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Camp EDGE: 400+ Children Attend VBS

Salkehatchie Service Camp Begins This Weekend

Notes About Worship in the Fellowship Hall

News & Information

Spirit Singers  Present Worship Music
June 27 Word & Table Service

Lost & Found Items to Be Displayed:
Check to See If Any of Them Are Yours

School Supplies Needed for Hands of Christ Ministry

Get Your Bethany News Online &
Help Church Reduce Printing, Postage Costs

Meals on Wheels Seeks Summer Volunteers

Leisure Ministries Still Has Openings in
Summer Sports & Adventure Camps

Preparing for Worship

Information About This Weekend's Services

The Bethany Family

Hospitalized Members, Birthdays, Sympathies

This Week At Bethany

Calendar of This Week's Activities

Upcoming Events

Hope for Africa Children's Choir
Performs Here on July 6

Senior Adults Meet June 26

Summerville-Dorchester Museum
Presents Lecture June 28

Living Christmas Story Team Will
Meet to Plan for This Year's Presentation

Important Links

Check Out These Websites

Contact Information

How to Reach Bethany UMC Staff
& Place Concerns on the Prayer Lists

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United Methodist Church
 Summerville, South Carolina

June 19, 2009          Vol. IV, Issue 22

 

Youngsters "camp out" at Bethany, enjoy VBS

More than 400 children are discovering God while "camping out at Bethany" this  week. Our Vacation Bible School, entitled Camp EDGE, kicked off Monday morning and continues through Friday. VBS required more than 120 volunteers and support by the church staff. So far it's been an awesome week, full of laughter, song, crafts, recreation and, most importantly, "experiencing and discovering God everywhere!"

Photos by Amy Martin

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Salkehatchie: Service camp brings S.C. youth to Bethany

Youth and adult volunteers prayer before a day of work during the 2008 Summerville Salkehatchie Camp.

Bethany will host the Summerville Salkehatchie Camp June 21-28. Some 80 youth and adult participants are expected.

The Bethany Men’s Club (United Methodist Men) will provide breakfast every morning during this year’s camp. Our sisters and brothers at Murray UMC will provide supper on the Wednesday of camp. Other meal providers are still being identified. If your Sunday School class or church group would like to provide a meal, please contact Brenda Frye at 871-3529 or 870-6654.

Other needs for this year’s camp include:

  • “Runners” to pick up and deliver building materials to work sites (must have a pick-up truck).

  • Building materials such as 16d and 8d galvanized common nails, 2-, 3-, and 4-inch paint brushes, paint rollers and sleeves, paint trays and liners, drop cloths and caulking tubes and guns.

  • Cases of 16- or 24-oz. bottled water and Gatorade.

If you wish to donate lumber or paint, please check with Marty Gunter before purchasing these items.

You can also support our camp by writing a check to “Summerville Salkehatchie” and placing it in the Salkehatchie mail box in the church office. Contributions marked for “Summerville Salkehatchie” may also be made to Berlin G. Myers Lumber Company. Gift cards from local home centers are also welcome, as are cash donations in any amount.

Our most important need, however, is for the dedicated and continuous prayers of the Bethany congregation for the success of this ministry. Please be in prayer for the safe and timely completion of all planned work, the safety of all youth and adult workers, and for God’s continued blessings of the homeowners, their families and the Salkehatchie volunteers who serve them.

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Notes about worship in the Fellowship Hall this summer

While our Sanctuary undergoes renovations this summer, we will continue to hold the 8:45 and 11:15 a.m. worship services in the Fellowship Hall. The services will be held in the Camp Meeting style, so please dress casually. Camp Meetings are a tradition dating back to the 1800’s when United Methodists would attend “camp” for several days of preaching, worshiping and hymn singing.

Dismissal for Children’s Church

Children will be dismissed for Children’s Church at the side entrance of the Fellowship Hall. Children should use the doors located at the aisle in front of the rows of blue chairs.

