BETHEL WEEKLY NEWS

CHILDREN ARE WELCOMED

AT BETHEL!

Parents will find bags of soft toys

for children at the entrance to

the worship areas. Thank you

for doing what you can to help

in creating a worship environ-

ment where all can participate

by keeping distracting noise and

movement to a minimum. If you

prefer, a nursery is available

Sunday mornings at Bethel

Highlands (9:30 am).

BAPTIZED Receiving the Sacrament of Holy Baptism on Sunday at the 9:30 am ser-vice is Samuel Christopher Pursell, son of Jessie & Mark Pursell, and at the 11 am service, Aiden Nathanial Schenck, son of Bethany & Aaron Schenck.

THANKS FOR A JOB WELL DONE! A great big THANK YOU to ALL the women and men who worked so hard to make last weekend’s Scandinavian Food Fest such a success! Somewhere between 1,500-2,000 guests came through our doors and a great time was had by all! What a great example of the kind of teamwork that goes on at Bethel! A job well done, everybody! Thanks so much!

IT’S NOT TOO LATE! . . . . PLEASE RETURN YOUR COMMITMENT CARDS THIS WEEK! If you weren’t with us last weekend, and/or haven’t returned your (blue) commitment card supporting our mission and ministry through our op-erating budget, please help us out by returning it this week. We want to put together a responsible budget for 2015 and won’t be able to do that without your response. You can mail it in, stop by the Down-town office, or drop it in the offering plate this Saturday or Sunday. Thank you, in advance, for your faithfulness and generosity in seeing that great things continue to happen in, and through, this wonderful congregation!

WHY ARE WE BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH?”

Join us on Sunday at one of the two lively conversations that will be led by Pastor Paul Martinson on Martin Lu-ther and the Reformation. Paul Martinson will present after the 8 am service at Bethel's Downtown Camp (9:15 in the fellowship hall) and after the 9:30 am service at Bethel's Highlands Campus (10:45 in the youth room).

JOIN US FOR OUR 3RD ANNUAL ALL SAINTS SERVICE! It’s important to remember those that have gone before us and passed on into the Kingdom of Heaven! All Saints Sunday is one of our key opportunities to do just that. Join us NEXT Sunday, November 2nd for a service of remembrance at 5 pm. This year we’ll be at the columbarium at our Highlands campus to remember: John Long, Delores Willi, Jeff Scovill, Kent McConaughey and others. Our Bethel Bell Ensemble will be on hand to share their music, and afterwards there will be a light supper shared in the children’s theater. We’ll be out-side, so please dress for the weather, but there will not be any walking with this service. Join us for this meaningful, creative and informal time!

BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH ONE CONGREGATION—TWO LOCATIONS

OCTOBER 26, 2014

WELCOME WORSHIP

GUEST!

Bethel believes that God is at

work in our life together to trans-

form and renew the world by

making followers of Jesus. You

are welcome to be a part of this

community of those who cele-

brate the forgiveness and hope

that are God’s gifts to imperfect

people through Jesus Christ, to

grow in your faith, and to join in

serving human need in his name.

The people and pastors of Bethel

look forward to sharing your life-

journey in any way that is helpful

to you. If you are a visitor to this

beautiful area, we hope your

visit was refreshing; your travels

are safe, and your homecoming

joyful. If you’d like more infor-

mation about Bethel, please stop

by our welcome center or speak

to a pastor.

BETHEL’S VISION FOR MISSION

To WELCOME all people to know

Jesus Christ and come to faith in

him. To provide the means for

growth for Christian maturity,

EQUIPPING people with the power

of faith in Christ for everyday life.

To challenge each member to take

a personal share of God’s mis-

sion, SENDING them to bring

Christ’s compassion, hope and

joy into the world, our communi-

ties and homes.

BETHEL DOWNTOWN

920 Third Street

Hudson, WI 54016

(Administrative Office)

P 715.386.8821

bethel@bethelhudson.org

www.bethelhudson.org

Office Hours:

M-F: 8:30 am-4:30 pm

Sunday: 8 am-10 am

BETHEL HIGHLANDS

504 Frontage Road

Hudson, WI 54016

P 715.386.8821

www.bethelhudson.org

BETHEL’S PASTORAL STAFF

John Lestock, Senior Pastor

Alicia Hilding, Associate Pastor

Ben Hilding, Associate Pastor

Bob Bipes, Visitation Pastor

BETHEL HIGHLANDS PRESCHOOL

504 Frontage Road

Hudson, WI 54016

P 715.381.8254, ext. 401

Kari Jo Fore, Director www.bethelhighlandspreschool.org

B E T H E L H A P P E N I N G S

THIRD SMALL GROUP EXPERIENCE COMES TO A CLOSE Thank you to all who participated in and facilitated for our Fall 2014 Small Group Experience! It was a joy to grow closer to God's Word and each other as we gathered to study Acts. Facilita-tors, don't forget there are two follow-up ses-sions available on Wednesday, November 5! The first session is at 12:30 pm at Bethel's

