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A Publication of Bethel Lutheran Church
A member congregation of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
7171 Pearl Road, Middleburg Heights OH 44130-4946
(440) 843-6663
www.gobethel.org
Be heLight
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A Publication of Bethel Lutheran Church
In This Issue. . . Prayer Concerns………………..………….……………………………………………………..…..….3 Bethel Happenings………………………………….………………………………………………….4-6 Birthdays & Anniversaries ……….………….….………..……………………………………....7-9 Calendars…………………………..…….……………………………………………………….…...10-12
Be heLight
Church Office 440-843-6663
Office Hours Mon – Fri 9AM – 1 PM
Fax Number 440-843-6664
Steven M. Krebill 440-785-9614
Pastor
Erika Haskell 216-409-9037
Director of Music
Justin Caithaml 440-371-9557
Choir Director
Gail Gold 440-843-6663
Administrative Assistant
Christie Scott 440-243-6266
M.E.E.C. Director
M.E.E.C. Office 440-888-9922
Let your light shine
before others so they may
see your good
works and give glory to
your Father in heaven.
Matt 5:16 NRSV
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Deadline for the September 2019 BeTheLight is August 15th
The purpose of BeTheLight is to inform our members,
friends and visitors of worship services and to encourage
spiritual growth, Christian Education opportunities,
missions and outreach, activities, fellowship events and
volunteer opportunities. This newsletter is meant to be an
informational tool of Bethel Lutheran Church where we
serve together as a family in Christ.
The BeTheLight welcomes contributions and letters.
Copyrighted material (including prayers and inspirational
verses) cannot be published without written permission
from the author.
ONGOING PRAYER CONCERNS
PERSONS IN NEED OF HEALING Marshall Camp, Eric Nemerovsky,
Kirk Nemerovsky, Eric Whitsel,
Maureen Zelina
PERSONS WHO ARE HOMEBOUND Bob Breska~Viola Dase~Jan Harmon~Esther Johns~Jean Kellmer
Phil Long~Richard Larson~Joyce Larson~Helmut Link~Marie Link~Betty Powers
Please keep these friends in your
thoughts and prayers.
MISSION STATEMENT
The people of
Bethel Lutheran
Church are
called by God to
be faithful to the
word of God and
proclaim it to all
people. We
share Christ's
love and
forgiveness by
being Christ's
hands, feet,
arms and voice
as we gather
and as we
scatter.
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HONORING 2019 GRADUATES
On Sunday, June 2, we will honor the following 2019 graduates:
HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE
Chase Leidy Johanna Whitsel
Cole Nicholas
Jessica Stiene
Emma Whitsel
May God bless them all as they take the next step in their journey through life.
FINAL WEEKS OF CAMPING MINISTRY AT CAMP MOWANA THIS SUMMER.
This summer will be the last for camping ministries at Camp Mowana. Several of our youth will attend high
school week June 30 through July 5. Then from July 7-12, several of our primary/junior and intermediate age
youth will attend that session. Pastor Krebill will also be at Mowana that week, serving his 41st and final time
as a volunteer chaplain in this ministry.
A weekend of activities formally marking the end of ministry at Camp Mowana will be held on August 10-11.
Pastor Krebill will take part in this event as well. When the season is over, Mowana will become a part of the
Richland County Park system, where it will be known as Fleming Falls Nature Preserve. You can get more
information about this change at lomocamps.org.
YOU CAN HELP SEND A KID TO CAMP by sponsoring a full scholarship. It costs from $375 to $390 to
send one child to camp. Or you can give whatever you can, designating your offering go to SPECIAL FUND
102, Youth Activities.
Your generous support allows us to see to it that every child who wants to can go to camp, regardless of
financial circumstances. We make partial and full scholarships available every year.
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The Detroit Handbell Ensemble (DHE) is an auditioned performance ensemble that has
delighted audiences in the Motor City and beyond since 1991, and they
will be at Bethel!
Plan to join us on Sunday, June 30 for a 4 p.m. concert as DHE winds its way home
from performing at Handbell Musicians of America’s (HMA’s), Area 2 Festival
Conference in Lancaster, PA.
