OFFERING ON FEB 7/8, 2015Required for weekly budget: $33,800

Budget: $31,454 • Imagine: $2,381

AROUND BETHANYNew Exibition Opening This Weekend in The B Gallery! Located in the main cafe, the second exhibition of the NEW Bethany Art Gallery will feature the work of Betty Doerksen. Please stop by to meet the artist and take a closer look at her beautiful photography and read the stories behind her work.

Bethany Family Day Skate: Mon Feb 16, 11 am to 1 pm at Ridley College (2 Ridley Rd, St. Catharines). All are welcome - invite your family, friends and neighbours! $2/person or $5/family.

People on the Move: The Mennonite Central Com-mittee is hosting Stories of Migration and Reset-tlement, Thu Feb 19, 7 pm at Bethany. Join us for this important exhibit and hear former refugees speak about their migration and resettlement. Contact the church for more info.

What Kind of Christianity is Good for Western Culture? Join us for the EMCC Canadian Tour of “A Day with Vishal Mangalwadi.” Vishal will be at Bethany on Thu Feb 26, 7-9 pm in the Fireside Room. No RSVP required. For more details contact Patty at the church.

PRAISE & PRAYERLift Up in Prayer: Gail Bowman, Eldred Nikkel, Wes & Stephanie Collins, Enrique Serpas, Stephanie Neal-Loback

In Need of Prayer Support? Our Praise & Prayer Room is available after each service for those looking for a quiet place to pray. A trained prayer volunteer is there to pray with you if you wish.

KIOSKS THIS WEEKENDYOUTH: March Break shouldn’t be boring! Students in grades 5-8 are invited to spend the break having fun and learning new skills at TAG March Break Camp coming up March 16-20, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at Bethany. $160/student. Space is limited.

MISSIONS: Jarin Harvey is in month six of an 11-month missions trip with Adventures in Missions, and is now in Thailand working with an organization that rescues children at risk of being sold into the sex trade industry. Learn more at the kiosk and find out how you can be part of her journey. Also, check out her blog at http://jarinharvey.theworldrace.org. Thank you for all your prayers and support!

GROUP LIFE:• Find out how to get connected through Life Teams,

Bible studies and events. Note: No Life Team Study Guide through the Transformed sermon series. Please purchase a Transformed journal instead.

• Sign up to participate in a group and get a journal for our current sermon series, Transformed. This eight-week series is taking us through our spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, relational, financial and vocational health. $15/journal.

• Sign up for our next Fellowship Lunch coming up on Sun Feb 22, 12:30 pm in the Gym! $5/person or $3/child (ages 6-11); ages 0-5 eat free! A great opportunity to get to know someone you do not know well and make new friends. All are welcome!

February 14/15, 2015Saturday, 6:45 pm • Sunday, 9:30 & 11:10 am

TRANSFORMED

Facing The Fears That Ruin Relationships(Relational Health)

Pastor Larry Shantz speaking

TRANSFORMED

Facing The Fears That Ruin Relationships(Relational Health)

RESPONSE FORMFebruary 14/15, 2015

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more info about becoming a Christ follower

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to be included in the Bethany Phone &Address Directory (fill in info below)

offering envelopes (fill in info below)

to arrange “direct debit” for offerings

to receive a LARGE PRINT bulletin

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more info about Life Teams(participating, leading, coaching)

more info about support & recovery(Celebrate Recovery, The Landing)

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Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.

- Romans 12:2a (NLT)

God’s Perfect Plan (Genesis 2:18, 24-25)

Where it All Started to Unravel (Genesis 3:6-19)

How Our Fears Ruin Our Relationships:

• My fear of exposure makes me distant (Genesis 3:9-10)

• shame (Genesis 3:7a)• cover up (Genesis 3:7b)• distance from God (Genesis 3:8b)

• My fear of disapproval makes me defensive (Gen-esis 3:11-13)

• My fear of losing control makes me demanding (Genesis 3:16b)

What is the Only Antidote to my Fears?It is the love of God:

• Wherever God’s love is, there is no fear be-cause God’s perfect love drives out all fear (1 John 4:18a, NCV)

• It is the thought of punishment - the negative consequences - that make a person fearful (1 John 4:18b, NCV)

How Do I Learn to Live in God’s Love?

1. Every day I need to surrender my heart to God (Galatians 5:22-26)

2. Every day I need to remember how much God loves me:

• That I am completely accepted (Titus 3:7)• That I am unconditionally loved (Isaiah 54:10)• That I am totally forgiven (Romans 8:1)• That I am extremely valuable to God (1 Corin-

thians 7:23)

3. Every day I offer that same love to others (John 13:34, Romans 15:7, 1 Corinthians 13:7)

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