Downtown campus and the second will be at 6:30 pm at our High-lands campus. Childcare will be available at the 6:30 session; please simply let Pastor Alicia (ahilding@bethelhudson.org) know how many children and what ages will be attending to reserve a spot. Thank you all for another strong Small Group Experience! LUTEFISK DINNER AT OUR SAVIOR’S THIS WEEK The annual lutefisk dinner will be held on Thursday, October 30 at 2 pm at Our Savior’s Lutheran church in Beldenville. The bus will depart from the Downtown campus at 12:30 pm. The cost is $20/person. Please sign up at the Downtown welcome center with your payment. BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS DOWNTOWN Stop by for a blood pressure check at the Downtown campus on Sunday, October 26 after the 8 am service. Thanks to our volunteer parish nurse, DeAnne Swavely, who conducts these checks monthly at both Bethel campuses.

A HOLIDAY CONCERT WITH THE STEELE FAMILY! Saturday, November 29 7 pm Highlands Campus

Back by popular demand!

Jearlyn, Jevetta, J.D., Billy

and Fred Steele in concert

with their amazing band!

Tickets: Adults $21, Child

(18 & under) $10, are avail-

able on Sundays at the wel-

come centers, weekdays at the church office (8 am—4:30 pm), or

online with your credit card at bethelhudson.org (Give/Make A Pay-

ment). Tickets purchased online must be picked up at the Will Call

window at Highlands the night of the concert.

If there are any remaining tickets, they will be $25 (adult) and $12 (child) at the door.

Please bring a food item for the Hudson Food Shelf! Let's help others who

may need a boost this holiday season. Questions? Call 715.386.8821.

Y O U T H A N D F A M I LY H A P P E N I N G S SENIOR LEAGUE GRADES 9-12

WEDNESDAYS, DOWNTOWN

7 pm Student-led worship

7:30 pm Weekly activity

10/29 Trick or

Treat for Hudson

Food Shelf

11/5 All Saints

Prayer Stations/

Gaga

Engedi Room Update: The room

is nearing completion!

FAITH MILESTONE

THIS WEEKEND

This weekend all 6th and 7th graders will celebrate their Faith Milestone – Luther’s Small Cate-chism - at the 9:30 and 11 am wor-ship services at Highlands. They

have spent the past two Wednesday night classes diving into the contents of Luther's Small Catechism and discovering Martin Luther himself. Be sure to ask them about it!

GODSTOCK 2014 METROPOLIS RESORT EAU CLAIRE, NOV. 7-9

This is an opportunity for the high school youth of our NW Synod to gather for praise, wor-ship and fun together! Registra-tion is now open for students in grades 9 - 12. Look for registration forms in emails from Marcie Andrews or outside the Bethel Downtown youth offices.

SMALL

COMMITMENT,

BIG REWARD!

There are over 100 Bethel High-

lands Preschoolers who would

like a Prayer Partner just like

you! Your commitment is small

and the reward is big. Just in-

clude your assigned student in

your prayers and if you would

like, send prayer notes or holi-

day cards. If you're interested,

please contact Marcie Andrews

(mandrews@bethelhudson.org).

2015 ELCA YOUTH GATHERING—RISE UP! DETROIT, JULY 14-19, 2015

Bethel youth (and lucky chaper-ones) will attend the next ELCA National Youth Gathering! This event happens only once every three years, so this is a special opportunity not to be missed. All registration forms including a $150 deposit are due Saturday, November 15. Fundraising opportunities will be available throughout the year. Only the first 40 get to go, so don't delay,

REGISTER TODAY!

Prayer

Partners

T H I S W E E K ’ S S C H E D U L E

Sunday, 26 Monday, 27 Tuesday, 28 Wednesday, 29 Thursday, 30 Friday, 31 Saturday, 1

