Happy 2010!

Wishing you a very happy and blessed new year.

Please accept our invitation to worship with us during the season of Epiphany. We worship each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and we celebrate the revelation of Christ to all nations, and Christ as the light of the world.

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THANKSGIVING DINNER 2009 at Bethany

Once again, our John Anthony Smith Annual Thanksgiving Dinner was a HUGE success. This year we delivered and served 655 dinners. We would like to thank our brothers and sisters from the following congregations who helped us bring this meal to so many deserving and appreciative people:

• Emmanuel Lutheran Church Castle Shannon
• First Presbyterian Church Castle Shannon
• Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Bower Hill
• Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church
• Southminster Presbyterian Church

To our drivers and many volunteers we also give a big THANK YOU!

Click here to see some photos of this year's Thanksgiving Dinner.

Here are just a few of the notes of thanks we have received so far:

"To everyone, thanks for the Thanksgiving Dinner, it was real good and the family that delivered the meal was real nice. God bless everyone! Jim L."

"Thank you and all those who contributed to the Thanksgiving meal. The meal was a real holiday treat for us, and generous to give us enough for leftovers for Friday as well. Thank you. Helen and Phil S."

"Just can't thank you enough! Thank you for all you do. We appreciate your time and effort. Roberta C. and Norman B."

"Thank you for your generosity! Laurie D."

"God bless you for your kindness. Mary Jane E."

FREE PIANO CLASSES

A six-week piano class was held in the fall of 2009, and those in attendance showed excellent progress in a short period of time. The class provided an introduction to the piano, allowing students to see if they had the interest and diligence to begin learning to play a musical instrument (at no cost, or obligation of any kind). Class sizes are limited, and students are accepted on a first-come basis. If you have interest, and would like to be notified of possible future classes, please follow this link for more information.

BETHANY EVANGELISM COMMITTEE

The next Evangelism committee meeting has been re-scheduled for January 13, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. in the social hall. Every member of Bethany is invited to join the committee and is asked to pray for the evangelism work of Bethany congregation.

For anyone who might be interested in inviting friends, neighbors, relatives, or others to worship with us, we have a supply of postcards available (design is shown below). The postcards are blank on the back side, offering space for you to write an address, a brief note of personal invitation, and add a 28-cent stamp. If you would like to have some of these, please see or contact Mark Gulden.