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A Publication of Bethel Lutheran Church

A member congregation of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

7171 Pearl Road, Middleburg Heights OH 44130-4946

(440) 843-6663

www.gobethel.org

Be heLight

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A Publication of Bethel Lutheran Church

In This Issue. . . Prayer Concerns………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………..….3 Worship Schedule for Palm Sunday and Holy Week……....…….………………………………………………..……4 Bethel Happenings ……..…………………………………………………….………………………………………………....5-6 April & May Birthdays & Anniversaries .…………………………………………….….………..……………………….7-8 Calendars…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……..9-10

Be heLight

Let your light shine

before others so they

may see your good

works and give glory to

your Father in heaven.

Matt 5:16 NRSV

Church Office 440-843-6663

Office Hours Mon – Fri 9AM – 1 PM

Fax Number 440-843-6664

Steven M. Krebill 440-785-9614

Pastor

pastorstevek@sbcglobal.net

Erika Haskell 216-409-9037

Director of Music

erikah15@yahoo.com

Gail Gold 440-843-6663

Administrative Assistant

bethelstaff@sbcglobal.net

Christie Scott 440-243-6266

M.E.E.C. Director

christieatmeec@yahoo.com

M.E.E.C. Office 440-888-9922

The Congregation

Reporters

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FROM THE PASTOR- SPRING 2015

MISSION STATEMENT

The people of

Bethel Lutheran Church

are called by God to be

faithful to the word of God

and proclaim it to all people.

We share Christ's love

and forgiveness by being Christ's hands,

feet, arms and voice

as we gather and

as we scatter.

Deadline for the Summer 2017 BeTheLight is May 15th

The purpose of BeTheLight is to inform our members, friends and visitors of worship services and to encourage spiritual growth, Christian Education opportunities, missions and outreach, activities, fellowship events and volunteer opportunities. This newsletter is meant to be an informational tool of Bethel Lutheran Church where we serve together as a family in Christ.

The BeTheLight welcomes contributions and letters. Copyrighted material (including prayers and inspirational verses) cannot be published without written permission from the author.

ONGOING PRAYER CONCERNS

PERSONS IN NEED OF HEALING Carl Burgess, Warren Burgess, Marshall Camp, Bryan

Ciccarello, Robert Hintze, Marie Hvizdos, Marie Link,

Joyce Larson, Eric Nemerovsky, Kirk Nemerovsky,

Eric Whitsel

PERSONS WHO ARE HOMEBOUND Viola Dase~Jan Harmon~Esther Johns

Phil Long~Ann Nemeth~Julius Nemeth~Mary Reinke

Please keep these friends in your

thoughts and prayers.

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HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

SUNDAY OF THE PASSION – April 9

Worship at 9:45 AM Worship begins in the Gathering Place with

the Procession with Palms and continues with the Lenten theme “Steps Toward Faith”

MAUNDY THURSDAY – April 13

Worship at 1 and 7 PM. Remembering our Lord’s command to love one another. Celebration of Holy Communion.

GOOD FRIDAY – April 14

1 PM - Adoration of the cross, and reading of the Passion according to St. John. 7 PM – NEW “Hope in the Shadows” – Tenebrae service of light and darkness

HOLY SATURDAY – April 15

Easter Vigil worship begins at 6 PM This most ancient of liturgies celebrates our Passover with Jesus from darkness to light, from death to life. It includes candle lighting, Bible stories from the Old Testament, Affirmation of Baptism and Holy Communion, and as a highlight involves the children decorating the sanctuary with Easter flowers as we make the symbolic move from Lent to Easter.

EASTER SUNDAY – April 16

Continental Breakfast served in the Gathering Place From 8:30-9:30AM

Festival Worship Service at 9:45 AM

THE CHURCH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, APRIL 17.

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CHRISTY KRNAC TO SERVE INTERNSHIP AT BETHEL Christy Krnac, who has been serving at Bethel as part of her seminary Ministry in Context

requirement, will also serve her internship year here beginning in June. Pastor Krebill received

a phone call just before Christmas from Sister Becky Swanson, the head of contextual

education at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus. She was calling to find out whether

Bethel would consider sponsoring and Pastor would consider supervising an intern in 2017-

2018. The landscape around forming pastors in the ELCA is changing rapidly, and seminaries,

candidacy committees and candidates are all trying to adjust to these new realities. For

example, we had to wait a year before we received our first intern, Daryl Emowrey because

the number of students was declining even then. A year later, the primary reason that we

were asked to supervise Lucas Merritt was because he was restricted to Northeast Ohio, and

we all know that turned out very well.

This is what Pastor Krebill shared with council in January:

“I am very willing to serve again as an internship supervisor if I have your support to

have Bethel serve as the sponsoring site. Being open to the Holy Spirit’s movement in

unexpected ways has certainly been a blessing to all involved in recent years, and I fully

trust that the Holy Spirit will guide us this time as we consider this.”

The council was in unanimous agreement to give an affirmative response to the seminary for

having Christy serve as our intern for 2017-2018. We had to wait until we had “official” notice

of her assignment at the beginning of March to share this news. The funding for Christy’s

internship will come from the undesignated bequest fund, as it did for our previous interns.