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Lose something at Bethany? Chances are, it's been found

On Sundays, June 21 and 29, watch for a display of our lost and found items outside the  Fellowship  Hall. Older items will soon be discarded,  so please take time to check out the display to see if any of the found items are yours!  A complete list of items is currently posted on the bulletin board around the corner from the first floor art room. Items include over 30 pairs of glasses, a few sets of keys, jewelry, books, clothing, toys, etc.

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School supplies sought for Hands of Christ ministry

The Local Missions Committee has begun collecting school supplies for local school children through the Hands of Christ mission. The goal is to provide supplies for 1,000 students at Williams Elementary in St. George and some schools in Dorchester District II for the 2009-2010 school year. These students’ families would otherwise be unable to provide the school supplies.

Local Missions is asking for your help in providing the supplies listed below. If you are unable to purchase the complete list of supplies, that’s okay. The committee will appreciate items that you are able to afford.

Since not everyone is a "shopper," Local Missions team members will gladly do the shopping for you, if you prefer to make a monetary donation. Please make your check to Bethany and write "Local Missions Hands of Christ mission" on the memo line.

The committee also needs volunteers to help with the packing and delivery of the supplies in August. Please pray about helping with this mission and join us as we help future generations obtain good educations by ensuring they have the school supplies that they need. Each child requires:

2 composition notebooks (black & white, preferred)

1 spiral notebook

1 pack wide-ruled
notebook paper

1 binder (2-inch)

1 pack 5-subject dividers

4 dry erase markers

2 highlighters

25 pencils

1 container Clorox
Wet Wipes

1 bottle hand sanitizer

1 box Kleenex

4 glue sticks

2 sticky note pads

1 boxes crayons (24 ct.)

1 box colored pencils

1 box Crayola markers

1 box Ziploc Bags (gallon
& sandwich size)

1 roll of paper towels

1 container baby wipes

1 each, folders (red, yellow, green, orange, blue & purple) with pockets & prongs

1 pencil box

1 pair scissors

Suggested places to purchase items: Dollar Tree, Dollar General, Walmart and Target. Please bring school supplies to the church no later than Wednesday, August 5. Thank you.

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Get all your Bethany news online & help church save $$

The Bethany UMC staff wants to strike a balance between cost savings and communication, so we've begun using the internet more frequently to share news with church members. When you read Bethany Links or the Bethany Beacon newsletter online, it helps the church save on the costs of ink, paper and postage. Are you a Bethany Links subscriber? Why not consider subscribing to the email version of the newsletter, too, and removing your name from the distribution list for the paper version?

To subscribe to the online version of the Bethany Beacon or to this weekly email newsletter, simply
complete the online form, and we'll make sure you'll be kept up to date with all the Bethany news, right on your computer.

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Meals on Wheels needs volunteers for summer food delivery

Serving a meal never felt so good! Many elderly and/or disabled persons in our community depend on Meals on Wheels for a nutritious noon meal Monday through Friday. Could you give a few hours a month to help provide this service? Assistance is needed both to deliver and to help package the meals. Meals are delivered by teams of two and partners can be provided! Call Leslie at the Meals on Wheels office 873-8224.  Please come, bring a friend and lend a hand. You’ll be very glad you did!

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Register for summer camps!

Registration forms for the following Leisure Ministries summer camps are available in the church office, Welcome Center and the gym office. To register online or print a registration form, visit the gym’s website. For more information call Leisure Ministries Director Lynn Mazell at 873-7261.

Sports camps

  • Coach Janet (Chi Chi) Hurley will be in charge of the Tennis Camp June 29-July 2 for seven to 13 year olds and the Volleyball Camp, July 6-9 for fifth graders and older.

  • Michael Shaw from the Links of Summerville does a great job with our Pitch & Putt Golf Camp. This camp is for children seven to 13 years old and will be held July 13-16. This year all ages will have camp from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., to avoid the heat of the day on the golf course.

  • Soccer Camp will be led by Mark Weaver and is for ages three to six and for ages seven to 13.

Adventure camps

  • The Adventure Camp, July 6-10, is for rising first through sixth graders and offers bowling, swimming, arts and crafts and a visit to the House of Bounce.

