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MARCH2014

THE VISITOR BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH

WORSHIP TIMES

BETHEL DOWNTOWN

920 Third Street

Hudson, Wisconsin 54016

Celebration Worship

Sundays: 8 am

Great Awakening Worship

Sundays: 11 am

BETHEL HIGHLANDS

504 Frontage Road

Hudson, Wisconsin 54016

The Gathering Worship

Saturdays: 5:30 pm

New Song Worship

Sundays: 9:30 am

Vespers

Sundays: 7 pm

NEW LOCATION FOR OUR WEDNESDAYS IN LENT!

MARCH 2014 VOLUME 14, ISSUE 3

If you were with us for Wednes-day Lenten services last year, you’ll remember a packed sanc-tuary…(Which is a great prob-lem to have!)…This year all our confirmation students and their guides will be joining us for Wednesday services (which will escalate our numbers all the more), which got us thinking about doing two evening ser-vices to accommodate our growing number…But several people have commented how nice it is to have everyone “under one roof” at one ser-vice…Thus, to make room for everyone, we’ll be doing our WEDNESDAY EVENING SERVICES AT THE HIGH-LANDS CAMPUS THIS YEAR! Yes, we’ll still be at 7 pm…Yes, SKIP JAMES WILL STILL BE AT THE PIANO LEADING US IN THE HOLDEN EVE-NING PRAYER…Yes, the PARKING WILL BE EASIER at Highlands… Yes, we’ll be using LENTEN DRAMAS each week (starring some of your family members, friends and neighbors) and our theme will be: PRACTICING THE MARKS OF DISCIPLE-

SHIP…And yes, we’ll be SERVING LENTEN SUPPERS FROM 5:45-6:45 PM AT THE HIGHLANDS CAMPUS! Along with our Congregational Life Committee, this year our youth, and a number of their families will be an integral part of preparing and serving these wonderful suppers. The cost this year will be $4.00 per per-son with a maximum charge of $15.00 for larger families! (A great deal for the best meal, the best price and the best fellow-ship in town!) Any extra dollars brought in will go towards fund raisers for our youth. I hope you’ll plan to join us each Wednesday for this fun, meaningful and unifying time! Keep Lent with us, and please invite friends and family as well. As Bethel congregation contin-ues to grow, we want to be will-ing to accommodate changes to get more and more people in to hear about Jesus, and all Jesus has to offer and promise! I look forward to seeing you ALL at Highlands over the Wednesdays of Lent!

In God’s Great Love! Pastor John Lestock *Please note, our ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES ( on MARCH 5th) WILL BE AT THE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS AT 1 PM and 7 PM AND AT THE HIGH-LANDS CAMPUS AT 5:30 PM (no supper will be served that evening).

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BETHEL’S VISION FOR MISSION

To WELCOME all people to know

Jesus Christ and come to faith in

him. To provide the means for

growth for Christian maturity,

EQUIPPING people with the power

of faith in Christ for everyday

life. To challenge each member

to take a personal share of

God’s mission, SENDING them to

bring Christ’s compassion, hope

and joy into the world, our

communities and homes.

MARKS OF DISCIPLESHIP

Grow Spiritually

Ephesians 4:13

Pray and Read Scripture

Daily

Psalm 119:105

Weekly Worship

Hebrews 10:23-25

Serve in a Ministry at Bethel

Corinthians 12:4-13

Serve in Outreach Beyond

Bethel

Matthew 25:31-46

Grow Toward a Tithe of My

Financial Resources

2 Corinthians 8:12

Encourage Spiritual Growth

in Others Through Relation-

ships

Mark 6:7

The Visitor (USPS 79) is published

monthly by Bethel Lutheran Church,

920 Third Street, Hudson, WI 54016-

1696. Periodicals Postage Paid at

Hudson, WI. Postmaster: Send ad-

dress changes to The Visitor, 920

Third St., Hudson, WI 54016-1696.

Publication deadline is the 15th of the

month for The Visitor. Submissions

should be e-mailed to Lori Conley at

[email protected] or dropped off

at the church office Downtown.

