THE BETHANIA BLADE

September 2014

Rally Day! Calling all members of Bethania: Autumn SCS and

Church Activities Kick off with our Annual Rally Day on Sunday September 7! Activities kick off with a re-located outdoor worship at 9:00. We’ll be using the lawn around the Wright Ave. Sanctuary en-trance where the lawn is more even and there is plenty of sidewalk for chairs and even a center aisle for communion!

We’ll then move down to the fellowship hall for an indoor picnic (to trick those pesky bugs!) The church will provide sandwiches and beverages with members asked to sign up for side dishes and dessert. Kids, Youth, and anyone else who would be in-terested are invited to bring an item (at least 50% cotton works best) to Tie Dye after they eat!

Don’t miss the fun! Feel free to bring friends.

Let’s fill that lawn for worship and remind our

neighbors that Bethania is here and has much

to offer on Sunday mornings!

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BETHANIA LUTHERAN CHURCH

STAFF

Pastor: Rev. Heather Bumstead

Church Secretary: Karen Dunn

Custodian: Mike Imhoff

Church Office: bethania@tds.net

CHURCH OFFICE HOURS

262-632-7267

MONDAY, TUESDAY,

WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY

2:30PM – 5:00 PM

FRIDAY

10:00AM – 2:00PM

Please be sure to sign up for a Sunday to host the

Coffee Fellowship Hour after worship service.

Serving In September

September 7—open

September 14—Altar Guild September 21 Keith Webster

September 28—open

Please remember to sign up for the months October, November &

December

Weekly Offering

August2014

August 3 36 $1,621.00

August 10 63 $2,060.00

August 17 52 $1,190.00

August 24 44 $1,196.00

August 31 n/a n/a

Article Page Number

Bible Readings 4

Birthdays 5

Calendar of Events Insert Page

Rally Day Cover

Pastor’s Pages 3

Kid Zone Sleep Over 10

Confirmation News 9

Worship Assistants 11

Website 8

Volunteers 11

Shut In’s 4

Summer Splash 8

Kid Zone Campfire 10

Post Cards 11

Totals 195 $6,067.00

Lock In 6

Coffee Hour Hosts 2

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Pastor’s Page:

Autumn is here (by the way, did we have Summer this year?) and with it a flurry of activities. Our calendars fill up fast as September approaches and Bethania is

no exception. There are several exciting opportunities listed in the pages of this month’s newsletter. But one thing stays pretty constant: Worship.

Worship connects us to God and to one another as a church family. It gives us a chance to thank God and to grow in our faith. Worship reminds us of what is truly

meaningful and powerful in our lives and, in the “ordinary” week to week singing, listening, praying, and declaring it strengthens us in ways that are often invisible

to the eye.

This month isn’t the first time I will take the opportunity to remind us that God

wants us to participate in worship and in the life of our congregation for US… not for him. But this month I have a powerful example of why that is.

A colleague at Froedtert showed me an article of appre-

ciation about a Nun who had recently died. The piece noted that, before she took on the vocation of a nun, this

Sister had been a wife and mother. Tragically, a house

fire killed all four of her young sons. She was often asked how she had survived the tragic death of her family. One

of her friends describes her response: “the hard times are why she lived her faith day to day so

she had a foundation to get through the bad times.“

I pray that none of us will face such tragic and difficult circumstances, but I also know that some of us will, anyway. What I most want for each of you is a faith

that can sustain you through pain and difficulty, even when it doesn’t have all the answers.

I can’t promise the sermon will always be memorable, but I promise that our faithful and gracious God is here amongst us on Sunday morning seeking to

strengthen and bless each one of you.

Blessings,

Pastor Heather

What I most want for each of

you is a faith that can sus-

tain you through pain and

difficulty, even when it does-

n’t have all the answers.

