Getting Involved
New Member Class
Contact Pastor Randy & Pastor Rick
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Classes for new members are usually held twice a year.
Watch the bulletin for details.
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Library Committee
Wednesdays until December 17
This event is from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Library
Contact Margaret Lund
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Library Committee meets to work in Church Library
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Quilters
Mondays
This event is from 9:15 AM to 12:00 PM at Fireside Room All
Contact Ordetta Hovland
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Each Monday morning, a group of dedicated women meet in the Fireside Room from 9:15am to 12pm to create beautiful quilts for
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. The quilts are distributed overseas by LWR to remote villages, refugee camps, hospitals, and disaster sites, wherever there are people in need. You can help by donating fabric and/or by helping with design, sewing, tying, etc. Contact
Ordetta Hovland or Anna Hoegel via
the office for more information. *Please note that we will not be meeting Dec. 12, 19, 26 or Jan. 2.*
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Men of Monday
Mondays
This event is from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Contact Vernon Bollesen
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Come join Bethel's very own Men of Monday. These men meet rain or shine to help restore, rebuild and better the facilities of Bethel. If you would like to help in this ministry contact Brad Martinson at Bethel or simply show up on a Monday morning. All are welcome to participate!
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Evergreens
2nd and 4th Thursday of each month until December 31 except 07/24/08, 07/24/08, 08/28/08
This event is from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Fireside Room All
Contact Kaye Kuhlmann
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Moving from ageing to Sageing. Evergreens is a part of the Senior Ministry at Bethel Lutheran Church which is being modeled on the Shepherd Center's mission that seeks to enrich the later years of our members and members of our community for deeper spiritual connections with opportunities which provide service to others, self expression, meaningful work and close friendships. We hope to be good stewards of this wonderful gift of life God has given us in all of its dimensions, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Life Maintenance programs are practical services that enable older persons to safely remain in their homes while growing more frail. Typical services include arranging transportation, telephone reassurance, Stephen Ministry and pastoral calls. Life recognition offers specific kinds of sessions that help persons grapple with life changes, personal growth and developing skills to handle the changes that occur. These include a variety of health-education and preventive health-care programs. Questions are raised about life's meaning. Persons are encouraged to find meaning by helping others in various ways from volunteer roles to new career paths. Life Celebration is a general program helping to recognize the deeper meaning in later life events. Persons are encouraged to write or tell their life stories, to write Ethical Wills, and share meaningful models and memories of their life. Come join us from 10:30 to 12:30 for spiritual enchantment and interesting programs, followed by luncheon and fellowship in the Fireside Room. We meet the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month except the following special holiday months. In April we meet on the 17th, Maundy Thursday Communion Luncheon, November we meet on the 20th for Thanksgiving Dinner, and in December we meet on the 18th for a Christmas Party.
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Readers Anonymous
3rd Sunday of each month until March 21
This event is from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Contact Joan Hill/Marion Liming
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Book group
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Church Council Mtg
3rd Tuesday of each month until December 16
This event is from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Fireside Room 2
Contact Miki Wallace
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Monthly Council meetings for purposes of planning, decision making and church leadership.
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Congregational Meeting (Aug 24)
Sunday, August 24
This event is from 12:15 PM to 2:00 PM at Sanctuary
Contact Miki Wallace
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Annual Financial meeting to approve the 2008 budget.
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Sunday Afternoon at the Movies
2nd Sunday of each month until December 14 except 08/10/08
This event is from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM at Fireside Room All
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Join us for a "oldie but goodie" once a month! (Check your Bethel publications for movie titles.)
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BLC&S Rummage Sale
Saturday, September 20
This event is from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Fireside Room All
Contact Mary Fields/Carlos Rosa
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Bethel Lutheran Church and School Rummage and Bake Sale.
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Bethel Lutheran Church and School Cookie Exchange
Saturday, December 6
This event is from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM at Fireside Room All
Contact Mary Fields
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Lunch and cookie exchange for church and school families.
