MERRY CHRISTMAS!Vol. 65
No. 49
Philip Green, Pastor
NEW EMAIL: bethel1865@gmail.com
Website: www.bethelchurch1865.org The radiance of Bethlehem can flood your heart in the days ahead. The Bible says that “Christ in us … is the Hope of Glory”. If you have never found Christ, we invite you to Bethlehem.
SATURDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 24: 6 P.M. Christmas Eve Candle Light Service.
9:30 A.M. – NO SUNDAY SCHOOL this Sunday.
10:00 A.M. – WORSHIP TEAM PRACTICE
10:45 A.M. – CHRISTMAS DAY WORSHIP: God’s Suffering Servant (Isaiah 53). You’ll want to come out and hear Peter Nehlsen sing “Mary Did You Know?” and other special music. Nursery provided.
7:00 P.M. – NO EVENING BIBLE STUDY THIS WEEK. ENJOY TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY.
CHURCH CALENDAR: Monday: Leaders Council, Trustee, and Deacon meetings will be held January 9th instead of Jan. 2nd. Tuesday: Ladies Study at Donna Van Ramshorst’s home, 6:15 P.M. Wednesday: Ladies Bible Study at Jill Coombs, 1:30 P.M. Wednesday: Group Nights for Students (grades 6-12), 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Bethel Church, an opportunity to experience in-depth growth for young leaders. Wednesday: Bible Study and Prayer, 7 P.M. followed by choir practice at 8 P.M. at Harold and Arbutus’s home (1250 Aznoe Road). Saturday: En Gedi – A Contemporary Worship Service at Bethel’s Memorial Hall, 6 P.M. Everyone welcome! CHURCH NEWS: Gift received from Kay (Koyen) Polster in memory of her parents, Gladys and Floyd Kaoyen and Dan Polster. * The children’s and teen Christmas program was held this past Sunday night under the direction of Stephanie Baumann and Sue Green. There were congregational songs (Ben Baumann, guitar, Jonathan Bass, piano, Andy and Joey, guitars, Steve Ervin, drums, Ben and Lauren, vocals). Lauren Gordon read the Christmas Story from Luke. At the appropriate time in the reading, children came up front to the manger: Joseph (Shammond Ervin), Mary (Ella Bauman), Shepherds (Eli Baumann, Korrina Ervin, Karoline Jordan), Angels (McKenna Gordon, Ashlynn and Tara and Kinsey DeJardin, Cydny Kickbush). The children then went downstairs to take off their costumes. They made Christmas tree ornaments and played until they returned to sing several songs while playing bells. They ended the program singing, “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”. While the children were downstairs, Ben Baumann played a video he created with the youth group teens. It was a Dragnet skit about finding the real meaning of Christmas. Included in the video were: Christian Cornell, Cody Wasmer, Stefanie Cornell, Josh Goodwin, Steve Ervin, Micala Ervin, Joey Munao, Bradley Jordan, Lauren Gordon, Marina Swanson, Josh Ervin, Autumn Dompke, Shammond Ervin, Andy Munao, Brien Jordan, Stephaine Baumann, Katy Jordan, Lydia Schultz, Korrina Ervin. After the video showing Ben sang “Born To Die”. Pastor gave a short message. * District Youth Conference will be held January 6-8 in Green Bay at the KI Convention Center. COMMUNITY NEWS: The "Gift of Holiday Cheer", held at the TPAC [Saturday] night, was a wonderful evening of a variety of presentations guaranteed to get you into the Christmas spirit. A light snow was falling as people arrived. There were well over 250 people in attendance. MC for the evening, Jim Morris. He noted Dan Hansen and Diane Kahlscheurer had put together a great program. Emmett Woods put in many hours with the sound system. All of them worked both with practices and the program. Emmett literally “ran” co-ordinates between the stage and the upper level sound booth. A TPAC committee set up and staffed the intermission break with hot apple cider, coffee, and a bountiful array of Christmas cookies. The entertainment began with Patty Herschberger and Paula McDonald singing “Angels’ Carol”, accompanied by Dan on the piano; school children grades K through 3 presented “Marvelous Toy”, accompanied by Donna Briesemeister; Wayne Boshka sang “White Christmas”, accompanied by Dan; Lorel Gordon sang “Here With Us”, CD accompaniment; Patricia Hewitt and Barbara Hansen sang “Lullaby, Jesus”, “Sleep, O Sleep, My Lovely Child” accompanied by Dan; Jim Morris, flute, and Dan Hansen, piano, played a medley of Christmas songs; Patricia Hewitt sang “Now Light One Thousand Christmas Lights”, accompanied by Dan; Anna Wacaser sang, “Mary Did You Know” and “Please Come Home for Christmas”, accompanied by Dan; Joyce Morehouse and Howard Scott read the poem, “A Visit From St. Nicholas”; Cindra Hokkanen sang “Pat-Pan” and “Santa Baby”, accompanied by Dan; the Rich Hansen family (those who weren’t home sick from the flu), sang “Christmas All Around”, accompanied by Rich and Jesse on guitar; school children from grades, 4, 5, 6 sang “Sleigh Ride”, accompanied by Donna Briesemeister; sing-a-long, “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” and the first half of the program was completed. After the intermission, Emmett Woods played a medley of Christmas songs on the Shuttle Pipes; Jonathan Bass played two piano pieces; the Trinity Choir sang several songs (Patty Herschberger, Patricia Hewitt, Barbara Hansen, Judy Perry, Betty Sperberg, Linda Henkel, Paula McDonald, Joyce Morehouse, Diane Kahlscheuer, Cindra Hokkanen, Audrey and John Nourse, Carol Amadio, Wayne Boshka, Howard Scott, Dick Purinton, Jim Wilson, Bob Wagner, Dan Hansen, and Oliver Hansen). Diane and Dan accompanied them on the piano; Mary Andersen and Pastor Phil Green sang “Down From His Glory”, accompanied by Dan; Doc Westring, piano, and Tom Noonan, drums, performed several vocals including “Winter Wonderland”; Ben Baumann and the junkyard choir performed several songs, Lauren Gordon and Ben on vocals, Steve Ervin on drums, Joey Munao bass guitar, Andy Munao, guitar, Jonathan Bass, piano; Ainslie Cornell played guitar and sang “Hallelujah”; school youth grades 7 & 8 performed, “All I Want For Christmas Is You”. The final song, Tom Noonan on piano, Ben, Andy, Joey on guitars, Steve on drums, was “Feliz Navidad”. * Word was received that Lloyd Tetting died at a Madison hospital last Monday. Our sympathy to his wife, Sally. The Tettings have owned and run Lampert Yards for years. * Tom Noonan collapsed at the end of the TPAC “Gift of Holiday Cheer”. He was transported to Bellin Hospital in Green Bay and underwent triple by-pass surgery for heart blockage. He is recuperating and expected to return home soon. “We want to tell everyone we are very thankful for every prayer and effort that was made to keep Tom with us.” – from Sonja. * Detroit Harbor Ladies Aid hosted their Annual Christmas Party at the Trinity Fellowship Hall Dec. 16. There was a gift exchange, BINGO and prizes. Barbara Hansen and Pat Hewitt sang special songs and also led a carol sing-a-long. President of the group is Vicki Fuller. * We always take a break the next week of the year. The staff, Arbutus Greenfeldt, Lorel Gordon, Mary Andersen, Pastor and Sandy Green, takes this opportunity to wish you a Happy New Year!
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