January 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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JANUARY 2018

THIS MONTH

BETHEL NEWS PEGGY KENNEDY We are pleased to have Peggy Kennedy at Bethel for the first weekend of 2018. Peggy will also be ministering at the following near-by locations: Friday, January 5th 7PM New Wineskins Ministry Roseville, Michigan Monday, January 8th 7PM Bluewater House of Prayer

City-Wide Revival & Prayer Service Port Huron, Michigan

ELDER NOMINATIONS All official members at Bethel are welcome to submit nominations for the 2018 Elder Board. Nomination forms are available on the Connect Desk for the month of January. Nominations must be submitted by Sunday, January 29th. The Annual Members meeting will take place on Sunday March 4th following the morning service.

OFFERINGS & TAX RECEIPTS If you have not already done so, please let the Office know of any address changes in 2017 for mailing tax receipts. Online donations must be made by the end of the day on December 31st, 2017. If you wish to have tithing envelopes and be assigned a personal giving number, or with any other questions, please contact Wendy in the Office.

THANK YOU Thank you to all of those who volunteered to help with our Missions Sunday Food Festival, our Bethel Christmas Party and our Bethel Family Christmas service. Thanks for making these events a great success. A big thank you to Diane Roebuck and Cayden Gibb for designing and decorating our Main Auditorium stage for Christmas. Special thanks as well to Ray Roebuck and all of those who assisted in set-up. Also thanks to Kim Gibb for decorating the Lobby for Christmas.

PASTOR KEITH & PATRICIA AWAY Pastor Keith and Patricia Patrick will be away on vacation for the months of January and February. They will return to us refreshed and tanned on February 24th.

COMMUNICATION AT BETHEL

(Matthew 5:7 NIV).

YOUTH MINISTRIES

BUILDING OUR FUTURE

COMING IN FEBRUARY

FROM ME TO YOU

By Pastor Tim

As we enter a New Year each January, I have for many years designated a special time to seek God for His blessing on the coming year. Each year, I have committed a different time as I felt prompted by the Holy Spirit or by what came into my heart creatively to do. I do this for my own personal blessing and renewal; and for the blessing of Bethel Church. It is something I look forward to each year. This year I am committing a special time of 31 days of special prayer. I am asking for you to join with me. I am a firm believer in the Biblical principle of “First Things”. When you honour God with the first, He blesses the rest. It is a proven truth. It is a Biblical truth. This is something I endeavour to live by. I set a special time, at the beginning of each year, to seek God’s blessing on the entire year. I give God the first days of the year. In the Old Testament we see this principle frequently emphasized as it related to the first born child (Exodus 13:12) as well as to the first of their

flocks (for sacrifice) and of their harvest. “The first of your first fruits of your land you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God” (Exodus 23:19). Solomon in Proverbs 3:9,10 speaks of the principle of “First Things” and how it relates to financial prosperity: “Honour the Lord with your possessions, and with the first fruits of all your increase; So your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.” Jesus spoke of the principle of “First Things” when he said in Matthew 6:33 “Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, (then) and all these things (material blessings) will be added to you.” Jesus is the first begotten of the Father and also the firstfruits of the resurrection. This means that the principle of firsts works for God. God gave us His first son and now has a multitude of sons and daughters. Jesus is the first begotten from the dead and now we too have the promise of resurrection life.

JOIN ME FOR 31 DAYS OF PRAYER For the month of January, I will be teaching in both Sunday morning and evening services on prayer. We will learn how making prayer a first priority results in God’s blessings. Each Wednesday night for the month of January we encourage the church to come together to pray - to not just be hearers of the Word but doers also. In addition, I will be sending out a daily email for the 31 days of January as a daily devotional and prayer guide. This can serve as your daily time with the Lord or as a supplement to your own regular devotional habit. Will you join with me, as a church family, and give God this first month of this new year and believe that wonderful blessings will result? Blessings for your life, your marriage, your home, you finances, your business, your influence. If so, sign-up for the 31-day daily email devotional prayer guide and commit to seeking God, personally and as part of Bethel Church, for the 31 days of January.

JANUARY 2018 Sun SUN

Mon MON 1

Tue TUE 2

Wed WED 3

Thu THUR

Fri FRI

9:00AM Intercessors Breakfast with Peggy Kennedy

New Year’s Day Office Closed 7

10:30AM Service Peggy Kennedy Communion

Sat SAT

6:30PM Prayer

9:30AM Prayer GroupPrayer Room

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

6:30 PM Young Adults (18-25) at the home of Dave & Gwen Bette

6:30PM Grief ShareBoardroom

10:30AM Service Pastor Tim Gibb

9:30AM Prayer GroupPrayer Room

6:00PM Rescue 6:30PM Prayer

7:00PM REVO

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

6:30PM Service Pastor Tim Gibb

6:30 PM Young Adults (18-25) at the home of Dave & Gwen Bette

6:30PM Grief ShareBoardroom

10:30AM Service Pastor Tim Gibb

9:30AM Prayer GroupPrayer Room

6:00PM Rescue 6:30PM Prayer

7:00PM REVO

6:30 PM Young Adults (18-25) at the home of Dave & Gwen Bette

6:30PM Grief ShareBoardroom

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

6:00PM Rescue

6:30PM Service Pastor Tim Gibb

6:30 PM Young Adults (18-25) at the home of Dave & Gwen Bette

OUR PASTORS PASTORS TIM & KIM GIBB

Lead Pastor pastortim@bethelsarnia.com

PASTOR TRICIA GIBB Student Ministries Pastor tricia@bethelsarnia.com

6:30PM Grief ShareBoardroom

6:30PM Prayer

Pastoral Care pastorkeith@bethelsarnia.com

7:00PM REVO

6:30PM Prayer

WATCH A SERVICE LIVE ONLINE Can’t make it to church on Sunday morning? You can watch the service LIVE online at http://www.bethelsarnia.com/live or through the Bethel App.

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PASTORS KEITH & PATRICIA PATRICK

6:00PM Rescue

6:30PM Service Pastor Tim Gibb

9:30AM Prayer GroupPrayer Room

26 12:00PM Keenagers Luncheon

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

10:30AM Service Pastor Tim Gibb

7:00PM PAOC Sarnia Section Women’s Meeting at Lakeshore Community Church- Bright’s Grove

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