  • For rising fourth through sixth graders, the Explorer Camp will visit Whirlin’ Waters and the James Island climbing wall. Campers will also test their skills at canoeing and kayaking. This camp will be held July 20-24 (Monday-Friday) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  • The Multi Challenge Camp, July 27-30, has adventures in extreme faith for rising sixth through ninth graders.

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Saturday, June 20:

6 p.m., Rear of Fellowship Hall

Word & Table Worship Service

Mark 4:35-41
"Peace, Be Still"

Ross Chellis

 

Sunday, June 21:

8 a.m., Spell Chapel

Mark 4:35-41
"Peace, Be Still"

Ross Chellis

8:45 & 11:15 a.m., Fellowship Hall

Mark 4:35-41

"Whose Boy Are You"

Dr. Bob Howell

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(As of June 18)

In the Hospital:

Roper: Jeriel Guess, Jim Williams

Trident: Nettie Willson

Home: Sheria Alexander, Cheryl Eichman, Darlene Schrader

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Christian Sympathies:

We extend our Christian sympathies to:

  • Pat Owens and family upon the death of her father, Stanley Pogorzelski, on June 5 in Goose Creek;

  • Betty Varner and family upon the death of her brother, Randolf Knight on June 14; and

  • Shirley Stewart Scully and family upon the passing of her father, Harold "Jack" Stewart, on June 15.

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This Week's Birthdays:

June 19

Katie Burdette

Kelly Byrd

DeeAnn Farrell

Clark Freeman

Jillian Hare

Price Howell

Blake Hutto

Robert Johnson

Isabel Kelly

Matthew Dixon Lucius

Rhiannon Moody

Frances Myers

Amber Regan

Logan Reynolds

Ron Roumillat

John Stoioff

Cameron Wiltsie

 

June 20

Heather Brown

Caden Cranford

DeLayne Cranford

Dan Helton

Peyton Kearns

Kent Lee

Hailey Lindquist

Tricia Mazell

Valerie Oldham-Jefferson

Luke Parham

Deborah Sikkema

Susan Stephens

 

June 21

Meredith Baum

Michael Kalar

Brenda Lykins

Jim Paxton

Colleen West

Jason Andrew

Wimberly

 

June 22

Ansley Carr

David Cranford

Siena Duchnak

Ann Griffith

Preston Kage

Drayton Keller

Alice Palmer Lawrence

James Lopez

Heather Merrithew

Amelia Rodgers

Sydney Stoever

Maggie Windham

 

June 23

Jen Butts

Charles Davis

Judy Farmer

Molly Fugate

Christopher Mercer

Joyce Peach

Kelly Roberts

Shaun Tumbleston

Payne Whitfield

 

June 24

Reggie Cross

Ballard DeHaven

Katherine Marie Guess

Susan Hart

Jean Merrithew

Tabitha Merrithew

Wayne Mitchum

Jeni Nix

Aurie Engel

Schmieding

Jim Thompson

Von Thurman

Greg Wegmann

 

June 25

Don Brock

Deborah Gates

Cameron Guest

Randy Howe

Melanie Morgan

Sherri Morris

Kendall Murray

Emelia Nix

Madeline Owens

Dawn Roberts

C. J. Swartzwelter

June 26

Brett Bishop

Brandy Bradham

Jennifer Cockrell

Chandler Cook

Madison Farrell

Aaron Fickling

Joseph Hambright

Amanda Lavigne

Jacob Lust

Sommer McKenzie

Lindy Miller

Marcy Miller

Caeli Preston

Ernie Rider

Abigail Rogers

Lilly Shabeldeen

Kevin Slack

Melvin Williamson

 

June 27

Luke Boyce

Britney Bridges

Clarence Allen

Crosby

Dan Daniels

Bobby Hill

Katelynn Hughes

Kayla Hughes

Morgan Hunt

Madison Jackson

Colin McKenzie

Jim Peacher

Lacie Smith

 

