Events

The Bethel Food Pantry collects specific items each month that are in high demand, quickly depleted and/or hard to get through food bank resources. Please donate in the barrel located at the top of the stairs on the Worship Level! December: Shampoo Also, the food pantry can use your paper and plastic grocery bags. Please bring to

Bethel is so blessed to have David Giffey’s exhibit of Icons for the celebration of the Advent and Christmas season. Please enjoy David’s amazing work on display in the Fireside Room and on the Emmaus Gallery Wall. Wisconsin artist, David Giffey, began life on a Fond du Lac dairy farm. Drafted into the Army in

Men’s Current Christian Concerns meets every Thursday at 7am in the Community Room. Dec 12 – Camping & Cabin Living Dec 19 – Revisiting Nuclear Energy Dec 26 – The Status of our Health Care System

As the holidays approach, many people experience times of deep grief, brought about by a variety of loss: death of a loved one, divorce, loss of a job, decline in health that necessitates a move out of familiar living spaces, along with other challenging changes that life brings. If any of this is true for

Support the Christmas Craft Brunch while cleaning out your holiday supplies. Donations needed include: giftwrapping supplies, cookie tins, mason jars, coffee mugs (any style/design) Drop off at the Reception Desk labeled “Craft Brunch” anytime before Friday, Dec 13. Questions? Contact Heather Moen: heather.rainwater@yahoo.com or 608.609.9619

Spreading Christmas Love and Cheer;  What a present for us! Bethel’s own Mezzo Soprano Amy Hartsough accompanied by Kay Lindblade on piano are our entertainment. They put on a great program with a variety of music. Dinner will at 6:15pm. The menu will be roast beef, mashed potatoes with gravy, vegetable, salad and carrot cake

Stock up on an assortment of treats to enjoy and share this holiday season. For every dozen cookies you bring, you can pick a dozen assorted cookies to take home. Saturday, Dec 14 at 10am in Borgwardt Hall (during the Christmas Pageant Rehearsal/Craft Brunch). Questions? Contact Heather Moen: heather.rainwater@yahoo.com or 608.609.9619

Join your Bethel friends for the annual Christmas Craft Brunch following the Christmas Pageant rehearsal on Saturday, Dec 14. New this year!  Gift making and wrapping – Our children will have help making crafts that can be shared as gifts for teachers, grandparents and other special people in their lives. Gifts can be wrapped during

Bethel’s Annual Christmas Pageant will be Sunday, Dec 15 at 4:30pm in the Sanctuary. New this year – we hope you will join us for dinner in Borgwardt Hall immediately following the Christmas Pageant. The dinner will have vegetarian and gluten free options. Thank you for registering here in advance here to help us prepare.

Join us on Monday Dec 16 at noon to talk about The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Barry. This is a fun book with a nostalgic look back at a church Christmas pageant in the 1960’s. Come share your own stories about church Christmas pageants while we have lunch

1st & 3rd Tues of the month at 10:30am in Borgwardt Hall   DECEMBER 17: Christmas in Song Keeping with the tradition of ending the Fellowship Fall semester with Christmas music, we welcome the return of the Bethel Victory Choir, Gary Lewis and Lori Poulson. Come and experience the wonderful music of the season presented

On Dec 17 we will be singing at Bethel. The mission of the Victory Choir is to sing to shut-ins primarily at Nursing Homes once a month and to take a word of encouragement. On the fourth Tuesday of each month at 10:30am, the Victory Choir, consisting of about 25 singers, gathers at a designated

What is ‘Blue Christmas’? Most people, at some time in their life, have, at the very least, moments of ‘Blue Christmas’. There is no single definition for a ‘Blue Christmas’. Any life situation that causes pain, anxiety, sadness or uncertainty can also make it difficult for us to participate in the exuberant, joyful and festive

Bethel Jr! is the place where kids bring their family and friends to worship and learn about God’s love. The Jan Sunday School theme is Knowledge – Learning something new so you can be better at whatever you do. We will explore Knowledge through our relationship with God and Jesus. We will laugh, sing, breathe,

Love Minecraft? Know someone who does? Join us at the Bethel Minecraft Club! Who: Open to all ages and experience levels. When: Second Sunday of each month from 11am-12pm. Where: “The SHIP” Kid’s Fellowship Area (Room 216) What: Members will create and play in a server that is only for people in the Bethel Minecraft

Jan 12 at 10:15am in Borgwardt Hall America is ambivalent about nuclear power despite its major contribution to the nation’s energy supply for seventy years without a disaster or fatality. Disasters abroad, bankrupt and dismantled plants, failed construction projects, plus fear of nuclear waste have led some to view nuclear power as a dying industry.

Bethel volunteers serve the Community Meal at Luke House, 310 Ingersoll Street, once a month. The next serving date is Jan 13. Please bring your food contributions to Bethel’s main kitchen on the Sunday immediately preceding that date OR no later than 10am on the day of serving. Food contributions and servers for the meal

Consider joining us at Blanket Workshop! Anyone is welcome to drop in between the hours of 9am-2pm to help tie pre-assembled quilts for Lutheran World Relief. No sewing skills are required! If you can tie a knot you are qualified! We meet in Borgwardt Hall. Join us for this wonderful time of fellowship and mission

Feb 14 – Valentines Day Celebration

Join Reverend Jeff Quinto, Bethel Series Executive Director, and his wife Toni on 11 life-changing days in the Holy Land, Jan 14-24, 2020. You will visit Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Jericho, Nazareth, Sea of Galilee and much more You will walk where Jesus walked. You will swim in the Dead Sea. You will dance on a fishing

A Nite with Nadia Bolz-Weber March 12 More details coming soon!

Join us for Fun @ Horizons! Join us for fun, fellowship, and to experience our connections to God’s creation at beautiful Bethel Horizons! Come as you are: individuals, families, couples, friend groups–all are welcome! Spring @ Horizons April 24-26 2020 VBC August 3-6 2020 Women’s Retreat Oct 16-17 2020 Advent @ Horizons Dec 4-5 2020

The Bible tells us that God’s love is deep and wide. That same love is moving among us at Bethel. There is a holy energy to deepen and widen our experience of God’s love in our church. We are calling it Reconciling in Christ, where the walls, divisions, and misunderstandings that have kept us apart