Mount Bethel UMC

Dear Church, Alice Matthews posted the following on her Facebook page this week: “Colin and Finn are serving communion to each other with their dinner bread and lemonade. Colin: ‘The body of Christ for you, Finn. The blood of Christ shed for you,’ as Finn dips. Colin is even holding the piece of bread up to tear it.” We shouldn’t be surprised. Child development experts compare young children to sponges, ready to soak up whatever they...

 Did you know that you can sponsor a child for $9 per week during the school year and $12.50 per week during the summer?  School Year                                      Summer Months $9.00 for a week                                  $12.50 for a week $36 for a month                                    $50.00 for a month  Our Missions team would like to provide summer gift cards for the 16 children that we support weekly like we did...

This coming Sunday we will be celebrating “Good Shepherd Sunday” as well as “Festival of God’s Creation” at 8:45 and 11:00. I invite you to read Psalm 23 and Revelation 7:9-17 in preparation. What are the current ordeals we are going through as people of God’s Creation? What does it mean for us that the Lamb is our Shepherd? With Christ’s Peace, and see you Sunday! Pastor...

The Season of Easter Did  you know that Easter is actually 50 days long? We go all out on Easter Sunday morning to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, and the celebration is too fantastic to keep to one day. As a church, during these 50 days, we ask ourselves this question:  “So what?”   So what, that Jesus rose from the dead?  If our lives are not changed by this truth, then we are most to be pitied (to paraphrase...

HOLY WEEK, March 24 – 31 Holy Week is the pivotal week that allows us to proclaim Christ as Lord and Savior. The hope of the world depends on the cross and the empty tomb….death and resurrection; we cannot separate the two – death without resurrection is despair; resurrection without first death is incomprehensible. The Worship Team and Pastor invites the church to fully live out this most Holy of Weeks before the watching...

Around the Table: Each Wednesday during Lent (March 6, 13, 20) 6:15 – 7:00 p.m. Gather around the table during the season of Lent for a simple meal of soup, bread, water, and fellowship. Each week, a different person will be invited to share his or her faith story, and we will conclude by sharing in Holy Communion. All ages are invited, including children. If you are able, bring your own cup, bowl and spoon. Please call the church...