Bethpage United Methodist Church
bethpageumc.wordpress.comJoin us on Thursday at 5:00pm for our Christmas Eve service. We will gather in song, hear the story of Jesus’ birth, reflect on the meaning of Christmas, share in Holy Communion, and spread the light of Christ among us. We hope you have a very merry Christmas!
During Advent, the Christmas Season, and Epiphany, we will be looking at the Christmas Story during worship and talking about a different character each week. I hope you will join us as we, along with all those in the story, draw closer to the Christ Child.
November 29 – Shepherds
December 6 – Angels
December 13 – Joseph
December 20 – Mary
December 24 at 5:00pm – Jesus
December 27 – Innkeeper
January 3 – Magi (Wise Men)
Bethpage United Methodist Church is seeking a part-time (20 hours per week) Youth Minister to lead and coordinate our church’s ministry with youth (6th through 12th grade). Please send resumes to johnhillbumc@gmx.com or PO Box 100; Bethpage, TN 37022. For a complete job description and requirements, visit http://bethpageumc.wordpress.com/youth-minister-search. Bethpage UMC is a vibrant church seeking to be a place of love and welcome with an active youth ministry located about 10 minutes outside Gallatin, TN.
Due to the forecast of rain all day on Friday, we are cancelling Trunk or Treat for 2009.
This Sunday we will celebrate All Saints Day at both of our worship services. I hope you will join us as we remember all those who have gone before us in the faith, but especially those who have passed away within the last year. We will also continue in our series entitled “Mission: Possible” in which we are looking at different sections of our church’s mission statement to see what it might be like if we truly embodied the words and setting goals for each section for 2010. This week, our topic is “To be a Christian Community.” To learn more about our goals for 2010, please click on the words “2010 Goals” to the upper right of this page.
Come out on Wednesday, Oct 28, at 6:00 to hear Stacy Macon at R&R Cafe. It will be a great talk, but she definitely has some big shoes to fill after Emily’s talk last week – what a wonderful job she did!
Also on Wednesday, the Psalm 100 Kids will be practicing their song “Dem Bones” before they sing it at the 8:30 service on Sunday morning.
This week in worship we will begin a new sermon series entitled “Mission: Possible.” This series will be based on our new mission statement: “to be a loving and welcoming Christian community that invites everyone into a relationship with God, grows as followers of Jesus Christ, and shares God’s love through faithful service.” For the next 5 weeks, we will look at a different phrase from the mission statement and see how God is calling us to live it out.
This week’s topic: “To be loving and welcoming”
Scripture passages: 1 John 4:7-8 and Romans 15:5-7
I hope to see you on Sunday!
