THE BETHANIA BLADE
September 2014
Rally Day! Calling all members of Bethania: Autumn SCS and
Church Activities Kick off with our Annual Rally Day on Sunday September 7! Activities kick off with a re-located outdoor worship at 9:00. We’ll be using the lawn around the Wright Ave. Sanctuary en-trance where the lawn is more even and there is plenty of sidewalk for chairs and even a center aisle for communion!
We’ll then move down to the fellowship hall for an indoor picnic (to trick those pesky bugs!) The church will provide sandwiches and beverages with members asked to sign up for side dishes and dessert. Kids, Youth, and anyone else who would be in-terested are invited to bring an item (at least 50% cotton works best) to Tie Dye after they eat!
Don’t miss the fun! Feel free to bring friends.
Let’s fill that lawn for worship and remind our
neighbors that Bethania is here and has much
to offer on Sunday mornings!
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BETHANIA LUTHERAN CHURCH
STAFF
Pastor: Rev. Heather Bumstead
Church Secretary: Karen Dunn
Custodian: Mike Imhoff
Church Office: [email protected]
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS
262-632-7267
MONDAY, TUESDAY,
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY
2:30PM – 5:00 PM
FRIDAY
10:00AM – 2:00PM
Please be sure to sign up for a Sunday to host the
Coffee Fellowship Hour after worship service.
Serving In September
September 7—open
September 14—Altar Guild September 21 Keith Webster
September 28—open
Please remember to sign up for the months October, November &
December
Weekly Offering
August2014
August 3 36 $1,621.00
August 10 63 $2,060.00
August 17 52 $1,190.00
August 24 44 $1,196.00
August 31 n/a n/a
Article Page Number
Bible Readings 4
Birthdays 5
Calendar of Events Insert Page
Rally Day Cover
Pastor’s Pages 3
Kid Zone Sleep Over 10
Confirmation News 9
Worship Assistants 11
Website 8
Volunteers 11
Shut In’s 4
Summer Splash 8
Kid Zone Campfire 10
Post Cards 11
Totals 195 $6,067.00
Lock In 6
Coffee Hour Hosts 2
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Pastor’s Page:
Autumn is here (by the way, did we have Summer this year?) and with it a flurry of activities. Our calendars fill up fast as September approaches and Bethania is
no exception. There are several exciting opportunities listed in the pages of this month’s newsletter. But one thing stays pretty constant: Worship.
Worship connects us to God and to one another as a church family. It gives us a chance to thank God and to grow in our faith. Worship reminds us of what is truly
meaningful and powerful in our lives and, in the “ordinary” week to week singing, listening, praying, and declaring it strengthens us in ways that are often invisible
to the eye.
This month isn’t the first time I will take the opportunity to remind us that God
wants us to participate in worship and in the life of our congregation for US… not for him. But this month I have a powerful example of why that is.
A colleague at Froedtert showed me an article of appre-
ciation about a Nun who had recently died. The piece noted that, before she took on the vocation of a nun, this
Sister had been a wife and mother. Tragically, a house
fire killed all four of her young sons. She was often asked how she had survived the tragic death of her family. One
of her friends describes her response: “the hard times are why she lived her faith day to day so
she had a foundation to get through the bad times.“
I pray that none of us will face such tragic and difficult circumstances, but I also know that some of us will, anyway. What I most want for each of you is a faith
that can sustain you through pain and difficulty, even when it doesn’t have all the answers.
I can’t promise the sermon will always be memorable, but I promise that our faithful and gracious God is here amongst us on Sunday morning seeking to
strengthen and bless each one of you.
Blessings,
Pastor Heather
What I most want for each of
you is a faith that can sus-
tain you through pain and
difficulty, even when it does-
n’t have all the answers.
