LWMS Virtual Annual Convention

LWMS 58th Annual Convention is virtual this week June 24th-27th. Go online to register FOR FREE by June 20th - www.lwms.org. Some events will be LIVE and some events will be ON DEMAND for you to watch when you are able. If you have any questions about the Lutheran Women's Missionary Society, contact Edie Frank (920) 277-1642 or Arlyss Troge (920) 915-7363. Tune in to learn about WELS Missions and how you can help encourage your missionaries.

Camp Basic - Help Needed

Camp BASIC (Brothers And Sisters In Christ) is a week-long WELS Bible Camp for people with special needs. This is the 40th year of Camp. It takes place at Wyalusing State Park near Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in their beautiful indoor camp facility which includes four cabins, a main lodge and an awesome fire pit singing area. Usually there are months to plan for camp, however, just last week the facility confirmed! Now they are scrambling for counselors. Camp BASIC will take place from June 20 – 26, 2021. It is the goal to assign one camper to one counselor. Each camper/counselor pair will eat meals together, attend Bible lessons, singing, crafts, and other fun activities together. The group enjoy various off-campus activities like fishing, swimming, hiking, and bowling. You’ll sing, laugh, and sometimes even cry together. Every year they grow closer to Jesus and make some awesome friendships. This year there are 23 campers signed up but only 8 counselors. All WELS families or individuals are welcome. For more information, check out the website at www.campbasic.com. This event is free for all counselors and includes food, a t-shirt and amazing memories and new friendships. If you have any questions or would like to learn more, please call Pastor Dave Pries at 920-285-1068.

 

Another way you can be of service to Camp BASIC is to make some cookies. They need hundreds of dozens of them. Please consider sharing your cookie craft and supporting Camp with your delicious treats. You can deliver your cookies to Eternal Love Lutheran Church no later than 9:45 am on Sunday June 20. Please package them in a disposable container that you will not need returned., label them, and indicate if there are peanuts or peanut butter in your cookies.

Discipleship.101 to Begin

Meets Tuesdays at 6 P.M. in the Lynndale Campus Praise Center beginning June 8

Discipleship.101 is a starting place. If you’re new to Christianity, new to Bethany, or just wanting a brush up on the basics of the Christian faith, we’d love to have you join us. This 10 week class provides an overview of the chief teachings of the Bible and presents what we believe and teach here at Bethany. Childcare will be available on site at no charge by one of our staff members.

www.bethanyappleton.org/d101


Summer Bible Study

A new study of the Gospel of Mark will begin Sunday – June 6 at 9:15am.  We will meet in-person in the lower-level fellowship hall on the Parkway Campus.  We will share this study via Zoom at the same time for those who would like to join us that way.  We will have someone monitoring the Zoom each week who will be ready to relay any questions or comments you might wish to share with the class.  We will ask you to use the chat feature so that they can be passed along to me.  I will strive to restate any questions from our in-person class for those who are joining us via Zoom.  During our time together this Summer I trust that the Holy Spirit will strengthen in each of us the confession about Jesus made by his first disciples: “You are the Christ” (Mark 8:29). 

May Food Pantry Collection

Sunday, May 16 is the next collection for the Apple Valley Food Pantry. The following is a list of items currently in need of at the pantry for distribution:

Peanut butter and jam, pork n beans, canned pears, canned mandarins, canned pasta, 1 lb. bags of rice, boxed instant rice, boxed potatoes, boxed helper meals, cookies, flavored crackers such as Cheez-Its, men and women's body washes, bath tissue and paper towel.

Bethany Beverage Bottle

Stay hydrated while showing your Bethany colors with a new insulated beverage bottle! This stainless steel bottle will keep your cold drinks cold and your hot drinks hot, all while showing a little home-church pride!

What great about your new Bethany drink bottle?

- it’s perfect for hot or cold beverages

- it fits nicely in your cup holders

- it’s high quality stainless steel

- it’s got a conversation-starting Bethany logo on it

Stop by the office and pick one up for only $15 today!

Spring Work Day

This year's Spring work day will be held on Saturday, May 8th starting at 8:00am.  Please volunteer to help keep our campuses looking neat and presentable.  Bring your rakes, shovels, and any other yard tools that may come in handy.  We may also need a trailer or two to haul away any brush and garbage. A pizza lunch will be served following the morning work. 

We are also looking for a few volunteers to help with the lawn mowing at the Parkway Campus this Summer. We have a riding mower and weed-whacker in the church garage that can be used. 

 Contact aricgwilson@gmail.com  or (920)878-1641 with any questions.

Please follow the link below to let us know if you're able to attend our Spring Clean Up Day on Saturday, May 8!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050e4dada929a0f85-spring

Call Extended to Pastor Matthew Scharf

On Thursday, April 8 the voters of Bethany issued a divine call to Pastor Matthew Scharf to serve as our second pastor. Pastor Scharf is currently serving at Hope Lutheran Church in Manhattan, Kansas. He is 34 years old and married to Rachel. They have three daughters.

Please pray for Pastor Scharf and his family that they have guidance and clarity to make a decision that is best for the kingdom at large.

One By One Bible Study

Our new Bible study will begin next week!

Personal contact is one of the many casualties of COVID-19. Many of you have been separated from family and friends, and are only beginning to reconnect. As a congregation, we have been separated from one another and not able to enjoy many of the fellowship opportunities that we used to take for granted. Worship, Bible study, and meetings have all been carried out through online tools such as a Facebook and Zoom. And even now, as we are beginning to gather more and more, these online options are still in place and in use by many, and may be for some time. But let’s not forget the importance of personal contact, not only in our relationships with family members, friends, and church members, but also in the relationships we hope to build with those who need to hear the good news of Jesus. This study is based on Pastor David Rosenau’s keynote presentation at the WELS National Conference on Lutheran Leadership in January of 2020. Using powerful personal stories and drawing from his wealth of experience both as a detective and a parish pastor, Pastor Rosenau helps Christians understand why it is so important to see every soul as a treasure and why we want to be willing to spend the time and effort necessary to share the gospel with each one. Lesson 1's study guide at www.bethanyappleton.org/resources

You can join us IN PERSON in the Parkway Campus lower level fellowship hall:

Sundays at 9:15AM

Wednesdays at 10:00AM

or VIA ZOOM:

Wednesdays at 6:00PM (Click HERE to sign-up to attend the zoom option)

Looking ahead to Holy Week

Our service schedule is posted on our website. We will continue to provide a link to sign-up for these services in the emails we send out between now and Easter. Please take a look and sign-up for the various services as soon as you can, so that we can do our best with the limited capacity to welcome as many worshippers as possible. If you know that you will have additional family members worshipping with you for any of those services, please include them on the sign-up as well. Also, please consider who you might invite for these special services where the good news of all that Jesus did to redeem us in his death and resurrection will be proclaimed!

Bethany Lutheran Church

920.733.9561

Parkway Campus - 530 W. Parkway Blvd. Appleton, WI 54911