Bethany News

2011 DEFICIT OFFICIALLY ELIMINATED!!

Thank you to everyone who participated in "Give your Age". We have officially eliminated our 2011 deficit with money to spare! The Visionary Board intends to direct the additional proceeds ($2,671.) to the Missions and Service ministries we were unable to contribute to in 2011.
TOGETHER WE DID MORE!

The bulletin will be printed on Thursday next week. Please have all your information to the office by Wednesday night. Thank you!

Eden Sausage orders can be placed in Gayle Neufeld’s mailbox by February 12th or can be ordered online @ www.edenschoolcouncil.ca/fundraisers-sausage.

The Colombia Team continues with its plans for the learning trip and visit to our sister church in Pereira, Colombia. A yellow sheet in the foyer offers information on how you can partner with the team in prayer and financially.

The date for our annual Pleasant Manor Tea has been set for Monday, February 20 for 10 a.m. We invite all those who are either members or participants at Bethany and who live in the Pleasant Manor Complex to join us on the 20th in the meeting room below the Creekview apartments. We also invite others from our church family to join us to visit with our guests. We also need several people to bring goodies for our refreshments. Please call Barb at 905-468-2794 if you are able to help.

The Bethany Junior Youth will be meeting for table talk on Feb 23! Please arrive at 5:30 for dinner and then afterwards we will be having our regularly schedule youth night.

Do you love to pray? The spiritual discipline of prayer is one way that we connect with God as well as support each other. Beginning on Feb 22, you are invited to come and be a part of a new prayer group. We will meet for a time of prayer starting at 9 am, followed by a coffee time at 10 am. Come one, come all and meet with our Lord through prayer.

Food Drive – Our winter food drive will be for Welcome Inn. Items in greatest need are: cereal, pancake mix and syrup, granola bars, juice boxes, fruit cups, school snacks, peanut butter & jam. Please give generously.

Broader Church and Community

Grace's Grand Gourmet -- Saturday, February 11, 2012 -- Punch 5:30 p.m., Dinner 6:00 p.m. Grace Mennonite Church invites you to an evening of food, fellowship, and fun to raise money for a piano for our sanctuary. Tickets are $30 ($20 tax receiptable). Please call Ted Stephen at 905-685-4974.

EVENING of SWEETS & SOUNDS ~ Friday, February 24th at 7:30 pm at Vineland United Mennonite Church. Decadent desserts and entertainment, African quilt auction and other silent auction items in support of Healing Streams www.healingstreams.org. For more information or tickets ($10) call VUMC at 562-4422 or email info@healingstreams.org.

Silver Lake Mennonite Camp – Registration is now open for summer 2012 with programming available for campers ages 6-16. Two all-inclusive “Family Camp” weekends are available for families wanting to experience camp together! Spaces are limited so be sure to register early. For more information, please visit www.slmc.ca or contact Dave Erb – silverlake@slmc.ca or 519-422-1401.

Housing Partnership in Attawapiskat By invitation, MCC Ontario is sending small teams of skilled trades people for 2 week periods beginning February 1. Teams will work under local leadership in setting up modular homes and learning about the first peoples who welcomed us here. For more information, please contact Lyndsay Mollins Koene (lyndsaymk@mennonitecc.on.ca, 705-264-2494) or visit mcco.ca/aboriginal. Volunteers will need to cover all costs including travel and accommodations. Please prayerfully consider this opportunity to share a practical message of love to our neighbours in Attawapiskat.

Waging Peace: Muslim and Christian Alternatives: Saturday, February 18 at 7:00 pm Vineland United Mennonite Church, 3327 Menno Street, Vineland, Ontario.

Public Address: What Does Anabaptism Offer to a Post-Christendom World? By Stuart Murray, Thursday, February 23 at Conrad Grebel University College, The Great Hall.

Are you living with a mood disorder? Come to our Living Room peer support group, where you can share your experience and hear the stories of others in a non-judgemental setting. Each meeting has a short devotional, snacks and sharing time. It’s held the second and fourth Tuesday evening of every month. Vineland United Mennonite Church 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. You are welcome! Contact Ester at 905-562-4422 or livingroomsupport@gmail.com for more information.

Mark your Calendars!! Peace It Together is coming! Canadian Mennonite University is calling young people from across the country to follow Jesus’ way of peace. Plan to attend Peace It Together, a national youth conference, Friday, March 9 – Sunday, March 11, 2012. Be inspired and challenged with the theme, Jesus: The Peace that Matters. More information coming soon.

Journey through time on the CMU Study Tour: Ancient Stones, Living Stones: the Holy Land in Perspective. Travel April 30 – May 21, 2012 with leader Gordon Matties, Professor of Biblical & Theological Studies. Visit www.cmu.ca/studytour for more details.

Canadian Mennonite University Study Tour with Irma Fast Dueck. Explore the wild physical, social and theological Christian landscapes in Great Britain. Tour includes Greenbelt Christian Arts Festival, London and Glasgow, and the Iona Community, August 23 to September 8, 2012. Application deadline: March 2, 2012. Visit http://www.cmu.ca/deepDown/