610-459-3482: www.bethmeth.com

JANUARY 18, 2015

Who We Are: We are an authentic Christian community

which is radically loving, outwardly focused, and grace giving!

What We Do: We are to seek the lost, restore the broken,

and make the wounded whole.

GOD'S VISION & MISSION FOR US

PRELUDE Come, Now is the Time to Worship WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS SHARING OFFERTORY Today is the Day BUMC Kid’s Choir

SONG OF PRAISE

Songbook #300 Here For You Songbook #329 Your Great Name Hymn #3 Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty PROCLAIMING THE WORD Message Rev. Timothy A. Kriebel “Plan for the Future, Focus on the Present” Mark 16: 9-20; Acts 3:1-16; 10:9-46

CLOSING SONG Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE

W ELCOME TO WORSHIP

SOUPER BOWL Annual Canned Food Collection

The annual Souper Bowl got under

way last week and at the end of the

1st week things are close so

far. The 10:30 A.M. service brought

in 298 items while the 9:00 A.M.

service was close behind with 270. We still are a long way from our

goal of 12,000 items so keep working hard to bring in as many non-

perishable food items as possible to help fight hunger in the city of

Chester through CityTeam Ministries. While they are thankful for

anything, they especially are looking for protein items like tuna fish,

peanut butter and items of that nature. As we learned in the

presentation last week, there are a lot of things your can of soup could

be doing but helping to fight hunger in Chester might be the best thing

it could do! :)

POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Beginning Sunday, February 1 we will start a 6 week sermon series

entitled “When God’s Spirit Moves” based on the small group study

by pastor and best-selling author, Jim Cymbala. Small Groups at

Bethlehem UMC are invited to participate in the DVD series. Join a

Small Group. Start a Small Group. Order your book today. Sign Up

Sheets can be found in Agan Hall.

If you have a Prayer request for the bulletin, please call the

office. Prayer Chain requests can also be made to the

following:

For daytime requests call Vi Friedman, 610.644.5025. For evening requests call Nancy Broadbooks, 610.399.0839.

Prayer Meeting every Sunday

5:30 pm Soaking Prayer

6:00 pm Healing and Intercessory Prayer

YOUTH BIBLE STUDY WEDNESDAY NIGHTS AT 6:30 PM

Girls will meet in Classroom 201 and Guys meet in Classroom 202.

Please contact Pastor Kevin at kevin@bethmeth.com if you have

questions about this Bible Study.

BUMC KIDS :

Sunday School Classes for Kids age PreK to 5th grade and Youth 6th to

12th grade held every week at 9:00 AM

Superchurch gathers in the Youth Room (Basement Lounge) at 10:30

AM for 3 year olds to 5th grade. Join us next week!

AWANA: Held every Wednesday evening from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. Join

us for an hour and a half of awesome fun and learning throughout the

school year! It’s a mini-Vacation Bible School every week! Contact the

church office for more info.

BUMC member missionaries in the field & deployed

servicemen, for whom we have lit altar prayer candles.

Lt. Thomas Heemer - USMC on the USS New York

Mary Birkhimer

Karen Carapellucci

Charlie and Carol Cass

Barrie Denaro

Harvietta Draviczky

Allen McCann - stroke recovery

Elizabeth McMaster, (Anita Winner’s mother - Alzheimer’s and continued recovery from broken pelvis)

Al and Trudy Morley

Preeda Read

Alice Zweigle - stroke

Upcoming Events 2015

WOMEN’S RETREAT - APRIL 2015

Save the date for the women's spring retreat. It is

April 10-12, 2015 at the Golden Inn in Avalon, NJ.

More information coming.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 - 7:00 TO 9:00 PM

Coffee House to benefit Kenya Missions. Join us for an evening of live

music, coffee and desserts. Donations only. 7:00 - 9:00 PM

BLOOD DRIVE

FRIDAY, JANUARY 23 2:00 TO 7:00 PM

SIGN UP ONLINE AT WWW.REDCROSSBLOOD.ORG

ALL DONORS WILL RECEIVE 1 FREE POUND OF DUNKIN DONUTS COFFEE.

Sports Camp:

July 27-31

Every year for the last 7 years a group from Bethlehem UMC has

attended the "Revival Leadership Conference" held in Toronto,

Canada. This year’s conference will take place January 20 -23,

2015.

For those who are unable to go to Toronto but who want to

participate through the live streaming, please contact

Laurie Eden (leden2@verizon.net, 610-459-3026). Based on

interest, location will be determined.

Please CALL OR EMAIL Laurie before Monday, January 19.

The following sessions will be available.

Tuesday 1/20/2015 7:00 pm Session A

Wednesday 1/21/2015 10:00 am Session B

Wednesday 1/21/2015 2:00 pm Session C

Wednesday 1/21/2015 7 pm Session D

Thursday 1/22/2015 10:00 am Session E

Thursday 1/22/2015 2:00 pm Session F

Thursday 1/22/2015 7 pm Session G

All evening sessions are available FREE and can be accessed at

home. Visit catchthefire.com and click on Catch The Fire TV for

more information.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS

Remember the Sabbath…

MONDAY: Matthew 9:9-13; 10:1-4

TUESDAY: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31

WEDNESDAY: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31

…Observe the Sabbath

THURSDAY: Ezekiel 37:1-10

FRIDAY: Luke 4:1-21

SATURDAY: Acts 2:1-21

DAILY PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION

SUNDAY: For a church-wide revival manifested by unfolding revelation

of God’s plan for BUMC and a growing excitement to

be part of it

MONDAY: Pray for John Oostdyk and the evolving ministry of Atlantic

Bridge

TUESDAY: Pray for Pastor Tim and the other members of BUMC with

him as they attend the Revival Alliance in Toronto this

week

WEDNESDAY: Think of different words for—and different ways of—

adoring God, and then praise Him!

THURSDAY: Pray that we might become an even more authentically

Christian church

FRIDAY: Pray for Doris Moore and the other Communion Stewards as

they prepare and then later clean up the Eucharistic

elements

SATURDAY: For those living on Doe Run Road in Thornbury Hunt

General Information

Attendance: Last Sunday: 9:00 am: 102; 10:30 am: 152; total: 254 Members and guests, please register your full name in the black

book, located at the end of each pew, and pass it to your neighbor. Giving: Needed weekly: $16,452; Received Last Sunday: $12,705

Dates available to give altar flowers are Feb 1, 8, 15, 22 @$20.00 per vase. Rosebuds are $10.00. Call the office to designate as a memorial or in honor of a loved one.

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Senior Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Rev. Timothy A. Kriebel

Pastor of Pastoral Care and Counseling Ministries . . . . . . Tom Wolff

Pastor of Children and Youth Ministries . . . . . . . . Kevin Giannotti

Pastor of Worship Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christie Kelly

WEBSITE: www.bethmeth.com : PHONE: 610-459-3482

4 Westtown Rd, P.O. Box 57, Thornton, PA 19373 Church Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:30 am–5:00 pm

Pastoral Staff

Our ministry philosophy is found in two great texts in the Bible, known as the Great Commandment (Matthew 22:37-39) and the

Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20).

Matthew 22:37-39

“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Matthew 28:19-20

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Our Philosophy of Ministry

Mark 16:9-20; Acts 3:1-16; 10:9-46

PRAY WITHOUT CEASING

The more we pray, the more we shall want to pray. The more we

pray, the more we can pray. The more we pray, the more we shall

pray. He who prays little will pray less, but he who prays much will

pray more. And he who prays more will desire to pray more

abundantly.

—C.H. Spurgeon