Because of when she started the process, Christy only needs to serve a ONE year internship,

instead of the new two year process. Like Pastor Lucas before her, Christy already lives in the

Cleveland area with her husband and children. Look for an introduction to Christy and her

family in the summer issue of the BetheLight.

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SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR are available from the Bethel scholarship fund to students attending Lutheran schools, elementary, secondary, or college. Information is available from Pastor Krebill, and the deadline for applications is May 30. PIERSTORF MEMORIAL COLLEGE LOAND FUND, administered by Messiah Lutheran Church in Fairview Park, provides interest-free loans to Lutheran students who are or will be enrolled full time in a four-year undergraduate program at any accredited college or university. This year, the maximum interest-free loan is $3,000 for the school year. For information, go to http://www.pierstorf.org./ Complete the 2017-2018 application by visiting the website starting Aril 15, 2017. The deadline for all applications is Friday, June 30, 2017.

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Birthdays and Anniversaries

2 Russ Bailey

3 Gail Brophy 4 Jackie Kottke Bondor 5 Elsie Petrov 5 Adelaide Rescola

5 George & Elfi Schuster 8 Giesela Stiene 9 George Schuster

10 Jennifer Stiene 10 Eliza Karp 13 Molly Weaver 13 Mitch Harshman 14 Nik Schuster 14 Fred & Sandy Sauvey 15 Esther Johns 15 Nick LoPiccolo 15 Leni Tuffner 16 Marie Link 18 Isabel Haskell 25 Alex Salem 25 Sam Haskell 26 Robert F. Breska 28 Nancy Kilkenny 29 Victoria Bobey

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Birthdays and Anniversaries 1 James Sandine

2 Darlynne Eberhart 3 Emma Reardon 4 Sophia Schobel 4 Barbara Steffen 6 Wayne Derschau 6 Olivia Karp

7 Lori Sandine 8 Mary Reinke 8 Lynn Foster

8 Betty Powers 8 Melissa Gold 9 Chase Leidy 9 Debbie Breska 10 Jessica Stiene 11 Mary-Ellen Leidy 11 Carol Pickens 12 Bob & Lois Minut 13 Sue Van Straaten 14 Ruth Sindelar 15 Diane Hail 16 Brittany Kvasager 19 Martha Scott 22 Cliff & Carolyn Riedel 23 Ed Costa 26 Alina Bondor 27 Joyce Larson 28 Susan Mohnickey 30 Craig Campfield 31 Jutta Zwingleberg

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April 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Men’s Bible

Study 8am

2 Adult Bible

Class 8:30am

Worship

9:45am

3 Spring Break

ends—MEEC

classes

resume

Animate

Bible Class

7pm

4 Lectionary

Bible study

10am

5 Choir 7:30pm

6 Al-Anon 10am

Clev. East &

West Pastor’s

Conference

9am – Noon

Bible Study 1pm

GFF 7pm

7 AA 8:30pm

8 Men’s Bible

study 8am

9 Adult Bible

Class 8:30am

Worship

9:45am

10 Animate

Bible Class

7pm

11 Lectionary

bible study

10am

Council

Meeting

7 pm

12 Choir 7:30pm

13 MAUNDY

THURSDAY

Worship

1pm & 7pm

Al-Anon 10am

14 GOOD

FRIDAY Worship

1pm & 7pm

MEEC

Closed

AA 8:30pm

15 EASTER

VIGIL Worship

6pm

Men’s Bible

study 8am

16 EASTER Breakfast

8:30-9:30am

Worship

9:45am

17 OFFICE

Closed

MEEC

Closed

18 Lectionary

Bible study

10am

MEEC Board

Meeting 6:30pm

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20 Al-Anon 10am

Bible Study 1pm

GFF 7pm

21 AA 8:30pm

22 Men’s Bible

study 8am

23 Adult Bible Class

8:30am

Worship 9:45am

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30 Adult Bible Class

8:30am

Worship 9:45am

24 25 Lectionary

Bible study

10am

26 Choir 7:30pm

27 Al-Anon 10am Bible Study 1pm

GFF Easter

Worship

Service &

Dinner 7pm

28 AA 8:30pm

29 Men’s Bible

study 8am

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May 2017

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

Lectionary Bible

study 10am

3

Choir 7:30pm

4 Al-Anon 10am

Bible Study 1pm

GFF 7pm

5

AA 8:30pm

6

Men’s Bible

study 8am

7 Bible Study

8:30am

Worship

9:45am

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Lectionary Bible

study 10am

Council Mtg 7pm

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Choir 7:30pm

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Al-Anon 10am

Bible Study 1pm

GFF 7pm

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AA 8:30pm

13

Men’s Bible

study 8am

14 Bible Study

8:30am

Worship 9:45am

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Lectionary Bible

study 10am

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Choir 7:30pm

18 Al-Anon 10am

Bible Study 1pm

GFF 7pm

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AA 8:30pm

20

Men’s Bible

study 8am

21 Worship

9:45am

Seasons of Life

Hospice

Memorial

12:30-4pm

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Lectionary Bible

study 10am

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MEEC

Graduation

(Sanctuary)

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Al-Anon 10am

Bible Study 1pm

GFF - Birthday

Dinner 7pm

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AA 8:30pm

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Men’s Bible

study 8am

28 Worship

9:45am

29MEMORIAL

DAY

Office

And

MEEC

Closed

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