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Sunday, September 7, 2014
Sunday, September 14 ,2014 /
Holy Cross Day
First Reading: Numbers 21:4b-9
Psalm: Psalm 98:1-4 or 78: 1-2, 34-38
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:18-24
Gospel: John 3:13-17
Sunday, September 21, 2014
First Reading: Jonah 3:10-4:11
Psalm: Psalm 145:1-8
Second Reading: Philippians 1:21-30
Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16
First Reading: Ezekiel 33:7-11
Psalm: Psalm 119:33-40
Second Reading: Romans 13:8-14
Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20
First Reading: Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32
Psalm: Psalm 25:1-9
Second Reading: Philippians 2:1-13
Gospel: Matthew 21:23-32
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Bethania Shut– List
(to the best of our knowledge as of
6/22/2014)
Glen Anderson 2062 Georgia Avenue
Racine, WI 53404 262-634-2064
Florence DuPuis
5311 Douglas Ave Apt 313 Racine WI 53402
262-639-3925
George & Margaret Jacobsen
1335 Virginia Street Racine WI 53405-2718
262-634-7633
Ms. Lillian Mathison C/o St. Monica's Assisted Living
3920 N Green Bay Rod Room 55 Racine WI 53404-1416
262-681-4916
Erik Nielsen 3102 Wander Lane
Mount Pleasant WI 53406-5145 262-598-9118
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SeptemberBirthdays
Please accept our apologies if your birth-day has been omitted or is noted incor-rectly, please notify the church office 632-
7267. As soon as possible.
Elizabeth Brown 1
Ashley Miller 1
William Krause 2
Leo Miller 2
Kurtis Webster 4
Logan Schoff 6
Calaway Alderson 8
Patricia Dodge 8
Jamie Jensen 8
Brittney McIntosh 8
Camren McIntosh 8
Andrew Nielsen 8
Preston Bishop 10
Kailey Moneypenny 10
Jennifer O’Connor 10
Hannah Youngquist 12
Madge Draper 13
Eric Kaminski 13
Sara Hagerman 14
Dakota Kechter 14
Molly Imhoff 17
Anne Woodward 17
Sylvia Nielsen 19
Cathi Webster 19
Cleo Burrow 24
George Jacobsen 30
Michael Myren 30
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Best Lock-In …Ever!
The annual Fall Lock In will be held Friday, October 31… that’s right: Halloween (youth who are participating in School Events that
evening are invited to join us afterward). A variety of scary and not-so-scary activities will be in store, but FIRST, Youth will be in-
vited to help with Bethania’s Trick-or-Treat Event. We will set up a campfire, hot cider and trick-or-treat stations around the Church.
Candy for the neighborhood kids and SMOREs for us! Costumes strongly encouraged (but bring a change of clothes for the rest of
the night!)
The usual Lock-In fun will follow including a brand-new activity or two, pizza, & junk food.
Youth Night Corn Maze Trip
We will continue to have Youth Night on the First Wednesday of the month starting
again in October! Our first event will be a field trip to Borzynski’s CORN MAZE! We will leave from Church
at 5:30 on Wednesday, October 1. Adults are welcome and at least one Adult with a
Van is needed to help. Admission for anyone over age 12 is $8:50. Youth may also
meet the group at Borzynskis at 5:45.
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Bethania To Host RUSD Transitional Worksite Program:
On Mondays during the School Year Bethania will host a students and teachers of a spe-
cial Unified School District Class designed to help students transition from school to work.
From 8:-2:30 the class will be here performing job duties (mostly cleaning) in the morn-
ing, lunch in the Fellowship Hall, and homework and other activities after lunch. This will
be a small class supervised by three teachers. Their services to the congregation are
given in exchange for use of the space. This is wonderful opportunity for us to help
these worthy students and teachers.
Mark Your Calendars:
Our annual Pet Blessing service is set for Sunday, October 5
at 11:00 a.m.
L.A.C.E. Scholarships Awarded:
Bethania honored this year’s recipients of the Love And Caring Endowment scholarships at worship on Sunday, August 17.
This year’s honorees are: Nicole Borgardt: Graduate of Case High School returning to UW Parkside this Fall
Mia Guion: Graduate of Prairie School returning to Iowa State this Fall Tatiana Krause: Graduate of Prairie School returning to Iowa State this Fall.
Annika Nielsen: Graduate of Westosha Central High School returning to Carthage College this Fall.
