October 2016 Evangel - Amazon S3 · Community Harvest Party Friday, October 21, 2016 at 6pm This year, our annual Harvest & Costume Party is moving to a Friday and we’re inviting

Following the Risen One, Something for Everyone, Helping Anyone 1

A Monthly Mission Update OCTOBER 2016Children, Youth & Family 2 .........

Photo Directory 2 ....................

Book Fair 3 ............................

Adult Education 3 ....................

Pastor Tom’s Article 4 ...............

Deanna’s Article 5 ....................

Men & Women’s Ministries 6 ........

Giving of Bibles 7 .....................

Reformation Party 7 .................

BLC Library 8 .........................

Helping Anyone 9 .....................

Bounds Family GoFundMe 9 .........

Bethel Boutique 10 ..................

Congrats Robert! 10 .................

Harvest Party Flyer 11 ...............

Pastor Steve’s Article 12 ............

Calendar 13 ...........................

Worship Helpers 14 ..................

Financials 14 ..........................

Birthdays, Anniversaries 15 .........

Worship Attendance, On Call 15 ...

New Website Coming 15 ............

Upcoming Events 16 .................

Contact Information 16.............

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Community Harvest PartyFriday, October 21, 2016 at 6pm This year, our annual Harvest & Costume Party is moving to a Friday and we’re inviting the community in to enjoy games, spooky finger foods, and lots of Bethesda love. Bring your whole family!

Check out the flyer on page 11 to give to a friend or pick up a postcard in the entryway! Also, check out Deanna’s article on page 5 to learn more about these community gatherings and how you can make them even better.

Pet BlessingSunday, October 9, 2016 at 2pm You and your four-legged family members are invited to join Pastor Tom for a brief service and individual blessing of pets. Join us in the lawn next to the garage!

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Bethesda Lutheran Church

CHILDREN,YOUTH,& FAMILY NEWSFrom Cradle to Commencement, A Great Place to Be a Kid!

WaterWorks Kids 3 years old through 5th grade - join us from 4:30-5:30pm every Wednesday to play, eat snacks, and learn new bible stories. Are you playing sports? join in any time.

Cost is $30 for the entire year. If you have any questions, talk to Pastor Sarah.

Middle School Confirmation • Sunday School: 9:45, Narnia Room

• Confirmation: Wednesdays, 5:30 dinner, 6:30-8:00 Class in Duck-Beaver Room

• Middle School Coast Retreat: November 4-6 at the Inn at Sandcastle Beach near Waldport. This retreat will be $75, but there will be scholarships available. We are looking for parent volunteers and 1-2 cooks willing to shop and cook with the recruited assistance of kids.

High School Youth Group • Sunday School: 9:45, Duck-Beaver Room

• Youth Group: Tuesdays, 6:00-7:30 in Duck-Beaver Room

• Post-game Tailgate Party and Game Night: Friday, October 7, 9pm-Midnight. Come at 9:00 or following your local football game for dinner and games. Bring friends!

Special Events for Middle and High School Youth • Friday, October 21, 5pm, Helping with the Harvest Party in Parish Hall

• Friday, November 18, Winter Jam concert in Portland’s MODA center. Only $10 for several bands and speakers. We will leave right after school, as soon as possible. RSVP with Pastor Tom.

New Photo Directory We will be publishing a new photo directory in the coming weeks! The whole process will be done in house, which means you can have a photo taken of your family following Sunday morning worship on Sundays in October. If you’d prefer, you can submit a photo to us (please make sure you have the permission of the photographer).

We cannot just reuse a picture that was taken for the last directory. And, if you don’t have your picture taken or submit a picture, we will search the internet for any available photo to place in that spot (this may or may not be a joke.) We really want you to participate! As soon as the pictures are in we will print the new directory.



Looking for that perfect Christmas gift for your kids or grandkids? Stop by our Book Fair and shop award-winning Bibles, books, and videos for babies to twelve-year-olds. Save up to 40% PLUS free shipping on all Book Fair titles.

Stop by Bethesda October 23-November 6 during office hours and between services on Sundays! Our Book Fair, sponsored by Sparkhouse Family, will feature a wide variety of new resources based on the beloved Spark Story Bible, including a family devotional, a collection of prayers for kids based on the Psalms, a picture book about Noah’s Ark, the first-ever animated Spark video (starring Squiggles the caterpillar!), and a new line of Spark Play and Learn Books to help make family faith formation easy and fun. Other noteworthy titles included in the upcoming Book Fair are a new Christmas picture book from the Frolic series and a gorgeous Advent pop-up book that will make a delightful gift.

