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Upcoming Events .:.  Winter 2010

Please join us on Sunday morning for the 10:00 am Worship Service or check with the church office or the newsletter below for more information on what's happening now.

To see information about One Great Hour of Sharing, click here. One Great Hour of Sharing

To see what is happening at Bethel this week visit our newsletter at Weekly Highlights

To see what is happening at Bethel during February visit our monthly newsletter at Monthly Newsletter

To see what is happening within the Central Pacific Conference visit the conference website at CPC website

More information on the United Church of Christ, our faith, worship, and ministries, can be found on the UCC website.


Mission: Water Supply in Rural Haiti

See Susan Smith's presentation about the wonderful work that is being done to bring heathful water

to rural Haiti. A four part .pdf document.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Lent

Ash Wednesday begins the Season of Lent, which is the 40-day period not counting Sundays before Good Friday. Lent commemorates the time Jesus spent in the wilderness at the beginning of his ministry, struggling with demons and deciding who he was to be and what he was to do. The season of Lent reenacts this time of searching and it also looks forward to the passion of the Crucifixion and the celebration of the Resurrection. It is, then, a time of preparation, of solemn soul searching, of decision, and commitment to action.

Ash Wednesday

On Ash Wednesday we utalize ashes to remind us of our mortality and of our reliance on God. The ashes come from burning the Palm branches from the previous Holy Week. Ashes are marked on the forehead---either in the shape of a cross or an X--the Greek letter Chi, standing for Christ--as a sign that we belong to Christ---and to each other as we share in this community.

Tenebrae

Tenebrae is Latin for shadows or darkness. A service of Tenebrae service contains readings from the gospels which describe the time between the Last Supper and the Passion of Christ, including the last words of Jesus. On Thursday, April 1 at 7:00 pm, we will have a service of Tenebrae.

Easter Sunday

Bethel will have Easter Service on April 4, at 10:00 am, childcare and an Easter Egg Hunt are also on tap.

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