BETHEL’S STAFF DIRECTORY

Church office: 715.386.8821

[email protected]

www.bethelhudson.org

PASTORAL STAFF

Senior Pastor

John Lestock, ext. 22

[email protected]

Associate Pastors

Alicia Hilding, ext. 23

[email protected]

Ben Hilding, ext. 24

[email protected]

Visitation Pastor

Bob Bipes

[email protected]

CHILDREN’S & YOUTH

MINISTRY STAFF

Coordinator of Faith Milestones

Lisa Ruettimann, ext. 26

[email protected]

Director of Faith Formation

Cindy Halunen

[email protected]

SUPPORT STAFF

Business Administrator

Ralph Van Keulen, ext. 21

[email protected]

Administrative Assistant

Kim Kapaun, ext. 21

[email protected]

Events Coordinator

Juli Hilding, ext. 27

[email protected]

Communications Coordinator

Lori Conley

[email protected]

Volunteer Coordinator, Downtown

Kathy Jeska, 715.749.3525

[email protected]

Volunteer Coordinator, Highlands

Kris Salentine

[email protected]

Bookkeeping

Kristine Palacek ext. 25

[email protected]

Cheri Monette, ext. 28

[email protected]

Media Technician

Bill Jenkinson

[email protected]

LEAD NURSERY ATTENDANTS

Bethel Highlands

Rebecca Hiekel

Katherine Sorenson

MUSIC MINISTRY STAFF

Music Director

Layton “Skip” James [email protected]

Contemporary Worship Director

Eric Possehl, ext. 21

[email protected]

Bell Ensemble Director

Lonna Possehl, ext. 21

[email protected]

BUILDING SUPPORT STAFF

Facilities Manager, Highlands

Bernie Kottmann, ext. 21

Custodian, Highlands

Chuck Lewis, ext. 21

Custodians, Downtown

Bryce Yonash, ext. 21

Sharon Sippel, ext. 21

BETHEL HIGHLANDS PRESCHOOL

Kari Jo Fore, Director

715.381.8254, ext. 401

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


http://www.bethelhudson.org




















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POWER OF PRAYER

THOSE WHO ARE SICK OR IN NEED OF HEALING: Bonnie Alms, Wayne Andrews, Steve Bates, Richard Becker, Don Belisle, Leon Berg, Karl Butterbrodt, Sarah Dargatz, Roger Davis, Mary Denz, Debbie Dettman, Ann Genosky, Amanda Geving, Carol Gilbert, Dave Graese, Jan Gomez, Courtney Gunderson, Vivian Hart, Ken Heiser, Mary Henderson, Melissa Holerud, Richard Jackson, Jamie Jensen, Nancy Jeffries-Lein, Betty King, Paul Krauss, Eric Larson, Mark Latti, Muriel Lau, Char Lee, Betsey Lundeen, Sue Magratten, Theodore Henry McVay, Les Maierhofer, Marlis Maki, An-drew Mattila, Lucille Miller, Pam Moran, Levi Mulvihill, Mallory Myster, Ralph Newcomb, Mor-rie Nicholson, Tammy Norelius, Larry Ofstedal, Kathy O’Keefe, Terri Pomeroy, Nick Rinta, Debbie Russell, Kirsten Salpini, Levi Schlitz, Kay Shager, Jerry Shurb, David Sorensen, Dee Sutter, Dottie Stees, Ward Te-Winkel, Ryan Tulgren, Louise Ullom, Jenny Underwood, Chad Wang, Tania Warden and Mi-chael Winkler.

THOSE SERVING OR DEPLOYED: Jeffrey Berg, Charles Burns, Jordan Kein, Ste-ven Moreus and Micah Stevens.

SYMPATHY: We offer our sympathies and prayers of com-fort and strength for the family and friends of Steve Lindstrom at his death, and for Bernie & Roxanne Kottmann and family

at the death of Roxanne’s mother, Katherine Lenz. Jesus said: “I am the resurrection and the life.”

FEBRUARY BAPTISMS: Hugh Herbert Anderson, son of Katie Hewett & Ross Anderson; Anna Sophia Irwin, daughter of Julie & Chris Irwin; Colten Andrew Krueger, son of Alysa & Andrew Krueger; and Cameron Ryan Carlson, son of Melissa Clymer & Matthew Carlson.