Each book and video is designed to help parents instill an open-hearted, transformational, lifelong Christian faith in their children at every age and stage.

Adult Education Sunday Adult Education “Faith of our Founders: Religion and the Revolutionary Era” continues in the Community Center at 9:45 with Pastor Tom. Our final session is October 28.

“Searching for Sunday” book study continues in the Conference Room at 9:45 with Pastor Sarah.

Daytimers Bible Study “Isaiah: Visions of Promise” continues Thursdays at 11:00 in the Community Center with Pastor Steve.

Pew Sisters Bible Study Pew Sisters Bible Study is discussing the book "Living a Chocolate Life - Savoring God's Sweet Grace". The books are $7 this year. We will meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month (Oct 6 & 20) in the Duck/Beaver Room from 6:15pm-8pm. Text Jakki McDonald at 541-510-5439 or email [email protected] if you have questions.

New Bible Study Join in a monthly Bible Study at the home of Judy Jernberg on the 4th Wednesday (Oct. 26) at 10:00 a.m. The topic is Journey of the Heart: Reflections on Life's Way. Contact Judy for more information or directions.


Electing God At her founding, the United States of America was unique among the nations of the world. Here, unlike anywhere else, traditional Christianity synthesized with republican political thought. We take this merger for granted today, because the concept of liberty is so fundamental to how we understand both our citizenship and our Christian faith: God set Israel free from slavery; Christ sets sinners free from sin, death, and hell. The American Revolution set the colonies free from the tyranny of King George; a “government of laws, not of men,” established political and individual liberties unlike any the world had ever seen.

To help fathom how radical a change was this partnership of traditional faith and modern politics, let’s take a quick look at biblical and Lutheran precedents. Martin Luther cites Romans 13 in his Table of Duties at the end of his Small Catechism:

“Let everyone be subject to the governing authority. For wherever the governing authority is, it is ordered by God. But whoever resists the governing authority, resists God’s order, and whoever resists will incur judgment, for that authority does not bear the sword in vain. It is God’s handmaid who executes punishment against those who do evil.”

Jesus himself taught us to “render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, but render unto God what is God’s.”

The reformers’ Augsburg Confession Article XVI “Concerning Civic Affairs” argues “the Gospel does not undermine government or family but completely requires both their preservation as ordinances of God and the exercise of love in these ordinances. Consequently, Christians owe obedience to their magistrates and laws except when commanded to sin.”

In the formation of the United States we see a movement from top-down to bottom-up political theology. Traditionally, God was the Lord and King who established monarchs to rule the state and a pope (or hierarchy of bishops) to rule the church. Trickle-down divine authority. In the Declaration of Independence and elsewhere, we see God as the Creator who endowed men with certain rights like life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This is grassroots divine authority, which moves from the Maker of the grass to the human population standing upon the grass as dignified creatures, free to self-govern.

In this new political and religious reality, American Christianity increasingly became more concerned with convincing free people to “elect God” than proclaiming the God who “elected us” in Christ Jesus. The preacher’s new job could be seen as reminding people to register for the religious vote and be sure to elect Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior.

The good news of the Gospel, however, lies in what God has elected to do for us “while we were yet sinners” (Romans 5:8). Ephesians opens with a beautiful campaign speech about the “God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ [who]…chose/elected us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before Him in love. He destined us for adoption as His children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will” (1:3-5).

The vote is in. God has elected to be your God. In baptism, Jesus Christ appointed you to his Cabinet as his ambassador to the world. This may become a baptism by fire, but thanks be to our electing God who gives us the victory!

Peace,

Pastor Tom




Loving Our Neighbors I want to tell you about a girl, who grew up in this church. She learned a lot of awesome stuff from many of you and some of your parents and grandparents. She didn't know it at the time but from you she learned that service is very important and because of those early seeds, it has been an integral part of her entire life. She learned that helping, giving, offering is important. That love and kindness and grace and patience matters most. From one of you she learned how to give a hug. From another she learned how to truly, deeply forgive.

But we know that church for many people is a synonym for judgement. This girl has even felt that way at times. She's felt excluded. Unwelcome. Afraid of walking through those doors because of mistakes, because of feelings of not belonging.

So this girl wants to help make sure that here, in this amazing awesome beautiful place with a huge kitchen and big gym and expansive park, that Bethesda has come to a place in its evolution where those old and ugly words and feelings are continually replaced with words like welcoming, and phrases like "come just as you are". She wants all of us to live as Jesus did for the people who DESERVED Him least but NEEDED Him most.

