BETHANY e-BULLETIN 9.16.2021
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Our livestream worship service Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m. is available on our website at bethanymoline.com and on Facebook for those who choose to or need to stay home.
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WILDCAT DEN PICNIC
& HIKE
Bring your friends and family for
this fun, all-church event! Meet at
the main shelter at Wildcat Den.
Bring meat to cook on a stick (hot dogs, brats, etc.), buns, table service, and beverages for you and your guests, and a side or dessert to share with everyone. You'll also want to bring a lawn chair. After lunch, you can enjoy a hike to the Old Mill or visit at the picnic site.
Click on the photo for a map to Wildcat Den. Expand the map to find your way to the shelter.
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Our adult Equipping Hour class will focus on three views of the end times: premilennialism, amilennialism, and postmilennialism. The class begins this Sunday at 9:00a in the Fellowship Hall.
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Men's and Women's Bible studies will begin October 6th!
Both will meet on the 1st & 3rd Wed of October, November & December from 9 to 11.
The men will be doing a study in Hebrews by John MacArthur and will
meet at the Blomquist home.
The women will be doing a study by Priscilla Shirer,
"He Speaks to Me," meeting at the church.
For more details contact David or Robin Blomquist (797-4517)
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For the month of September, Bethany Baptist Church Food Pantry will receive a $1 donation from each purchase of the $2.50 reusable red "My Heart" Bag at the Hy-Vee store located at the Hy-Vee at 750 42nd Avenue Drive, Moline.
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Thirteen million people from the US have reported near-death experiences — that is 1 in every 25 Americans. People who flatlined both in their heart and their brain for extended periods of time, where it was physically impossible for them to have any conscious experience at all, and yet they report that they did. And their reports have many common threads that they share. Not all have the exact same experience, but the similarities are hard to ignore. So, as Bible-believing Christians, what do we make of this?
Two things come to mind: First, no one’s experience trumps the Word of God — it either aligns with God’s word, or it is to be ignored. God is not giving new revelation (Revelation 22:18-19). Second, we must ask the question, do all of these near-death experiences consist of having time in heaven? Have any gone the other way?
Join us this Sunday as we explore that question and see what Scripture teaches about “the other place!"
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A NOTE FROM PASTOR JERRY
Of all the things we have lost or seem to have lost during the past
18 months, perhaps the most significant is civil discourse, the
ability to discuss and argue differing points of view without
taking those disagreements personally. It seems many
have converted secular belief systems into religion. Disagreement
is treated like heresy and must be silenced. Even doubt is slapped down in order to preserve the “true doctrine” taught by their particular narrative of events. It saddens me also to see when Christians join into this dangerous pattern. You would think that we of all people would be able to major on the majors and focus our attention on eternal truths, while letting temporary truths take their rightful place in the “who knows?” category, but no.
As church leaders, it is our job to equip the saints to do better. To be part of the solution.
In that effort, we are beginning this Sunday with a 6-session debate about the end times. To some, that may seem off-point to our current life experiences, but we will demonstrate that each view we present has present-day and real-world consequences. The real benefit of this study, however, is for us to model for and motivate our fellow believers in agreeing to disagree in a spirit of love, generosity, and good humor. We could have chosen any subject for this lesson, but Bryan, Scott, and I happen to disagree on this subject, so it turns out to be a good place to teach this skill.
Please plan to join us in the Fellowship Hall at 9am this Sunday for this vital study!
See you on Sunday!
Jerry Schrick, Senior Pastor
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September 5, 2021 Weekly Need 2021: $6,656
Attendance 81 YTD Budget $ 246,272
Giving $ 6,196 YTD Giving $ 193,290
September 12, 2021
Attendance 89
Giving $ 3,840
Student  Ministry -
Students in 6th - 12th grades meet
Tuesdays at 6:30 starting in the gym.
Invite your friends!
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Use our online giving portal as you are led to give your tithes and your offerings by clicking HERE.
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To access our online church directory, you can go to our website by clicking here. Please submit additions or changes you may have to the church office so that we can keep the directory up to date.
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Click on the calendar icon to view the Bethany calendar of events.
September 16-22: Equipping Hour class begins, Cookout, Food Pantry
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Thanks to all who give to the Food Pantry through United Way. Through your donation, we feed over 100 families each year, averaging 30 families each month.
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