Just a reminder to ALL who have kids — the Parenting Sunday School Class starts this Sunday, August 29th and will go from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. It will be a 12-week class and will meet in the back of the Fellowship Hall on the window side. Carolyn Beaty will be leading this class.
Adult Sunday School News
This Sunday
Aug 25
Last Sunday of Campmeeting Style Worship
Lemonade on the Lawn
(immediately following the 11 o’clock worship service)
American Red Cross Blood Drive
8:00am – 1:00pm – fellowship hall
Two New Sunday School Classes
Parenting Classes – Carolyn Beaty will facilitate this class – Meet in back of fellowship hall on the window side (9:45am)
Young Adults – Topical Classes – Lead by Logan and Scotty – Meet in Conference Room in Education Building (9:45am)
THANK YOU — Sunday School
Aug 16
A great big THANK YOU to everyone who came out for Sunday School Registration yesterday! It was a blessing to have all of God’s children in the chapel for a time of fellowship. We are excited to have this new method of registering everyone for Sunday School, and we look forward to this upcoming Sunday School year!
Bethesda will have a Parenting Class for Sunday School beginning Sunday, August 29th. It will be a 12-week course lead by Carolyn Beaty. The class will be based on The Essentials of Discipline by Dr. James Dobson. The topics include Why Your Child Needs Discipline, Irresonsibility vs. Defiance, Anger vs. Action, Finding Balance in Discipline, To Spank or Not to Spank, Compliant vs. Defiant, Changing Discipline as Your Child Grows, Protecting the Spirit, The Strong-Willed Adolescent, and The Ultimate Priority. Parents with children and youth of all ages are encouraged to attend. If you have any question, please see Katie Atcheson.
Sunday School Registration will be in the Chapel this Sunday from 9:45 to 10:30am. Everyone is asked to come enjoy donuts, coffee and juice and register for Sunday School. There will not be regular classes this week. (All classes, all ages)
Remember, this Sunday is Home Coming here at Bethesda. OUR SERVICE WILL BEGIN AT 10:45am sharp!
If you have ever been in the Chancel Choir, we invite you to join us this Sunday at 10:15 in the choir room for a quick rehearsal of “Heaven Medley”. We would love to have all choir members back in the choir all the time, but at least for this Sunday.
Bring your friends, family, neighbors, and former members. We have a great service planned. Immediately following service we will have a covered dish lunch in the fellowship hall. Bring plenty of food to share!
Guest Speaker – Rev. David Walters Sermon: Treasure Hunt Scripture Luke 19:1-10, Luke 8:40-48
Special Music by the Laymen Quartet and The Chancel Choir
Recognition of all Sunday School Teachers
On August 15 we will have Sunday School Registration in the Chapel for everyone (babies, children, youth, young adults, adults). We will have Donuts, Coffee and Juice during the Sunday School hour 9:45am – 10:45am that day. We hope that you take this time to visit and get acquainted with those you do not know. There will not be regular Sunday School this day.
We would like to remind everyone (especially those teaching) that Sunday School is 9:45 – 10:45 each week. It is very important that you dismiss your class promptly at 10:45am so that everyone has a chance to get to the 11 o’clock service on time. Parents, please note this change: Beginning August 22nd all of the children will go to the Chapel at 10:30am for a short dismissal program so you will pick up your child at 10:45am from the chapel instead of their classrooms.
The Children’s Sunday School Class will be on the order of Vacation Bible School but it will be called Staycation. We are sure that this will be new and exciting for your children, so please make every effort to have them at Sunday School every week. We guarantee you they will love this new program!
Thank you for your continued support to Bethesda UMC Sunday School
Theresa Bullock
Chairperson, Education
PUPPETS FOR CHRIST PRESENT:
GLOW!
“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden” -Matthew 5:14
The bright lights of Puppets for Christ bring the parable of Salt and Light in Christ’s Sermon on the Mount to life with a program of contemporary Christian music, blacklight arts and puppetry.
Puppets for Christ is a award winning performance troupe of teens from Van Dyke United Methodist Church, Tampa, Florida. We hope you will join us for an exciting, fun and absolutely free night for all ages in need of a little wattage volt to shine a little brighter!
DATE: June 27th
TIME: 9:45 a.m.
PLACE: Bethesda UMC Fellowship Hall
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL KATIEATCHESON AT 770.364.9373 OR YOU CAN E-MAIL HER AT KATIEATCHESON {at} BETHESDAUNITED(.)ORG!
For the next 4 weeks we will be doing the Andy Griffith Bible Study Series! We’ll watch a short video of a different show each week and have some discussion afterward. Please join us for this exciting series!
This Sunday we will take a look at prayer and what we can do to become more effective with our prayer life. Please join us – there is always hot coffee and something to eat! We get started around 10:00 – but everyone is always welcome no matter what time you arrive! See you then!
It’s that time again!!! VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL is just around the corner! The theme is High Seas: Exploring the Mighty Love of God! It will be the week of June 21st-25th from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. If you would like to help out that week, please see Katie Atcheson! You can also e-mail her at katieatcheson {at} bethesdaunited(.)org. Thank you!
This week we will take a look at some of the misinterpreted Scriptures in the Bible. Many Christians do not realize that some of the most popular translations do not accurately convey the true meaning of the Hebrew and Greek scriptures. Please join us as we take a closer look! There is always hot coffee, so see you on Sunday!
Open Hearts Class
Apr 6
On Sunday the Open Hearts Class will begin a new study, “Spiritual Warfare”. “Throughout the Bible, Christians are warned to prepare for spiritual warfare. But as we look around us on a typical Sunday morning, everything looks as quiet and peaceful as it did before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Yet if we want to avoid a spiritual version of Pearl Harbor, we need to take the Bible’s warnings seriously. So in this study we are going to ask and answer three crucial questions: Who is our real enemy? What is their plan of attack? And how can we defend ourselves in battle and be victorious?”
We would like very much for you to join us at 10:00 on Sunday morning.
Carolyn Beaty
It’s that time of year again (some of us dread) –Tax Time! Come and join us as as we see what the Word of God says about paying our taxes. We always have coffee and something to eat.
Join us this Sunday as we get to know each other a little better – we will have Social Sunday starting at 10:00. Come and join us!
You are invited to the Open Hearts class on Sunday the 28th for a video presentation and discussion of a small part of the book of Acts. Amy Light has used this in the Footsteps class also. Actors and actresses portray events after the Resurrection, taking you back to that time. Please come and join us.
This week we will take a look at a secret disciple in the New Testament. He is mentioned in four gospels and once in the Old Testament. There will be hot coffee (or bottled water if you prefer) and something to eat. See you there!
This week we will wrap up the book of Acts. (Acts 25-28) We have learned about the beginning of Paul’s ministry and how much he sacrificed for the Good News of Christ. Please join us – we always have hot coffee and something to eat. See you there!
Join us as we continue in the book of Acts 17-20. It’s great that we have such an awesome pastor; we also may have good teachers and listen to a speaker teaching about the Bible. But how do we know if what we are hearing is the truth? This week we are going to focus on the importance of why it is so important to dust off that Bible and read it for ourselves. Won’t you join us? Always coffee and something to eat!
Ann Henry and Isabel Stafford with the prayer quilt
Ann Henry made a beautiful prayer quilt for Isabel Stafford and presented the quilt in the Open Hearts class this past Sunday morning. All members of the class prayed for Isabel over the quilt after it was given to her.
Join us the Sunday as we continue the book of Acts with chapter 14-17 Our class is in the same building as the chapel at the top of the stairs. We always have hot coffee and something good to eat. See you there!
