Church News
Please visit mtbethel.org for more details about our ministries, programs and events. If you are visiting Mt. Bethel for the first time, please stop by the Visitor Information Booth. There you can find information about Children's Worship, Nursery & Sunday School options. If you wish to become a member or would like to receive our monthly newsletter, please contact our Membership Office at
678-560-7226.
Welcome New Members:
Justin & Lane Friel, 1441 E Bank Dr, Marietta 30068, 678-802-4080;
Daryl & Carol Mangan, 2618 Weddington Pl, Marietta 30068, 770-973-2028.
Want to get involved and put your Compassion into Action? Check out the new Mt. Bethel Volunteer Opportunities - www.mtbethel.org/volunteer. You will find specific needs listed for many of our local ministries including serving, specific donations, one -time opportunities and regular commitments. It is amazing how many lives Mt. Bethel touches through our local ministries. Come be a part of it. It will change your life!
The 20th Ribbons & Holly Craft show is Saturday, November 5, from 9:00-5:00. Great way to start your Christmas shopping early with over 50 handcrafted vendors. There will be a silent auction, chance to win a homemade quilt, holiday decorations and bake sale. You can buy a lunch and listen to Christmas music from our children's choirs, bell choir, Kingsmen and others. Tell your friends, family and neighbors about this event. All proceeds go towards missions both home and abroad that Mt. Bethel supports. The bake sale proceeds go to the Pep Club and Older Adults. We look forward to seeing you there where "You Can Shop 'Til You Drop." If you would like to contribute baked items, please contact Laureen Johnson at 770-578-0196. For any other information regarding Ribbons & Holly, please contact Sandra Skinner at 770-552-2660.
Ladies Night Out, Monday, November 7, at 6:30pm - Tables are still available to hostess & decorate for our annual Sharing of Family Traditions LNO. Please contact Kris Michaelides to reserve your table. A limited number of individual tickets will go on sale in the Mt. Bethel bookstore on Sunday, October 16. Individual tickets are $18.
3 ON 3 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT - Attention all Middle School, High School, Under 30's and 30 plus - male and female. The 3 on 3 basketball tournament benefitting St. Philip UMC is rescheduled for Saturday, November 5. Deadline is approaching so get your team together and register in the CAC or online at mtbethel.org.
Mini Great Day of Service - Saturday, October 29 | 7am-1pm | Mt. Bethel and the Community - Mark your fall calendar for this wonderful morning of community outreach. Mt. Bethel's Mini Day of Service is different from the Spring Great Day of Service in that we focus on helping families rather than organizations. The Mini Day is a way to personally reach out to families with special needs and to senior members of our congregation who have given so much to Mt. Bethel. Most of the jobs include raking, cleaning, mulching, and digging, so it is a great opportunity to serve as a family! Register online at www.mtbethel.org
Mini Day of Service Schedule
Pancake Breakfast ($3 per person): 7-9am
Communion: 8:30am
Work On Site: 9am-1pm
Contact Genia Crane - 678-569-7870 for additional information. Nursery is available for this event, but registration is required (contact Debbie Ruth at 770-971-2588.)
Habitat Homes Dedication - Please join us for the dedication of Mt. Bethel's 30th and 31st Habitat Homes on Saturday, October 29, at 12:30pm. The addresses of the homes are 1353 & 1359 Old Alabama Road SW in Mableton. Since the homes are located next to each other, this will be a combined dedication. All are welcome to attend. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has contributed to this very important Mt. Bethel mission.
Our "Trunk-or-Treat" is Saturday, October 29, in the parking lot at 5:30pm! It's all going to be great fun for families with children of all ages. Come at 5:00pm, park your car in the lot, and decorate your car. Please bring a canned food item for each participant to be donated to MUST. Be prepared to hand candy out to 150-200 participants. Hot dogs, chips & lemonade will be served for dinner. Questions? Please call Dianne Hylton: 770-971-5074.
AARP Driver Safety Training Tuesday, November 1 | 9am-4pm | B118 -All Vets and their dependents take the class for free! Vets must show their DD214 ID, or membership card of VFW or American Legion. Otherwise, cost is $12 for AARP members, $14 for non-members, payable morning of class. RSVP to Kim McGarr - 770-579-9224, ext 25. Upon completion of the class, you may be eligible to receive discounts on your insurance, or roadside assistance plans.
The Ruth Young Women's Cancer Support Group is having a special guest speaker Tuesday, November 1, at 7:00pm. Marcia Pearl, a physical therapist with Turning Point, will be talking about general post-treatment rehab issues and exercise. There will also be a question and answer period. Everyone is invited to come join us at the Mt. Bethel Community Center, 4608 Lower Roswell Rd. For more information, contact Sandy Weber at jsweber@bellsouth.net. Hope to see you there.