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Sunday, September 7, 2014

Sunday, September 14 ,2014 /

Holy Cross Day

First Reading: Numbers 21:4b-9

Psalm: Psalm 98:1-4 or 78: 1-2, 34-38

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:18-24

Gospel: John 3:13-17

Sunday, September 21, 2014

First Reading: Jonah 3:10-4:11

Psalm: Psalm 145:1-8

Second Reading: Philippians 1:21-30

Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16

First Reading: Ezekiel 33:7-11

Psalm: Psalm 119:33-40

Second Reading: Romans 13:8-14

Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20

First Reading: Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32

Psalm: Psalm 25:1-9

Second Reading: Philippians 2:1-13

Gospel: Matthew 21:23-32

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Bethania Shut– List

(to the best of our knowledge as of

6/22/2014)

Glen Anderson 2062 Georgia Avenue

Racine, WI 53404 262-634-2064

Florence DuPuis

5311 Douglas Ave Apt 313 Racine WI 53402

262-639-3925

George & Margaret Jacobsen

1335 Virginia Street Racine WI 53405-2718

262-634-7633

Ms. Lillian Mathison C/o St. Monica's Assisted Living

3920 N Green Bay Rod Room 55 Racine WI 53404-1416

262-681-4916

Erik Nielsen 3102 Wander Lane

Mount Pleasant WI 53406-5145 262-598-9118

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SeptemberBirthdays

Please accept our apologies if your birth-day has been omitted or is noted incor-rectly, please notify the church office 632-

7267. As soon as possible.

Elizabeth Brown 1

Ashley Miller 1

William Krause 2

Leo Miller 2

Kurtis Webster 4

Logan Schoff 6

Calaway Alderson 8

Patricia Dodge 8

Jamie Jensen 8

Brittney McIntosh 8

Camren McIntosh 8

Andrew Nielsen 8

Preston Bishop 10

Kailey Moneypenny 10

Jennifer O’Connor 10

Hannah Youngquist 12

Madge Draper 13

Eric Kaminski 13

Sara Hagerman 14

Dakota Kechter 14

Molly Imhoff 17

Anne Woodward 17

Sylvia Nielsen 19

Cathi Webster 19

Cleo Burrow 24

George Jacobsen 30

Michael Myren 30

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Best Lock-In …Ever!

The annual Fall Lock In will be held Friday, October 31… that’s right: Halloween (youth who are participating in School Events that

evening are invited to join us afterward). A variety of scary and not-so-scary activities will be in store, but FIRST, Youth will be in-

vited to help with Bethania’s Trick-or-Treat Event. We will set up a campfire, hot cider and trick-or-treat stations around the Church.

Candy for the neighborhood kids and SMOREs for us! Costumes strongly encouraged (but bring a change of clothes for the rest of

the night!)

The usual Lock-In fun will follow including a brand-new activity or two, pizza, & junk food.

Youth Night Corn Maze Trip

We will continue to have Youth Night on the First Wednesday of the month starting

again in October! Our first event will be a field trip to Borzynski’s CORN MAZE! We will leave from Church

at 5:30 on Wednesday, October 1. Adults are welcome and at least one Adult with a

Van is needed to help. Admission for anyone over age 12 is $8:50. Youth may also

meet the group at Borzynskis at 5:45.

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Bethania To Host RUSD Transitional Worksite Program:

On Mondays during the School Year Bethania will host a students and teachers of a spe-

cial Unified School District Class designed to help students transition from school to work.

From 8:-2:30 the class will be here performing job duties (mostly cleaning) in the morn-

ing, lunch in the Fellowship Hall, and homework and other activities after lunch. This will

be a small class supervised by three teachers. Their services to the congregation are

given in exchange for use of the space. This is wonderful opportunity for us to help

these worthy students and teachers.

Mark Your Calendars:

Our annual Pet Blessing service is set for Sunday, October 5

at 11:00 a.m.

L.A.C.E. Scholarships Awarded:

Bethania honored this year’s recipients of the Love And Caring Endowment scholarships at worship on Sunday, August 17.

This year’s honorees are: Nicole Borgardt: Graduate of Case High School returning to UW Parkside this Fall

Mia Guion: Graduate of Prairie School returning to Iowa State this Fall Tatiana Krause: Graduate of Prairie School returning to Iowa State this Fall.

Annika Nielsen: Graduate of Westosha Central High School returning to Carthage College this Fall.

