Weekly Email, Feb. 7
February 7, 2022
Lent is fast-approaching! Our youth’s annual fundraiser, the Fat Tuesday Silent Auction and Dinner, returns again this year. Please have all donations for the silent auction turned in to the office by February 13.
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CONGRATULATIONS! Bethlehem was honored with the 2021 Servant of Christ Award from LSS. You can read the details and watch the video on the blog.
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With grateful hearts from Crossroads Campus Ministry: We wish to offer our sincere thanks and appreciation to Bethlehem Lutheran Church and the volunteers who prepared and served the delicious chicken chili meal to hungry students at Crossroads Campus Ministry's Lunch 4 a Buck last Tuesday, February 1. Thank you, Roberta and Gene Ganske, Sandy Abild and Shelli Allen for your "service with a smile!" You fed 25 students & staff while bringing in $22.95 in donations that will help us to continue serving students at MSU! Bless you all!!
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The Mankato YMCA has a new program for seniors (55+) and they want you to try it...FREE! ForeverWell is a wellness program for active older adults promoting activities, education, healthy lifestyles, social well-being, and volunteerism. Find out if it's for you by grabbing one of the free passes off the bulletin board in the narthex (ten available, first-come, first-served).
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Friend to Bethlehem and the entire community, Dave Brave Heart was recently diagnosed with ALS. Please consider attending the benefit on Feb. 19 or making a donation to the silent auction or a monetary donation. Full details on the blog.
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LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS to provide and serve food to our students at Minnesota State University-Mankato through Campus Ministries Lunch for a Buck program. We are committed to providing a meal and serving on the 1st Tuesday of every month from February through May 2022. If you are interested in providing a hot meal, side dish and dessert, please contact Sandra Abild at 507-382-6867.
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Volunteers needed for Synod Assembly. It’s in Mankato this year and they need our help! Read the details on the blog.
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The February Mission Partner is Partners for Housing. You can learn more on the blog. Donate here.
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Please remember our current mask policy: As we enter yet another busy season, a reminder that in accordance with current CDC COVID-19 guidelines, Bethlehem requires masks for all public gatherings inside the building, including worship and Wednesday night events, during times of substantial or high levels of community transmission. Private gatherings of small groups, where all participants are fully vaccinated, may continue to remove their masks.
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Are you a member of our Facebook group? We post needs, news, and other fun things there, and you're encouraged to share as well. Check it out: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blcfam
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