Pastor Brown has received a call to be the pastor at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Please pray for Pastor Brown and his family as he now considers this new call and where best to serve God’s kingdom.
Call Extended to Pastor Peter Schlicht
At our call meeting on Monday, July 12, the voting members of Bethany chose to call Rev. Peter Schlicht, who currently serves at Eastside Lutheran Church in Madison, WI, as our pastor. Please pray for Pastor Schlicht, his wife Rachel, and their young family as he deliberates where to best use his gifts in God’s kingdom.
Bethany Connect
An orientation/information class called BETHANY|connect will be offered on either Tuesday, July 20 from 6:00-7:15pm, or on Thursday, July 29 from 6:00-7:15pm. We’d like all of our newest members to enjoy an opportunity to meet each other and to learn about the mission and ministry of your new congregation. It is our prayerful goal that this session will help you become well-informed and confident as you begin to find your niche in your new family of faith at Bethany. We will meet in the lower level fellowship hall on our Parkway Campus. A letter was mailed to our newest members inviting them to attend!
Call Meeting - Monday, July 12, 2021
Join us in the Parkway Campus Sanctuary on Monday, July 12, 2021 at 7PM (after our Monday evening worship service) as we hold our next meeting to extend a call for a pastor. The meeting will also be available via Zoom, but we are asking that if you can attend in person, please do so - for facilitating purposes.
Call Returned
Pastor David Barkow of Cottage Grove, Minnesota has returned our call as pastor of Bethany. We pray for his continued ministry at Christ the Lord in Cottage Grove. A date for the next call meeting has not yet been set. Continue to watch for more information coming soon!
Parkway Office & Our Shepherd Closed - July 5
Bethany’s church office, as well as Our Shepherd Childcare will be closed on Monday, July 5. We will still hold our regular Monday evening worship service at 6PM on the Parkway Campus.
Sunday School Teachers Needed for 2021-2022
We are in need of a number of Sunday School teachers for the coming school year. With enough teachers, we are able to make the teaching commitment be quite flexible and usually only 1 weekend per month. For more information about this form of service, please contact Emily - churchoffice@bethanyappleton.org or (920) 733-9561.
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.
Helping Hearts
Helping Hearts is a ministry of Bethany that sends encouraging notes of congratulations, sympathy, and get-well to our members. Helping Hearts is currently seeking more individuals to send these notes. If interested, contact Emily at 920-733-9561 or churchoffice@bethanyappleton.org
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
POSTPONED: Movie Night at Our Shepherd
Food Truck at Our Shepherd
Join us for lunch from a food truck in the Our Shepherd parking lot on Thursday, June 3 from 11AM-1:30PM. Please park in the south overflow lot off of Lynndale.
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).
Memorial Day Weekend Worship
There will be no Monday or Tuesday evening worship this weekend. Please make plans to join us on Saturday at 4:30pm on the Lynndale Campus or Sunday at 8:00am on the Parkway Campus. Pastor Aaron Dolan from Fox Valley Lutheran High School will be our guest preacher this weekend.
Call Extended to Pastor David Barkow
On Sunday, May 23, we extended a call to Pastor David Barkow. Pastor Barkow is 38 years old. He is married to Rachel and they have three children ages 4,8, & 10. He currently serves at Christ the Lord Lutheran Church in Cottage Grove, MN. Please keep Pastor Barkow and his family in your prayers as he deliberates our call to serve here at Bethany.
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.
Call Returned - Next Call Meeting Set
Pastor Matthew Scharf has returned the call that we extended to him. May Pastor Scharf’s ministry in Manhattan, KS continued to be blessed!
We have set our next call meeting for Sunday, May 23 at 9:15AM in the Parkway Campus Sanctuary or via Zoom. The Zoom link information will be sent via email in the week prior to the meeting.
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!
Confirmation at Bethany
On Sunday, May 16 at our 8AM service, two young people will be confirmed. Please save the date and join us in this celebration!