Health Kits for Haiti I know many of you have been interested
in how you can help with the relief effort in Haiti. We at Bethlehem have decided one way
we can help immediately is through collecting the items needed for Health Kits which will be distributed through Lutheran World Relief.
Click here for a flyer with the needed items. Beginning this Sunday, January 24th and for some time to come, please bring any and all items which you want to contribute
for the health kits. You can bring multiples of one item i.e. six washcloths or a complete health kit and leave it in
the area of the giving tree. There is a box immediately to the right of the giving tree table which we'll use to collect
all contributed items. Various groups of Bethlehem including BAG, BWELCA and Revolve will sort and pack the health kits.
We are also accepting checks and cash which will be used to ship the health kits to the U.S. distribution point
and then on to Haiti. Please make checks out to Bethlehem Lutheran Church, in the memo line write - for Health Kits
for Haiti. There will be a box on the giving tree table in which to put cash or checks or checks can also go in the
collection plates. Thank you for your participation, Kim Oswald.
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Note: Special Sunday Service time March 14 at 10 a.m.
(And Day Light Savings Begins!) Pastor Daren will be installed by Bishop Murray
Finck at the one special service at 10 a.m. (There will still be an 8 a.m. service). A Celebration Pot-Luck Brunch will follow
the Installation Service. Please bring either an egg casserole, a fruit salad or platter, or breakfast breads such as muffins, bagels or croissants. Food can be dropped off in the Family
Center before the service. For questions or to help, contact Karin Kloehn at karinkloehn@cox.net or (760) 753-7161.
Scraps and Prayers.
Please join us each Wednesday morning at 8:30 am in the Multi-Use Building. The Bethlehem Women of the
ELCA need your help cutting, sewing and tying quilts. Please come visit on a Wednesday morning. If you know someone deserving
or in need of a "prayer" quilt, please leave a note in the office or talk with one of the members of the Scraps
and Prayers group.
If you Volunteer for Coffee service,
Reader or Usher Sunday duties, then you will find your current assignment schedule here. Please check here to print the current copy.
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TACO needs our help! Please plan ahead and
join us to help the wonderful TACO team serve those in need on Monday, March 8. That's an
afternoon off for some schools for parent/teacher conferences, so some of our kids may be able to join us. We'll
meet at First Lutheran Church (downtown at 3rd and Ash) at 3:30PM. No cooking involved -- all that's needed
is a friendly face and willing hands. Questions or need a ride? Call Lori Cook, 760 918-2401 (home)
or 760 207-0432 (cell). Many thanks to everyone who has so generously donated warm clothing and shoes!
Communion Classes - Communion Classes for 1st to 3rd grade students as well as 4th to 6th grade students who have not participated
in the past will be held April 22 and 29 from 6:00 to 7:30
in the Multi-Use Building. Contact Kim Oswald, kdoswald@blcenc.org for more information.
Chancel Caregivers needed:
This peaceful, giving service fits any lifestyle! Caregivers set up for, and clean up from, the
communion meal at each of the three Sunday services. Caregivers are paired for each Sunday, and serve only
five or six times in a six month period. The schedule is published twice each year, so you know your scheduled
service well in advance, and can trade assignments with other caregivers if necessary. Training is simple and takes only a
half hour, scheduled at your convenience. Please email houck3@cox.net or call Rhonda Houck (760) 415-2134 to join our committee.
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