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Sermon – Unraveled: Why Does It Happen? – Pastor Sarah Rohde
November 22, 2020 Today we bring to a close the theme that’s guided us the past 11 weeks – “Unraveled: Seeking God When Our Plans Fall Apart.” Over these 11 weeks, we’ve been introduced to Bible stories, and we have walked with all kinds of Biblical characters in...
Council Highlights Nov 2020
Council HighlightsNovember 2020 The Bethlehem Church Council met on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Here are the highlights of this meeting: Strategic Planning for 2021 The Council is engaged in a strategic planning process to identify congregational goals for 2021. Council...
Sermon – When The Unimaginable Happens – Guest Pastor Kathy Nolte
November 15, 2020 Worshiping together with Pastor Kathy Nolte and the people of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Oak Park. So what is the deal with Thomas. Why do we call him the doubter? One time in scripture he has this moment when he doesn't believe what, quite...
Sermon – Unraveled: The Story Of Nicodemus ~ Deacon Heather Feltman
November 8, 2020 John is a gifted storyteller and the story he places right before the story we hear today is the story about Nicodemus. Do you remember that story? Nicodemus struggles with wanting to see Jesus, so he seeks Jesus out during the middle of the night, so...
Sermon – Unraveled: Rizpah Mourns – Pastor Sarah Rohde
November 1, 2020 First off, you get the reward in Bible trivia today if you can remember ever hearing about the woman named Rizpah. To be perfectly honest, before my studies this past week, I would not have remembered her name, nor her story. I’m sure it was mentioned...
Sermon – Unraveled: Finding God’s True Vocation For Us – Pastor Paisley Le Roy
October 25, 2020 When I saw that this would be the text for today, the day of my first sermon with you, I chuckled to myself because I know a bit about unravelling of vocation. As I've mentioned throughout my call process, I originally was on the pre‑med track. I...
Council Highlights Oct 2020
Council HighlightsOctober 2020 The Bethlehem Church Council met on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. Here are the highlights of this meeting: Bethlehem Preschool Update BLC Preschool Director Pong Sayasane shared these highlights with the Council: The preschool has...
Sermon – Unraveled: Discovering a New Path – Pastor Sarah Rohde
October 18, 2020 Today I have moments when I wonder how much we as people of faith today, want to be changed by our faith in Jesus. I worry that we self select what we want to believe or what we want to hear in order to reinforce the way that we want to live. We can...
Sermon – Unraveled: The Story Of Job ~ Deacon Heather Feltman
October 11, 2020 The Book of Job is a curious thing. It starts with two chapters of exposition - God makes a bet that Job will stay faithful if God takes everything away, and so, God takes everything away. Job's estate disappears; Job's children die; Job's body fails;...
Sermon – When Our Plans For Our Children Unravel – Pastor Sarah Rohde
October 4, 2020 Today we are exploring the theme of when our plans for our children unravel. Part of what I am loving about this worship theme is that it takes us to stories in scripture all across the bible, many of which we don't often read during the lectionary...