THANK YOU

A huge thank you to the congre-gation and your support of the sock/personal care items! They were delivered with cheerful hearts and were welcomed by the Dorothy Day Center. Youth confirmation students who were able to hand these items out were Lauryn Gram-bow, Riley Hammer, Calla Jen-kinson and Lauren Johnson.

MUSICIANS: NEW

SONG NEEDS YOU

Our New Song Band is looking

for instrumentalists: lead guitar,

bass and rhythm guitars, keys

and drummers. Interested in

sharing your musical abilities?

Please contact Eric Possehl, Con-

temporary Worship Director, at

[email protected].

DON’T FORGET TO

DIRECT THRIVENT

CHOICE DOLLARS®

Thrivent Choice Dollars grant

funds can help support organi-

zations you care about. Don’t let

your designated Choice Dollars

expire. Eligible members of

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

who have been designated

Choice Dollars have until March

31, 2014, to direct any remain-

ing 2013 Choice Dollars®. Help

support Bethel Lutheran Church.

Go to Thrivent.com/

thriventchoice or call 800-

THRIVENT and state “Thrivent

Choice®.”


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The Women of Bethel gather

monthly (October-June) with

friends , new and old, to share the Word of God. All women are wel-

come to attend a gathering of their

choice.

Dorcas gathering: Thursday,

March 13th at 9:30 am in the

Bethel Downtown fellowship hall

Hosts: Vi Engebretson and Joann

Jewett. Bible study leader: Bon-

nie Federation. Please bring two

bath-size soap bars (4 to 5 oz.)

for LWR Health Kits.

Mary gathering: Thursday,

March 13th at 1 pm in the

Downtown conference room.

Kathryn Hagen will lead the Bi-

ble study titled, "Daughter, an

Honest Virgin" (Jephthah's

Daughter). June Schubert and

Darlene Berglund will provide

refreshments.

Naomi gathering: Monday,

March 10, 3 pm at Hudson Ba-

gel. Gretchen DuPuis will lead

the Bible study.

Ruth gathering: Thursday,

March 13, 7 pm in the lounge at

the Downtown campus. Host:

Karen Frantti. Bible study leader:

Patty Johnson.

BETHEL BOOK CLUB

Join readers to discuss Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah on Wednesday, March 5 at the Downtown campus from 1-3 pm. All are welcome even if you have not read or finished the book.

Please bring book titles/authors and short descriptions as sug-gestions for the 2014-2015 sea-son. Next season's selections will be chosen at the June 4th meeting.

The April 2nd selection is A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle.

BIBLE STUDY LEADERS The WELCA Bible study lead-ers will meet on March 4th at 6:30 pm Downtown.

WELCA MORNING OF

RENEWAL

All women of the St. Croix Val-ley Conference are invited to be inspired and uplifted at this year’s Morning of Renewal to be held on Saturday, April 5 at First Lutheran in New Rich-mond. The morning will begin with registration and coffee/refreshments from 8:15 – 8:45 am. A fee of $5 per person will be taken at the door to cover expenses. An offering will also be taken; half will go to the Syn-odical Women’s Organization, one fourth to the Synod Re-

source Center and one fourth to the New Richmond Backpack program. The theme for the morning is, “All are Precious” and will include a presentation on ra-cial justice by Gail Lando. Gail is a retired teacher and a member of Faith Lutheran Church in Grantsburg. The last 15 years of her career were spent teaching English as a sec-ond language. Racial justice has been a central theme in her life as the mother of two bi-racial children and two Cambodian foster children. In 2013 she had the opportunity to attend WELCA’s racial justice training, “Today’s Dream, Tomorrow’s Reality” to become a racial jus-tice advocacy trainer. Her per-sonal experiences add a depth to her presentation, which you won’t want to miss. In March 2013 First Lutheran moved to its new location at 218 county Road K on the west side of New Richmond. The church is located just north of business (old) 64 on County K. Women of Bethel, please con-sider attending this Morning of Renewal and join your sisters in Christ from other congregations for a great morning of fellow-ship and learning.

