BLC Weekly, January 8
Hello Bethlehem,
Directories, Spring Catalogs and offering envelopes are all here and ready for pickup! Stop by the office this week, open 9:00am - 5:00pm Tuesday through Thursday, or stop in the narthex after worship to take yours home.
Check out some photos from last Wednesday’s “Peas on Earth: An Instant Christmas Program!”
This Week
Join us this Wednesday for pork roast, mashed potatoes, veggies and rolls at 5:00pm, followed by worship at 6:15pm.
Fingers crossed! We are hoping there will be enough snow at Mount Kato to go Snow Tubing next Monday, January 15th. Email Anna Wencl at annawencl@blcmankato.org if you are interested in joining. Cost is $18 per person and we plan to meet between 1:00-1:15pm at Mount Kato. Anna will send an email to let you know whether the event is confirmed.
We hope you will join in our RIC interactive art project in the entryway, now up through the month of January. We invite you to add your prayers and hopes for reconciliation and inclusion in our church and community to the provided strips of cloth. Tie them to the waterfall and watch the rainbow form!
This month
Bethlehem is serving at Connections January 15-21. You can sign up online to serve!
We hope you will join us on Wednesday, January 24th for something a little different. We invite you to Dinner Church at 6:00pm in the dining room. Come to be fed in both body and spirit!
Meet & Eat: New groups are forming! We’ll pair up three couples/individuals to set up 3 get togethers, each hosted by a member of the group. Enjoy fellowship and food! Sign up by February 1 to be paired up.
Fat Tuesday tickets will go on sale starting next Wednesday. We’ll be serving jambalaya and macaroni and cheese from 5:30-7:00pm on Tuesday, February 13th!
Mark your calendar:
January 26th BLC Men Hops & Hoops. Contact Pastor Jay for details.
January 28th RIC Sunday, celebrating the 50th anniversary of ReconcilingWorks!
January 28th FLIGHT Winter Event
Monthly Mission
Our January Monthly Mission is Green Lake Bible Camp. Their mission is to invite all to experience the life-changing love of Jesus through vibrant settings in community and creation. Our goal is $1000. You can give online or send a check made out to Bethlehem. Thank you!
SErVE
Bethlehem is serving at Connections January 15-21. Sign up online to help provide a meal!
Home Care for Pr. Don: Bethlehem has been caring for and supporting Pastor Don and Bonnie Roberts since he was diagnosed with ALS in 1995, and now the Roberts need our help. Are you interested in helping with Pastor Don's home care? If you have experience as a caregiver, a good heart, and a willingness to learn, you are needed, as they are looking for more caregivers to round out their team. Let Pr. Don and Bonnie know if you can help! Connect with the Roberts by emailing dbroberts320@hotmail.com
Adult Forum
On November 12, 1961, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stepped into a packed Mankato High School auditorium and announced that "the wind of change is blowing all over the world."
Come to the adult forum on Sunday, January 14 at 10:45 am in Grounds for Joy to learn "the rest of the story" about this historic day in our community. We will view a documentary of Dr. King's visit.
Join our own Sally Burdick, a 1961 witness, and West HS social studies teacher Matt Moore as they relate their involvement with and recognition of this event Check out this background story from KARE 11:
This Week in our Prayers
Curt Halvorson Brenda Goetsch Marian Mallory
Pete Wachtel Nikolas Perez Les Biesterfeld
Pat Nelson Anna Moses
Pastor Don Roberts, Bonnie, & his caregivers
The family & friends of Betty Sanger
LeRoy Lutheran in LeRoy Trondhjem Lutheran in Hayward
Redeemer Lutheran in Good Thunder Kule Lutheran Parish in South Sudan
Mazoezi Tumuli Lutheran in Tanzania Gambella Lutheran Parish in South Sudan