And the cool thing is, that girl is surrounded by many others who want the same thing and last Friday, she got to be a part of this really amazing moment where over 100 people who aren't "church people", but just neighbors to these church people, came in to this place and were welcomed and fed and loved. They came just as they were and ate together, watched a movie together, had some shave ice and popcorn.

We have three more nights like these planned and many more in the works. One a month. Starting October 21 with a Harvest Party for all families...many of whom have already RSVPed. I am asking all of you, each of you, to consider coming. Just to talk to someone. Or help with a game. Or take pictures and smile. For those of you who serve through food, there are recipes we need created for that night that will be in the entryway. Take one if you can do that part. Donating money is also welcome because obviously, this is new and our budget is thin.

But really, most of all, consider just coming and hanging out here for 15 minutes and being a part of something beautiful. Together, let's match how many neighbors come to how many of us show up...so all of those soon to be friends can experience what truly makes Bethesda awesome -- all of you.

I know many of you already do a lot with the food pantry and clothes closet and hospitality committee and a hundred other committees and projects that all make this church amazing. But this, this is more like giving one of those amazing hugs like I received every Sunday as a child. Those one on one connections are truly needed in this world. And Bethesda is here, smack dab in a neighborhood with thousands of families that need it most.

If you have ideas for future events, let us know. Us is me, Kay Kirkpatrick, Pastor Sarah, Stephanie Kinnaman and Pastor Steve.

Thanks for considering, Deanna Rivera

Next Events:

• November 18th, we’ll have a Thanksgiving feast with music by Tommy Parker and hopefully others!

• December 16th, we’ll join together for Christmas treats and caroling.



Women’s Ministry Team Meeting Our next meeting is October 20th at 3pm! All Bethesda women (and friends) are welcome! The more the merrier.

Advent Brunch Ladies and friends of Bethesda - set aside December 3rd for our annual Advent Brunch now being planned for your enjoyment. The theme that we have picked out for this year is "We Three Kings of Orient Are".

We are hoping that if you have Three Kings decorations that you would be willing to share for the decorations on our tables. Please let us know as soon as possible. It seems early but it's not!

If you want to help in any other way contact Glenda Andersen, Carol Lodl, Bobbie Haas, Sue Embree or Nola Schulenberg.

Mission Sewing Circle Mission Sewing Circle will resume on Wednesday, October 16 at 12:30pm in the Fireside room. See you there quilters!

Thursday Night Quilt Group The Thursday Night Quilt Group will be meeting October 17. Join us in the Fireside Room from 6:30-8:30 pm. Bring your machine and supplies!

Circle Meetings There are currently four “circles” of women and you are welcome to join in or start your own circle! Contact the church office for more information on the location of each circle and who to contact.

Ruth Circle meets Monday, October 3rd or November 7that 9:30am. Lydia, Naomi and Rebekah Circles meet Wednesday, October 5th and November 2 at 10am.

ELCA Conference Our Oregon Women of the ELCA is holding our 13th Convention (1st Annual convention) at Grace Lutheran Church in Bend, Oregon on October 7th and 8th, 2016. Come see what the ladies of the High Desert have planned for us.

The theme for the convention is "WORD POWER" from Proverbs 16:24. Speakers - food - fun - shopping and workshops, with lots of women to share the experience. We have registration forms and information so see Carol Lodl if interested. BE BOLD! LET'S GO!

MEN’S BREAKFAST Our next event is OCTOBER 8th at 8am! All Bethesda men are invited for a breakfast and fellowship. This is a very casual affair. If you’ve never been, please join us! BRING A FRIEND or invite someone new!



Giving of Bibles Parents, Grandparents, Baptismal Sponsors or Mentors of 3 and 4-year-olds, 3rd and 4th Graders, or other children who may have missed this last year! As trusted and faithful adults in your child’s life, you are called to teach your child(ren) about all the amazing things that God has done in the world through Jesus Christ, by the work of the Holy Spirit. A mighty task! One very important tool needed to help you in this calling is the Bible.

At Bethesda, we give you the opportunity to present these scriptures to your child during worship. This helps show your child how important it is to immerse themselves in the biblical story and reminds the entire congregation of the promises they make to support and nurture both you and your child(ren) in your lives of faith.

This year, we will present these bibles during both worship services on October 23 with words of encouragement and prayer. If you would like to participate in this tradition, please call the church office at 541-688-9085 so that we can order enough bibles and let us know which service you plan on attending. If you forget, however, we will have a few extras!