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We want to thank those who helped with both phase of the Volunteer Expo at both Bethel campuses last month! We appreciate those of you who “manned” the booths as well as many of you who stepped forward as volunteers to serve God and God’s people. We can do great things when we work together!

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ARE YOU CRAFTY?

We are looking for volunteers who are handy with needle and thread (and a sewing machine!) to sew the baptismal napkins and embroider a cross on each one. This task has been faithfully and joyfully handled by some of our veteran Women of Bethel for many years. We are hoping to add some new names to that corps of craf-ters! Please contact Kris Salen-tine at [email protected] if you would like to share your talents in this special ministry.

MANY THANKS FOR A

GREAT EVENT! We want to thank the many vol-

unteers and staff who worked so hard to make the evening with Tony Campolo such a great event! We had over 600 people of all ages, from within Bethel as well as from other churches and denominations from around the community and the metro area! Thank you also, to the Bethel Endowment Fund and Women of Bethel for providing funds to make the evening possible. Great things happen when we all pitch in and work together. Thanks! *The event was videotaped for those who were not able to be there.

For those who have expressed

an interest in traveling to Haiti

on a mission trip in July, there

will be an information/sign-up

meeting on Sunday, March 2nd

at 10:45 am at Bethel High-

lands. We will go over trip

dates, cost, passport info, immu-

nizations, projects, etc. If you

are unable to attend this meeting

but definitely want to go with us,

please notify Alan Park know

([email protected]) and

he will get information to you.

Firm commitments/deposits are

needed by March 31st so we

can make flight arrange-

ments. To assist you in plan-

ning, the dates are July 12-19

and costs are $595 for lodging,

food, etc. and around $1,000

or less for airfare. Hope to see

you Sunday, March 2nd.

HAITI MISSION TRIP

MEETING MARCH 2

THANKS FOR HELP

WITH VOLUNTEER EXPO



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ADULT MINISTRY There are numerous ways to connect to the adult ministry opportunities offered at Bethel. Our hope is that through these ministries we will grow as disciples of Jesus by studying God’s Word and being a part of authentic Christian community. There are also regularly scheduled Life Groups which gather as Christian community around common interests and Small Groups which gather around God’s Word. Finally, there are adult Prayer Ministries to ask for prayer, learn about prayer, or pray for or with an-other. Please visit the Adult Ministry page at www.bethelhudson.org to see a full listing of minis-try opportunities!!

FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY KELLY CARRIER, COORDINATOR FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY ENDS THIS MONTH

Congratulations to all who made the commitment to attend Financial Peace Uni-versity for nine weeks! The 30+ people who have been gathering at Highlands every Sunday afternoon have been learning about how to handle money God's

way. A big thank to Kevin and Kelly Carrier who have led this course that will conclude this month.

JOURNEY PASTOR ALICIA, COORDINATOR

On a woman’s journey as a mother, daughter, wife or friend, we all need support and en-couragement and connections with others and with God. The goal of Journey is to pro-vide opportunities for women to connect with each other and grow in faith—activities such as gatherings, outings, and adventures. Questions? Please contact Pastor Alicia at [email protected]; 715.386.8821, ext. 23. Please see separate ad on next page for details on the Christian Women’s Retreat to be held May 2-4!

PRAYER TEAM PASTOR ALICIA, COORDINATOR

PRAYER TEAM CONTINUES TO LOOK UP Every Wednesday a group of people gather at the Bethel Downtown campus in the lounge to pray for the people and ministries of Bethel, the greater Hudson community, and world concerns. We are always open to new individuals joining us. If you have the hour from 2-3 pm open on Wednesdays, consider joining this faithful group of people to gather together, share in devotions, and pray.

MORNING FUEL PASTOR ALICIA, LAURA FOSTER AND HOLLY STEELE, COORDINATORS

MORNING FUEL: THE GREAT NEW WAY TO START YOUR DAY! Do you have 15 minutes on Wednesday mornings? Join others connected to the BHP and Bethel community for coffee and conversation at the welcome center at Bethel Highlands. Stop in around 9:05 on Wednesday mornings. If you have kids, Let them play while the grown-ups enjoy a short 10-minute devotion. A fun new way to start your day!

