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Table of Contents Managed Money Goes FurtherThe goal of Financial Peace University is not just information – they are looking for transformation! Financial management is only 20% knowledge and 80% behavior. FPU helps break the bad habits that rob people of true financial success. A $100 registration fee covers the 13-week course and includes all study materials. The next class will be starting soon, so please call the church office or email bpcfpu@gmail.com to get your name on the next class roster. |
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Prayer Shawl Ministry Perhaps you are looking for a way to help others and meet new friends. The Prayer Shawl Ministry meets every two weeks on Sundays from 2-4 p.m. in the McMillan Room. We knit and crochet (you can learn too) shawls for individuals who need a hug or are going through a difficult time. You can also submit a name of a person you would like to see get a shawl. We pray that this ministry will extend beyond our church and into the community. I personally have enjoyed watching it take off from a small beginning. The meeting dates for January 2009 are January 4th and January 18th from 2-4 p.m. in the McMillan Room. |
DEACONS
NEED COLLEGE STUDENT ADDRESSES
The
Deacons will again be sending Valentine’s Day care packages and cards
to our college students who are away at school.
This is our way of showing that the church is concerned about our
college students’ large appetites for food as well as their spiritual
appetites. In order to do
this, we would greatly appreciate it if you could send your child’s
current college address to me (see phone # or email address below) or to
the church office. Please
send their address each year, even if they received a care package last
year, and even if their address is still the same, to be sure we don’t
miss anyone. Thank
you for helping us to remind our college students that the Church is
still thinking about them, even when they are away from home. Questions or concerns, call John Weaver
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SOUTH
HILLS The Food Pantry at South Hills Interfaith Ministry
has seen requests grow three hundred percent during the past year. Currently, it needs donations of pasta sauce and all varieties of canned pasta, such as spaghetti and ravioli. All types of condiments are requested, especially mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard and relish. A critical need for the Food Panty is juice, in bottle or cans, which are family or individual portions. |
The Spring Blood Drive will be held on April 26th. Look for more details to come.Support our Troops. Chaplain
Doug Etter was deployed back to Iraq last month and also Austin DeFresne,
whose picture is at the bottom of the Narthex steps.
Kim Anderson would like to send a package soon to each of them,
so here is a list of things they need: Toiletries, hand & toe
warmers, microwavable food, snacks, Tylenol, hard candy, gum, disposable
razors and cough drops. You can leave them in the drop box at the bottom
of the Narthex steps.
2009 Mission Trip to Mississippi is
March 14-21. As of this
writing, the bus is half full and 7 people from Bethel are going.
If you don’t want to miss out on this great opportunity to join
our brothers and sisters in the Pittsburgh Presbytery on a week of
helping others and making new friends, please call Beth Mundsinger or
see her at church. You
don’t want to miss the bus! You can check out this mission experience
at www.campkatrina.com
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February is the month when we take special effort to express our love to each other. We will be having special Valentine's Day parties in all of the classes and talking about how we show love to others. We will learn about Presidents Washington and Lincoln in preparation for President's Day and we will continue to work on all of our pre-reading skills. The teachers will be evaluating the children and getting ready for parent conferences which will be held soon. |
Happy 2009! I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season. I really
thought during this holiday season about how blessed I really am. I am
so fortunate to work with these beautiful children and wonderful staff.
I cherish everyday that I walk into this church and get to nurture these
children and be such a big part of their lives as well as this wonderful
church family. May this next year be even more joyful and fulfilling for
all of us. We all enjoyed our holiday
breaks and are ready to continue the year. It is time to get back into
the swing of things. Some of the things we will be learning about in
January are Owls, Mice, Quilts, Forest Animals, Winter, Penguins, Snow,
and Bears. We have several children who will move to their new
classrooms this month. What an exciting time for them and their
families. We have been working over the last month to help make this a
smooth transition for all of them. We are so proud to watch them grow
and get to move through the next stage of their lives. I want to thank Eileen for
all the hard work she does here at Bethel Presbyterian Church. She is a
tremendous asset to all of the outlets here at church. She will truly be
missed! Good luck and best wishes of happiness Eileen! Happy 2009!!!
CE is looking for volunteers to be substitute teachers for Sunday School classes. There is usually another teacher in the class with you, so you wouldn’t be on your own. We just like to make sure there are two teachers for each class each week. Also, CE is looking for a teacher for preschool from January until the end of the year to help Matt Mawhinney. Please see Stacey Lucidore if you are interested in either position. Sunday
School students are collecting pennies for Paul again this year. Pennies
will be collected the last Sunday of the each month. If each student
collects $1/ month, we should reach our goal for sponsoring Paul. I
would like to thank everyone who helped to make the Children’s
Christmas Pageant a great success this year. The show couldn’t have
gone on without all the help I received. Thanks again!!!
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Bethel Presbyterian Church Music Ministry I want to thank all the choirs from the Carol Choir to the Chancel and Bell Choirs for a job well done for the season of Advent and Christmas. Your dedication and talents are deeply appreciated and on behalf of the Congregation, thank you! By the time the next Bethel Light arrives at your household we will be mid-way through the season of Lenten. Now would be a great time to instead of giving something up for Lent, to go the extra mile and increase your study of scripture, increase time for mediation, or let’s say …. how about joining the choir? During the forty days of Lent the choir will be learning some great songs about the trials and tribulations of Christ as we follow Him in the way of the Cross. Our time of solemn meditation will soon give way to the joy of the Risen Lord, so it will be a time to give some serious reflection to Christ’s passion and crucifixion and prepare your hearts for His final triumph over death. I am inviting all members in the congregation to consider getting involved in the Music Ministry by singing in one of the choirs. Students in the 8th grade and above as well as adults are encouraged to join the Chancel Choir. Students who are in the 1st – 3rd grades are invited to sing in the Children’s choir. Rehearsal times are as follows:
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Just a few hours go, nine of us returned safely from our five hour drive from Oak Hill, WV. We arrived sore and bruised, but our hearts were full of joy and inspired by the events of the past two days. We departed on Saturday morning only to arrive hours later at the wrong hotel. Luckily, Jesse had decided I was trustworthy enough to borrow his new state of the art GPS system, and with a touch of the finger we were at the right hotel in minutes. Our group was welcomed with open arms by the retreat staff, and I was informed that we were the first group to ever come from Pennsylvania. I heard “it’s not often that people from the north come south to ski” more than a couple times. But as the weekend unfolded, I realized that God brought us south for much more than just the ski slopes. “At the cross you beckon me Lord, I pray we all are sweetly broken so you can use us to show the world who you are.
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