Following are the two age appropriate Scriptures that we have chosen that best suit 3 and 4-year-olds and 3rd and 4th graders…

Preschool (3 and 4 year olds) The Spark Story Bible $20

3rd and 4th graders The Spark Bible $20

If the price of these bibles are an issue, please let us know! It is more important that the Word of God finds its way into your child’s hands. We are so excited to partner with you on this journey of nurturing your children in faith.

See you on October 23! If you have any questions, please talk to Pastor Sarah.

Reformation Party You are Invited to a Reformation Party for all ages from preschool to adult! This party will be on October 30 at 9:45am (during Sunday School time) in the Fellowship Hall. We’ll have hands-on, cross-generational games and stations to make Martin Luther and the Reformation come alive.

Even if you don’t normally come to Sunday School, this is a perfect opportunity to meet a few new people and learn a bit about how the church was changed almost 500 years ago! If you have any questions, talk to Pastor Sarah!


BLC Library Open during office hours and on Sunday morning. Questions and suggestions: call Judy Jernberg, Volunteer Library or e-mail [email protected]

Books of the Month: The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey - Rinker Buck

“Enchanting…A book filled with so much love. Rinker Buck has convinced us that the best way to see America is from the seat of a covered wagon.” The brothers Buck travel from Missouri to Oregon by covered wagon. Interwoven with fascinating history, modern adventure and colorful characters, this book is a delightful read.

Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood - Lisa Damour, Ph.D.

Lisa Damour, Ph.D., director of the internationally renowned Laurel School’s Center for Research on Girls, pulls back the curtain on the teenage years and shows why your daughter’s erratic and confusing behavior is actually healthy, necessary, and natural. Untangled explains what’s going on, prepares parents for what’s to come, and lets them know when it’s time to worry.

New on the Shelf: On This Foundation, Keepers of the Covenant and Return to Me, Lynn Austin’s Restoration Chronicles, are novels about the Biblical stories of Ezra and Nehemiah.

Northmen: The Viking Saga AD 793-1241 by John Haywood

An Unquenchable Thirst by Mary Johnson – a memoir of a Sisters of Charity nun with Mother Teresa

Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler (a light-hearted rendition of The Taming of the Shrew.

In the Beginning God: Creation, Culture and the Spiritual Life by Marva Dawn

Truly the Community: Romans 2 and How To Be the Church by Marva Dawn

Diana Renn has donated her collection of book series for young children: Franklin, Magic School Bus and Berenstain Bears. Thanks so much. They will be in turquoise bins in the library.

My Favorite Read in September: This Road We Traveled by Jane Kirkpatrick.

This is among my favorite Kirkpatrick books. She tells the story of Tabitha Brown who followed her family to Oregon in 1846 at age 66, nearly dying on the Applegate Trail, and eventually establishing the Tualatin Academy in Forest Grove, Oregon which became Pacific University. Good history, well told.



Food for Lane County We need volunteers for helping to set-up and distribute food two Saturdays a Month. This month the dates are: October 8 & 22.

Set up is the day before at 2:30pm and distribution begins at 9:30am.

Pray For Our Missionaries • Nathan & Cherise Green, now living in Idaho • Tim & Naomi Cowley, in Portland • Keith & Laura Jensen, in China • Jerry & Kathy Liebersbach, Stateside & planning • Aaron & Liz Kalms, in Germany • Scot & Vicki McCracken, in Portland

Operation Christmas Child In October, we are collecting Bars Of Soap, Toothpaste And Toothbrushes.

Little Sprouts Update $100 pays for one Bethel kid for a whole year! This is a Bethesda program where we are providing many Bethel kids with snack packs to take home each weekend. These kids are at high hunger risk and these packs have non-perishable snacks. Help us reach our goal of feeding 125 kids each weekend.

Contact Kay Kirkpatrick or Pastor Sarah if you can help!

Burrito Brigade Burrito Brigade will be using our Kitchen on Saturdays from 9-2 beginning September 24.

Their mission is to feed the hungry of Oregon through a community network of donations while engaging our community in the fight to end hunger. The kitchen will still be available to Bethesda members on Saturdays, Burrito Brigade will be flexible with our needs for using the space.

They are always looking for volunteer help! On Saturdays they prepare pita pockets that are distributed in our community.

Coffee Hour Thanks to those folks who have already signed up to help at the coffee hour between services. There are still many Sundays open which are just waiting to be filled! If you can't help in this way, could you bring goodies for the coffee hour? You can bring them ahead of any Sunday, label them for "coffee hour" and put them in the freezer. It would be a big help to those who are serving. Thank you.