Vases With Verses - Please donate clear, smooth, glass florist vases to The Tom Day Open Door Class Project. Volunteers are needed to decorate vases at the home of Kathy Hoppe on Mondays and Thursdays from 9:00am to 12:00pm. Proceeds from the sale of these vases will be used to build showers and provide supplies for art therapy activities at The Garden Woman's Shelter. Donation bins for vases will be located near the Sanctuary.
Mt. Bethel's Day Care Center is hiring a full-time Assistant Teacher for the two-year-old class. For more information, please stop by the Day Care, 615 Woodlawn Drive, Marietta, GA 30068 or call 678-560-8005.
Inside These Yellow Walls Directory - If you are attending Mt. Bethel, and have a BUSINESS/TALENT/SERVICE you would like our community to know about, the Friends in Faith PM Circle is compiling a listing of all Mt. Bethel who want to advertise in our directory for a donation of $15. So, if you are a babysitter, do odd jobs, CPA, carpenter, clean and/or paint houses, photographer, sew, any type of home business, please sign up. Flyers are in the Front Office as well as in the Bookstore. Any questions, please contact Sandra Skinner at 770-552-2660. We look forward to having you in our directory!
Have You Taken Control of Your Health Today? Life Line Screening will be at Mt. Bethel on Monday, November 21, offering five safe, painless, non-invasive preventive health screenings that are typically not a part of a routine physical. These include:
1. carotid artery blockage (stroke); 2. atrial fibrillation; 3. abdominal aortic aneurysm; 4. peripheral arterial disease; 5. osteoporosis (bone loss). These screenings are recommended for anyone 50 and older, or 40 and older with cardiovascular risk factors. The results, which are mailed to you, will help you & your doctor protect your health. Prices range from $129 to $159. Call 1-888-653-6441 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com/community-partners to schedule your appointment.
Christmas Trees - It's time for the annual Mt. Bethel Student Ministry Missions Fundraiser! Please buy your Christmas Tree from us this year; you can place an order online at http://mtbethel.org/treesale/. We appreciate all of your support!
Foster Family Ministry
The Foster Family Ministry will hold a Prayer and Planning meeting to explore how Mt Bethel can better respond to this critical need. If you are interested in earnestly praying for the foster children of Cobb County and our foster families, and interested in helping this ministry grow, please attend a Foster Care Prayer and Planning meeting on Thursday, October 27, at 7:00pm in B116. Please call Wayne Stolz at 770-565-7521 or Julie Kirby at 770-656-6305 for further information about this important meeting.
Christmas Ministry Opportunities:
Operation Christmas Child - Last year 8.1 million children experienced hope through the power of a simple gift - your gift of a shoe box. You can make a difference this year by filling a box, wrapping it in prayer, and bringing it to the altar for dedication on Sunday, November 21. Flyers with packing information can be found throughout the church. You can even print your own packing label through the Samaritan's Purse website, www.samaritanspurse.org. These shoe boxes open doors for presenting the Good News of Jesus Christ through the distribution of Gospel booklets and follow-up discipleship programs. Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan's Purse, the Christian relief and evangelism ministry led by Franklin Graham.
Angel Tree begins November 6 and runs through December 4. The "Angels" represent gift requests of children in foster care and adults who are being assisted by the Department of Family and Children Services. Trees will be located in the connector hallway, the F Building lobby and the nursery hallway starting Sunday November 6. Please pick up your Angels and spread the spirit of Christmas to the least and the lost.
Donate a Meal to a Camp Hope Family -Your generous donation of $50 will purchase a Christmas dinner for a Camp Hope family which will be given at the hope4christmas party. You can purchase a Christmas meal on our online store http://www.kidz2leaders.org/onlinestore.php or send a check payable to kidz2leaders to 4385 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta, GA 30068 (please designate "Christmas Dinner" in the "for" line of the check.) Your help will provide a very special Christmas for our Camp Hope "kidz" and their families.
Student Ministry
We need volunteers! If you would like to serve with Mt. Bethel Student Ministries, particularly leading a middle school life group, or in any other capacity, please email Elise Bernhardt at elise.bernhardt@mtbethel.org.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Middle School Lock-in I November 4-5 I $25
Middle School M25 I 11/8, 12pm-9pm
High School M25 Camp I November 19-22 I $105
Middle School DayOne Sunday School | 9:30 am| Upper Room - all rising 6th, 7th, & 8th graders meet together Sunday mornings for games, skits, teaching, worship & fun!
