ONGOING weekly MINISTRIES: Sunday:
9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 6:30 PM
Pre-service prayer/Prayer Room River Café/Lobby St. Paul service/Sanctuary Monday: Life Streams Prayer Ministry (On sabbacal for the month of July) Tuesday: 6:30 PM Ulmate Frisbee at MaBocks Park Wednesday: 7:00 PM Radiate Student Ministry/FH (7th-12th) Thursday: 7 AM, Noon, 5 PM Corporate Prayer/Prayer Room Friday: 7:00 PM ANFC Prayer/Prayer Room
GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: 7/30/17 Offering: $ 8,286 (Budgeted weekly offering = $8,400) Monthly designated offerings: ♦ Week 1—Benevolence ♦ Week 2—Church Plant ♦ Week 3—Missions ♦ Week 4—Bethel Connuous Improvement Fund
Give online through our website: We are using Paypal now. Give through your bank: They will send a check by mail to BCF. Flow of Blessing email no&fica&on: Email Alina at
[email protected]. Welcome Kits: Bring items for our new arrival welcome kits/every 1st Sunday.
FAMILY NEWS: Connued help is needed for Jon and Chelsea Swenson, whose baby boy, Rory Emmanuel, went home to be with Jesus three hours after his birth. They are still recovering physically and emotionally. Go here to sign up for a meal for them: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0948ABAC2DA7FD0-meals8. Contact Shelley Lutes at 651-492-3049 or by email at
[email protected] with questions.
STAFF: Ministers: BCF Congregaon Lead Pastor: Steve Rasmussen Associate Pastor: Andrew Gross Youth Pastor: Ben Clark Big House Director: Mishawn Gudipa Administrave Director: Cherie Monge Communicaons Coordinator: Liz Kimmel Caretakers: Tyler & Chrisne Holman
Called to radiate life & joy as a house of prayer for all nations.
Office hours: Mon-Thurs, 9:00 AM—4:00 PM 1466 Portland Avenue St. Paul, MN 55104 Phone: St. Paul: (651) 645-1534 Website: www.betheltwincies.org E-mail: connect@betheltwincies.org Prayer/Praise:
[email protected] These themes are threads which have been woven together through the years to create a prophe&c tapestry depic&ng the journey of our spiritual life here at Bethel Chris&an Fellowship.
WELCOME TO OUR HOUSE!
SUNDAY, AUGUST 6TH, 2017
We are a House of Prayer for All Naons; a safe place where strangers become friends. We pray that you will meet God here today and experience His transforming work in your life. Thank you for joining us! 10:00 AM
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Worship Celebra&on Message - Pastor Steve Rasmussen Bethel (Genesis 28:10-22) Day Camp set-up: We will be readying our building for Day Camp, which begins TOMORROW! Please stay for as long as you can to help.
Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the L)*+ is in this place, and I wasn’t even aware of it!” But he was also afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! It is none other than the house of God, the very gateway to heaven!” He named that place Bethel (which means “house of God”). Genesis 28:16-17, 19a
THIS WEEK: M@ABCD-TEFGHBCD, AFIFHJ 7-10: Day Camp starts tomorrow! Please be praying for the campers and the workers throughout the week. AND—join us for our closing BBQ Picnic at 5:30 on Thursday night as we celebrate all that the kids have learned. SCJFGBCD, AFIFHJ 12JE, 10 AM—12 PM: Training session for prayer warriors. BCF and ICF will be doing a prayer outreach to people going to and from the State Fair on Friday-Saturday, August 25-26. We will pitch a small tent near the Fair grounds and pray for any passersby who desire prayer. Contact Pastor Andrew of BCF or Pastor Mike of ICF if you are interested or have quesons. SCJFGBCD, AFIFHJ 12JE, 1:30—4:30 PM NA JEO FOPP@QHENR HCPP: Celebrate with the Olson and Byakweli families at a casual open house wedding recep&on for Tchangu & Clare Bykweli, who were married at a small private ceremony last November 26th, in Sllwater. Due to limited apartment space, giSs to send the couple on a honeymoon would be gratefully received.
COMING UP: NOTES: Big House Kids’ Ministry (Released around 10:40): Age: Loca&on: Big House Babies (Birth up to 2 years) Nursery Big House Pre-School (2 - 5 years) CE Wing
Today we will share Communion together. Also, in addion to our regular giving, we will receive our monthly Benevolence offering, which is designated for helping to meet needs in our congregaon and community. We are updang our picture directory this year with the help of Life Touch. Our photo sessions will be on Wed-Sat, Sept. 20-23. You can sign up online for a spot using this QR code. Next week you will be able to sign up in the lobby. Messages available online at www.betheltwincies.org or on iTunes. You can also see a copy of this week’s bullen—go to the Media Tab. The wifi network is Bethel—Guest and the password is life&joy.
SORJ 13 (6 PM) —16 (10 PM): Twin Ci&es Power and Love is coming to our city soon. Power and Love is an event designed to ground you in God’s true purpose for your life—to walk in love and impact people everywhere you go as Jesus lives through you. Each evening of this event, featuring Todd White, Tom Ruotolot, and Robby Dawkins, and worship led by Jeremiah Grube, is open to the public and FREE to aBend. The Power & Love school is a four-day event, structured to include worship, training, and “love in acon” opportunies. The cost is $50 for the full four days if registered by August 15th. ASer that the price rises to $65 by Sept 6th, and $80 aSer that. Go to www.powerandlove.org/mn2017. SCJFGBCD, DOUOVWOG 2AB - Annual BCF craX sale. CraSers—be preparing NOW for items you can display for sale in December. If you are interested, please contact Jeanne Perry at 651-442-2656 or
[email protected] or Cathy Oestreich at 612- 458-6729 or
[email protected].