New Member Classes - Sundays, August 19 & September 9 - We have designed these classes to help you figure out how to "navigate" Mt. Bethel & how to get you plugged into the life of the church.  The New Member Classes are 2 one-hour sessions on Sunday mornings from 11:00am-12:00pm in room B118.  We are also offering an optional add-on to the 2nd class in the series: immediately following the 2nd class we will have a light lunch & a tour of the buildings.  Please contact   Krista Downing at 678-560-7226 or krista.downing@mtbethel.org to register.

God's Garden is a worship service for children who are three (by 9/1/12) through four-year-olds. After "Children's Moments," in the Sanctuary, they go to Room A35.

Want to get back in a routine of studying the Word, while helping others?  Teach Sunday School to our next generation. We have openings in all age levels. Contact Becky.Tolbert@mtbethel.org - Elementary 678-560-7447 or

Janis.Caverlee@mtbethel.org - Preschool 770-971-0668.

Women's Ministry Fall/Winter Consignment & Bake Sale is coming up August 23-25. A limited number of seller packets are available. For all the updated information, please visit mtbethelccs.com. Volunteers are needed (you get to shop the presale if you volunteer). Also, we need your homemade baked goods  for our fabulous Bake Sale (baked goods drop off August 23 or 24 from 8am-7pm).

Adult Enrichment Ministries Game Day and Luncheon: Friday, September 14, 10:00am-3:00pm at Mt. Bethel Community Center (shuttle bus provided from Mt. Bethel UMC parking lot beginning at 9:30am). $100 per table of 4. Bring cards or a board game. Lunch provided along with gift bags and door prizes.  All proceeds go to Mt. Bethel's Adult Enrichment Ministry to help abused, neglected, exploited and impoverished adults in Cobb, Cherokee and DeKalb Counties. To reserve your table contact Janet Battin at  770-992-9889. Reservation deadline September 4.

Third Graders! Children currently in 3rd grade will receive their own Bible on Sunday, August 26 in each service. Come worship together as a family in the Sanctuary at 9:30 or 11:00, or Encounter in the Fellowship Hall at 11:00. The children will be called forward to received their Bible in the service.  After each service, please come to the lobby of the Education Building to get a personalized book plate for your Bible and for a reception with cookies and lemonade.  If you have any questions please contact Dianne Hylton at Dianne.hylton@mtbethel.org 

Life groups for 4th and 5th grade children provide a nurturing environment for pre-teens to explore God's Word, grow in their faith, explore their walk with Jesus Christ and build relationships within their peer group. Life groups allow timely discussion, hands-on mission projects, Bible study and how to apply Scripture to their everyday lives. This is a wonderful bridge for children as they begin to transition from children's into students ministry. Life groups are forming now for the 2012-2013 school year.  Life groups for children 4th and 5th grade along with a parent/mentor are from 6:30-7:30 pm on Wednesday evenings in the Education Building. Our first meeting will be Wednesday, September 5, in F011. For more information, please contact sherri.juliani@mtbethel.org.

Cub Scout Pack 121 is having an information & registration meeting on Sunday, August 19, at 2:00pm in the Scout Hut. Cub Scouting is open to all boys entering the 1st through 5th grade. Parents of boys entering the 1st grade will work together to form dens for the boys and pick leaders; however, all parents of 1st graders are very active in the den activities. Parents of 2nd-5th grade boys may also form dens or depending on the numbers may join existing dens. Discussion at the meeting will include what the program events are scheduled for this year, how dens are formed and meet, and question and answers session. If you have questions before the meeting, please contact Todd Pinniger, Cub Master, at 678-672-8399 or todd.pinniger@gmail.com or Kes Stadler, Committee Chair, at kstadler@mindspring.com 404-274-6705.

The Mt. Bethel Nursery is looking for committed women to be a part of our Nursery Guild. Guild members help greet church members in the nursery and manage computers for nursery check-in on Sunday mornings.  We also have a few meetings during the year, host a Nursery Staff Appreciation Breakfast and are occasionally asked to volunteer in the Nursery. If you would be willing to serve on this committee and give back to our loving, wonderful nursery or learn more, please contact Sara Meyers at slizmeyers@gmail.com

Hungry? Sunday morning Fellowship Breakfast is available 7:30-9:15am in the Fellowship Hall. Tuesday Lunch is served in the Dining Room from 11:30am-1:30pm. Wednesday night dinners resume August 22 - 4:30-6:45pm in the Fellowship Hall.

Dishwashers needed for Wednesday Night Dinners -must be at least 16 years of age and able to work from 4:30 until approximately 8:30 on Wednesday evenings. If interested, please call Jan or Cathy at 678-560-7408 or stop by the kitchen to complete an application. Dinners begin August 22.

Tuesday Nights Under the Bridges - Join us under the bridges of Atlanta with the 7 Bridges Ministry Tuesday, August 28. We depart Mt. Bethel at 4pm sharp, eat a burger at US Café then meet our guides at The Garden. From The Garden, we head out under the bridges. WE GO RAIN OR SHINE! Dress according to weather & wear comfortable shoes. If led, bring a case of water. To sign up go to openingourdoors.com. See the tab, Tuesday Under The Bridges. Select, click to volunteer. Questions, please contact: Ben Hornsby, 678-333-1871, or ben.hornsby@mtbethel.org.

