US Postal Service Food Drive

The US Postal Service has their annual food drive this Saturday.

Check with your town Post Office and your food pantry for ways you can help.

Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl

Volunteers needed to serve at the Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl @ City Hall Plaza in Boston on June 10th, 11th, 12th.

• Tues & Thurs 11:30 – 7:00
• Wed 11:30 – 8:00

They are desperate for volunteer scoopers. 2, 3, 4 hour shifts. Scoopers would need to arrive @ 11:00 if their shift began @ 11:30.

Contact Carolyn (Tel 580.1725).

Small Group Service Opportunity

Attention Small Groups!

Lost and Found, eight singers who love the Lord, would like a small group to help us with our ministry. We sometimes lead worship at Bethany and have led worship, sung concerts and offered mission presentations in other churches in the area. Four of us have gone on short term mission trips to Africa and plan to continue with African missions.

The two current projects on our plate are:

1. A live recording - CD to use as an outreach as well as a sample for other churches who are considering inviting us to sing.

2. A “Hearts For Africa” concert fundraiser for the Ethiopia Team and for Nancy Kilpatrick who is organizing medical teams to go to Uganda, Malawi and Sierra Leone.

You can help by:

1. Praying for us and these projects.

2. Manning sales booths when we sell CDs, books and Linda Brown’s artwork (she is the artist you saw sculpting on Easter Sunday).

3. Helping with organization and publicity.

If you love the Lord, love music and have a heart for Africa, please help us! Thanks in advance!

Sincerely,

Karen Cameron

Mitch Brook

Linda Brown

Jane Langmaid

Nancy Kilpatrick

Jay Halloran

Melanie Sobotka

Jason MacDougall

40 DOC Beach Clean Up Opportunity

One of our 40 Days of Community groups, the Bill Laverty group in Rye, is participating in a beach clean up at Foss Beach (across from Ray’s in Rye) this Saturday, March 29 at 10:30 AM. Meet at Rye Harbour State Park. Please call Bill Laverty if you need more information. Bill Laverty’s number is 436-7314 or if you are interested in helping out

Feed the Need Progress

40 DOC Service Project – Operation Blessing

Operation Blessing is in urgent need of gently used or new pots, pans, towels, blankets and comforters. Please take directly to Operation Blessing on Mondays, Thursdays or Fridays from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Contact: Rachel Sparkowich (603-430-8561)

Small Group Service Opportunity – Isabelle’s Angels

We would like to invite members of the Bethany Community to participate in a service program called Isabelle’s Angels.

The program is designed for elderly people living alone. The idea is for two people to check-in with one another every day, by telephone to ensure the person living alone is taken care of.

If you are living alone and elderly, and would like someone to touch base with you daily; or if you would like be that contact person for an elderly person, please call Pam Mower at 603-926-6899.

Good Friday Prayer Vigil

Please join us to pray for the culmination of 40 DOC, the lives that have been changed, and community growth and unity here at Bethany!

• 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM in the Sanctuary.
• 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM in the Prayer Room.

Sign-ups in one hour increments will be posted at the Community Center.

Host Appreciation Dinner

We want to thank all of the 40 Days Hosts for their huge contribution to making 40 Days Small Groups such a success! If you hosted a 40 DOC Small Group, please join us for our Host Appreciation Dinner on Monday, March 17 at 5:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall.

Please confirm your attendance with Pat Fuller before 9:00 AM on March 17 – you can call her atl 431-3646 ext 14 or email pfuller@bethanychurch.com

Unfortunately there will be no child care ~ please make other arrangements.

What are those boxes in the Rotunda?

The stack of boxes in the center of the Rotunda represents the fifty tons of food we are raising for fifty local food pantries during our Feed the Need drive.  Each level represents 10 tons of food. When we fulfill 10 tons, we paint the boxes on that level yellow.

We’re getting closer all of the time!