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! August: Shampoo September: Toilet Paper October: Toothbrushes & Toothpaste Also, the food pantry can use your

Men’s Current Christian Concerns meets every Thursday at 7am in the Community Room. Aug 22 – America’s Nationalistic Awakening Aug 29 – The No Carbon Energy Conundrum

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

Bring in your soap donations Sat evening, Aug 24 & Sunday, Aug 25. Soap bars will be collected by Compassion Circle to be used in LWR Personal Care Kits & Baby Care Kits and will be added to Bethel’s annual collection of soap that is sent through LWR overseas. LWR accepts new bars of soap

Widening Our Welcome at Bethel: Forum Offered to Discuss Hospitality for our LGBT+ Aug 25  & Sept 29 at 10:15am in Borgwardt Hall From the days in 1853, when Pastor H.A. Preus rode into town on his horse to help start what would become Bethel Lutheran Church, Bethel has pushed pass barriers for the sake

On Aug 27 we will be singing at Attic Angel Place. 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

Join Horizons in celebrating their 50th Anniversary. Aug 30-Sept 2 Weekend – Plans are underway for a special staff reunion. Oct 19 – Gala to be held in Madison. Learn more about Horizons 50-year journey and the events planned for 2019, check out www.bethelhorizons.org/50th-anniversary

“God’s Work. Our Hands” Sunday is an opportunity to celebrate who we are as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – one church, freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor. On SEPT 8 we will be blessed to do our part for our community locally and globally. Projects include: Picking-up trash on State

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

Bethel volunteers serve the Community Meal at Luke House, 310 Ingersoll Street, once a month. The next serving date is Sept 9. 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. Contact: Janet Johnson at 608.274.6745 or janetjohnson44@mac.com.

Sept 15 from 10am-1pm Rally Day this year will be a western-style party for the congregation and the neighborhood when we’ll celebrate the start of a new program year at Bethel with our friends, family, and neighbors. We’re going to have some good eats and a rowdy good time! Children (of all ages) can participate

COMPLETE GOLF PACKAGE Each participant will receive a complete golf package including 18 holes of golf with cart, eligibility for awards and prizes, cookout lunch and plated dinner. Post-Golf Celebration Social Hour, Awards, Program, Silent Auction, and 50/50 Raffle GOLF OUTING SCHEDULE 10:30am – Registration 11am – Cookout Lunch Noon – Team Scramble 4:30pm –

Ryan Green found his way out of a rough childhood through music. In 2011 he won a nationwide competition hosted by New York’s Metropolitan Opera. Today, he is a rising star performing major roles at the Met and Europe’s most prestigious opera houses. Sing For Your Life by Daniel Bergner tells his story. Our book discussion

October 4-6, 2019 “A Joy to Behold” Come on Friday and stay for the weekend, or just come for the day on Saturday. Art Ventures Retreat Center at Bethel Horizons Registration will open on August 30

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