am Men’s Bible Study

Anyone, then, who knows the

good he ought to do and

doesn't do it, sins. James 4:17

1pm

Quilting Time

7pm Choir Practice

7pm Choir Practice

12pm Single Seniors

@ Great Lakes Family Dinning


Girls; Souled Out Teens; Men’s&








7pm

Good Friday Service

with

Communion




EASTER

8am-4pm Let’s Move Festival

of Races

1pm

Quilting Time

10am Fix it Fridays

10am Fix it Fridays

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