Reformation Sunday

8 am Celebration worship

DT

9:15 am Adult Bible study DT

9:15 am Martin Luther

discussion DT

9:30 am New Song worship

BH

9:30 am Sunday school BH

10:30 am Chime Choir BH

10:45 am Martin Luther

discussion BH

11 am Great Awakening

worship BH

4 pm Pine Ridge reunion BH

9 am Offering counters DT

4 pm Kids’ Holy Yoga BH

5:30 pm Young Adult Bible

study BH

6:30 pm Monday Funday

7 pm Boy Scout Troop #140

and Venture Crew DT

7 pm Holy Yoga/Gentle BH

9 am Quilters DT

11 am Food Fest wrap-up DT

12:30 pm Youth team BH

7 pm Alanon DT

7:30 pm Bethel Chorale

rehearsal DT

9:05 am Morning Fuel BH

9:30 Walk.Pray.Run BH

10 am Staff meeting DT

2 pm Prayer team DT

5 pm Blue Christmas mtg. BH

5 pm 8th gr. confirmation DT

6 pm 9th gr. confirmation DT

6:30 pm Gr. 6/7 classes DT

7 pm Student-led worship DT

7:30 pm Senior League DT

9:15 am Women’s

Bible study BH

5:30 pm Bell Ensemble

rehearsal BH

7 pm New Song

rehearsal BH

Trick or Treat

with Pastor John

(time TBD)

5 pm Hilding/

Meier wedding

rehearsal &

groom’s dinner

DT

7 am Men’s Bible

study DT

8:30 Holy Yoga/

Slow Flow BH

9 am Kids’ Holy

Yoga BH

5 pm Hilding/

Meier wedding DT

5:30 pm Gathering

worship BH

P O W E R O F P R A Y E R Those Who are Sick or in Need of Healing: Carol Amdahl, Paine De-Bauche, Austin Clark, Mike Ganske, Don Gilbertson, Dave Graese, Vivian Hart, Ken Heiser, Duane Holm, Nancy Jeffries-Lein, Jim Klaas, Marcia Lind-seth, Betsey Lundeen, Lucille Miller, Jennifer Obermueller, Terri Pomeroy, Debbie Russell, Kay Shager, Erin Steele and Ward TeWinkel.

Those Serving or Deployed: Jeffrey Berg, Charles Burns, Jordan Kein and Steven Moreus.

Sympathy: We offer our sympathies and prayers of comfort and strength for Terri & Steve Wilcox at the death of Terri’s brother. Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life.” PRAYER FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY ADDICTION Provided by the Bethel Healing Ministries Team

Lord we pray for wisdom as it relates to making changes so that healing can occur in those ravaged by the effects of alcohol and drug addictions. It is diffi-cult to know what we can and cannot do to effect change. Help us to decipher what we can change and what is outside of our sphere of influence. Bestow your wisdom upon us. Then, most importantly, give us the courage to act on what we know to be true, know-ing that with this comes serenity.

WORSHIP ATTENDANCE FOR OCTOBER 18-19, 2014 Saturday, October 11: Highlands, 5:30 pm—49 Sunday, October 12: Downtown, 8 am—124 Sunday, October 12: Highlands, 9:30 am—306; 11 am—68

TODAY’S QUOTE “Let everything in worship be done so the Word may have free course, instead of the prattling and rattling that, has been the rule up until now! . . . We can spare everything but the Word . . . we profit by nothing as much as the Word!” ~ Martin Luther

WORHIP MINISTRY ASSISTANTS

8 AM* & 11 AM

Acolytes

*8 am Katie Davidson, Jacob Tremble

11 am Drew Bjork, Colin Pruzek

Ushers

*8 am Jeff Maki, David Benson

11 am Tom/Jackie Hugdahl

Greeters

*8 am Peggy/Don Hale 11 am Susan Thayer, Shirley Halyburton

Communion Assistants

*8 am No communion

11 am Cindy Chapin, Linda James

Readers

*8 am Peggy Hale 11 am Janet Lestock

Welcome Center

*8 am Allen/Darlene Ecker

*Cookie Caller

*8 am Sheri Marnell

*Bethel Downtown

HOSPITALITY TEAM– 4TH SUNDAY

HIGHLANDS 9:30 AM

Team Leaders/Lead Ushers

Dave Salentine (sub)

Ushers

Dan/Wendy Theobald, Chuck Lewis

Greeters

Dan/Gretchen DuPuis,

Ruby Mockler, Greta Shafer

Communion Servers

Dave Datt, Troy Forcier,

Alan/Jill Burchill, Brent Mitchell

Videographer

Larry Quam

Projectionist—Sunday

Parker Poling

Welcome Center

Marlene Weiss

Nursery

Grace Yaeger

Hospitality/Coffee

Nack family

Saturday Projectionist

Char Trende

BETHEL HAPPENINGS BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH

OCTOBER 26, 2014

THANK YOU, PASTORS! October is Pastor Appreciation month. If you haven’t had a chance yet, please let our four pastors know how much they are appreciated! GRANT REQUEST DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 4 Grant Requests are now being accepted for consideration by the Bethel Endowment Fund Advisory Committee. Please download the Grant Request Form from our Web site (Resources/Forms) or pick one up at either welcome center and submit to the Endowment Committee mailbox (located Downtown) by November 4th. Requests will be carefully considered and decisions will be made in early December. We look forward to receiving your requests and seeing great things happen with the use of the funds! BIBLE STUDY LEADERS MEET WELCA Bible study leaders will meet on Tuesday, November 4th at 6:30 pm Downtown. BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP READING A CLASSIC Please join readers at the Downtown campus on Wednesday, November 5 from 1-3 pm to discuss A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway. Everyone is invited; please come even if you have not read (or finished) the selection. The group celebrates a diversity of opinions, respecting all participants, and valuing their reactions and responses to the book selection. KNIT-WITS ARE BACK