The Eugene Mission The Mission still needs our help with preparing meals, donating food, or serving meals. Contact them at: [email protected] or 541.344.3251 x 160 to help out!

Bloodmobile Time to sign up for our next blood donation on Thursday, October 20th from 3:30-6:30pm. Sign up on clipboard for the next three Sundays!


BOUNDS FAMILY GOFUNDME The Bounds family is getting ready to endure a year of medical treatments in Portland for their infant, Sage Grace, who has SCID. The financial strain is immense. Please consider donating to their gofundme campaign at gofundme.com/sagegracebounds. Be on the lookout for other fundraisers.

Also, the meal train for the Bounds family has been extended. Please sign up to deliver a meal if you can. There are no words to express how helpful it is.

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One of our early goals was to provide a variety of days and hours that we're open. Wed. evening appointments have been very popular with our shoppers. This week we had three families shop for free, fun, and fashionable clothing.

Thank you for the many donations of brand new and gently used clothing! Melva and I have been surprised at the amount of donations dropped off each week. Any extras are shared with Hosea House and Catholic Family Services for distribution.

A special thank you to our volunteers who have altered, mended, and ironed clothing! The front desk volunteers really help us out by scheduling appointments and making reminder phone calls. They also keep smiling as we drop off a basket to sort, etc. at their desk. You're terrific!

Ongoing needs:

• Shopping bags with handles

• Oregon and Oregon State clothing

• Socks in all sizes for toddlers/girls/boys/women/men

• Volunteers for Weds. evenings

• Girls sizes 6-14 cute shirts and tops, skirts, dresses

• Toddler underwear

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Congratulations Robert! On Sunday September 11, 2016 Robert Akio Gillespie of Scout Troop 22, received the highest achievement award - Eagle Scout.

Akio began scouting with Pack 22 in 2006 and progressed through the ranks. He chose for his Eagle Scout Project to refurbish the flag pole area at Shasta Middle School. It is now a 20 X 20 flag stone, with a pebble concrete memorial area.

During the ceremony, Akio's parents presented him with an American Flag that had flown on our Nation's Capitol building Jan 2, 2016. Please join his proud parents and the rest of Troop 22 in congratulating Akio and thanking him for his continued service as a leader of Troop 22 (until his 18th birthday).

Akio is our 111th scout from Troop 22 to receive the Eagle Scout Award.




Seasons Change…Give Thanks “In the just reward of labor, God’s will is done. In the help we give our neighbor, God’s will is done. In our world-wide task of caring for the hungry and despairing, in the harvest we are sharing, God’s will is done.” —ELW 679 v2

As fall begins, something seems to change in our hearts. We move from the enjoyment of creation that happens when the sun burns long in the sky to a feeling of gratitude and thankfulness that comes from the air being crisp and the days becoming shorter. I think that this change has been a natural occurrence for most of history. When crops are harvested and God has provided, the people are thankful. These days, we aren’t as tide to the cycles of the land. It was always a shocking day when the corn was harvested around the parsonage in which we lived in Illinois. We went from having the summer privacy fence of tall corn to the ground surrounding our home being fallow for the winter.

I know that some of you are glad that your gardens are slowing down or have stopped because you don’t want to can more or freeze more. But even without these connections, we feel the season change and we become a bit more thankful. In the hymn I quoted above, verse 2 speaks of God’s will being done. As God’s people, we can know that we are doing God’s will when we fulfill our calling, when we help those around us, when we share with those in need throughout the world, and we share what God has given to us. Verses 1 and 3 of the hymn names some of the things for which we are to be grateful. The final two lines of the hymn speak to the mystery and grace of God, “For the wonders that astound us, for the truths that still confound us, most of all, that love has found us, thanks be to God.”

We all have different ways that we express our thankfulness and gratitude. Some give away jars of the things that they have canned over the summer, some make special donations to projects and places that are dear to them, some volunteer time in their community, some spend a little more time with family, some give thanks by consuming anything with pumpkin pie spice, some give thanks by avoiding anything with pumpkin pie spice, and some give thanks in the depths or their hearts as the pray for those in need both near and far. As God’s people, created in God’s own image, we reflect who God is to the world and to one another. So the ways and the places that we are able to give thanks are unlimited because God is unlimited.

Today, I am thankful for each one of you. Who have taken a little time to read and reflect on these words I share but who also take their thankfulness seriously. You all teach me a lot about what it means to be generous, gracious, and thankful. Let us work together so that God’s will is done.

