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The Open Door

Bethel Presbyterian Church ~ a community of faith, fellowship, study and service ... Seeking God's peace, justice and love ~


Music: Little Drummer Boy

VOL. 35 NO. 12   –   December, 2007

Marc Sherrod, Minister

Pat Harvey, Parish Associate

 


E-Mail & On-Line Newsletter

A number of the members have responded regarding saving postage and mailing by reading the newsletter online. If you wish to add your name to that list, call (865-376-6340) or e-mail the church office.

We also maintain a master list of e-mail addresses. Please include yours if you wish.


 

Open Door Index

From the Pastor From the Parish Nurse
Session Committee News Session Meeting Highlights
Monthly News Notes of Sympathy
Youth News Remember to Pray for These
Letters & Notes Birthdays
Prayer Calendar Special Needs
Memorial Gifts Thoughts to Ponder
In The Months Ahead... Swap Shop
Calendar
 

ALINE TERRY TRANSPORTATION FUND

This service is free for friends and members of Bethel. If you have a transportation need, please call the church office at 376-6340. Please be ready to tell us the date and time of your appointment and what time you want to be picked up. Some of the places we transport to are: doctor’s office, hairdresser, library, post office, grocery store, and shopping. We drive as far as Knoxville. We are open to other suggestions, also.

 

From the Pastor

"Way to go, Bethel!" That’s the way I, and no doubt, many others felt following our affirmative congregational vote on November 18 to move forward with our new building/renovation project. By a wonderful 82% show of support, the congregation authorized the Trustees to proceed with arranging the necessary financing to bring this project to fruition. (See article in this Open Door describing the various sources of funding.) The Presbytery of East Tennessee approved our building plans this past Tuesday, so all is now in order for us to proceed! Thanks again to that seemingly endless procession of building committee members who persevered for over three years. Join me in expressing gratitude to the latest group who have served on the committee: Ken Dungan, Gary Griffith, Phil Walsh, Laura Dailey, Gary LeMasters, Jerry Harvey, Julie Bunch, Dave Stevenson, Karen Schall, and Frederic Morgan.

Transition planning is underway, which the session will oversee. Rick Cox Construction will soon begin their work, and we will probably need to vacate the premises around January 1, 2008. The necessary work will proceed smoother and with less frustration if we completely abandon both buildings so that the construction crews won’t have to worry about being in our way. Currently, we are working on issues such as long-term storage (do you have a waterproof barn or shed available?), a couple of office spaces in Kingston, as well as a place for worship, education, choir rehearsal, fellowship meals, study groups, and committee meetings (could your home accommodate a small gathering?). We are also hoping to have a large garage sale, possibly on New Year’s Day, so let us know if you are available to help with that project. The session will be meeting each Tuesday evening to discuss transition matters, so please feel free to give us your feedback as we go along. Nine- twelve months is the estimated time frame before the work will be completed.

With new decisions come new challenges, and I remain confident that our congregation can rise up to meet the opportunities presented by the coming year. Please join me in a prayer of thanksgiving for the Lord’s guidance and sustaining power . . . .

Eternal God, high and holy, no building can contain your glory

Or display the wonders of your love. May this space be used as

A gathering place for people of goodwill.

When we worship, let us worship gladly;

When we study, let us learn your truth.

May every meeting held here meet with your approval,

So that this building may stand as sign of your Spirit working in the world

And as a witness to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

(from Book of Common Worship)

Joyfully yours,

Marc Sherrod, Minister


Dear Bethel,

It was wonderful to teach the recent Inquirers Class here at Bethel! We looked at Church History and who we are today. As we pause to think of what Christmas is all about, let us be reminded that Bethel Presbyterian Church is a connectional church and a member of the Presbyterian Church USA. The following is an excerpt from the Book of confessions, ©1996, (which is Part I of the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church USA. Part II is the Book of Order) which governs church polity. May it lead us through this Holy Season and into the future God has for us!

A BRIEF STATEMENT OF FAITH
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA)
From the Book of confessions, Section 10.1-10.6

In life and in death we belong to God.

Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel, whom alone we worship and serve.

We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. Jesus proclaimed the reign of God: preaching good news to the poor and release to the captives, teaching by word and deed and blessing the children, healing the sick and binding up the brokenhearted, eating with outcasts, forgiving sinners, and calling all to repent and believe the gospel. Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition, Jesus was crucified, suffering the depths of human pain and giving his life for the sins of the world. God raised this Jesus from the dead, vindicating his sinless life, breaking the power of sin and evil, delivering us from death to life eternal.

We trust in God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father. In sovereign love God created the world good and makes everyone equally in God's image, male and female, of every race and people, to live as one community. But we rebel against God; we hide from our Creator. Ignoring God's commandments, we violate the image of God in others and ourselves, accept lies as truth, exploit neighbor and nature, and threaten death to the planet entrusted to our care. We deserve God's condemnation. Yet God acts with justice and mercy to redeem creation. In everlasting love, the God of Abraham and Sarah chose a covenant people to bless all families of the earth. Hearing their cry, God delivered the children of Israel from the house of bondage. Loving us still, God makes us heirs with Christ of the covenant. Like a mother who will not forsake her nursing child, like a father who runs to welcome the prodigal home, God is faithful still.

We trust in God the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life.

