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The BUZZ August 6, 2020

Thoughts from David

"Learning to Pray"

Come and worship with us!

Worship Services

Order of Worship

for August 9, 2020

Challenge Week has started!

Join in the fun with Szeged UMC, Hungary

DID YOU KNOW that Bethlehem UMC is "In Ministry Together" (IMT) with Szeged UMC in Szeged, Hungary? We have been partnered with Szeged for many years and have been learning and growing in our faith together. But, it has been a while since we visited one another in-person. So, Szeged UMC has challenged us to a week of fun via Facebook starting next Monday, August 3. It is a way to get re-acquainted,

and for some new folks, to get acquainted for the first time.

Email Deb Broadwater for an invite to the

private Facebook group and join in on the fun!

Hope to Walk is a non-profit organization making, fitting and providing prosthetic legs and feet to amputees worldwide. Children and adults in countries like Honduras, Haiti, Vietnam and Guatemala can use these low cost, lightweight prosthesis to function in their everyday lives. Prosthesis that would cost from $5K to $25K are being made by Hope to Walk for around $100.

Last fall, Kurt Schoenburg and Chuck Neudorfer, with guidance, started making lightweight wooden shoes themselves as part of this effort. Most recently, Bethlehem, SML Lions Club, and Eastlake Church have partnered in supporting Hope to Walk through financial donations and manpower to restore a donated building in Blacksburg that will be the new Hope to Walk Headquarters.

Mission teams are currently traveling to Blacksburg every Tuesday to help with the building renovation. Would you like to help?

Email Rick Carroll or Glenn Claiborne to lend a hand.

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Happy Birthday!

Click here for the August birthday list.

A Prayer for Our Uncertain Times

May we who are merely inconvenienced remember those whose lives are at stake.
May we who have no risk factors remember those most vulnerable.
May we who have the luxury of working from home remember those who must choose between preserving their health and making their rent.
May we who have the flexibility to care for our children when their schools close remember those who have no options.
May we who have to cancel our trips remember those who have no safe place to go.
May we who are losing our margin money in the tumult of the economic market remember those who have no margin at all.
May we who settle in for a quarantine at home remember those who have no home.
As fear grips our country, let us choose love.
And during this time when we may not be able to
physically wrap our arms around each other, let us yet find ways to be the loving embrace of God to our neighbors. Amen.