~ Pastor Steve



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October 2016

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Saturday25

8:30 AM Traditional W

or-ship9:45 AM

Sunday School and Fellowship11:00 AM

Contemporary

Worship

269:30 AM

WIPG

9:45 AM W

omen's Bible

Study5:45 PM

Girl Scouts 203117:00 PM

Boy Scouts Troop 22

275:30 AM

Exercise Class9:15 AM


WIPG

1:00 PM Bethel Boutique

Open6:00 PM

High School Youth Group6:30 PM

Cub Scout Pack 22

289:30 AM

WIPG

4:30 PM W

aterWorks Fel-

lowship Hall5:30 PM

Confirmation Din-

ner5:30 PM

Sign Language Dancing6:15 PM

Choir Practice6:30 PM

Confirmation Class

295:30 AM


WIPG

11:00 AM Daytim

ers Bible Study4:00 PM

Girl Scout Troop 20248

309:15 AM


WIPG

11:00 AM Sign Language

Dancing

19:00 AM

Alanon Beginners Group9:00 AM

Burrito Brigade Prep9:00 AM

Al-Anon9:00 AM

Bethel Boutique Open

28:30 AM

Traditional Wor-

ship9:45 AM


Contemporary

Worship

1:00 PM Girl Scout Troop

20381

39:30 AM

WIPG

9:30 AM Ruth Circle

1:00 PM Oregon Old Tim

e Fiddlers5:45 PM


Boy Scouts Troop 22

45:30 AM



WIPG

5:30 PM Girl Scouts Troop

203416:00 PM

High School Youth 6:00 PM

Pack 22 Leader's 6:30 PM

Cub Scout Pack 227:00 PM

Boy Scouts-PLC

59:30 AM

WIPG

10:00 AM Lydia Circle

10:00 AM Rebekah Circle

10:00 AM Naom

i Circle1:00 PM

Front Desk Train-4:30 PM

WaterW

orks Fel-5:30 PM

Confirmation Din-

5:30 PM Sign Language

and 3 more…

65:30 AM


WIPG

11:00 AM Daytim


Girl Scout Troop 202486:30 PM

Parents Without

Partners6:30 PM

Active Bethel Citi-

79:15 AM


WIPG


Dancing

88:00 AM

Men's Breakfast

9:00 AM Alanon Beginners

Group9:00 AM


Al-Anon9:30 AM

Food Pantry Dis-tribution

98:30 AM

Traditional Wor-

ship9:30 AM

Fair Trade Items

Available9:45 AM


Contemporary

Worship

2:00 PM Pet Blessing

109:30 AM

WIPG

9:45 AM W

omen's Bible

Study5:45 PM


Boy Scouts Troop 227:00 PM

Creative Arts Min-

istry

115:30 AM



WIPG


Open6:00 PM



WIPG Board M

eet-

129:30 AM

WIPG

4:30 PM W

aterWorks Fel-

lowship Hall5:30 PM

Confirmation Din-

ner5:30 PM

Sign Language 6:15 PM


Confirmation Class

7:00 PM Boy Scouts-ASM

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135:30 AM


WIPG

11:00 AM Daytim



Lymphedem

a Sup-port Group6:30 PM

Church Planning

149:15 AM


WIPG


Dancing2:30 PM

Food Pantry Set-up

159:00 AM



Al-Anon

168:30 AM

Traditional Wor-

ship9:45 AM


Contemporary

Worship


20381

179:30 AM

WIPG

5:45 PM Girl Scouts 20311

7:00 PM Boy Scouts Troop

22

185:30 AM



WIPG


203416:00 PM


Cub Scout Pack 22

199:30 AM

WIPG

12:30 PM M

ission Sewing Circle4:30 PM

WaterW

orks Fel-5:30 PM

Confirmation Din-


6:15 PM Choir Practice

6:30 PM Confirm

ation Class7:00 PM

Boy Scouts - Com-

205:30 AM


WIPG

11:00 AM Daytim


Wom

en's Ministry

Team m

tg3:30 PM

Bloodmobile


6:30 PM Quilt Group

219:15 AM


WIPG


Dancing5:00 PM

Faith Family

Friday--fellowship hall

229:00 AM


Troop 22 Leader-ship Training9:00 AM


Al-Anon9:30 AM


23Quilt SundayBible Sunday (3 yrs & 3rd Grade)