Erick Nielsen: Graduate of Westosha Central High School is going to Carthage College this
Fall.
Confirmation is set for Sunday, October 26th
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Lutheranism 101:
Adults who want to will be invited to discuss a series of short articles in this special edi-
tion of “The Lutheran” magazine over coffee around the Hearth Room’s round table after
the kids go downstairs.
Lutheran Handbook for Youth:
Youth will be invited to join in a discussion of Lutheran faith an life that uses “The Lutheran
Handbook” to engage faith, life, and the Bible in an interesting, even humorous way.
Kid Zone Kids: Communion:
The Kid Zone multi-age class for elementary students will continue this fall
and begins with a special unit on Holy Communion! Each child will receive and
use the book A Place For You: My Holy Communion Book by Daniel Erlander to
learn all about the sacrament and gain a greater appreciation of this special gift from God.
New Class for Older Kids!
Older pre-High School kids will have their own SCS class this fall: “Connect Kids”. The
class uses a fun curriculum that uses a variety of methods from videos to craft activi-
Sunday Church School:
Sunday Church School will resume on Sunday Sept. 14. SCS goes from 10:30-11:00
and has several offerings:
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Our Scouts Help With “Kampfire”
Curtis Webster and Scoutleader Keith Webster from Bethania’s own Boy Scout Troop
#242 helped to make the final Kid Zone event of the Summer a success! Kids and
Scouts gathered at the church for a campfire where they feasted on a supper of
campfire roasted hot dogs with a dessert of the classic campfire treat: Smores! The
Scouts not only helped with the fire, they taught the kids songs and lead them in fun
activities!
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Kid Zone Sleepover a Success:
The Church lights were on late into the night of August 8 as Kid Zone kids gathered for
the annual “Sleepover” event. Fun, games, treats, and even a puppet theatre play put
on by the kids were all a part of the fun. The kids finally laid out their sleeping bags to
watch “The Lego Movie” waaay past their normal bedtimes! Pastor Heather says that,
surprisingly, the kids were much easier to wake up the next morning than the Youth are
during Lock Ins! Special thanks to Jerod Alderson who volunteered to help and tried his
best to wear the kids out by running them around!
Dominic Shawhan, Eli Imhoff, & Calaway Alderson Everyone!
Calaway
the gang
Dominic Shawhan & Eli Imhoff
Olivia Imhoff & Natalie Shawhan
Natalie
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2014 WORSHIP ASSISTANT SCHEDULE
September 7, 2014
Worship Assistant: Vicki Thiery Acolyte: Jakob Jensen
Communion Assistant: Karen Fernandez Communion Bread: Anne Woodward
Lector: Irma Anderson Flowers:
Ushers: Bill and Liz Krause Coffee Hour: OPEN
September 14, 2014
Worship Assistant: Jerod Alderson Acolyte: Rachel Rybarik
Communion Assistant: Caitlyn Webster Communion Bread: Bread
Lector: Robin Barnes Flowers:
Ushers: Ed & Jacci Young Coffee Hour: Altar Guild
September 21, 2014
Worship Assistant: Jeff Alderson Acolyte: Kurtis Webster
Communion Assistant: Jacob Hansen Communion Bread: Grete Loschenkohl
Lector: Jerod Alderson Flowers:
Ushers: The Imhoff Family Coffee Hour: Keith Webster
September 28, 2014
Worship Assistant: Bill Krause Acolyte: Ashley Borgardt
Communion Assistant: Leo Miller Communion Bread: Bread
Lector: Deb Borgardt Flowers:
Ushers: The Borgardt Family Coffee Hour: OPEN
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BETHANIA LUTHERAN CHURCH
STAFF
Pastor: Rev. Heather Bumstead
Church Secretary: Karen Dunn
Custodian: Mike Imhoff
Church Office: [email protected]
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS
262-632-7267
MONDAY, TUESDAY,
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY
2:30PM – 5:00 PM
FRIDAY
10:00AM – 2:00PM
Bethania Lutheran Church - ELCA
4120 Wright Avenue
Racine WI 53405
Monday
September 1. 2014
Church office Closed!
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