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E-NEWS

November 20, 2020

Coming Up


POSTPONED to December 13, 2020
 
Its time to order your poinsettias! Help us decorate the sanctuary for Advent and spread some holiday cheer by placing your order now! This year they will be on display in the sanctuary for the entire Advent season.  Remember that your poinsettia(s) can be designated in memory of a loved one or to honor someone in your life.  
Following the Christmas Eve services, you can take your plant, or choose to donate it to be given to a homebound member.

Poinsettias are $10.00 each. Please click the button below to register for your plants.

The deadline has been extended to November 30th
Click here to purchase your poinsettias
Advent Devotional and Wreath Kit
In little more than a week, we will be entering into the season of Advent. This year, members of Bethany EPC family will have the opportunity to join around their tables to reflect on the coming of Christ through a provided weekly bible devotional to be used with an advent wreath. A fun, make-your-own, advent wreath kit will be provided by Congregational Life, which you can pick up this Sunday, November 22. Sign-up for the devotional and wreath kit by clicking the link below.  The devotional will be included with the wreath kit or can be sent to you separately via email.
Register for your Advent Devotional & Wreath Kit
This past year has been difficult in many ways, but it has also been a time to appreciate how God has made His presence known to us in matters both large and small. Join us Wednesday, November 25th at 7:00 p.m. for a service of worship thanking God for his many blessings.

Registration for this service is required. You can sign-up to be at the service in-person or to join us virtually via Zoom. Whichever way you choose to join us, there will be an opportunity to share a short testimony of thanks to God.
Click here to Register for the Thanksgiving Eve Service IN-PERSON
Click here to Register for the Thanksgiving Eve Service via ZOOM
The recipient of this year's Thanksgiving Offering is the Traveller’s Oasis Centre (TOC), a boarding school for girls in Sultan Halmud, Kenya, AFRICA, which Bethany has supported for many years. The school includes African traditionalists and Muslims as well as Christians.  This school has seen many non-Christians come to the Lord. T.O.C. caters to poor girls, 
providing not only academic and vocational training but also physical and spiritual nourishment.

If you wish to donate, make your check to Bethany EPC and put "Thanksgiving Offering" in the memo block. This gift is over and above your regular giving to Bethany.
Click Here to Give Online (select Thanksgiving)

Advent Small Group Study

Fridays 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., December 4, 11 & 18 via Zoom
Join Kathy Rezer and Natalie McDonald this December as we focus on Advent to prepare for Jesus. We will use The Purpose of Christmas DVD, featuring three sessions taught by Rick Warren on why we celebrate Christmas and how it can change our lives forever. At the very first Christmas -- the birth of Jesus -- an angel announced three things. In those three statements of the angel, we find the three purposes of Christmas. The three sessions on this DVD look at each of those purposes. We will watch, reflect, and discuss in order to intentionally prepare our hearts for the coming of our Savior. Contact Natalie McDonald to receive the zoom link: natalie_mcdonald@verizon.net or 484-343-3715. 

You're Invited

December 5th at 5:00 p.m on the front lawn at Bethany

We invite all to join us as we enter into the holiday season. You can begin the celebration of Christmas here at Bethany by attending our Christmas Tree Lighting and Nativity Scene on the front lawn. There will be a short service with carols, a message of celebration, a nativity scene composed of children, and the lighting of the Christmas tree. This event will bring us together and remind everyone of the light that Jesus brings into the world and into our hearts.

Everyone is welcome and if kids would like to participate by being a character in the nativity scene they can register on the church website. We are so looking forward to celebrating Jesus together this season.

Registration to attend this service is not required. Don't forget to bring a chair or blanket to sit on and be sure to wear a face mask. 

If you are able, please consider partnering with us in our support of the Gaudenzia House in Philadelphia. We will be collecting new hats, gloves, and face masks for women and children at this event. 

RightNow Media

RightNow Media Spotlight
Eyewitness Bible Series - Acts Session 2
 
In this video, an actor portrays Peter and narrates the beginning of the Church as recorded in Acts 2-5. He emphasizes the overwhelming joy new followers experienced once they heard the Good News and how God added to their numbers daily. He also details the trials Christians faced while navigating just what this newfound faith should look like. As we continue to be the Church today, let's take a look back at just what God intended for His Church to look and act like, without neglecting to share in the joy we had at first and to remain steadfast through the trials we face today.
Click here to watch the series

In-person Worship

Registration Required
There's still time to register for the indoor blended service this Sunday, November 22nd. 
 
We ask that you please register to be sure we will have room to safely accommodate you in the Sanctuary. Anyone who does not register first will be seated in the Wanamaker Room until it is clear that there is room for you to be seated in the Sanctuary. Thank you for your understanding.
Click to Register for November 22nd Indoor Service @ 10:45 a.m.

Livestream Worship

Worship Service LiveStream
Sunday Mornings at 10:45 a.m.
Meets on Bethany EPC YouTube channel or your Facebook app.

(live at 10:30 a.m.)
Click here Sunday @ 10:45 am to join us LIVE on YouTube for Worship
Click here Sunday @ 10:45 am to join us LIVE on Facebook for Worship
Click Here for Sunday's Bulletin
Children's Worship Bulletin Age 3 to 6
Children's Worship Bulletin Age 7+
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