Bethel’s knitting/crocheting group will resume their monthly meetings on the first Wednesday of the month at 10 am in the lounge at the Downtown campus, start-ing November 5th! The mission of the Knit-Wits is to make prayer shawls to show our love and concern for Bethel members who are experiencing health concerns, those going through a rough time, are in a nursing home, or for our friends who just need to know that someone cares.

Prayer shawls are easy for any beginner—it's just knit and purl. Kits with easy in-structions are available, or use a pattern and yarn of your own choice! We welcome new members and those who have been contributing, to join us for this needed minis-try and time getting to know each other better. Please contact Sheila at sheilawiemerslage@gmail.com if you’d like to know more about this ministry.

TREE AND BRUSH CLEARING AT HIGHLANDS— FIRE UP THOSE CHAIN SAWS! Fire up your chain saws and come to a tree and brush clearing event at the Highlands campus on Saturday, November 8th. We will be cutting down un-wanted brush, cedars, box elders, and if we have enough volunteers, some buck-thorn. Bring your chain saw, loppers, hand saw, and/or any other tools to do this work. We will start at about 8 am. If it rains or snows that day we will postpone until spring. For more information please contact Roger Pavlis at rdpavlis@gmail.com.

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BETHEL HAPPENINGS BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH

OCTOBER 26, 2014

FILL A SHOEBOX, SHARE GOD’S LOVE Each year, Bethel friends of all ages participate in Operation Christmas Child. This program brings joy and hope to children in desperate situa-tions around the world. A shoebox filled with small toys, school supplies, other gifts, and a personal note can introduce a hurting child to God's love. Look for displays at both locations beginning Saturday, November 8th.

Please drop off your shoeboxes by Sunday, November 23rd at either Bethel campus. You may also choose to make a financial contribution online at www.samaritanspurse.org, with a credit or debit card. You can then print out the EZ give label that is sent with your e-mail receipt. The barcode on the label allows OCC to send you an e-mail to let you know which country your gift went to and information about OCC there.

A Bethel group will help pack up shoeboxes for shipment overseas at the OCC Packaging Center on the following dates: Saturday, November 29th (12 volunteers—almost full) Monday, December 1, 7-10 pm (12 volunteers) Friday, December 5, 3-7 pm (11 volunteers) If you’d like to help, please contact Alan Park at parka99@sbcglobal.net. YAH TO ENJOY PENUMBRA THEATER’S “BLACK NATIVITY”

The Young at Hearts will have an opportunity to revisit the nativity story through a concert setting, featuring favorite holiday music. The Penumbra Theater presentation of “Black Nativity” will highlight soloists and the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church Choir and is guaranteed to raise the roof! The concert is Saturday, December 13th. The bus will leave Bethel Downtown at 1 pm, returning by approximately 5 pm.

Please sign up at the Downtown campus welcome center and pay the $24 ticket cost no later than Monday, November 10th, at which time the tickets will be purchased.

This is a wonderful way to celebrate the holiday season. If you’ve seen the show in the past, you know how inspir-ing it is, and that a different version of the show is staged each year. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO HELP WITH HOLIDAY CONCERT Are you planning to purchase a ticket for the Holiday Concert with the Steeles on Saturday, November 29th? We’re looking for some volunteers to help with hospitality that evening (in return, you’ll get first dibs on choosing a seat, since you’ll be there early). If you’re willing to help us out for this big event, please contact Juli Hilding in the church office (715.386.8821). Thanks! FREE CAREGIVER INFORMATION SESSION—REGISTER TODAY! Register to attend the free Caregiver Information Session on Thursday, November 20, 2014 at the Community Commons, 421 Green Street, New Richmond (Senior Center area) from 5:30 to 6:45 pm. A free meal is pro-vided with advance registration. Contact Tara Murdzek at 715.381.4366 or 1.800.372.2333, x 4366 to regis-ter. Our speaker is Julie Holle, RN, Adoray Home Care and Hospice, to discuss the need to complete a power of attorney for health care, what happens if you don’t have one, and how to complete one. Powers of attorney for health care are not just for the elderly. This is a fantastic opportunity for information. Call today.