December CONNECT by Bethel Sarnia

CONNECT BETHEL CHURCH

Welcome to Bethel Welcome to Bethel! We are so

glad to have you here! As you look through this Connect Bulletin, we

trust that you will quickly find that

Bethel has something for you and your family. Our hope is that you will take the next step into our

community and get involved. As

you do, you will begin to see that

Bethel is more than just a Sunday service, it is a family of everyday

people following Christ to bring

hope and change to the world one life at a time.

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DECEMBER 2014

This Month

BETHEL NEWS Kids Presentations December 14th The Pre-School and Kidsplosion Elementary classes will be making a special Christmas presentation on Sunday December 14th in the 10:30AM service. Bring your cameras!

Christmas Service December 21st Join us on Sunday December 21st at 10:30AM for a special Christmas service. The Bethel choir will be singing and Pastor Tim will bring a Christmas message, followed by a fellowship time with refreshments in the lobby.

No Sunday Night Services Please note that there will be no Sunday night services on Sunday December 21st and 28th.

Last Prayer Meeting of 2014 Our final Wednesday prayer meeting for 2014 will be on Wednesday, December 17th.

Offerings & Receipts If you have not already done so, please let the office know of any address changes in 2014 for mailing tax receipts. In order for your tithes and offerings to appear on your 2014 tax receipt, all donations, including online and recurring donations, must clear the bank before end of day on December 31st, 2014.

Fragrance Sensitivity We have a number of individuals in our church who have a sensitivity to perfumes and fragrances. When someone wears a lot of perfume, it can be very irritating to a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sinuses and asthmatic condition. We are asking our church congregation to be sensitive to not wear strong perfumes or best yet, to go fragrance free.

Tokens Of What Is To Come Pastor Tim Gibb

In Luke’s Gospel, chapter one, we have the account of the angelic visitations to the priest Zacharias (wife Elizabeth) and to Mary, along with the miraculous conceptions of John the Baptist and our Lord Jesus. Luke chapter one is a transitional chapter where God is transitioning from the Old Covenant (Old Testament) to a new and better Covenant (New Testament). It is the initiation of a new season. A time when now instead of the Holy Spirit coming upon only select kings and priests, we will now have a kingdom of priests and the Holy Spirit, through the cleansing power of the blood of Christ, will empower all believers. God initiates this new season with a prophetic announcement, through His angelic messenger, to the priest Zacharias. God always begins everything He does with His Word. John 1… In the beginning was the Word. The Word always comes first and then eventually the full manifestation. The Word given to Zacharias was that he would have a son and this son, John the Baptist, would prepare the Way for the coming Christ. What is interesting is that God begins to release tokens of what is to come. These are indicators of the greater - the full manifestation. The Bible says in Luke 41 that when Mary greeted Elizabeth, Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Not only that, but the baby inside Elizabeth leaped in her womb. Now this is before Pentecost. This is before the Cross. This is before Acts 2. This is before the full enactment of the New

Covenant. God was releasing tokens (signs, indicators) of what was to come. In 2007, God spoke to my heart in prayer and said to me “What is Bethel doing to prepare for the nations?” God spoke to me that Bethel Sarnia would be an international church with an international reach. In a vision I saw flags of the nations in our Sanctuary. In response, for a season, we hung flags on the front wall of the Sanctuary. At that time, who would really think of Sarnia as a place for an international church vision and reach? Then in 2010, Lambton college began to bring international students to Sarnia. We have been so blessed to be able to have a good number of them as a part of the ministry of Bethel. Then this past month, we had Evangelist Nathan Morris. We had not only people attend the services from places like Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island, Ohio, Michigan, New York; but we had online viewers from Mexico, Brazil, India, Columbia, Ukraine, Australia, and more. As well, Lydia Marrow recorded her 3rd worship CD and first worship CD for Shake the Nations ministries. It was recorded LIVE right in our church services with Lindell Cooley (former worship Pastor of the Brownsville Revival) as the executive producer. This worship CD, which will be entitled ‘You are Worthy of It All’, with the worship of our house will literally go around the world.

Ed Dickson “just happened” to be in Canada and was present for our Encounter services. Bethel is now working with Nathan Morris and Ed Dickson to help facilitate a major outreach crusade in 2015 in the capital city of Kiev, Ukraine. What is God doing?

I believe that God is releasing, into the house of Bethel Church, tokens of the Word He gave that Bethel would be an International church with an International reach. And I believe the greater is yet to come! Be encouraged Bethel! God is responding to our prayers and let’s set our faith for the greater yet to come! From my family to yours, have a wonderful blessed Christmas season,

Pastor Tim Gibb

DECEMBER 2014 SUN

MON

Sun

TUE

Mon

WED

Tue 2

THUR

Wed

6:30PM Alpha

10:30AM Service Brett Ullman Communion

7:00PM Grief Share-Bethel Boardroom

6:30PM Service Brett Ullman

10:30AM Service Pastor Tim Gibb Kids Presentations

10:30AM Christmas Service Pastor Tim Gibb Bethel Choir Fellowship to Follow

10:30AM Service Pastor Keith Patrick NO Kidsplosion Program

6:00PM Prayer 7:00PM Choir

6:30PM Cancer Prayer Support Group-Board

Bethel Boardroom

Community Room

7:30PM Men’s Mentoring Group-Bethel

Room

9:30 AM Mom’s Group

9:30AM Prayer Group

6:00PM Rescue 6:00PM Prayer 7:00PM Choir

6:30PM DivorceCare Bethel Boardroom

7:00PM LIFE-Young Adults at Chris & Linda Guerette’s

7:30PM Men’s Mentoring Group-Bethel

7:00PM REVO

6:00PM Christmas Banquet

Community Room

6:00PM Prayer 7:00PM Choir

6:30PM Cancer Prayer Support Group-Board

9:30AM Prayer Group 6:30PM Bible Study & Hymn Sing-Prayer Room

Room

Bethel Boardroom

7:00PM LIFE-Young Adults at Chris & Linda Guerette’s

7:30PM Men’s Mentoring Group-Bethel

Community Room

7:00PM REVO

7:00PM 20/30 Event

Office Hours 9am-12noon

Merry Christmas

27 Boxing Day Office Closed

6:30 PM Christmas Eve Service

NO Evening Service

6:00PM Rescue

7:00PM REVO

6:30PM DivorceCare

6:30PM Service Pastor Tricia Gibb

6:30PM DivorceCare

7:00PM Grief Share-Bethel Boardroom

Sat

7:00PM LIFE-Young Adults at Chris & Linda Guerette’s

6:30PM Bible Study & Hymn Sing-Prayer Room

SAT

Fri

9:30 AM Mom’s Group

9:30AM Prayer Group 6:30PM Bible Study & Hymn Sing-Prayer Room

FRI

Thu

Office Hours 9am-12noon

NO Evening Service

OUR PASTORS PASTOR TIM GIBB

Lead Pastor Ext. 228 pastortim@bethelsarnia.com

PASTOR TRICIA GIBB

Student Ministries Pastor Ext. 223 tricia@bethelsarnia.com

PASTORS KEITH & PATRICIA PATRICK Pastoral Care Ext. 226 pastorkeith@bethelsarnia.com

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