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Global Mission Dinner (Sun, May 3, 2009)
Sunday, May 3
This event is from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM at Torvend Hall
Contact Pastor Rick Sherrill
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Dinner event with live and silent auctions and raffles to benefit our mission projects in Mexico and Tanzania
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Welcome Zone Workdays
Contact Brad Martinson
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Everyone's help is needed to keep Bethel in shape and maintain our new landscaping.
Watch the bulletin for details and then come out and work together on major projects to improve the grounds' appearance. Planned workdays alternate between "inside" and "outside." Inside tasks might include organizing closets or bookshelves, adjusting cabinet doors, or other small handy jobs.
Outside jobs might include trimming hedges or painting trim. All skill levels are welcome.
Contact
Brad Martinson to volunteer and for more details.
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Evangelism Team
Contact Marion Abney
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The Evangelism Team collaborates with other ministries to Invite and Welcome new friends to Bethel.
There are numerous opportunities to serve our Lord here and in our community with events like the Easter Egg Hunt and Christmas celebration.
Come and join us to take the Good News out!
Help out with a special event or join the Evangelism Team — we meet 4 times a year to plan activites.
Contact
Marion Abney for more information.
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Sunday Greeter
Four or five Sundays a year
Contact Cathy Couchman
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To be a Sunday Greeter, or "host", all you need to do is be in the narthex before and after the worship service you normally attend and seek out and greet people, particularly ones you do not already know and, if they are "new" to Bethel, make every effort to assist them in having a memorable worship experience while they are at Bethel that day.
Commitment is four or five Sundays a year.
For more information, contact
Cathy Couchman.
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Visitor Follow-Up
Contact Sam Sudarsanam
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Every week a small team of Bethel members are needed to make follow-up phone calls to the first-time visitors and welcome them to Bethel, as well as provide more information about our ministries here at Bethel.
Requires about 1 hr a week, and schedule is flexible during the year.
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Worship
Audio/Visual Support
Contact Tom Hoegel
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The Audio/Visual Team supports all of Bethel's events, including the worship services every Sunday, with technology that enhances them through creative uses of sound and video.
Volunteers are needed to run the sound and video systems for worship and other events in the Sanctuary, as well as possibly helping with video projects as they come along.
Contact Tom Hoegel if you would like to learn how to run Media Shout (the software used for projecting worship content on the screens in the Sanctuary).
After an initial training period and a period of "shadowing" experienced operators, volunteers can sign up for whatever worship services they are able to help out with.
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Choirs
Worship Team
Ushering
Contact Ed Fox
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Are you a people person who enjoys being on the frontlines of welcoming people to Bethel?
Ushers are part of a system of greeters who are responsible for extending the hospitality of the congregation.
The commitment is open-ended, much like singing in the choir.
Ushering is open to anyone confirmation age or older.
All that is needed is regular worship attendance and a willing person.
No meetings are held, however a brief training is provided.
Sure, there are tasks to be done, like handing out bulletins and passing around the offering plates.
However, the most rewarding part of the job is making people feel at home on Sunday mornings.
More ushers are always welcome.
Contact
Ed Fox, or
Chris Freckmann
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Altar Guild
Contact Lois Eid
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The Altar Guild prepares the altar for worship and Holy Communion, an essential part of worship preparation.
The types of tasks include:
- Set-up and clean-up for the silver service communion (about 1 hour for set up and 1 hour for clean up; once or twice a year)
- Altar Linens - Check weekly, clean and return twice a month (two volunteers needed)
- Purchase wine and grape juice (twice a year)
- Change paraments when needed
- Check candles weekly and fill when needed
- Strip altar for Maundy Thursday
If interested in joining this team, please contact Lois Eid or Claire Bollesen.
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Children's Activity Bags
Contact Karen Fox
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Activity bags are provided for our younger children during worship.
Volunteers replenish the bags with new activity worksheets for the upcoming service and also maintain the colored pencil sets.
The commitment is approximately once every six to ten weeks and takes less than an hour to complete.
A brief training is provided.