June 28

Mackenzie Bowen

Kevin Bowlby

Sarah Fallaw

Melanie Lee

Daniel Martin

George McDowell

Tess Miller

Ann Olson

Miguel Pagan

John Parks

Dick Prevatte

Ken Richter

Shannon Whirledge

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Friday, June 19

9am-12pm........... Vacation Bible School

11 am .................. MS Support Group, 118

6 pm...................... Crop Fellowship, 235

 

 

Saturday, June 20

Student Ministries Service Project; Summerville Salkehatchie Begins

8 am...................... Stephen Ministers,
Friendship Circle Classroom

6 pm...................... Word & Table
Worship, Fellowship Hall

 

 

Sunday, June 21

8 am...................... WORSHIP, Spell Chapel

8:45 am................ WORSHIP, Fellowship Hall

10 am................... Sunday School

11:15 am.............. WORSHIP, Fellowship Hall

11:30 am.............. Walk to Emmaus Reunion, 127

6 pm...................... Student Ministries Bowling Night (Meet at the church)

8 pm...................... Adult Pick-Up Volleyball, Gym

 

 

Monday, June 22

Salkehatchie Summer Service Camp

8:30 am................ Boys’ Basketball Camp, Gym

11 am................... NOOMA Video Series, 237

1 pm...................... Girls’ Basketball Camp, Gym

6:30 pm................ Younger Children’s Ministry Team, 127

7 pm...................... Care Team, 237

7 pm...................... Local Missions Committee,
Conf. Rm.

7 pm...................... Singers of Summerville,
Music Rm.

7 pm...................... AA, Open Discussion, 126

 

Tuesday, June 23

Salkehatchie Summer Service Camp

8:30 am................ Boys’ Basketball Camp, Gym

9 am...................... Banner Ladies,
Old Parsonage

10 am................... Quilters, Old Parsonage

1 pm...................... Girls’ Basketball Camp, Gym

6 pm...................... Boy Scout Troop 787,
Youth Wing

6:45 pm................ Friendship Circle Bible Study, 127

7 pm...................... Global Missions, Conf. Rm.

 

 

Wednesday, June 24

Salkehatchie Summer Service Camp

5:30 am................ Men’s Prayer Group, 222

8 am-4 pm........... Prayer Call, Spell Chapel

8:30 am................ Boys’ Basketball Camp, Gym

1 pm...................... Girls’ Basketball Camp, Gym

6:30 pm................ Providence Men’s Bible Study, 236

7 pm...................... Student Ministries Movie Night, Blue House

 

 

Thursday, June 25

Salkehatchie Summer Service Camp

8:30 am................ Boys’ Basketball Camp, Gym

1 pm...................... Girls’ Basketball Camp, Gym

4 pm...................... Adult Bible Study, 122

6:30 pm................ Word & Table Band,
Music Room

7 pm...................... Upward Call (for College Students), Blue House

 

 

Friday, June 26

Salkehatchie Summer Service Camp

12 pm .................. Senior Adult Fellowship,
Friendship Circle Classrm.

 

 

Saturday, June 27

Salkehatchie Summer Service Camp

6 pm...................... Word & Table
Worship, Fellowship Hall

 

 

Sunday, June 28

Commissioning of Stephen Ministers at 11:15 a.m. worship

8 am...................... WORSHIP, Spell Chapel

8:45 am................ WORSHIP, Fellowship Hall

10 am................... Sunday School

11:15 am.............. WORSHIP, Fellowship Hall

2 pm...................... Summerville Dorchester Museum Lecture, 128

4:30 pm................ Living Christmas Story Steering Committee,
Conf. Rm.

5:30 pm................ Student Ministries Dinner,
Fellowship Hall

6:30 pm................ UMYF Game Night,
Azalea Park

6:30 pm................ GAP, Blue House

*Calendar subject to daily change. Not all activities are included here. Look for the most up-to-date calendar on bulletin boards and schedule stands throughout the church.

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Hope for Africa Children's Choir presents concert at Bethany July 6

Bethany will welcome the Hope for Africa Children's Choir to our church on Monday, July 6. The choir, from Humble Place UMC in Mukono, Uganda, will present a program of song in the Fellowship Hall at 7 o'clock that evening.