or-ship9:45 AM


Contemporary

Worship

249:30 AM

WIPG

9:45 AM W

omen's Bible

Study5:45 PM


Boy Scouts Troop 22

255:30 AM



WIPG


Open6:00 PM


Cub Scout Pack 22

269:30 AM

WIPG

4:30 PM W

aterWorks Fel-

lowship Hall5:30 PM

Confirmation Din-

ner5:30 PM



Confirmation Class

275:30 AM


WIPG

11:00 AM Daytim



289:15 AM


WIPG


Dancing2:30 PM

Food Pantry Set Up

299:00 AM



Al-Anon3:00 PM

Parish Hall Rental-Jessica Vaughan

308:30 AM

Traditional Wor-

ship9:45 AM

Cross-Genera-tional Reform

ation Event

9:45 AM Sunday School and

Fellowship11:00 AM

Contemporary

Worship

319:30 AM

WIPG



22

15:30 AM



WIPG


203416:00 PM




Boy Scouts-PLC

29:30 AM

WIPG



10:00 AM Naom

i Circle4:30 PM

WaterW

orks Fel-5:30 PM

Confirmation Din-



6:30 PM Confirm

ation Class

35:30 AM


WIPG

11:00 AM Daytim



Parents Without

Partners6:30 PM

Active Bethel Citi-

49:15 AM


WIPG


Dancing

59:00 AM



Al-Anon9:00 AM


258:30 AM

Traditional Wor-

ship9:45 AM


Contemporary

Worship

269:30 AM

WIPG

9:45 AM W

omen's Bible

Study5:45 PM


Boy Scouts Troop 22

275:30 AM



WIPG


Open6:00 PM


Cub Scout Pack 22

289:30 AM

WIPG

4:30 PM W

aterWorks Fel-

lowship Hall5:30 PM

Confirmation Din-

ner5:30 PM



Confirmation Class

295:30 AM


WIPG

11:00 AM Daytim



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Worship Helpers October 2016 If you are scheduled but not able to serve, please contact the church office at 541-688-9085 or find someone to switch with you.Thank you for your service!

If you see an empty spot, please volunteer!


Leave A Legacy Have you thought of including Bethesda in your will or living trust? Would you like to leave a lasting legacy to the church? Such bequests strengthen the ministry both now and into the future.

It can be as simple as including in your will:

“I leave ____% to Bethesda Lutheran Church, an Oregon non-profit corporation, 4445 Royal Avenue, Eugene, Oregon, 97401.”

Feel free to contact Pastor Steve, or Lois Toftemark about the Bethesda Foundation, or Dave Bullard about the Bethesda Mission Endowment Fund.

% ofBudget

Month Year-to- Budget Rec'd/Support and Revenue July Date Budget Remaining SpentContributions 34,594 304,363 541,798 237,435 56.18%

Total Support and Revenue 34,594 304,363 541,798 237,435 56.18%

Expenses by programExtended Ministries 4,171 35,291 52,464 17,173 67.27%

Staff Ministries 32,095 232,866 359,020 126,154 64.86%

Administration 4,982 36,819 54,864 18,045 67.11%

Education Team 223 3,778 3,950 172 95.65%

Evangelism Team 100 100 250 150 40.00%

Hospitality Team (915) (994) 700 1,694 -142.00%

Men's Ministry Team - - - - 0.00%

Women's Ministry Team - (16) 200 216 -8.00%

Family Ministry Team (90) (90) 350 440 -25.71%

Nursery Expense - 1,139 3,000 1,861 0.00% .

Property Team 2,832 37,215 57,500 20,285 64.72%

Spiritual Growth Team - 1,246 2,050 804 60.78%

Stewardship Team - - - - 0.00%

Worship Team 110 1,677 4,350 2,673 38.55%

Youth Team 2,702 7,805 3,100 (4,705) 251.77%

Total Expenses 46,210 356,836 541,798 184,962 65.86%Excess of Support and and Revenue (Expenses) (11,616) (52,473) - 52,473 -9.68%

