It’s not too late to provide food and/or generic gift items for children and adults to be placed into the Christmas gift baskets for our 35 recipient families this year.

If you prefer purchasing and wrapping a gift for a specific child, pick up an Angel from the tree in the Gathering Area.

Check out the December edition of the Open Door (see the "BETHEL GIFT GIVING REMINDERS" article) for more details on all these options, and have your items to the church no later than December 5th.  

If you can can help by bringing:
    2 Dozen Sandwiches
        and/or
    A Pot of Soup
to the church by 11:00 A.M. please contact the church office, telling us you name, phone number, and what you can bring.  

Actress Dianne Griffith appears in ANNE OF GREEN GABLES,  a heartwarming adaption of the classic novel.

Dianne portrays Marilla (her brother Matthew describes her as "a dreadful determined woman!") who takes in the talkative, imaginative orphan, Anne.

Show times are

• Friday, December 8th at 7:30,
• Saturday, the 9th at 7:30,
• Sunday the 10th at 2:00;
• Friday the 15th at 7:30,
• Saturday, the 16th at 7:30,
• and Sunday the 17th at 2:00.

Tickets available at TENNESSEE VALLEY THEATRE, 184 W Jackson Ave, Spring City, TN 37381

Phone423) 365-PLAY (7529)

Text: (865) 805-6670

Bethel's Transition Team has released its final report

You can access that report by clicking HERE.

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The Transition Team was formed after Rev. Nancy Coleman arrived at Bethel as our Interim Pastor.

The Team enlisted the help of the congregation to better define Bethel's identity and to determine where we felt God was leading us as we move into the future.

This process is crucial in helping us to determine who our next pastor should be.  

For the month of November our focus is on Personal Grooming Items (soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shaving items, etc.).

Our in-worship collection will be Sunday, November 20th.  

Remote Area Medical (RAM) is a major non-profit provider of free pop-up clinics.

Their mission is to prevent pain and alleviate suffering by providing free, quality health care to those in need. They do this by delivering free dental, vision and medical services to underserved and uninsured individuals. There are volunteer opportunities for everyone. Upcoming clinics dates and more information may be found at www.ramusa.org

Upcoming clinics nearby include:

• Coalfield December 8-10, 2023
• Cookeville March 15-17, 2024
• Harriman April 19-21, 2024 (Roane State Community College)

It's that time again at Bethel – the opportunity to offer the church your time and talents across our spectrum of activities and needs.

Please click below to download our Time and Talent signup form. The first two pages list all the volunteer opportunities, and the second two pages describe the current Session Teams' purposes.

If you see one or more items in which you are interested, please print out the form (you only need to print the first two pages) and check those items. Print your name and phone number at the bottom of page 2 and return the form to the church office – someone from the Session Teams will be in touch.

Thanks in advance for your participation in all that we're doing!!

Click HERE to download the Time and Talent form.

The most up to date version of the form will always be available at https://archive.bethelpcusa.org, under the FORMS tab.  

Bethel Choir will resume rehearsals on Wednesday, September 6.

We will rehearse in the choir room from 6:00-7:30 PM each Wednesday evening and we'll be working on weekly anthems as well as music for Fall and Advent.

All are welcome, no experience necessary.

Come and help us make a joyful noise to the Lord!

Flowers in our sanctuary are a way we bring some of the beauty of nature into our place of worship.

During these months when gardens are full of flowers, the church invites you to share your flowers for sanctuary arrangements.

Vases of various size and color can be found in the Bell Tower room along with assorted flower arranging supplies.

Are you interested in sharing flowers for Sunday Worship? Contact the church office at 376-6340 or by clicking/tapping HERE.

is available on the table in the Gathering Area. Be sure to pick one up today.

"To nurture the daily practice of prayer and the reading of Scripture, there is solid help in the pages of These Days. The devotions wrestle faithfully with the doubts, joys, and challenges of the Christian life."  

The church is collecting travel size hygiene items for Shower Ministry Hygiene Kits.

We are most in need of deodorant, shave cream, lotion, shampoo & conditioner. Full size towels are also needed. Please drop off items on the bench outside the church office.

Thank you for supporting this community ministry.  

Windows, Mirrors, glass of all kinds - everyone has them, but are they clean and streak free? They can be if you use Miracle Cloths!

Get two – one for the car and one for the house. Suggested donation: $6 for 1, $10 for 2.

Available in the church office.
All proceeds to the Building Fund.