Please remember our
church family in your daily prayers, at mealtimes and during your personal
devotions. Continue to remember those young and old with ongoing physical,
spiritual, and emotional struggles.
Gerry Doornenbal has
quite suddenly declined to a point where he does not respond and is not eating
or drinking very much. The staff at Royal Oak is keeping him comfortable and
Pita and the family are with him as the end draws near. We hold to the
assurance that Jesus our good shepherd walks with us through these difficult
times.
John Stol will be
having surgery this coming Tuesday, November 1st in Red Deer. We pray for the healing hand of God to guide
the work of the doctors.
We offer our
congratulations to Robert and Carol Hosmer who were married in our church
yesterday. We wish you God’s blessing
and much happiness as you go on in life together.
We extend our
condolences to Peter and Jessica Heidelberg and the family with the death of
Peter’s father this past Tuesday, October 25th. He had suffered from cancer for some time and
the family knew the end was near. We
pray for the comfort of our Lord Jesus Christ who walks with us through the
valley of the shadow of death and leads us by faith into the hope of eternal
life with him.
Do remember those who
are unable to worship regularly with us: please keep Jenny Bajema, Tilly Biel, Klaas
Boskers, Gerry Doornenbal, Lea Dykstra, Ernie Stebner and Grace Vander Veen in your
prayers.
Pray for our
missionaries around the world.
Bethel News
The Church Renewal
Lab Bible Reading schedule for the Book of Acts.
Please read the 5 chapters this week and ponder the reflection questions
in relation to our church.
Week 4: The New
Testament Church goes global (Acts
16-20, October 31st to November 4th)
Day 1: Acts 16 Q: Verse 9 says “come help us”
…who is calling us to “come & help”?
Day 2: Acts 17 Q: Paul
connected Gospel to culture in verses 22-23…how can we do the same?
Day 3: Acts 18 Q: How does Jesus’ words to Paul
in verses 9-10 give us courage for our missional work?
Day 4: Acts 19 Q: Mission moved from synagogue
to lecture hall (verse 9)-are there new locations for us?
Day 5: Acts 20 Q: What
can we learn by listening to Paul’s farewell instructions to the Ephesian elders?
Book Discussion:
"From Embers to a Flame" by Harry L.
Reeder III. Some of you have read this book already, or are currently reading
it. A number of the ladies belonging to the Book Club have decided to read it
as well. This is the book that is recommended reading for the Church Renewal
Lab. The idea is that readers gain a better understanding of the process
of how to become a spiritually healthy, and a vibrant congregation. This
discussion is for both men and women, or couples, who have read, or are still
reading this book, or want to read it but have not started. The date is
Thursday, December 1st at 7:30 p.m. Place to be announced. Please let Margaret Roolker (403-782-4506) know
if you are planning to come.
Bethel Newsletter:
Another month has flown away and here we are
ready to produce the November newsletter. If anyone has some items regarding “remembering” we would love to have
your contributions. We would like to
include updates from the various Ministry Leadership Teams as well the
different ministries that go on during the week. Please consider writing down something so
we can include it. If not this month,
then for the December issue. We print
the newsletters the week before the first Sunday of the month. So for the December issue – that would be of
course the week between Christmas and New Year. We look forward to hearing from the congregation so we can pray for one
another and encourage each other as we go from month to month serving our
Lord. Please talk to Harriet Luymes,
Meaghan Noort or Anita Geldof if you have any questions or contributions. There is also a newsletter mailbox where you
can drop things off. Please have any
contributions to the team no later than this coming Wednesday at noon.
October is
Rehoboth Membership Month!
Why not join thousands across Alberta as a Rehoboth
member to support the ministry of supporting persons with developmental
disabilities. Membership fees are just
$10 each, and donations of any amount are also greatly appreciated. Look for the October is MemberMonth
postcard in your mailbox. Please place
your completed membership forms in Arnie & Sherry Tenbrinke’s box. Thank you!
Operation
Christmas Child
shoe boxes are in the
foyer. Please help yourself to a shoe
box if you are interested in taking part in this ministry. All the info for filling a shoe box is inside
the box. Please bring your filled boxes
back to the church by Sunday, November
13thand place them back under the church mail boxes.
Craft Days!
To all crafty
folks, this is an advance notice for the craft days to be held on November 5th
and December 10th. We would so like to see new faces when we get
together to do crafts. Ladies, whatever you want to do, even just visiting,
please come for a bit, or the whole day and enjoy our warm lunch, provided
free. New! Men, if you have a hobby that does not involve or
require large, fixed-to-the-floor machinery, please come and join us. Model
building, technical Lego, assembling of whatever you made at home or in your
garage....we know there are both men and women who love colouring. Come one and
all! There's coffee, baking, lunch, desserts, good company, good conversations.
