OFFERING ON SEP 19/20, 2015Required for weekly budget: $40,182Received: $32,702 • Imagine: $2,901

AROUND BETHANYChild Dedications This Weekend:• Ruben&NicoleDunnink(EvanRuben)• Tim&ShaunnahTalbot(LillyannJoy)• Graeme&SarahKirkness(MadeleineGrace)

Plan to Prevent Meeting: ThuOct1,7pmintheFiresideRoom.AllChildren’sMinistryvolunteerswhohavenotyetattendedaPlantoProtectmeetingneedtocometothisone.RSVPtojaynet@bethanycc.caor905-937-5300x215.

Annual General Meeting (AGM):SunOct4,12:45pm.AllBethanyattendersareencouragedtoattend!Refreshmentsserved!Memberswillvoteoncertainleadershippositionsforthecomingyear.AnnualReports/proxyformsareinyourmailbox(members)andattheWelcomeCentre.

Directory Update: Ifyouhaveaname,address,phoneoremailchangeoraddition(ineffectafterMar2015),forwardittocarolyn@bethanycc.caor905-937-5300x200byFriOct16.

Checkoutbethanycc.ca,ourFacebookpage,Sep/OctEvents Guide, weekend bulletin and

Bethany eBulletinforupdatesandremindersonourotherministrystart-updatesthisfall!!

PRAISE & PRAYERDeepest Sympathy to...• Ted&KarenReihlandfamilyonthepassingof

Karen’smom,LoisJeanBrown,onWedSep23.

• ThefamilyandfriendsofBillMoline.BillpassedawayonFriSep25.

Lift Up in Prayer:EnriqueRodriguez,Wes&StephanieCollins,StephanieNeal-Loback

Praise & Prayer Room:Availableaftereachserviceforthoselookingforaquietplacetopray.Atrainedvolunteeristheretopraywithyouifyouwish.bethanycc.ca/praiseandprayer

KIOSKS THIS WEEKENDSENIOR ADULTS (55+): SignupforourhikeatQueenstonHeightscomingupon FriOct2,10am.Meetintheparkpavilion.Bringachairandlunch.

WORSHIP ARTS: KidsinGr.3-6areinvitedtosignuptoparticipateinthe Kids’Musical,CamelLot,cominguponDec12/13duringtheweekendservices.

SIGN-UP: Registerforthe“IStillDo”MarriageSimulcastcominguponSatOct17,9amto5pmatBethany.$25US/personuntilSep30.istilldo.com

SPORTS: Signupyourkids(SK-Gr.6)for UpwardBasketball&Cheerleading(Dec2015toMar2016).Also,volunteertobeacoach,refereeorhelper!

MISSIONS: VisitwithAllisonNorgtolearnmoreaboutthemedicalmissionsteamheadingtoLima,Peru.Lookingforateamof8-10peopletojoinus.

GROUP LIFE:• GetconnectedthroughLifeTeams,Biblestudies

andeventscomingupthisfall.

• Pickupthisweek’sLifeTeamStudyGuide.

• Placeatieinandprayovertwoprayerquilts-oneforLindaandtheotherfortheTiessenfamily.

September 26/27, 2015Saturday,6:45pm•Sunday,9:30&11:10am

REDEMPTION’SSTORY

Paradise LostPastorLarryShantzspeaking

Counselling Services Available

Wecontinuetooffersupporttoindividuals,families,volunteersandstaff.ResourcepeoplefromtheSexual Misconduct & Abuse Resource/Response Team (SMARRT)areavailabletospeakwithyou.Nocosttotheindividual.The number to call to speak with a counsellor is 519-745-8458.Itisoursincereprayerthatthesesessionswillhelpbringhealing.Pleasecontinueyourprayersupportforallinvolved.

REDEMPTION’SSTORY

Paradise Lost

RESPONSE FORMSeptember 26/27, 2015

I would like:

moreinfoaboutbecomingaChristfollower

moreinfoaboutBethany

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tobeincludedintheBethanyPhone&AddressDirectory(fillininfobelow)

offeringenvelopes(fillininfobelow)

toarrange“directdebit”forofferings

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tosubscribetotheBethanyeBulletin(fillinemailbelowORvisitbethanycc.ca)

moreinfoaboutLifeTeams(participating,leading,coaching)

moreinfoaboutsupport&recovery(CelebrateRecovery,TheLanding)

Other:

Life in the Garden of Eden Before the Fall:• ManlivedinharmonywithGod• Manlivedinharmonywitheachother• Manlivedinharmonywithhimself• Manlivedinharmonywithcreation• Deathhadnotyetenteredthepicture

Life in the Garden of Eden After the Fall:• HarmonybetweenGodandmanwasshattered• Harmonybetweenmankindwasshattered• Harmonywithhimselfisshattered• Harmonywithcreationisnowshattered• Becauseofsin,deathnowenterstheworld

Sin Separates Us From a Holy God:• Allhavesinned(Romans3:23)• WhoshallascendintothepresenceofGod?

(Psalm24:3-4a)

How Do I Open Myself to God Cleansing My Hands & Purifying My Heart?1. IinviteGodtobepresentinmylifeinthemidstof

temptation(Genesis3:1-3;Colossians2:6-10)

2.Imustownuptomysinandpracticehonestconfession(Genesis3:4-13;1John1:9)

3.Imustunderstandthehorribleramificationsofsin(Genesis3:21,4:3-7;Galatians6:1)

4.ImustaskGodtohelpmetoseehowsindestroyslives(Romans6:23;Genesis4:8-10,6:5-8)

A Promise in the Midst of Man’s Brokenness:• Thepro-evangelical(Genesis3:14-15;1Peter1:18-21)• Theseedoftheserpentwillstriketheheelofman

(Romans8:18-21)• Theseedofthewomanwillcrushtheheelofthe

serpent(Galatians3:16,4:4-7;Revelation12:7-11a)• Thepromiseof1John1:9

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