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"Look at those cows and remember that the greatest scientists in the world have never discovered how to make grass into milk." Michael Pupin 3 days ago
Just heard from Pastor Francois Norcilus in Port-au-Prince. They're sleeping on the streets, but okay! Keep praying and giving! 4 days ago
Two and a half years ago, we began a very exciting journey at Bethel. I began preaching through all of the Word of God, from Genesis to Revelation. I did this because of several core beliefs:
The Word of God, in its entirety, is a sufficient guide for the church’s health and growth, teaching and message. It’s God’s whole counsel to us as a community of faith.
The Word of God, in its entirety, is more than sufficient to grow us as God’s people into spiritual maturity.
We’ve dealt with the hard subjects of creation and the fall of humanity into sin and depravity. We’ve watched the formation of God’s chosen nation of Isreal in Abraham and the prophets. We journeyed with Moses and the Israelites through the wilderness and saw Joshua lead them with courage into the possession of the promised land. And we have seen their spiritual roller coaster ride through the book of Judges, paralleling in many respects our own times.
Now, we’ve come to a major transition in the Bible. We’re changing from judges to kings and watching the entire leadership structure shift. We’re going to see how God worked behind the scenes to bring some of history’s greatest leaders to the forefront of His stage.
This is the historical section of the Bible and one of my own beliefs is that history is his story. It’s all of Him, the Author of Creation, time, and eternity. Everything you’ve experienced in your life to this moment is history for you – the story of what God has been doing behind the scenes and what you’ve been doing in cooperation with Him (or in rebellion against Him). What does the next chapter look like for you?
God gave His Son that you might be redeemed from lostness and live a life full of promise and purpose. I want to invite you to join us in our journey through the Word this Sunday, but I also (and more importantly) want to urge you to begin a relationship with Jesus Christ if you don’t have one now. Turn from your sins and trust Him as Savior, and please contact us to let us know how we can help you!
Bethel has had to cancel our Sunday services two weeks in a row. As you can imagine, this situation always causes a little bit of financial concern in the sense that we, like any church, depend on weekly offerings for all of our operating needs. But today, that need has become secondary to the much deeper needs of people in a country not that far from our own – Haiti.
This Sunday, we need to give to Haiti in a significant way. I have copied a letter below from Bill Moore, a member of our church who heads a relief organization that has been in Haiti more than a dozen times and is putting a trip together as soon as going there becomes a possibility (as soon as next week). We’re going to do all that we can to send them, and I’d like to challenge all of our people to pray about how much they can give and get involved.
Brandon,
I am sending out a call for help. We are putting a team together to go to Haiti as soon as we can. This event is changing (for the worse) by the hour. Many people are asking me what can be done. So many that I am no longer tracking the number of calls we are handling but it is heavy. What I can tell you now will be different soon. However, we have heard from some of our partners and we have offers of everything from satellite phones to medical clinics. Water and food will be the most important resource that we can provide. Renita, and I should have a team of people put together by Thursday to go to Port Au Prince. The most important resource that we can have now is money. I do not say this to be crass, but we may have to purchase items where we can when needed. We will have to make these decisions on the fly.
From our previous mission trips, we have a lot of friends in country that we will rely upon as we arrive. I have had limited contact, but as they get more communications we will be able to check on our associates. Please be in prayer for Bro. Francois Norcilus, our local missionary. He has not been located yet. (note above) Jean Claude, his family, Emanuell Samuel, Theodore Trusaunt, and many others that we have not heard from. Right now search and rescue is paramount, but we will soon have to deal with the dead and living. PLEASE keep these in your prayers. I will try to keep you informed as often as I can. Please feel free to pass this along to as many people that you know.
Send donations to:
502 Northeast A St
Bentonville, AR 72712
Contact AFDC
Phone:479-426-3029
Fax: 479-927-2459
Email: wdmcel@msn.com or
Bill@afdc-haiti.org
We don’t know exactly how we’re going to meet the needs or what specific actions we’re going to take yet, but it’s a time for action. Pray with me. Give with me. The people of Haiti need us.
On a related note, Pastor Francois Norcilus, whom we support regularly in a variety of ways, was in Port-au-Prince when the earthquake hit, but is now known to be safe for the moment. We have other ministry leaders whom we support there about whom we don’t have that assurance yet, so please pray for them.
The weather outside has been quite frightful and therefore, Bethel has had to cancel our services two Sundays in a row, which means we didn’t have the opportunity to pass along the church-wide invitation of Matt Powers and Leah Hall to their wedding. So we’re publicizing this special day for them right here.
All of Bethel is invited to celebrate the wedding of Matt Powers and Leah Hall this coming Saturday, January 16 at 2:00 pm at Bethel with a reception following in our Fellowship Hall. We’re proud of Matt and Leah and look forward to the great life they’re going to enjoy together!