WALK.PRAY.RUN. LAURA FOSTER & HOLLY STEELE, COORDINATORS

Walk.Pray.Run. is a group of people who gather on Wednesday mornings to go for a walk or run together after Morning Fuel Devotions. We leave from Highlands around 9:15, weather permit-ting (at least 25 degrees). If you have any questions or would like to join this group, please con-tact Laura Foster ([email protected]) or Holly Steele ([email protected]). All levels of walking and running are welcome.




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Saturday, March1

7 am Men’s Bible study DT

8 am Holy Yoga/Level 1 BH

8:30 am Hudson Heritage Quilters DT

5:30 pm Gathering Worship BH

Sunday, March 2

8 am Celebration worship DT

9:15 am Adult Bible discussion DT

9:30 am New Song worship BH

9:30 am Sunday school BH

10:30 am Children’s Chime Choir BH

10:30 am Junior Bell Choir BH

10:45 am Haiti trip meeting BH

11 am Great Awakening worship DT

4 pm Financial Peace University BH

4 pm Vespers rehearsal BH

7 pm Vespers BH

Monday, March 3

5 pm Monday Funday Bible study BH

6 pm Dorothy Day food prep DT

6 pm Monday Funday activity

7 pm Holy Yoga/Gentle BH

7 pm Boy Scouts Troop #140 and Venture

Crew DT

7 pm Property committee DT

Tuesday, March 4

8:15 am Habitat for Humanity


6:30 pm WELCA Bible study leaders DT

7 pm Holy Yoga/Level 1 BH

7:30 pm Bethel Chorale rehearsal DT

Wednesday, March 5

6:30 am Men’s Fellowship/Keys

9:05 am Morning Fuel BH

9:05 Walk.Pray.Run. BH

10 am Staff meeting DT

10 am Knit-Wits DT

1 pm Book discussion DT

1 pm Ash Wednesday worship DT

2 pm Prayer team DT

5 pm 8th gr. confirmation DT

5 pm Education committee DT


6:30 pm 6th & 7th gr. classes DT

7 pm Ash Wednesday worship DT

7 pm Senior League/30-Hour Famine

Thursday, March 6

9 am Women’s Bible study BH

1 pm Hardanger DT

5 pm HOME Meal DT

6 pm Bell Ensemble rehearsal BH


Friday, March 7

Saturday, March 8



9 am LSS Pre-marriage seminar BH

4 pm New Song rehearsal BH

5:30 pm Gathering worship BH

Sunday, March 9








4 pm Financial Peace University BH


7 pm Vespers BH

Monday, March 10

1 pm Embroidery Club DT

3 pm Naomi gathering




7 pm Boy Scouts Troop #140 and

Venture Crew DT

7 pm Church council DT

Tuesday, March 11



4:30 pm Grace Place serving

5:30 pm Boy Scout Patrol Leaders DT

6:30 pm Preschool parent meeting BH

7 pm Boy Scout Troop Committee DT



Wednesday, March 12

6:30 am Promise Keepers/Key’s

9:05 am Preschool Community Chapel BHP




12 pm Volunteer Coordinator meeting DT

2 pm Prayer team DT


5:45 pm Lenten supper BH



7 pm Lenten worship BH

7 pm Senior League DT

Thursday, March 13


9:05 am Preschool Community Chapel BHP

12:35 pm Preschool Community Chapel BHP

9:30 am Dorcas gathering

1 pm Mary gathering



7 pm Ruth gathering

Friday, March 14

Weekend camp at Luther Point, Gr. 3-5 9 am Quilters DT

Saturday, March 15

Weekend camp at Luther Point, Gr. 3-5



8:30 am Hudson Heritage Quilters DT



Sunday, March 16

Senior League/All Sons & Daughters concert

8 am Celebration Worship DT

9:15 am Adult Bible Discussion DT

9:30 am New Song with Steeles BH

9:30 am Sunday school/Magician BH



7 pm Vespers BH

Monday, March 17

Spring Break—no school or preschool 2 pm Loaves & Fishes



6 pm Dorothy Day food prep DT


7 pm Worship committee DT

7 pm Preschool board meeting BH

Tuesday, March 18

Spring Break—no school or preschool 8:15 am Habitat for Humanity




Wednesday, March 19

