BLC Weekly, February 10
Hello Bethlehem,
Fat Tuesday is March 4th and dinner tickets are now on sale! We hope you will join us for our annual silent auction and jambalaya dinner, with in-person and takeout meal options. Get your tickets here! Please drop off baskets in the office by Sunday, February 16th. The online portion of the silent auction will open on our Facebook event on February 23rd.
This week
Wednesday Night Supper: This week we are serving spaghetti, garlic toast and salad. Join us at 5:00pm in the lower level. All are welcome.
Bibles & Brews meets this Thursday, February 13, at 6:00 pm at Weggy’s. Join Pastor Jacie for casual conversations on faith and culture.
BLC Men will watch MSU Men’s Basketball and then enjoy Jake’s Pizza on Saturday, February 15th. Contact Pastor Jay to join.
Family faith formation
5th-12th graders and their friends are invited to Wow!Zone Laser Tag on Sunday, February 23rd beginning at 3:00 PM. Sign up online.
Families with kiddos ages 3-years to 6th grade are invited to Ice Skating at All Seasons Arena on Sunday, March 2nd from 2:00 - 3:30pm.
Announcements
Ash Wednesday is March 5th. Join us for worship services at noon and 6:15pm.
Our friends at VITA Tax preparation are back in the building and donating their time to help anyone in need of tax preparation assistance. If you know someone who could benefit from their services, their number is (507) 386-5570.
The WELCOME Team invites you to Our Grateful Gathering: A Fiesta of Joy, Thursday, April 3rd at Christ the King in Mankato. Join WELCOME for a silent auction, music, programming, and south of the border dinner, with all proceeds supporting the family’s application for asylum status. At this time the WELCOME Team is looking for silent auction items. There are four ways to give: create your own basket, team up with friends to create a basket together, connect with your favorite local businesses to see if they are willing to donate items, or donate new, individual items and the WELCOME Team will incorporate those items into a basket. There will be a basket in the narthex through the month of February to collect auction items, or you can connect with Carrol Meyers-Dobler to give her items directly. Thank you for supporting our mission of welcome!
THank you
Thank you to Bishop Regina Hassanally for joining us on Sunday! The Bishop preached the sermon during worship and then led a Q&A session at the Adult Forum. We appreciate her leadership and wisdom. Thank you, Bishop Hassanally! Learn more about Bishop Hassanally here.
“Winter break flew by faster than the speed of light! We were thrilled to welcome students back to Crossroads on January 13, and we feel tremendously blessed to have Bethlehem Lutheran Church and your volunteers as partners in our ministry to feed hungry students through our Lunch For-a-Buck program. On Tuesday, February 4th, faithful servants Jan Blaisdell, Kathy Piehl, and Sue Larsen, prepared and/or served a delicious meal of chicken fajitas, beans & rice, bean & cheese burritos, salad, and brownies & lemon bars to 51 hungry lunch-goers. They also collected $31.00 in donations that will be used to purchase the salad supplies, beverages, dinnerware, and other items for lunches during the school year. God bless you for your generosity and for supporting the students and our ministry at Crossroads. We look forward to seeing you again on Tuesday, March 4th as we continue feeding the Lord's sheep. We couldn't do this without you!” -Crossroads Campus Ministry
Monthly mission partner
Our February monthly mission is ECHO Food Shelf. Serving our area since 1981, ECHO provides regular food orders, a summer feeding program, home deliveries, and much more. There is minimal paperwork to obtain food and no one is turned away. ECHO serves over 600 families a week. Join us in supporting this vital service and mission in our area. Volunteers are always needed and welcomed at ECHO. Visit their website to volunteer. Our goal is $3,500.You can give online or drop off a check written out to Bethlehem with the monthly mission in the memo line.
Double your giving! When we give ECHO our donation in March, our dollars will be doubled by matching funds. Donate to this monthly mission and your dollars will go twice as far!
This Week in our Prayers
Curt Halvorson Marian Mallory Pete Wachtel
Anna Moses Barb Girtz Paul Haugesag
Amy Grams Haugesag Al Rossow Gail Ihrig
Bob Blom Lynor Blom Charlene Zimmerman
Dorothy Knedel Joan Stoffel
Pontoppidan Lutheran in Ellendale Vista Lutheran in New Richland
Calvary Lutheran in Mankato Disabilities Learning & Education Ministry in Colombia
Mazoezi Igurubi Lutheran in Tanzania Lutheran Institute Kiomboi in Tanzania