The Ensemble performed a featured concert at HMA’s National Seminar in 2018 and
has regularly appeared on concert series throughout Michigan and northwest Ohio. Under the artistic direction
of Brenda Austin and Kyle Webber, the group will present Music that Moves Us, a varied program that includes
original handbell compositions as well as arrangements of favorite hymn tunes and, yes, even some Motown. It
promises to be an engaging afternoon! DHE performs on five octaves of Malmark handbells and more than six
octaves of Malmark choirchimes. Are you wondering why DHE chose Bethel as a stopping point? One of
“Bethel’s own,” Lynette Hoelter, is a member of the ensemble.
The concert is free, but donations are gladly accepted. More information at about DHE can be found at
RingDetroit.org.
PICNIC ON THE FRONT LAWN SCHEDULED FOR JULY 21
After the success of last summer’s “picnic on the front lawn” as part of our youth gathering weekend, another
similar event is scheduled for Sunday July 21. That day our worship theme will be our last “Camp Sunday”
presentation as our ministry with Camp Mowana concludes. After worship we will once again hold a potluck
picnic on the church’s front lawn. Donnette Ipsaro is coordinating the food for the event, so please see her if
you can help. Sign-up sheets and more information will be available as we get closer to July.
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Kindness: Compassion in Action with Greeting Cards Our "Adopt-a-Member" ministry team mails cards to Bethel members who are:
• on our "Prayer List" or receiving Pastoral care
• home-bound or living in Assisted Living/Nursing Home
• ill, in the hospital, or in rehab
• bereaving or suffering with personal concerns
• away at college or in the military
• celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or a special event
The ministry also sends cards to visitors and invited guests. And, individually, outside the ministry, some
team members send cards to inmates at local prisons, homeless women and their children, and/or participate in
Southwest General Health Center's "Care Cards" program.
Sending cards is a way to show kindness, responding to human emotions of empathy, sympathy, and caring.
Though simple, cards are more than just words. Mailing a card is like sending a small part of yourself, a way to
go somewhere moving only your heart.
A card is also a gift and, sometimes, a legacy. Your gift is time, encouragement, hope, prayers, hospitality,
laughter, and service. Nothing feels so inspiring to people as knowing that someone, somewhere, is thinking
about them. As Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 5:11, "Therefore, encourage one another and build each other up."
Adding a handwritten message on a card is all the more appreciated because it says, "I care enough about you
to take time from my busy day and spend it with you." And unlike a phone call, a card can be read over and
over, with a continuing warm embrace of your words, written with your unique penmanship and thoughts.
Within our church and in our communities, there are many ways
you can brighten the day of someone whose life may be more
challenging than what you might think yours is.
Show that you care. Put your compassion into action. Share a
hug! You can join our card team or you can send cards, individually.
Either way, cards and postage stamps are paid for with "seed" money
from Thrivent's "Action Team" program.
See Ray Herzog after any Sunday service or call me (216-433-4396)
to learn more about this easy and self-rewarding act of kindness. For
whatever reason or for whomever you'd like to send cards, I'll bring
cards and stamps for you on the next Sunday.
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Birthdays and Anniversaries 4 Mike & Mary Lou Lienerth 6 Dick & Joyce Larson 8 Becky Johnson-Rescola 9 Bob Miller 9 Brady Kolomijez 9 Bob & Eileen Miller 10 George Dietz 10 Johanna Whitsel 10 Mitch & Pam Ciccarello 12 Jennifer Geraci 15 Anita Holtz 16 Marilyn Sommerfeld 16 Ron & Marilyn Brown 17 Summer Nicholas 20 Gerald & Gloria Neumann 20 Helmut & Marie Link 22 Therese Campfield 25 Mike Lienerth 25 Mary Lou Lienerth 26 Richard Bobey 26 Edward Pickens 26 Mark & Courtney Kolomijez 27 Terry & Ruth Bemer 29 Fred Holtz 29 Mike & Mary Beth Petzke
