February 22, 2021
Dear Friends,
There is much going on this week and the weeks of Lent. Children's Sunday School began yesterday for the Lenten Season. Thanks to the Study team and to parents for making this happen for our children. They certainly enjoy these times of Christian Formation. On Wednesday we begin the Adult Lenten Study (youth are also most welcome). We will look at the Spirituals. Specifically on Wednesday we will discuss the following songs: O Brothers, Don't Get Weary, No Hiding Place, My Way's Cloudy, and Sometimes I feel Like a Motherless Child. Everyone is welcome to join us at 6:30pm. Please contact the church office for Zoom access information.
On Saturday, Bethel will host the Family Promise Loads of Love Laundry event from 10am to 12noon. If you would like to volunteer to pass out laundry items to community members, please let me know. And then on Sunday after worship, we will have our annual congregational meeting at 11:45am via Zoom. We will reflect on the last year, look ahead into 2021, and give thanks for God's faithfulness to us in all times. Please contact the church office for Zoom access information.
The Session approved for Bethel to participate in a Habitat for Humanity Build beginning in March. We will join other churches in the Presbytery along with Edward Jones Financial. You may sign up to volunteer at
this link. Site location is available here also. Parking is limited on site so you are encouraged to car pool. Also, Norma, the recipient speaks limited English so anyone that can speak Spanish would be greatly appreciated to volunteer. Lusanne Sills is the project coordinator for Bethel. You can contact her with questions or to carpool. You can contact her by clicking
HERE, or by phone at: 303-594-8933. Thanks to Lusanne and Joe Coen for doing all the leg work for Bethel's participation. Attached to this letter is more information about the recipient family, details about the build, and COVID requirements.
Congratulations to Bryson Turnbill on achieving his Eagle Scout Award this past week. We are very proud of this Bethel youth. We offer prayers of thanksgiving that Jon Hettrick's treatment and surgery have been successful in getting him to the point of being cancer free. Please continue to pray for those suffering with COVID, with covid related illnesses, with other medical conditions, as well as all those nationwide who are recovering from extreme weather events and those grieving the loss of loved ones to the cold weather. I received word that a common friend of mine and Mark Banker's, and fellow Presbyterian, Gaines Pittenger, had surgery in Nashville for a broken back. He remains there recovering and hoping to have feeling return to his legs. His family has requested that we add Gaines to our prayers.
Here's a note from Judy Moyer:
Friends, as many of you know, the past year has been difficult for me. I've negotiated the deaths of both parents and other close relatives, weathered Covid, and more. Your many kindnesses - in person, through cards, letters, and Facebook messages, have deeply touched Charlie and me, in particular because I began working at Bethel not long before the pandemic began. Thank you so much for reaching out with your hearts and making Bethel feel more and more like home when we're not even meeting in person.
Judy Moyer
I pray that you will have a meaningful Lenten journey and am glad to be a fellow traveler with you.
Grace and peace,
Wendy
Sundays at Bethel 
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