Spring Break—no school or preschool 6:30 am Men’s Fellowship/Keys

9 am St. Croix Valley Music Teachers DT




2 pm Prayer team DT

5 pm Outreach committee BH





Thursday, March 20

Spring Break—no school or preschool 9 am Women’s Bible study BH

1 pm Hardanger DT

5 pm HOME Meal DT



Friday, March 21

Spring Break—no school or preschool

Saturday, March 22





Sunday, March 23




9:30 am Sunday school /Movie Day BH



7 pm Vespers BH

Monday, March 24


5 pm Wendy’s Night




Venture Crew DT

Tuesday, March 25


9 am Quilters DT




Wednesday, March 26

Confirmation Interviews

6:30 am Promise Keepers/Key’s




2 pm Prayer team DT







Thursday, March 27




6:30 pm Communications team DT


7 pm HOME monthly planning DT

Friday, March 28

Overnight retreat for high school seniors

Saturday, March 29

6:30 am Junior League/Christ Jam





Sunday, March 30









7 pm Vespers BH

Monday, March 31

10:30 am Red Cross Blood Drive DT





Venture Crew DT

Bethel Lutheran Church Hudson, Wisconsin

DT: Downtown

BH: Bethel Highlands

BHP: Bethel Highlands Preschool MARCH 2014

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BETHEL DOWNTOWN SERVING

Date USHERS

8 am 11 am

3/2 Edith/Slater Lampman Lori/Scott Gunderson

3/9 Barb/Dick Hagen Beth/Steve Johnson

3/16 Roger Pavlis, Bob Jacobson Jenny/Roger Olson

3/23 Trina, Aaron & Liz Hilke Scott Gunderson, Ken Larson

3/30 Edith/Slater Lampman Jenny/Roger Olson

GREETERS

3/2 Skip/Joann Jewett Bonnie Knutson, Bettie Peterson

3/9 Doreen/Randy Deal Jerry/Margie Ellefson

3/16 John/Janet Clymer Susan Thayer,

Jeannie St. Marie

3/23 Allen/Darlene Ecker Marlys Anderson,

Shirley Halyburton

3/30 Lori Benson, Jane Zappa S. Thayer, J. St. Marie

READERS

3/2 Sandy Madsen Linda James

3/9 Barb Hagen Joelene Baker

3/16 Linda Malick Janet Lestock

3/23 Richard Stine Chuck Boeder

3/30 Paul Martinson Tasha Gunderson

HOSPITALITY/COFFEE

3/2 Volunteer needed 3/23 Volunteer needed

3/9 Volunteer needed 3/30 Volunteer needed

3/16 Volunteer needed

COMMUNION ASSISTANTS

3/2 Karen Pavlis,

Edith Lampman

Linda James, Cindy Chapin

3/16 June/Terry Schubert Linda James, Cindy Chapin

COOKIE CALLER

3/2 Dick Trende

3/9 Dave/Marie Heikkila

3/16 Darlene Berglund

3/23 Curt Larson

3/30 Georgia/Jerry Adams

WELCOME CENTER TRANSPORTATION

8 am 11 am

3/2 Allen/Darlene Ecker Lori/Scott Gunderson

3/9 Doreen/Randy Deal Dave Miller

3/16 Patty Johnson Tom Danielson

3/23 Cynthia Huntley Lori/Scott Gunderson

Lavetta Vindal Dave Miller

Serving Schedules for March 2014

Date NURSERY VIDEOGRAPHER

SUNDAY 9:30 am SUNDAY 9:30 am

3/2 Sherri Marnell Alan Park

3/9 Stella Ullom Dillon Rutten

3/16 Eliza Jorgenson To be filled

3/23 Megan Hamann Alan Park

3/30 Karissa Ashley Larry Quam

PROJECTIONIST—Saturday PROJECTIONIST—Sunday

3.1-2 Char Trende Keegan Sansone

3/8-9 Vicki Datt Kevin Carrier

3.15-16 To be filled Larry Quam

3.22-23 Char Trende Larry Quam

3.29-20 Sally Hermann Alan Park

WORSHIP SUPPORT/Sunday

3/2 Dave Datt, Mary Gerzmehle, Craig Bichrt, Patti Thacker,

Terri Woulfe, Dave Salentine

3/9 Kayla Burt, Jamie/Jean Johnson, Brian/Chelle Ullom, John Olson

3/16 Jim/Jan Orf, Matt/Jessica Sattler, Kevin/Kelly Carrier

3/23 Bill Swanson, Steve/Lisa Bekemeyer, Marc/Diane Olivieri,

Chuck Lewis

3/30 Craig Bichrt, Dan/Wendy Theobald, Troy Forcier, Brent Mitchell,

Dave Salentine

HOSPITALITY/COFFEE

3/2 The Bodick Family

3/9 The Nack Family