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Birthdays and Anniversaries 2 Monica Hoelter 3 Jean Jarancik 3 Andrew Johnson 3 Brittany Brophy 3 Owen Mackey 4 Terry Bemer 4 Judy Vanke 5 Robert Kuder 6 Severne Maszczynski 6 Mark Kolomijez 6 Bob Minut Jr 6 Kyle Johnson 9 Jean Kellmer 11 Mary Giguere 11 Sandy Matlack 11 Ron & Maureen Zelina 12 Janet Stanislav 13 Russ & Jackie Bailey 14 Lois Minut 14 Robert & Mary-Ellen Leidy 15 Nate & Erika Haskell 17 Stella Behm 17 Daniel Gold 18 Jayne Cool 21 Mike Petzke 24 Perry Barker 24 Christa Herbert 24 Jeannette Yanuzzi 25 Patricia Sterba 25 Perry & Pam Barker 27 Pat Kilkenny 30 Pastor Steven Krebill 30 Shirley Daedelow 31 Liesel Schuster
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Birthdays and Anniversaries
1 Yvonne Hoelter 1 Bev Hughes 2 Maureen Zelina 7 Phil Long 7 Bob & Nancy Kuder 8 Ed & Jane Salem 9 Ron Brown 11 Robert C. Breska 12 Janice Harmon 12 John & Sophie Schobel
13 Granger Krebill 13 Craig & Therese Campfield 14 John Riehl 14 Alexander Pickens 14 Charles & Stella Behm 14 Cindy & Ray LoPiccolo 15 Rick & Mary Stiene 16 Walter Johnson 17 Ed & Lauralee Costa 17 Martin & Jayne Cool 18 Connie Minut 19 Terri Miller 21 Rick Stiene 25 Kelly Bartlett 27 Pat & Nancy Kilkenny 28 Max Geraci 29 Adam Bailey 29 Carol Krajewski
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June 2019
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Men’s Bible
study 8am
2 Worship
9:45am
3 4 Lectionary
Bible Study
on Summer
Break
5
6 Al-Anon 10am
Bible Study 11am
NO GFF—Summer
Break Begins
7 AA 8:00pm
G.P.in use
5-10pm
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Men’s Bible
study 8am
9 Worship
9:45am
10 11 Council
Meeting
7PM
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13
Al-Anon 10am
Bible Study 11am
14 AA 8:00pm
15 Men’s Bible
Study 8am
16 Worship
9:45am
17 MEEC
Summer
Speech
Camp Begins
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20 Al-Anon 10am
Bible Study 11am
21 1
st day of
Summer
AA 8:00pm
22 Men’s Bible
Study 8am
G.P.in use 5-10pm
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Worship
9:45am
24 25 26
27 Al-Anon 10am
Bible Study 11am
GFF Picnic on the
front lawn
28 AA 8:00pm
29 Men’s Bible
Study 8 am
30 Worship 9:45am
Detroit
Handbell
Ensemble
Concert
12-6PM
Bethel Reps@ELCA Synod Assembly
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Pastor Krebill at Camp Mowana
July 2019
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
2
3 4 MEEC &
OFFICE
CLOSED
5 MEEC
CLOSED
AA 8:00pm
6 Men’s Bible
study 8am
7 Worship
9:45am
8
9 NO Council
Meeting
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11 Al-Anon 10am
Bible Study 11am
12 AA
8:00pm
13 Men’s
Bible study 8am
14
Worship
9:45am
15
16
MEEC Bd Mtg
6:30pm @ the
Kuder’s house
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Al-Anon 10am Bible Study 11am
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AA
8:00pm
20
Men’s Bible
study 8am
21 Worship
9:45am
Church
Picnic on the
front lawn
after worship
22 23 24
25 Al-Anon 10am
Bible Study 11am
GFF Birthday
Dinner &
Raisin’ Canes
Entertainment
26 AA
8:00pm
27 Men’s Bible
study 8am
28 Worship
9:45am
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PASTOR KREBILL AT CAMP MOWANA
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August 2019
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Al-Anon 10am
Bible Study 11am
2 MEEC
Summer
Speech camp
ends today
AA 8:00pm
3
Men’s Bible
study 8am
4
Worship
9:45am
5
6
Council
Meeting 7pm
7 8
Al-Anon 10am
Bible Study 11am
9
AA 8:00pm
10
Men’s Bible
study 8am
Pastor Krebill
@Camp
Mowana
11 Worship
9:45am
Pastor Krebill
@Camp
Mowana
12 13 14 15
Al-Anon 10am
Bible Study 11am
16
AA 8:00pm
17
Men’s Bible
study 8am
18
Worship
9:45am
19 20 21 22
Al-Anon 10am
Bible Study 11am
23
AA 8:00pm
24
Men’s Bible
study 8am
25
Worship
9:45am
26 27 28 29 Al-Anon 10 am
Bible Study 11am
GFF Summer
Guest – Island
Jeff & his Steel
Drums
30
AA 8:00pm
31
Men’s Bible
study 8am
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