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We have been blessed in all the years of Bethany Lutheran Ministry since 1952. This blessing has been a bountiful gift of grace from our Heavenly Father. Think about where we were just eighteen months ago. We had no permanent called Senior Pastor. We all were trying to come together to worship in spite of the plague of Covid 19. Still, we had a congregation, like many others, with opposing ideas and small factions that could have caused divisions for God’s Bethany people. Thankfully, those who sometimes seek their own personal comfort instead of that of the larger good did not prevail. Some left, some have taken a wait-and-see attitude, but the in the main we weathered the storm and are unified and remain faithful. As your Elders serving as guidance and connection from and to our congregation, we have observed an assortment of varied changes, most of the changes being excellent.
Our Pastor, Dr. PHILLIP PLEDGER has continuously let it be known in public, on live-stream television and in his personal conversations that “A building is not the church; the church is the fellowship of Christians in worship and in faithful service”. We all needed to be reminded of this sacred and cherished holy truth. As we have listened and hopefully learned from Pastor Phillip’s sermons, more is required than just sitting in church, listening to God’s word. We must commit to act as God’s servants, each man, woman and child, in our daily lives.
Service work is important to any organization. It is the lifeblood to the organization, which includes a church. This equates to wage and productivity in the private sector, and but also applies in the realm of a Christian’s work.
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