The children come from a land where bananas, mangos and pineapples spring forth in abundance from the earth. Yet, it’s also a land ravished by poverty, war and AIDS. In fact, some of the children in the choir are orphans from the city of Gulu, where people have suffered from an indescribably horrible war. For the past 20 years, children have been abducted and turned into child soldiers overnight. Yet this choir provides a peaceful witness for us and the world, glorifying God through music while raising money for their mission efforts in Uganda.

Admission to the concert is free.  A love offering will be received.

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Senior Adults meet June 26 in Friendship Circle classroom

The next meeting of the Bethany Senior Adults will be on June 26 at 12 p.m. in the Friendship Circle Classroom. Johnsie Currin, family caregiver advocate for the Trident area Advocate on Aging, will talk about services offered to seniors by the state of South Carolina or sponsored by the state.

The menu will include fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, salad, rolls, tea and chocolate cake.

If you are not on the permanent list, please make a reservation no later than June 24. Persons whose last name begins with letters A-E should contact Lee and Marilyn Easterling at 873-3246; those whose last names begin with F-N should contact Margaret Kaltenbach at 821-8243; and those whose last name begins with O-Z should contact Bettye Moody at 873-3598. If you are on the permanent list but cannot attend this time, please call to let us know. For more information, contact Amy Locklair at 873-4739.

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Don't miss Summerville-Dorchester Museum lecture
about gazebos & 'enchanting structures' June 28

The Summerville-Dorchester Museum’s Executive Director Christopher Ohm will present a lecture on Sunday, June 28, entitled “Summerville Gazebos and Other Enchanting Structures.” The lecture is free for members of the museum or $5 at the door for nonmembers. Please join us at 2 p.m. in room 128 at Bethany.

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Want to help plan this year's Living Christmas Story?

The Living Christmas Story Steering Committee will meet on Sunday, June 28, at 4:30 p.m. in the Conference Room. If you served on last year’s steering committee or are interested in helping plan this year’s Living Christmas Story presentation, please plan to attend.

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Bethany UMC Web Site

June 2009
Bethany Beacon Newsletter

Bethany's Safe Sanctuary policy

Bethany's Development Plans

This month's Veterans Outreach newsletter

(The official newsletter of the Bethany UMC Veterans Outreach Program)

Bethany Gym Web Site

Bethany Student Ministries Web Site

Bethany Care Team Sign-Up Form

Summerville Salkehatchie Summer Service

(A servant ministry for high school and college age youth.)

Church Plant Information

(Bethany is planting a church in the Ashley Ridge area of Summerville. Learn more and find the answers to your questions.)

 

 

S.C. Conference of UMC Main Web Site

United Methodist Church’s Main Web Site

Beliefs of the United Methodist Church

Answers to Your Questions about the United Methodist Church

Give Online to UMCOR Hurricane Relief

Daily Devotional from the Upper Room

Heartlight Magazine (Positive resources for daily Christian living)

Bible on the Web

National Do Not Call Registry

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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
 gym@bethany-umc.com
www.bethanygym.com

Child Development Center:

(843) 821-1946
www.bethany-umc.com/cdc/index.html

Emergency Number:

If you have an emergency for which you need pastoral care at night or on weekends or holidays, call (843) 425-1069.

Bethany Staff Email Addresses:

www.bethany-umc.com/AboutUs/contacts.htm

Bethany Prayer Chain:

Bethany is blessed to have two distinct but separate prayer chains.

871-1576 (Donna Mobley) or
873-2424 (Alice Kinsey)

873-1230 (Church office)

The phone prayer chain distributes prayer requests through phone calls.

prayerchain@bethany-umc.com

873-1230 (Church office)

Change of Phone? Address?

Are you a Bethany member who has recently moved? Do you have a new phone number or email address? Please let the church office know about  changes in your contact information, so we can serve you better. Use this on line form or call Church Secretary Dana wells at (843) 873-1230.

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Beth Allain, Communications Director
 Bethany United Methodist Church
 ballain@bethany-umc.com
118 West 3rd. South St.
Summerville SC 29483
(843) 873-1230 ext. 32
 

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