3/16 Dorothy Day Volunteers

3/23 Poling Family

3/30 Tim & Cindy Nelson Family

GREETER WELCOME CENTER

3/2 Darrell/Becky Schoeberlein Greta Shafer

3/9 Pete Vandersteen, Greta Shafer Jane Betz

3/16 Jane Betz, Greta Shafer Kim Romness

3/23 Marty/Natalie Haefner Kris Salentine

3/30 Bobbe Henderson, Marlene

Weiss

Becky Schoeberlein

BETHEL HIGHLANDS SERVING

If you would like to volunteer or need to make a change,

please contact Kris Salentine for Highlands at

[email protected] or

Kathy Jeska for Downtown at 715.749.3525

([email protected]).

Please refer to the Bethel Weekly News for acolyte listings.

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dinners including Bethel’s youth.

Bethel is continuing to pre-pare for the Capital Cam-paign. Raising funds is sec-ondary to the primary pur-pose of moving our ministry forward in our community and world.

The Council Retreat will be held on Sunday at Faith Community Church

Next month Bob Berglund will be at next month’s meeting to take pictures for the Council picture boards at each location

Associate Pastor Pastor Alicia

Welcome to all of the new members and know that your voice matters.

Bethel has kicked off a sec-ond Small Group Experi-ence this month with some of the Small Group leaders from the 1st session stepping forward to lead this effort. We have a great team of small group leaders include high school students all the way to those in their 80’s.

Financial Peace is currently running through a 9 week course each Sunday at Be-thel

Morning Fuel has kicked off on Wednesday mornings to offer a quick 15 minute de-votion session

There is a prayer team that meets on Wednesdays to offer prayers for the Church including the council mem-bers

Pastor of Youth and Families — Pastor Ben

Pastor Ben offered his Gratitude to the council for being willing to serve

While there are separate du-ties of each of the Pastors, they all work together in all areas.

Abby Duerst and Nick Smith are leaders this month at Teens Encounter Christ and we can all offer prayers for them February 21st – 23rd

Kevin Chuckel is serving as a high school intern working with Pastor Ben this spring

Business Administrator—Ralph

Ralph is honored to be working at Bethel

The month of January has been a challenge due to the increased heating and plow-ing expenses

There is work underway to improve the technology in the Highlands Children’s Theater

We are working to consoli-date the 20+ separate check-ing accounts in the church

We are continuing to work on the planning for the Capital Campaign

Please follow the new branding standards when publishing any new materi-als. There is a brand stan-dard book to follow and is the result of the hard work of Brand Standards subcom-mittee

COUNCIL UPDATE—

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

The motion was made by Jennie and Seconded by Dave that the 2014 council officers be: President: Darrel Schoberlein Vice President:: Brian Johnson Secretary: Mike Nelson Passed by a voice vote. Staff Reports Senior Pastor—Pastor John A word of thanks to the

council for stepping forward to serve on the council. These are both exciting and challenging times and Bethel as God continues to do great things through us. The pastors will continue to pray for each of the council members.

We welcomed 30+ new members in the past month. Our challenge will be to find ways to get each of the new members involved.

