THIS WEEK AT BETHEL MONDAY, DEC 8 -Mothers Day Out 9A - 2P TUESDAY, DEC 9 -Bethel Preschool 8A - 12NoonOffice hours 9A - 5P WEDNESDAY, DEC 10 -Mothers Day Out 9A - 2POffice hours 10A - 530PChoir rehearsal 630P THURSDAY, DEC 11 -Bethel Preschool 8A - 12Noon PRAYER LIST - BETHELJerry Brazil, Ruth Byars, Art & Anne Crumpler, Kenny Edwards, Steve Fordyce,Emogene Johnson, Tayler Johnson, Lauren Lamm, Tim Leggett, Joe Lauderdale,Sylvia McCandless, Jane Mullen, Jeff Mullen, Ruth Nelson, Tim Peternell, StellaKate Powell, Melissa Smith, Alvin Vinson, Marie Watkins, Mary D. Williams SPECIAL CONCERNS - BETHELLeon Brandon - (step-father of Austin Gross) Senatobia Convalescent Center andRehab, some improvement; Jim & Barbara Dupree - (friends of Mary D. &Melvin Williams) Jim is recovering from brain surgery and Barbara lost her twosisters; Rich & Christy Horling - (friends of Melvin & Mary D. Williams) Richsuffers with Lou Gehrigs disease; Donna Love - (friend of Mary D. Williams)breast cancer; Mitchell Nelson - at home, recovering; Jacquelyn Steele - (friendof Mary D. Williams) surgery for back & neck pain; Cameron Taylor - (grandnephew of Ed & Dianna Crumpler) more cancer issues; Gary Watkins - (NitaPeytons brother) doing much better; Stan Watkins - (nephew of Ruth Byars)recovering at home; Gaby Yates - (friend of Rex Boyce) brain tumor; JeffYoungblood - (cousin of Diane Nichols) responding well to chemo PRAYER LIST - BYHALIA. Scooter Birmingham - 17 years old, involved in an accident; Nancy Boren - (motherof Amy Burrow) health concerns; Joan Kelly - (friend of Lynn Tackett) long termcancer survivor, pacemaker installation; Ann Lee - health concerns; Lynn Tackett -improving with treatments; Stan Watkins, Thomas White, Homer Whitting, Hearts& Hands Ministry DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS - BETHEL7) Max Williams, 8) Nancy S. Jones, 10) Marla Sparks, 11) Ruth Byars, 17)DavidJohnson, 19) Marie Burton, 22) Paxton Smith, 26) Anita Baker, 29) Joey Dunning,31) Will Dunning DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS - BYHALIA8) Kimmie Fontaine NEW MEMBER - BETHELBethel Presbyterian welcomes Debbie Connolly by transfer of letter fromRipley Presbyterian Church, Ripley, MS. Debbie is the wife of our pastor, Rev. BillConnolly. Welcome, Debbie! NEW CHRISMON TREE ORNAMENTS - BETHELIf you havent checked out the new ornaments on the Chrismon tree... take agander. A very big THANK YOU to Janet Dye for making all brand new ornaments for ourtree. Thanks, Janet!! UPCOMING CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sunday, Dec 14 - Third Sunday of Advent - JoyChristmas Festival 4p (Byhalia) St. Johns Christmas Concert 4P (Memphis) Wednesday, Dec 17 - Choir Christmas Party 630P (Bethel) Thursday, Dec 18 - Mothers Day Out/Preschool Christmas Party Sunday, Dec 21 - Fourth Sunday of Advent - Love. Christmas Joy Gift Offering, Church Christmas Party 5P (Bethel) Wednesday, Dec 24 - Candlelight Christmas Eve Service 440P (Bethel) CONNOLLYS CORNER -On the Second Sunday in the Advent Season the traditional theme is Peace.One of the most famous peaceful images of Gods creatures comes fromthe Old Testament Prophet Isaiah Chapter 11 verses 1-10. Here is the famousillustration of the time when - the wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shalllie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a littlechild shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze, their young shall lie downtogether; and the lion shall eat straw live the ox. The 19th Century artist EdwardHicks signature paintings were of this time of what he called the PeaceableKingdom. This is a wonderful passage to share with people who arent sureabout the presence of animals in heaven - sure sounds like heaven to me! I willalso focus not only on the peace which will come to the animals with the SecondAdvent, but also the peace which has already come to us with Christs FirstAdvent.May Christs peace energize you to join us in worship each week.In Christs Love and Service Together,BillRESTORED TO ETERNAL LIFE -Henri J. M. Nouwen Bread for the JourneyOne thing we know for sure about our God: Our God is a God of theliving, not of the dead. God is life. God is love. God is beauty. God is goodness.God is truth. God doesnt want us to die. God wants us to live. Our God, wholoves us from eternity to eternity, wants to give us life for eternity. When thatlife was interrupted by our unwillingness to give our full yes to Gods love,God sent Jesus to be with us and to say that great yes in our name and thusrestore us to eternal life. So lets not be afraid of death. There is no cruel boss,vengeful enemy, or cruel tyrant waiting to destroy us -- only a loving, alwaysforgiving God... eager to welcome us home.2014 POINSETTIAS - BETHEL28 plants were ordered this year to grace our sanctuary. Where they willall go will be a stumper to some church staff... however, many thanks toall who ordered. Names will be listed in the Dec 14 - Dec 24 worshipbulletins and on E-News, beginning next week.
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