Northwest Arkansas is a region in need, along with many other areas across the United States, so we’ve taken seriously the call to reach out to the particular need of hunger. Tonight, Studio412, the youth ministry of First Baptist Church in Bentonville joined with us and blessed us tremendously!
They had called us last week to ask that we bring our church van to their parking lot this evening to await the delivery of some food items that their teens would be collecting in neighborhoods as part of their DiscipleNow weekend. We were blown away as their 37 teams made drop after drop to bring in a total of at least 11,173 food items!!
We had to call in some reinforcements to meet us at the church to unload everything. You can watch the slideshow to the right to see pictures of the whole event. Our Fellowship Hall is filled!
Thanks so much to Studio412, FBC Bentonville, and especially to our awesome God who has so richly provided for the Storehouse. Know someone in need? Send them our way on any Tuesday, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon.
Revival is a word that has different meanings to different people, and it gets used in different contexts by churches. I think of “revival” as a time when God takes His people corporately to a new or renewed level of intimacy with Himself, resulting in greater glory for Himself and a greater outreach to a lost world by us. But we also use the word to speak officially of the time many churches set aside to invite in a guest speaker for a series of special worship services.
I believe we’re experiencing both at Bethel right now. In fact, I made a commitment a few years ago not to schedule a revival meeting unless we, as a church, were prompted by the Holy Spirit to do so. That time has come. We’re in a period of watching people grow spiritually, get involved, and giving back like we haven’t seen in some time. Our bond is strong and we seek God’s face each Sunday as we discover truth in His Word.
All of this has prompted us to contact Ben Kingston, Pastor of Bethel Baptist Church (purely coincidence) in Lonedell, Missouri, who will be our guest beginning the Sunday morning of September 27th Ben will preach both of our morning services that day (8:45 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.), and our evening service at 6:00 p.m. as well. Then we’ll also hear Ben Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights at 7:00 p.m.
I hope you’ll make plans now to be available to be present, and to bring others with you as we seek to draw closer in our walk with Christ. And my our whole community be changed as God works in us.
Our Men’s bible study fall semester is going to be launching on Tuesday, September 8 and will begin every Tuesday at 6:15 a.m. until the holidays roll around. It’s open to all men even if you don’t attend Bethel. It’s a relaxed, question-and-answer and discussion format led by Pastor Brandon.
It is that time of the year again…Awana time! Our kids are heading back to school, or in some cases just starting for the first time. It is a time of excitement and yet of anxiousness. In other words, many unknowns exist for kids when it comes to starting a new school year, such as: “What teacher will I have?”, “Will I make new friends?”, “How well will I do?”….(Although I believe the latter question applies to parents rather than the kids). It is this time of year and these types of questions that present us with the reality that we do not know what the future holds. Plain and simple, we just don’t know what God has in store for each of us tomorrow or even the next five minutes! Read more of this article »
One of the most well-known Psalms is 96:10, “Be still and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” Life needs rhythm, and we live in a society that sprints toward the finish line with little downtime. This culture has invaded church life, giving us the mistaken impression that business is next to godliness.
At Bethel, during the month of August, we’re going to combat that trend with a special challenge. Read more of this article »
Bethel has begun the process of seeking out a part-time staff position for music and corporate worship. We have been rather blessed in the last few years to add staff for children’s ministry, youth ministry, and a ministry assistant. We feel that the next phase of growth for us is in the area of music and corporate worship.
Several times per year, Bethel gives away shoes for free. We’ll be doing this in preparation for school’s starting up again on Saturday, August 8 from 9 am until 11 am or until we run out of shoes. Anyone may come and receive a free pair of shoes, but every recipient must be present. If you’d like to give, we could really use kids’ tennis shoes more than anything else. To help in some way, call us at 479-273-2759 or contact us online.
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Revival is a word that has different meanings to different people, and it gets used in different contexts by churches. I think of “revival” as a time when God takes His people corporately to a new or renewed level of intimacy with Himself, resulting in greater glory for Himself and a greater outreach to a lost world by us. But we also use the word to speak officially of the time many churches set aside to invite in a guest speaker for a series of special worship services.
. You don’t have to have the book to join the study, but it’s available via the link if you’d like to have one. 
It is that time of the year again…Awana time! Our kids are heading back to school, or in some cases just starting for the first time. It is a time of excitement and yet of anxiousness. In other words, many unknowns exist for kids when it comes to starting a new school year, such as: “What teacher will I have?”, “Will I make new friends?”, “How well will I do?”….(Although I believe the latter question applies to parents rather than the kids). It is this time of year and these types of questions that present us with the reality that we do not know what the future holds. Plain and simple, we just don’t know what God has in store for each of us tomorrow or even the next five minutes!
