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Volunteers Needed to staff Palmetto House July 2-8 Volunteers from several local churches staff the Palmetto House homeless shelter for a week at a time, with volunteers serving a few hours during the evenings. Bethany’s next service week is July 2-8, and volunteers are needed to help. If you can help one evening during this week, please call David Powell (870-9831) or Peggy Halstead (at the shelter, 873-2020). Mark your calendars now – volunteers will also be needed August 20-26. Bethany Wear: New Arrivals on Sale This Sunday!
All proceeds go to the Youth Bus Fund. Wear your Bethany Wear to our Homecoming Celebration and Picnic on July 2!
Bring the whole family on Sunday, July 2, to the Bethany Homecoming Celebration and Church Picnic. The picnic will begin after a special 10:30 a.m. worship service, which will be a time of celebration and thanksgiving for our freedoms. Bring Your Favorite Dish! Bring a ready-to-eat covered dish (main course, side or dessert) that does not require preparation or reheating. Please bring enough food to feed your family plus two more people. Drop off your food in the kitchen on your way to worship or no later than 11 a.m. so that the food tables can be set up.
Bethany will provide hamburgers, All desserts will be considered in our dessert contest! Prizes will be awarded for the most decorative, the most patriotic and the best tasting. Dress casually! We’ll have the first of three Camp Meetings at the 10:30 a.m. service. Wear patriotic colors or your Bethany shirt! Current and former members of the armed forces are invited to wear their uniforms. Schedule for Sunday, July 2: Worship:
Homecoming Celebration & Church Picnic: 11:45 a.m. Note: There will be no Sunday School or Fellowship Breakfast July 2. |
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Back to School Supplies Needed by July 16
Your Opportunity to Put
Love of Christ into Action: The Dorchester Habitat for Humanity Homestore is seeking an assistant to further develop productivity and profitability of the Homestore in Summerville, to document procedures, recruit and supervise volunteers, and to help with planning and the Homestore's move to an expanded facility. Bachelor’s Degree preferred; strong communication and computer skills a must. This is a “Domestic Peace Corps” AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer position with no salary but a living stipend of approximately $780 per month, plus federal health benefits and a $1,200 cash stipend or $4,700 educational award (at the end of the first year) through AmeriCorps. Fax or email resume and references by June 29 to Star Callaway (851-2393) or mail to DHH, PO Box 1685, Summerville SC 29484. New Sunday School Class for Young Adults! Starting in July, there will be a new Sunday School class for young adults – this includes people who are roughly between 18 and 35 years old, married or single, kids or no kids. We will be meeting in room 235. Please come and be a part of this class from the beginning. Also, please let Associate Pastor Jenn Williams (873-1230) know if you would like to be informed of young adult social events or if you would like to receive more information about the new class. |
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· 8 am., Spell Chapel
· 8:45 & 11:15 a.m., Sanctuary
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(As of June 22) Home: Virginia Neal (Life Care in North Charleston), Grayce Stallsmith, Lucille Weader |
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Sympathy |
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The Bethany family extends our sympathies to Bill Jones and family on the death of his mother, Audrey Jones, in Summerville, on June 21.
