December 1st

Advent Midweek Worship and Christmas Services

Bethel will hold midweek Advent worship services on the following Wednesdays @ 6:30pm in the Fellowship Hall: 

Wednesday, November 30

Wednesday, December 7

Wednesday, December 14

Wednesday, December 21

We will be streaming live on Facebook and YouTube.

Bethel will also host a Community "Blue Christmas" Service on Sunday, December 18 @ 2pm to be held at the Chapel at The Village at Orchard Ridge. 400 Clocktower Ridge Drive, Winchester, VA 22603

Our Christmas Eve Services will be held at Bethel again this year.

A Rustic Christmas at Bethel Park, (formerly known as Christmas in a Barn) will be held here, in Bethel Park, @ 3:00pm

Christmas Candlelight Worship will be held here, in our Fellowship Hall, @ 7:00pm.



On Christmas day, Sunday, December 25, we will have a very informal acoustic worship @ 9:30 with songs, scripture, and Holy Communion. 

On New Year's day, Sunday, January 1, we will offer an online recorded option only which will be "Live" at 9:30 on both our Facebook Page and YouTube channel.

Giving Through.....

A quick reminder about “Amazon Smile”, when you use smile.Amazon.com to log in and shop on Amazon we receive a donation from Amazon for every dollar spent. Just click the link below and log in as you normally would to begin shopping. Make sure you select “Bethel Lutheran Church” as your charity and start giving!

LOWER BETHEL / OFFICE UPDATE

Kee Construction has completed work on the new sidewalks and they are available for use. Please use the office entrance to access the office, prayer room, and quilting room. If you are unable to enter the office due to the stairs please call 540-662-3245 or email office@bethelwinchester.com and we will arrange for you to use the Fellowship Hall entrance.

The office is open

9:00am-1:00pm, Monday thru Friday

The Women's Ministry would love for you to join them at some of their gatherings!

They have a weekly Women's Coffee Hour that gets together every Thursday at 9am via Zoom. Meeting ID 86309309339 Password is Jesus4U

First Friday Fellowship The women's group gets together the First Friday of every month at 9:30am at Buzzin's 1460 University Dr. Winchester VA 22601.

DEADLINE TO RSVP FOR THE WOMEN'S BANQUET IS NOVEMBER 30TH BY NOON

The Women’s Ministry Book Club will be reading the following books next year.

January - Cranky, Beautiful Faith by Nadia Bolz-Weber 

February - Caste by Isabel Wilkerson 

March - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson 

April - Home is a Stranger by Paraná Foroutan 

May - Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer 

June - It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover 

August - Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 

Their next meeting is January 25, 2023, via Zoom at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend. If anyone has questions, they can contact me (tdmilburn94@gmail.com) or

Lynda Grymala (lrgrymala@yahoo.com). 

Monthly Men's Breakfast

We meet on the first Saturday of each month at Backseat Bar and Grill from 8:30-9:30. Pastor Dave and others will lead devotions and conversation.

Tuesday December 13th the Men's Ministry at Bethel will meet at the new Vibrissa Bar in downtown Winchester

(10 Kent Street, beside the former Winchester Star building) at 6:30pm for a Christmas gathering.  Please RSVP to Pastor Dave at pastordave@bethelwinchester.com. Come and join your fellow fellas for a time of laughter, sharing, food, and fellowship with Christmas spirit! 

• Want to join our
• Youth Group?

For more information contact  Mel Siebert at youth@bethelwinchester.com

Worship Assistant Sign Ups

We are still in need of people to sign up to serve in worship assistance roles, i.e. ushers, greeters, readers, prayers, communion assistants, etc. The sign up sheets are located in the back of  Fellowship Hall where we are now worshipping. Please take a moment to sign up and take a turn helping make Sunday morning happen in an effective and smooth manner.

If you have not signed up before, and have questions beyond the guidelines, please feel free to reach out to Kim Williams, new Church Administrator (administrator@bethelwinchester.com).

WORSHIP ASSISTANTS FOR 12/4/22

Prayers- Michelle Young

Scripture- Carol Cain

Communion-Terry Hannon, Traci Shoberg, Michelle Young

Ushers- Vonda Wilt

Greeter- Vonda Wilt

Acolyte- Robin Forrest

PARISH NURSE NOTES

Parish Nurse Notes for November

Mental Health Tips for Teenagers

Click HERE for more information 

Parish Nurse Notes

(can also found on Bethel website under Publications)