If interested please contact
Karen Fox.
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Lectors
Contact Mark Evashenk
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Read the appointed Scripture of the day during a worship service.
Usually scheduled once every few months.
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Sunday Coffee Receptions
Contact Terre Chocholaty
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Each Sunday members and visitors have a chance to chat with one another over a warm cup of coffee on the patio.
Volunteers are needed to make coffee for this Sunday morning fellowship time.
Time commitment is about 3 hours on a Sunday morning twice a year.
If you are interested in helping, please contact
Terre Chocholaty.
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Altar Flower Delivery
Contact Phyllis Gaffney
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A wondrous connecting link to others, altar flower deliverys Sunday afternoon volunteer arranges Bethel's altar arrangement into three to five smaller bouquets.
The recipient's list is provided by Pastor Ken Bancroft and left in the Sacristy.
Volunteers not only deliver beautiful flowers and the worship bulletin, but most importantly, caring conversation and Bethel warmth.
Time commitment is about 4 hours each time you sign up to deliver — time well spent with people who often are ill, grieving or losing physical strength and independence.
This ministry promises you will receive much more than you give as you provide an important connecting link within our Bethel community.
Coordinator Phyllis Gaffney is happy to assist the volunteers on most Sundays.
If this service speaks to you, please contact
Phyllis.
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Special Event Helping Hands
Contact LeSonia Leimer
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Do you like to cook and/or serve food to others? Can you help with clean-up? All these helping hands make events at Bethel run smoothly.
If you would be available to help with special events please contact
LeSonia Leimer to put your name on the list of Bethel Helpers.
Time commitment is occasional Sundays during the year for special events.
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Children's Ministry Helpers
Contact Marianne Nadell
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Volunteers needed for all age groups from preschool to 6th grade.
Station Leaders help with program stations, such as music, crafts, or games.
Be a Kid Connection Supervisor – help with organization and administrative needs on Sunday morning during Kid Connection.
Limited prep time required and time commitment is 1-2 Sundays a month for 1 hour.
No experience required, just like working with kids and sharing the message of Jesus.
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Security Volunteers
Contact Steve Emmert
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Security volunteers are necessary to make sure that Bethel buildings are secure every night.
Commitment is one week at a time periodically (in a rotation).
Contact
Steve Emmert.
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Offering Counters
Contact Joan Christensen
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Offering counters work in teams of two, usually just once per month for approximately 2 hours.
If you can balance your checkbook, you can do this job!
Extra volunteers are always welcome for substitutes.
Contact
Joan Christensen, Parish Administrator.
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Preparing Meals for Evergreens
Contact Kaye Kuhlmann
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Every 2nd and 4th Thursday the Evergreens' program is followed by a luncheon provided by volunteers.
If you are interested in providing a meal (reimbursed), please contact
Kaye Kuhlmann.
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Web Team
Contact Webmaster
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Webmaster/Programmer needed to oversee development and upkeep of Bethel's web site, and additional help for maintenance and adding new features.
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Office Assistance
Contact Mary Ellen Deutscher
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In the church and school office, we occasionally need front desk phone coverage during a busy time or occasionally to substitute for current volunteers.
Phone skills are a plus, but regardless, fairly easy to learn.
You'll just need a friendly "hello" for parents, students and other visitors, and be willing to do some other minor tasks.
Mailings happen fairly regularly and at the least once a month with the Bethel Beat newsletter.
Volunteers help with address labeling and sorting the 600+ pieces for bulk mail postage requirements.
Several more volunteers would make the job go much faster and would mean you could do it less often.
Please contact Mary Ellen Deutscher if interested in helping out.
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Computer Support
Contact the church office
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Since there is no paid staff responsible for computer support, we depend on volunteers to keep the office computers running in an environment where computers are tools that help the church and school office staff and volunteers accomplish their jobs.
This includes hardware and software purchase, upgrade and maintenance.
It also includes network and server support.
If you have knowledge of hardware, software, and networking and would like to help out in some way, please contact
the church office.
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