Statement of Revenue and Expense

for the Month and Year-to-Date Ending August 31, 2016

August Financials

GREETERS USHERS READERS HELPING HANDS COMMUNION ASSISTANTS

Welcome Committee

PEW STRAIGHTENERS

FELLOWSHIP

Oct. 2 8:30 AM Steve & Jean Pfifer Terry and Susan Miller; David Andersen

Judy Jernberg David Andersen and Terry Miller

Martin Taekker, Donna Brown, Don Baker

Ron & Bobbi Haas Mary & Mike Oberman

Lisa Sue & Larry Painter, Deborah Carrales

Oct. 2 11:00 AM Dennis Jernberg Family and Mary Curran

Cindy Littrell, Karen Raymond, Ardell Howell

Jan Morin

Oct. 9 8:30 AM Amber Coburn, Erma Peterson

Carl & Carol Sexton, Paul & Denise Dammen

Dick Brown Jerry & Barb Herzberg

Shirley & Dave Burkhardt

Paul & Karen Jorgensen, Lois & Sven Toftemark

Oct. 9 11:00 AM Bill & Wendy Gangwer family

Cindy Littrell Donna DeForest

Oct. 16 8:30 AM Lois & Svend Toftemark

Terry and Susan Miller; Martin Taekker

Carol Anderson Martin Taekker and Terry Miller

Erma Peterson, Amber Coburn, Roy Montoya

Galen & Kathy Ness

Delores Moreland & Marilyn Cooper

Erma Peterson, Dick & Donna Brown

Oct. 16 11:00 AM Doug and Susan Detels; Mike and Candi Outka

Cindy Littrell Diane Stuhr

Oct. 23 8:30 AM Palmer & Carolyn Bokn

Greg & Sandi Henley family

Ron LaMarche Dale Roxberg & Donna Miller

Maxine Coburn

Oct. 23 11:00 AM Nolan & Kyndsi Sundberg, Ron & Marilyn Cooper

Jan Morin

Oct. 30 8:30 AM Carl & Carol Sexton Dave and Karen Partridge, Kathy & Galen Ness

Vivienne Rembrook Ron & Bobbi Haas Sue Painter

Oct. 30 11:00 AM John & Jan Gibson, Mary Curran

Donna DeForest

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80 and Over Birthdays Name Date LeRoy Knutson 10/23 Virgil Schulenberg 10/1

Members On Call If your name appears here, you may be called to volunteer during the month. New names will be pulled alphabetically monthly. Look in directory for emails and alternate phones.

Johnson, Diana, (541)913-4880 Jorgensen, Paul & Karen, (541)689-1500 Keyser, Linda, (541)461-1783 Kik-Down, Derek & Christy, (541)515-3245 Kirkpatrick, Mike & Kay, (541)337-6014 Kirkpatrick, Glenna, (541)968-9921 Knutson, LeRoy & Joy, (541)688-0340 Klein, Lee & Katharyn, (541)935-4292 Kramer, Pat, (541)688-1256

Happy Anniversary Date Name 10/2 Lutsch, Jan & Charles 44 10/4 Freepons, Eric & Adele 19 10/8 Cooper, Marilyn & Ronald 22 10/9 Green, Cherise & Nathan 6 10/11 Painter, Larry & Sue 47 10/14 Hartley, Jennifer & Dale 9 10/17 Gilkison, Valorie & Mike 35 10/17 Anderson, Jack & Carol 24 10/18 Christensen, Chris & Christa 58

SEPTEMBER Worship Attendance 8:30 11:00 Total Week 1 80 74 154 Week 2 114 117 231 Week 3 95 152 247 Week 4 114 81 195 Total 403 424 827 Average 101 106 207


A New Website is Coming We are working on a new website for the church. If you have any suggestions of what might be included or helpful, please email [email protected]. The new site will be beautiful and engaging with many aesthetic and functional improvements, and also it will be much more mobile friendly. Here’s a little preview.

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2016 Ministry Theme: Connecting to the Source

10/3 Ruth Circle

10/5 Lydia, Naomi, Rebekah Circles; Front Desk Training Meeting; Choir Get Together

10/6 Pew Sisters

10/7 ELCA Women’s Convention

10/8 Food Pantry; Men’s Breakfast

10/9 Fair Trade; Pet Blessing

10/16 Joint Music Sunday

10/20 Pew Sisters; Bloodmobile

10/21 Harvest Party & Comm. Gathering

10/23 Giving of Bibles; Book Fair Begins

10/30 Reformation Party

11/18 Community Thanksgiving Feast with concert

12/16 Community Christmas Caroling and treats

9/24 Food Pantry Distribution


PASTORS & STAFF Pastor Steve Dow [email protected]

Pastor Sarah Schaffner [email protected]

Pastor Tom Welch [email protected]

Elizabeth Tigue, Preschool Director [email protected]

Tommy Parker, Contemporary Music [email protected]

Maxine Coburn, Traditional Music [email protected]

Bill Vaughan, Custodian [email protected]

Deanna Rivera, Communications Coordinator [email protected]

BETHESDA EVANGEL A monthly publication of Bethesda Lutheran Church. Publication Deadline is the 15th of each month.

4445 Royal Avenue, Eugene, OR 97402 Phone: 541.688.9085. Fax: 541.689.3667 Pastoral Emergency: 541.357.8253 (leave message if no-one answers) www.bethesdalutheranchurch.com [email protected] [email protected]

Office Hours 9a to 3p, Monday-Friday

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