BLC Weekly, January 27
Hello Bethlehem,
Support BLC Youth! This Sunday we will have a S’more Fundraiser to help send the kids to camp. Find us in the narthex after worship. All who donate get to enjoy a tasty s’more treat!
Mark your calendar, because Fat Tuesday is March 4th! We hope you will join us for our annual silent auction and jambalaya dinner. Tickets will be available next week and the online portion of the silent auction will open on Facebook on February 23rd!
This week
Join us for Wednesday night supper. This week we are serving ham, macaroni and cheese, salad and rolls, served at 5:00pm in the lower level.
Youth are putting together college care packages on January 29th to send to BLC college kids! Send the address of a college student to Anna Wencl and we will make sure to send them a care package. Email Anna at annawencl@blcmankato.org
Prayer Shawl Makers: Knitters, crocheters and learners are invited to join us in the Bethlehem library from 6-8pm on Thursday the 30th to learn to make prayer shawls. You can RSVP to Marcia Nagel at (507) 420-9692. Please bring a #10 ½ or #11 30-36 inch circular knitting needle OR size K, L or M (7.0, 8.0, 9.0 mm) crochet hook. All skill levels and beginners are welcome!
At 9:00 AM Saturday, February 1, there will be an opportunity to join with others to spend a morning cleaning our beautiful church. You could volunteer in these places: basement kitchen, Grounds for Joy kitchen, Heritage Room kitchen, communion prep room, wiping pew ledges and cleaning the hymnals. If you can’t be there perhaps you’d like to leave snacks for the workers. Please bring your own pails and wash rags. Other needs will be supplied.
Join us for the February 2nd Adult Forum where we will hear from ECHO Food shelf.
Announcements
Bethlehem will be serving at Connections Shelter on February 3 and 4. Sign up using this link.
Bishop Regina Hassanally will be joining us for worship and lead our Adult Forum on Sunday, February 9th. She has served as Bishop of the Southeastern Minnesota Synod, ELCA since 2019. Learn more about Bishop Hassanally here.
Year-end 2024 contribution reports have been sent out by email. Please review it carefully. Report any questions or errors to Elizabeth in the church office. If you need a paper copy mailed to you, please let us know.
Monthly mission partner: Green lake lutheran ministries
Our January monthly mission is Green Lake Lutheran Ministries. Their mission is to invite all to experience the life-changing love of Jesus through vibrant settings in community and creation. You can give online or drop off a check written out to Bethlehem with the monthly mission in the memo line.
This Week in our Prayers
Curt Halvorson Marian Mallory Pete Wachtel
Anna Moses Barb Girtz Paul Haugesag
Amy Grams Haugesag Al Rossow
Joan Stoffel Gail Ihrig
The family & friends of Marge Orness & Dean Phillips
Cross of Christ Lutheran in Welch
First Lutheran in LeSueur
First Lutheran in Glenville
Mitume Ghata Lutheran in Tanzania
Muhintiri Lutheran in Tanzania
Kinambeu Lutheran in Tanzania