There was a volunteer expo Downtown this past week and will be at the Highlands next week. We will be chal-lenging everyone to “Jump In” and get involved and we will be having commitment cards to help everyone to get involved. We need vol-unteers and that involves reaching out to the entire community and not just vol-unteering at Bethel. We want to create an outward facing culture helping be-yond the our congregation

Working on Lenten prepara-tion including the 2nd annual Lenten devotionals as well as preparing for weekly skits. Many more areas will be helping serve the Lenten

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COUNCIL

UPDATE—continued

Financial Secretary’s/Treasurer’s Report—Dennis / Mike B.

Overall donations are down from 2013 and from the budget. There are now additional charts and graphs to make it easier to present monthly information

Old Business Save the dates The upcoming Council Re-

treat will be held on Sunday 2/16/2014 from 4 – 8 PM at Faith Community Church

All of the tickets to the Tony Campolo event on Wednesday 2/19/2014 have been distributed for the main sanctuary and have added 100 tickets to fill the Children’s Theater.

Review Annual Celebration

Darrel thought that the An-nual Celebration went well

The planning committee will be meeting Wednesday night to document sugges-tions for next year’s meeting

A suggestion was made to hopefully nominate some-one from the floor in the future

Comments were made again that the format was a re-freshing change and that the effort was very transparent

The meeting was received as the ‘celebration’

Capital Campaign Update

Key Dates Cat Survey to close this

week

We are so excited to announce

that the Bethel Highlands Pre-

school Board met on Monday,

February 17 and voted to li-

cense an additional classroom,

allowing for more full day

classes for fall 2014! With this

new addition, we are able to

accommodate everyone who

was on a waiting list. We will be

offering our regular half-day

classes, plus the following:

FOR KINDERGARTEN PREP:

• M-F full day

FOR 4 YEAR OLDS:

• Two sessions of the MWF full

day

• One session of the T/TH full

day

FOR 3 YEAR OLDS:

• One session of the MWF full

day

• Two sessions of the T/TH full

day

With these changes we will

likely be hiring more staff. BHP

is a desirable place to work, so

we expect to hire very high

quality additions to our existing

high quality staff. Teaching as-

signments have not yet been

confirmed, but will be discussed

at our next board meeting and

shared with families soon after.

Please spread the word!

ADDITIONAL

CLASSROOM AT BHP

Leadership Summit on Sun-day February 23rd to present the findings of the CAT Survey and Listening ses-sions that are underway

CAT Survey response is cur-rently less than was hoped for

New Business Retreat Information The Council Retreat will be held at Faith Community Church on Sunday Feb. 16th from 4 – 8 PM

Committee Assignments

Each existing council member gave a brief overview of the committee’s that they have served on Actual assignments will be made during at the Council Retreat At the retreat we will look not only at committee assignments, but also at the overall makeup of the committees to make sure that each committee is both ac-tive and successful Future reports will be written and sent to Ralph 1 week prior to the council meeting and will not be presented orally during the council meeting to save time We need to make sure that the members of the congregation will be more active in the com-mittees and that there will be terms to serve on a committee How can the committees be cre-ated and managed to be healthy, active and not burn out volun-teers.

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920 Third Street

Hudson, WI 54016

PERIODICAL

BETHEL DOWNTOWN 920 Third Street

Hudson, WI 54016

(Administrative office)

P 715.386.8821

Fax: 715.386.8894

[email protected]

www.bethelhudson.org

www.facebook.com/pages/Bethel-

Lutheran-Church-Hudson

Office Hours:

M-F: 8:30 am—4:30 pm

Sunday: 8 am—12 pm

BETHEL HIGHLANDS 504 Frontage Road

Hudson, WI 54016

P 715.381.8254

BETHEL HIGHLANDS PRESCHOOL 504 Frontage Road

Hudson, WI 54016

P 715.381.8254

www.bethelhighlandspreschool.org

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bethelhighlandspreschoolorg

BROADCAST OF SERVICES Hudson Public Access/Channel 15

broadcasts Bethel’s Sunday service

on Wednesdays at 7 pm and

Thursdays at 7 am.

WEVR 106.3 FM & 1550 AM

play a radio broadcast 8 am on

Sundays.

LUTHERAN CHURCH Bethel

Address Service Requested

BETHEL UNIVERSITY OF

HUDSON COMING IN MAY!

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No grades

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