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Just for Fun: the Apostle Paul’s Top Ten

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

TOP TEN THINGS THE APOSTLE PAUL WOULD HAVE DONE IF HE HAD A PC
10. Download MP3’s of the Righteous Brothers for entertainment while on those long, tedious missionary journeys
9. Visit WebMD.com about that persistent pain in flesh
8. Spiritual armor would include virus protection software
7. “To live is Christ, to die is to have a 28K […]

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Learnings from Jan Term

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

I am taking Searching the Unsearchable…  with Joseph Christopherson.  I learned that it’s okay not to understand everything there is to know about God.  After all, He is infinite!!!  (Sam Shick)
From Searching the Unsearchable…
I hadn’t really given much thought to the concept of “Who controls our soul?” before.  It’s akin to “Who controls our behaviors?” […]

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December Begins with a Bang

Friday, November 30th, 2007

What’s News Around Bethel:

This Sunday: Have you tried the Wired 9:00 a.m. venue yet? This up-tempo worship service is in the fellowship hall and features Dave Dawson as emcee.  There’s a 3-in-1 missions team report in Desert View at 6:30, where you’ll get the opportunity to hear about kingdom pursuits in 3 areas of the […]

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Got Goals?

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

At the Leadership Briefing, leaders paired up to discuss a few things like their response to  Pastor Dave’s teaching, their impossibility/God-sized thing, and their goals for their group this year. Here are some sample goals from the Resonate groups. What are yours? What are you aiming at?
Group goals:

Multiplication
Deeper in relationship with one another
Deeper in relationship […]

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Leadership Briefing Reminders

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Sunday’s Leadership Briefing was a connecting time for small group leaders, and here is a reminder of the key announcements that will keep you and your group up-to-speed.  Hope to get the audio of Pastor Dave’s great teaching on leading a transformational Bible study on the web for you to listen to soon.
•   Jan Term […]

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Leadership Briefing: November 4

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

Leaders, please mark your calendars for the first Leadership Briefing of this new season. It’ll be in the fellowship hall on Sunday, November 4, from 6:30-8:00 p.m.
If you didn’t get to experience this community of Bethel leaders last year, you can expect to hear some inspirational teaching on an area of our thematic goal (this […]

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Time for all the leaders of Bethel to gather and move together, united, into another ministry year, but not just any year, one in which we run harder than ever at Pursuing a Deeper Relationship with Jesus!
Please join us for the annual leader equipping/inspirational Leadership Community Experience on Friday night September 14 (5:30-9:00) and Saturday […]

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Remember the Multiplex Theater for the past 2 summers at Bethel? It was a great dinner, family entertainment, and dessert on the patio–a very non-threatening atmosphere to bring unchurched or disconnected friends along.
Well, this summer, we have narrowed the event to 2 nights: Thursday, July 19, and Wednesday, August 15, and it has a new […]

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June Recap

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Keeping you in the know…

Boyd Hathaway is the new Deacon of Church Services, and Jim Dirks as the newest elder. The commissions of Missions and Community Service have been dissolved and restructured under staff members Dave Dawson and John Schultz respectively.  Bob  Bonner is the acting Deacon of Finance for the time being.
The new positions […]

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Venue Informational Meeting

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

On June 24, at 7:00 p.m., the Bethel venue team will be presenting the ideas slated for the fall. If you are interested in finding out more information or serving on one of the teams, please attend.

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