December 23, 2018—Advent 4: The Story for all Time
9:00 am Prelude by the Garber family
9:30 am Children’s Christmas Program; music by Junior Choir, and Cherub Choir
No Sunday School
December 24, 2018—Christmas Eve
11:00 pm Candlelight service of Lessons and Carols with music by
Chancel Choir, Chancel Bells and congregational singing—BCMC Sanctuary
9:00 am Advent Prelude by BCMC Children and Women’s Trio (Dawn Yoder Harms, Cherie Wedel, Colleen White)
9:30 am Worship with sermon by Dawn Yoder Harms; music by Chancel Choir
10:30 am Fellowship Time in the Gathering Place
10:50 am Faith Formation
9:00 am Advent Prelude by the Sunflower Trio (Matt Schloneger, tenor; Rebecca Schloneger, violin; Ken Rodgers, piano)
9:30 am Worship with sermon by Susan Jantzen; music by Chancel Bells; communion will be served
10:30 am Fellowship Time in the Gathering Place
10:50 am Faith Formation
9:00 am Advent Prelude by Steel Drums, Brad Shore, director
9:30 am Worship with sermon by Dawn Yoder Harms and Donna Friesen;
music by Chancel Choir
10:30 am Fellowship Time in the Gathering Place
10:50 am Faith Formation
3:00 pm Newton Community Children’s Choir Concert—Sanctuary
9:30 am Worship with sermon by Susan Jantzen
10:30 am Fellowship Time in the Gathering Place
10:50 am Faith Formation
9:30 am Worship with sermon by Dawn Yoder Harms; music by Chancel Bells; Pony Express Captains will bring the Pony Express Packets back; There will be a reception of new members during worship
10:30 am Fellowship Time in the Gathering Place
10:50 am Faith Formation
9:30 am Worship with sermon by Susan Jantzen; music by Junior Choir and Cherub Choir
10:30 am Fellowship Time in the Gathering Place
10:50 am Faith Formation
9:30 am Worship with sermon by Safwat Marzouk; music by Chancel Choir
Safwat Marzouk from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. Safwat is Associate Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and will speak from Ruth 2, focusing on the interactions between hosts and migrants. Safwat is in the area for the Bethel College Bible Lecture series Nov. 4 and 5.
Dr. Marzouk, is associate professor of Old Testament at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart, Ind.), where he has taught since 2011.
On Sunday night (Nov. 4), he will speak on “Migration in the Joseph Narrative: Integration, Separation and Transnationality,” at 7:30 p.m.
On Monday morning (Nov. 5), he will speak on “Ethnic Boundary Crossing as a Way of Resisting Tyranny and Oppression in Exodus 1-2” at 11 am in convocation. Both lectures are in Krehbiel Auditorium.
Dr. Marzouk was invited to give the lectures this year particularly because of his scholarship on the book of Exodus, one of the common texts for this school year’s capstone course for Bethel seniors, Basic Issues of Faith and Life (BIFL). He will be meeting with students in the two fall BIFL classes Monday afternoon to discuss that book.
10:30 am Fellowship Time in the Gathering Place
10:50 am Faith Formation—Visitors welcome!
9:30 am Sermon by Dawn Yoder Harms; music by Junior Choir and Chancel Choir
10:30 am Fellowship in the Gathering Place
10:50 am Faith Formation — Everybody is welcome!
9:30 am Worship with sermon by Rachel Waltner Goossen, Menno Simons lecturer; music by Chancel Bells
10:30 am Fellowship Time in the Gathering Place
10:50 am Faith Formation