Groupers August Dine & Unwind Tuesday, August 21, at 6:30 at Cinco  - (a Mexican cantina), 2851 Akers Mill Road, Atlanta, GA 30339. RSVP to Kim McGarr at 770-579-9224, ext. 25, or Kim.McGarr@mtbethel.org or Ellen Sutley at bugeau@comcast.net

The Special Needs Ministry invites you to an Open house, Sunday, August 26, from 9:29am-12pm. Visit us in F002 & see how this special ministry seeks to make Mt. Bethel an inclusive community to all people. For more information about how you can connect & serve with the Special Needs Ministry, please join us on August 26 at 12:15 for a short informational lunch. We hope to see you at our Open House or informational lunch. Kim McGarr kimmcgarr@mtbethel.org or 770-579-9224, ext. 25.

Mt. Bethel Day Care Center is now enrolling children for the Pre-K class for the 2012-2013 school year.  For prices and tour information, please call Dee Stolz at 678-560-8005.

A new Singles Sunday School Class will start on September 9. Rev. Glenn Ray will be teaching this 9:30am class in the Chapel. If you are interested, please email glenn.ray@mtbethel.org.

Invitation to  R I N G !  We need Handbell and Chime Ringers in all age groups:  children, youth and adults.  Check  our Worship Arts website mtbethel.org/ministries/music-arts/  for more information and/or contact Ray Fountain ray.fountain@mtbethel.org or  770-971-2730.

Library News - With Wednesday night dinners and activities starting on August 22, I wanted to remind you to make use of our library. Wednesday afternoon from 3:00 to 6:00 someone will be available to help you find or checkout books. Our nonfiction books are found in B118 and fiction in B116. There are also some very interesting biographies in B116. We have an extensive collection of children's literature in the front of the Children's Ministry area. I hope you will make use of this convenient resource! Also, if you would like to be a volunteer librarian, we could really use your help! Sherry Reed, Volunteer Librarian - reedsa@att.net

Student Ministry

Student Ministries will hold a Parent Meeting for 6th-12th grade parents on Sunday, August 19, from 12:15-12:30. Immediately following will be a Confirmation Orientation meeting at 12:30pm.

Life Group signups & Confirmation signups will take place through August 26 online at mtbethelstudents.org.

Attention all middle and high school students: Student Choir will provide worship for our church and for its members through music. We will meet every Sunday afternoon starting August 19 from 4:00-5:30 (middle schoolers  will leave at 5:00 for their life groups.)  Check us out on Facebook -Mt. Bethel Youth Choir.  See what our student choir is all about!

Recreation Ministry

Fall Youth Sports  - The deadline has passed but there are still some spaces in the Fall Sports Leagues. Call 770-971-5280 to check availability. For those who are registered, expect a call from your coach with your team assignment after the coaches meeting on Tuesday, August 21. Practices begin the week of August 27.

Adult Coed Softball - Now registering.  Contact Adam Sheffield at adam.sheffield@mtbethel.org or 770-971-4299 for more information or to register your team. Deadline is August 15.  

Mt. Bethel Adult Bowling League - Meet & Greet Night - August 27 at 6pm. Join us for free bowling and snacks at the Brunswick Zone Marietta Lanes on Delk Road.  Try your hand at bowling and if interested, sign up on a 4-person team.  League play begins Monday, September 10 at 6pm. The league has a four-person team mixed men and women format. Beginners are welcome.  For more information call Pam Lange at 770-973-0889 or Ron Mastin at 770-924-0359.

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity - Road Race Sponsors Needed.  Construction of Mt. Bethel's 32nd Habitat Home will begin in September.  The October Habitat Road Race provides much of the funding for the Habitat homes we build.  Please consider becoming a race sponsor (business, personal, small group, etc.).  Depending on level of sponsorship each sponsor's name or logo will appear on the race T-shirt, all signage and race materials reaching thousands of Cobb County and metro Atlanta residents.  Your support will help another deserving family escape poverty housing and realize their dream of home ownership.  For more information, please contact Ashley O'Neil at 770-314-0130 or springfield_ashley@yahoo.com.

1 Corinthians 12:12  The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body.  And so it is with our Habitat Builds, some hammer, some pray, some paint and some provide lunch and together it is all complete. So if your part is providing lunch, there are still several dates available in September.  The 8, 13, & 22 and 4 dates in October are still available.  Please contact Sue Stone at susu2911@bellsouth.net if you are interested in Lunches for Habitat.

Aloha to Aging      

Alzheimer's/Caregiver Support Group Meeting: Monday, September 10, at10:30am. Join our special guest speaker, Katy McNulty with NeuroTrials Research as she shares information on the many different trials going on currently in the Atlanta area. As well as how to search for trials that your loved one may qualify for. This meeting is open to family members who are assisting an aging loved one both inside and outside of the home. Free respite care is provided for your loved one while we meet, but must call in advance to 678-439-1177. Aloha To Aging, Inc., 4608 Lower Roswell Rd, Marietta, GA 30068