Birthdays This Week |
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JUNE 24
JUNE 25 Don Brock Deborah Gates Cameron Guest Randy Howe Jim Lawrence Melanie Morgan Sherri Morris Kendall Murray Madeline Owens Dawn Roberts
Brett Bishop Brandy Bradham Jennifer Cockrell Madison Farrell Aaron Fickling Amanda Lavigne Sommer McKenzie Lindy Miller Caeli Preston |
Ernie Rider Lilly Shabeldeen Melvin Williamson
JUNE 27 Luke Boyce Britney Bridges Clarence Crosby Dan Daniels Bobby Hill Katelynn Hughes Kayla Hughes Morgan Hunt Colin McKenzie Jim Peacher
JUNE 28 Jake Birdsong Mackenzie Bowen Dustan Connell Sarah Fallaw Karen Frost Daniel Martin Tess Miller Ann Olson Miguel Pagan John Parks Dick Prevatte Ken Richter Shannon Whirledge
Nettie Barton Elaine Brock Rebecca Eleazer Lauressa Hausen Don Hudson |
Staci Moore Richard Sekula
JUNE 30 Joe Alexander Buford Boyd Chandler Farrell Sean Gregoire Eric Harp Jill Ivonowski Pat Lam Nancy McClelland Bill Monk Stef Parker Shelia R. Williams
JULY 1 Chrissy Anderson Avery Bird Scarlette Boyce Lucas Cannon Frederick Chariker Johnnie Clark Steve Faith Jamie Lynn Groomes John Halley Ben Perkins Bo Reeves Don Shope Kaila Stephens Cecelia Stewart Matthew Tanner Harrison Thompson |
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A Look at the Church Calendar* |
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Friday, June 23
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Saturday, June 24 |
10 am-3 pm..........EXPLORER CAMP 6 pm.......................Youth Bible Study, 118
6:30 pm.................Leisure
Ministries Bd., Library 7 pm.......................Pick-Up Men’s Basketball, Gym 7 pm.......................Upward Call Bible Study, 235
Thursday, June 29
7 am-6 pm............Kids Care, 10 am-3 pm..........EXPLORER CAMP
11 am–7 pm......... 4 pm.......................Adult Bible Study, 122
6:30 pm.................Tae Kwon
Do, 6:30 pm.................Summerville Community Orchestra Brass Ensemble Rehearsal, Music Rm. 7 pm.......................Pick-Up Power Volleyball, Gym
Friday, June 30
7 am-6 pm............Kids Care, 10 am-3 pm..........EXPLORER CAMP
1:30 pm.................Cub Den 7,
Sunday, July 2
No Fellowship Breakfast or Sunday School. Please note special worship time. Join us for a church-wide picnic following the 10:30 a.m. service!
10:30 am...............Worship -- Bethany Homecoming Celebration, Sanctuary 11:45 am...............Church-Wide Picnic, Fellowship Hall
Church offices and the gym will be closed on Tuesday, July 4, so that staff can celebrate Independence Day with their families.
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*Calendar subject to daily
change. Not all activities are included here. Look for the most up-to-date
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Camp
Meetings July 2, 9 & 16
At the 8:45 and 11:15 a.m. services on July 9, we will be joined in worship by Pat Garrison. Pat's Moss Point, Mississippi, home was rebuilt in January by a Bethany mission team. She will describe her experiences after Hurricane Katrina and the work God was able to accomplish by using a team of willing Bethany members. |
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Sunday School Teachers Needed for Fall
Would you like to teach or assist in one of our
children’s Sunday School classes beginning the first of August? Please
contact
Minister of Education Ruth Ann Ivey |
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United
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873-1230 (Church office during office hours) ·
871-1576 (Donna Mobley) or 873-2424 (Alice Kinsey) Bethany
UMC Office Hours: ·
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday–Thursday ·
8:30 a.m. to noon, Friday Church Office: (843) 873-1230 Office Fax: (843) 873-1937 Gym
Office: ·
(843) 873-7261 Child Development Center: (843) 821-1946 Emergency
Number: If you have an emergency for which you need pastoral care at
night or on weekends or holidays, call (843) 425-1069. Change of Phone? Address? Please inform Church Secretary Dana Wells (by phone at 873-1230), so Bethany can keep our records up to date. Young Adults Email List: To sign up for news about Bethany's young adults and their activities, email Associate Pastor Jenn Williams. Please feel free to forward this
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The
“Hands of Christ” back-to-school mission seeks your support. The deadline to
return your grocery bag filled with school supplies is Sunday, July 16.
Return the filled bags to large blue containers located around the church.
If you need a list of the school supplies required for each bag, you can
find one in the church’s Welcome Center. Thank you for your continued
generosity.
Hospital Update: 