Erick Nielsen: Graduate of Westosha Central High School is going to Carthage College this

Fall.

Confirmation is set for Sunday, October 26th

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Lutheranism 101:

Adults who want to will be invited to discuss a series of short articles in this special edi-

tion of “The Lutheran” magazine over coffee around the Hearth Room’s round table after

the kids go downstairs.

Lutheran Handbook for Youth:

Youth will be invited to join in a discussion of Lutheran faith an life that uses “The Lutheran

Handbook” to engage faith, life, and the Bible in an interesting, even humorous way.

Kid Zone Kids: Communion:

The Kid Zone multi-age class for elementary students will continue this fall

and begins with a special unit on Holy Communion! Each child will receive and

use the book A Place For You: My Holy Communion Book by Daniel Erlander to

learn all about the sacrament and gain a greater appreciation of this special gift from God.

New Class for Older Kids!

Older pre-High School kids will have their own SCS class this fall: “Connect Kids”. The

class uses a fun curriculum that uses a variety of methods from videos to craft activi-

Sunday Church School:

Sunday Church School will resume on Sunday Sept. 14. SCS goes from 10:30-11:00

and has several offerings:

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Our Scouts Help With “Kampfire”

Curtis Webster and Scoutleader Keith Webster from Bethania’s own Boy Scout Troop

#242 helped to make the final Kid Zone event of the Summer a success! Kids and

Scouts gathered at the church for a campfire where they feasted on a supper of

campfire roasted hot dogs with a dessert of the classic campfire treat: Smores! The

Scouts not only helped with the fire, they taught the kids songs and lead them in fun

activities!

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Kid Zone Sleepover a Success:

The Church lights were on late into the night of August 8 as Kid Zone kids gathered for

the annual “Sleepover” event. Fun, games, treats, and even a puppet theatre play put

on by the kids were all a part of the fun. The kids finally laid out their sleeping bags to

watch “The Lego Movie” waaay past their normal bedtimes! Pastor Heather says that,

surprisingly, the kids were much easier to wake up the next morning than the Youth are

during Lock Ins! Special thanks to Jerod Alderson who volunteered to help and tried his

best to wear the kids out by running them around!

Dominic Shawhan, Eli Imhoff, & Calaway Alderson Everyone!

Calaway

the gang

Dominic Shawhan & Eli Imhoff

Olivia Imhoff & Natalie Shawhan

Natalie

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2014 WORSHIP ASSISTANT SCHEDULE

September 7, 2014

Worship Assistant: Vicki Thiery Acolyte: Jakob Jensen

Communion Assistant: Karen Fernandez Communion Bread: Anne Woodward

Lector: Irma Anderson Flowers:

Ushers: Bill and Liz Krause Coffee Hour: OPEN

September 14, 2014

Worship Assistant: Jerod Alderson Acolyte: Rachel Rybarik

Communion Assistant: Caitlyn Webster Communion Bread: Bread

Lector: Robin Barnes Flowers:

Ushers: Ed & Jacci Young Coffee Hour: Altar Guild

September 21, 2014

Worship Assistant: Jeff Alderson Acolyte: Kurtis Webster

Communion Assistant: Jacob Hansen Communion Bread: Grete Loschenkohl

Lector: Jerod Alderson Flowers:

Ushers: The Imhoff Family Coffee Hour: Keith Webster

September 28, 2014

Worship Assistant: Bill Krause Acolyte: Ashley Borgardt

Communion Assistant: Leo Miller Communion Bread: Bread

Lector: Deb Borgardt Flowers:

Ushers: The Borgardt Family Coffee Hour: OPEN

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BETHANIA LUTHERAN CHURCH

STAFF

Pastor: Rev. Heather Bumstead

Church Secretary: Karen Dunn

Custodian: Mike Imhoff

Church Office: bethania@tds.net

CHURCH OFFICE HOURS

262-632-7267

MONDAY, TUESDAY,

WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY

2:30PM – 5:00 PM

FRIDAY

10:00AM – 2:00PM

Bethania Lutheran Church - ELCA

4120 Wright Avenue

Racine WI 53405

Monday

September 1. 2014

Church office Closed!

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