Please join us, and invite your family, friends, and neighbors!

‘Sounds of the Season 2015’: 6 p.m. Sunday, December 13!

Come celebrate the season with Carol Singing, Christmas Choir, Children’s Choir, Brass Quintet, Four Sibling Violinists, Pianist, and Narration. Stay, and join us

at 7 p.m. for our Christmas Dinner in the Fellowship Hall.

Please make sure to bring two salad/vegetable/dessert dishes, so we will have enough food for our guests. The church will furnish the meat, rolls, and drinks.

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OTHER 2015 BETHANY

CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES!

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY CHRISTMAS PARTY: 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, December 16.

CHRISTMAS-EVE-CANDLELIGHT SERVICE: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, December 24.

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Our sympathy and Christian love belong to the family members of longtime Bethany member Rob Myers, who passed away November 21.

Sympathy also to Judy Worner at the November 19 death of her sister-in-law Vickie, and to Susan and Dave O’Holleran at the November 27 death of her father, Eugene Pathel. In addition, Dr. Emmet V. Mittlebeeler, who was a Bethany charter member, died October 28 at 100 years of age. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Additional volunteer nursery workers are needed for Bethany’s Sunday Morning Worship services. Call Angela Lane, at (404) 625-0454, if you can minister to our church in this significant manner. __________________________________________________________________________________ All Bethany members are invited to the Eagle Scout Court of Honor for Zachary Nichlis Phillips at 3 p.m. Saturday, December 12, at Crescent Hill United Methodist Church, which is located at 201 South Peterson Avenue. A reception will follow this ceremony in the fellowship hall there. Please contact Teresa Phillips if you can come. ___________________________________________________________________________________

Amy Burrows-Beckham; Jeff and Katie Bennett; Tim and Karen Brown; Sarah Flannery; Maureen Gaynor; Tony and Jean Koester; Chuck and Sally Lynch; Helena Mink; Donald L. Stuber; and April Zirnheld have contributed to “I Love Bethany” in loving memory of Rob Myers. ___________________________________________________________________________________

Current needs at the Louisville Rescue Mission are these winter items that are intended for both men and women:

—scarves, —hats,

—gloves, and

—socks. Place these items on the white shelves situated across from our Church Office. ___________________________________________________________________________________

Be sure that you sign up on the long sheet, on the second-floor-hallway bulletin board—by this Sunday, December 6—to order your red

Christmas poinsettias for our Sanctuary at $12 apiece. Indicate both the donor(s), and for whom each plant is intended as either a memorial or an honorary gift!

CALENDAR OF EVENTS Wednesday, December 2 6:15 p.m.-Nursery/Mission Friends/BethanyKids/BSM (Bethany Student Ministry) 6:30-Adult Prayer Mtg. Thursday, December 3 8 a.m.-Men’s Bible Study (Church Parlor) 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.-MDO 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.-Quilters Friday, December 4 6:30 p.m.-Youth take Christ- mas presents to shut-ins Saturday, December 5 6:30 p.m.-T3 Mtg. (Parlor) Sunday, December 6 8:45 a.m.-Altar Prayer 9:15-Sunday School 10:30-Morning Worship, with The Lord’s Supper 12:30 p.m.-Korean Church 4:15-Adult Worship Choir Rehearsal 6:30-Business Mtg. Monday, December 7 3 p.m.-Women-on-Mission Mtg. (FH) Tuesday, December 8 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.-MDO Wednesday, December 9 6:15 p.m.-Nursery/Mission Friends/BethanyKids/BSM 6:30-Adult Prayer Mtg. Thursday, December 10 8 a.m.-Men’s Bible Study 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.-MDO 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.-Quilters Saturday, December 12 9:30 a.m.-Christmas-Cantata Dress Rehearsal Sunday, December 13 9:15 a.m.-Sunday School 10:30-Morning Worship 6 p.m.-Christmas Cantata, followed by Potluck Dinner Tuesday, December 15 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.-MDO Wednesday, December 16 6:15 p.m.-Children’s Ministry Christmas Party 6:30-Adult Prayer Mtg. Thursday, December 17 8 a.m.-Men’s Bible Study 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.-MDO 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.-Quilters Sunday, December 20 9:15 a.m.-Sunday School 10:30-Morning Worship (No p.m. activities)

December 2, 2015

Volume 51, Issue 21

2319 Taylorsville Road, Louisville, KY 40205 Phone: 502-452-2681 www.bethanylouisville.com

AT A GLANCE:

Weekly Budget Needs $4,725.00

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015

Weekly Budget Offering $5,843.21

Designated Offering $ 203.00

Attendance: Sunday School 53 / Morning Worship 76 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Weekly Budget Offering $3,442.30

Designated Offering $ 902.75

Attendance: Sunday School 56 / Morning Worship 99 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Given to “I Love Bethany” $ 610.00

“I Love Bethany” Fund Balance $3,242.00

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