Every Tuesday I Middle School I Tuesday Morning Breakfast I 7:15AM I CAC I $3
Every Wednesday I Wednesday Night Bible Study I 6:30-7:30 I Upper Room
Student Ministry Weekly Update
In addition to receiving news through the Church-wide weekly e-blast, you can also subscribe to the Student Ministry Weekly Update. To be added to this email list please send your email address to elise.bernhardt@mtbethel.org.
College Ministry
Weekly happenings:
Sundays - we are studying the book of Ephesians, 9:30am in the CAC
Tuesdays - we meet at Gaylyn Kelly's home (1480 Brookcliff Drive, Marietta) from 7-10pm and are completing our reading and discussion of Isaiah.
Special events:
The 1st & 3rd Friday of each month at THE GARDEN at 6:30 pm, join us to serve, worship and participate in Bible study that we lead.
The 2nd Thursday of the month- SAFEHOUSE- downtown Atlanta, day shelter;
serve over 300 meals, share worship and a message.
UPCOMING:
November 27 is College and Young Adult Ministry SUNDAY!! The Sunday after Thanksgiving we get to serve for the one service that day. There will be a coming together of all services at 10am in the Sanctuary. We get to be the ushers, speakers, worship leaders, prayer warriors... all of it. Let me know your interest and availability.
Kenya - December 7-21 - a team is being assembled.
Passion 2012 conference - January 2-5
DNow2012, Feb 10, 11, 12 - your opportunity to lead students grades 6-12, all weekend long and help them define who Jesus is to them personally.
Questions, or if you are ready to sign up to serve at one of our many
opportunities, please respond by contacting me Gaylyn.kelly@mtbethel.org
Women's Ministry
Mark your calendars for the 2012 Women's Retreat, January 27-29 - Register online or by registration brochure. Our speaker will be Susie Shellenberger and our worship leader is Cheryl Rogers. The retreat is being held at The Chattanoogan, Chattanooga, TN. For lots more information, visit www.mtbethel.org/connect/women/. Questions? Contact Kris Michaelides at 678-560-7427 or email at kris.michaelides@mtbethel.org.
Men's Ministry
Attention Men Servers - Our next Ladies Night Out is Monday, November 7. Our ladies will be decorating their own tables using their family traditions, so it will be a beautiful event! We could not host LNO without our fabulous men servers!! Please consider serving to ladies that appreciate you so very much. We will meet in the small dining room at 6:15pm. The dress is khaki pants and white shirts. Please let me know if you can help...kris.michaelides@mtbethel.org. Bring a friend to join you!!
Active Senior Adults
The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History - Thursday, November 17 - 9:00am-2:30pm - $10 - plus lunch. The General Museum has been redone! Now the Southern Museum is in Kennesaw, the museum has the General, as well as Civil War artifacts and displays, a movie about the great locomotive chase, as well as a display of the Glover Machine Works, which were in Marietta. In addition, there are traveling exhibits to view.
Recreation Ministry
Youth Winter Basketball - We are in the team-building process. Coaches will receive their rosters at the coaches meeting on Thursday, November 3. Expect a call from a coach with your child's first practice day and time, beginning November 4. Practices will begin Monday, November 7-Saturday, November 12.
Girls/Boys High School Basketball - now registering. Must not be on a High School basketball team. Register your team in the CAC or contact Adam Sheffield for more information at adam.sheffield@mtbethel.org or 770-971-4299.
Youth Sports - to get prompt updates on weather and field conditions sign up for our Twitter posts - Simply text Follow MtBethelRec to 40404 to receive Tweets.
Fitness: Join us for one of our many fitness classes. New - Zumba. Go to www.mtbethel.org/fitness for complete schedule and pricing.
Prayer Ministry
"Voices United"- Join us on Thursday nights at 7:00 in B106 as we pray for every facet of the Church. Contact Bette Cardell at bettecardell@gmail.com for information or ministry prayer requests.
Aloha to Aging
"Ask The Neurologist" - Tuesday, November 1, at 10:30am - Dr. Gwynn, Director of the Stroke Center of Northside Hospital and Chief of Neurology at St. Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta will join us for an interactive informational session focused on Parkinson's Disease and the various physical issues that can accompany Parkinson's Disease. RSVP by October 30 to 678-439-1177.
Bereavement Support Group: Tuesday, November 4, from 10-11:00am. Specifically for those that have lost an aging loved one. If you are dealing with the grief of losing an aging loved one, please RSVP by November 3 to 678-439-1177 or by email dawn@alohatoaging.org .Program at Aloha To Aging, Inc., located in the Mt. Bethel Community Center, 4608 Lower Roswell Rd., Marietta, GA 30068.
Our Faithfulness
Offerings Received last week -- $164,612
Offerings Received this fiscal year -- $2,691,557
Offering Needed to Date - $2,118,525
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