Love to see you all there! N.B. For
those of you who like to do Christmas baking together and then exchange a dozen
or so to take home a variety of goodies, we plan to do that on December 10th.
Just let Anita (403-782-2817) or Margaret (403-782-4506) know ahead of time so
we can plan the warm lunches. See you
there!
Operation Christmas Child: PLEASE
HELP US GIVE!!!!!!
On Tuesday, November 8th Tuesday
Nite Youth will be putting shoe boxes together for Operation Christmas
Child. All the students and leaders are
going to bring stuff to fill the boxes. We would like to ask you to help out and provide some items so we can
reach our goal of 30 shoe boxes. This is
a great opportunity for you to be part of the Operation Christmas Child. There will be a box under the mail boxes for
your donations. Donation ideas: short sleeve
T shirts (no text or pictures are best) socks, small toys, good quality pens.
Pencils crayons, sharpeners, tooth brush in a case, bar of soap in a case and
hair accessories. NO FOOD PRODUCTS
INCLUDING CANDY. Have fun picking
things out for children who would not otherwise receive gifts. If you have new Christmas cards that would be
great too. There is also a cost of $7
per box for shipping. If you would like
to make a donation for shipping we would love that too!!!! We look forward to letting you know how may
shoe boxes we can put together.
BETHEL
YOUTH
Tuesday
Nite YouthWILL NOT
be meeting this Tuesday, November 1st. Leaders will be meeting at 7:30 p.m. Enjoy your week off!! J
Mission Trip:
Are you interested in going on
a Mission Trip to Mexico? If so, please
come to a meeting planned for Thursday, November 3rd at 7:30 p.m. at
Bethel CRC, Lacombe. This will be your
only chance to join the team so if you cannot be at the meeting but are
interested in going please contact Trudy Salomons, Betty Scholing or Wayne
Bouwman. To send a complete team we will
need approximately 10 youth and 4 adult leaders. Please pray about this as it is wonderful
opportunity to share God’s love by building a needy Mexican family a home.
DENOMINATIONAL
NEWS
Help Hurricane Matthew Survivors in Haiti
World Renew is
responding to the urgent needs of Hurricane Matthew survivors in southwest
Haiti. In addition to distributing nearly 400 tarps, World Renew has already
distributed emergency food aid to 450 families and plans to distribute 500
household water filters. Plans for longer-term assistance are also underway.
Support this work with a generous donation to World Renew, "Hurricane
Matthew Haiti" at worldrenew.net/donate or by calling 1-800-730-3490. You
can also mail your cheque to: World Renew, 3475 Mainway, P.O. Box 5070, STN LCD
1, Burlington, Ont. L7R 3Y8. To stay up to date on World Renew's Hurricane
Matthew response in Haiti, go to worldrenew.net/hurricanematthew.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Come to Woody Nook CRC
on October 30th at 7:00 p.m.
to hear from Rev. Greg Sinclair as he delivers a message on loving our Muslim
neighbours. Greg will be talking about how the Muslim worldview is quite
different than the Christian worldview, but there are still common issues that
we all deal with such as shame and fear. As Christians, we need to be sensitive
to people of other cultures, and Greg will talk about this as well as why and
how we should be missions-minded but not overbearing.
A Musical Open House for
Rehoboth:
The Joyful Noise Choir is hosting a Musical Open House for Rehoboth
Christian Ministries at Parkland United Reformed Church at 6:45 p.m. on
Saturday, November 5th. Parkland United Reformed Church is located
just south of Ponoka of 2A on Spruce Road. Program will be one hour in length with refreshments to follow.
Redeemer URC invites you to our Open House
on
Saturday, November 19th from 1-3 p.m. at our new church building
located at 4519 - 46 Avenue, Lacombe. There will be refreshments, snacks
and a short program at 1:45 p.m.
PERSECUTED
CHURCH
Niger
Jeff Woodke (55) works for YWAM in the town of Abalak in
northern Niger. A group of armed men believed to be from a radical Islamic
group called Mujao, burst into Jeff's home at around 9 p.m. on October 14th.
After killing two security guards, the
kidnappers took Jeff by force and drove
towards eastern Mali, where Mujao has a stronghold. Jeff is known in Abalak for his devotion to
Niger and its nomadic populations, everyone knows his goodness. He runs several development projects focusing
on farming, health, literacy, primary school education and access to drinking
water. Please uphold Jeff, his family,
friends, colleagues and community members in prayer as they face this time of
uncertainty in captivity.