The Spirit justifies us by grace through faith, sets us free to accept ourselves and to love God and neighbor, and binds us together with all believers in the one body of Christ, the Church. The same Spirit who inspired the prophets and apostles rules our faith and life in Christ through Scripture, engages us through the Word proclaimed, claims us in the waters of baptism, feeds us with the bread of life and the cup of salvation, and calls women and men to all ministries of the Church. In a broken and fearful world he Spirit gives us courage to pray without ceasing, to witness among all peoples to Christ as Lord and Savior, to unmask idolatries in Church and culture, to hear the voices of peoples long silenced, and to work with others for justice, freedom, and peace. In gratitude to God, empowered by the Spirit, we strive to serve Christ in our daily tasks and to live holy and joyful lives, even as we watch for God's new heaven and new earth, praying, Come, Lord Jesus! With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Friends, As we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and look forward to the future here at Bethel – how wonderful to be reminded that we are guided by such a strong foundation! Thank you for allowing me to be on this faith journey with you!

In Christ’s Service,

Pastor Pat


Parish Nurse

For those of you who have haven’t been out to John Knox Center lately I encourage you to go. I spent the first weekend of November there at the women’s retreat. The speaker was Paula Harris and the food and lodging was first class. As I checked in at Able Lodge, one of the helpers took my suitcase and took me to my room, which I shared with one other lady. Each room has a private shower and was about 100 feet from Able Lodge where we had all of sessions. The food was wonderful as always. Of course, the desserts by the fireplace were just too much temptation! As if this wasn’t enough, we could sign up for 30 or 60-minute massages, pedicures, jewelry making or nature walks. I believe Barbara Flowers, the secretary at John Knox, said the retreat next year would be the end of August. So make plans now to attend; they can only take thirty women for the retreat -- make sure your name is on their list!

I invite you to the next Healing and Wholeness service on December 30th at 11 A.M. I wish you a happy and healthy holiday season.

Cheers!…………

……… Deb



Session Highlights

[A reminder: session meetings are always open for members to attend unless the session votes to go into executive session per Robert’s Rules of Order; the minutes of the session are available, by appointment, for review in the church office]

... not reported this month ...
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Special Needs
A note from Jill McMaster:

Dear Friends,

In Sept, when I was serving as liturgist, at the last minute, Bill Shenk asked that I provide a Minute for Mission on the HUG Program-- Habitat Urban Gardening Program.  At the time I had limited information, but promised more when I found out more.  Here it is.

From the Roane Co. News, Friday 11/16/07, p. 8A, entitled "Habitat project gets green-thumb help." (It's a long article that I won't re-type here.  Some important paragraphs):

".....As part of the HUG program, new Roane Co Habitat homeowners receive hours of classroom instruction by the master gardeners on designing and landscape and caring for their new plants. 

They learn which plants will work best in their yards and then they work with a volunteer landscape designer to develop their landscape plans.

Plants and supplies are provided by a number of local businesses, companies, and individuals.

..... This new Roane Co. partnership includes Roane Co. Habitat for Humanity, the Master Gardeners of Roane Co., a number of local businesses, and individuals.....

The group’s hope is that by beautifying the yards of Habitat homes, HUG enhances the communities in which they are located.

.... To learn more about the HUG project, our other community endeavors, or about becoming a member of the Master Gardeners of Roane Co, contact the Roane Co Extension Office at 376-5558


Remembering Our Service Men & Service Women at Christmas

If you would like to send small gifts to recovering Service Men and Women, the American Red Cross says the Walter Reed Army Medical Center is ONLY accepting phone cards, CD’s, individual small packets of candy, things like that; which they will distribute among the soldiers (as they have a lot of in and out patients). They are not accepting Holiday Cards, as they don’t have the human resources to distribute them.

Send to:
American Red Cross
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20307-5000


Monthly News

–– Special News ––

Dear Bethel,

The Session of Bethel Church is meeting weekly to be sure all details of the Transition are being addressed. We are excited to see how God is moving in our midst! We want to keep you informed of all that is going on in this time of transition. This projected timeline, on the back of this letter, will help you see the many details that are being addressed, and we want you to be a part of the process! Please keep Bethel Church in your prayers as we move forward!

Work to secure Worship and Office Space is being prayerfully considered. This process began as inquiry months ago-but we are now actively in negotiations and considering recommendations in securing space. Please keep this in your prayers!

We are looking for available storage, especially storage that will accommodate our pews. This space needs to be water and rodent proof, of course. The organ will be professionally dismantled and stored and returned after the construction phase.

One thing we need to ask: Please do not bring any more items for Sunset Gap. We will deliver what we already have! The Methodist Church (across the street) has a clothes closet and the Salvation Army is always in need of good items as well!

If you would like to give Bethel a wonderful Christmas gift – all sizes of plastic boxes for storage (so items will be water and mouse proof) would be appreciated! Please bring your gift boxes to the Fellowship Hall.

We plan to have a garage sale or auction on (or around) January 1st . If you are interested in helping with that – please contact Anita Richmond or the church office.

In addition: Mark your calendars for the week between Christmas and New Year as the time come help pack all the “stuff” we will put in storage.

For safety purposes, once construction starts, access to the building site will be very limited. There will be a Construction Foreman on site each day (Dick Maynard from Rick Cox Construction). Dick is a member of Morrison Hills Church and was their Construction Foreman during their expansion program. We are blessed to have such a wonderful construction company helping make God’s plans visible! We will try to arrange Sunday tours once a month for those of us who want to see what is going on.

The Design and Development Team will continue their diligent work as we move forward. Gary Griffith and Laura Dailey will be the D&D Interface with Dick Maynard at Rick Cox Construction. All work and communications with Cox Construction will go through them.

May God continue to move us forward and bring us closer together through His Spirit!

In Christ’s Service and Love,

Marc Sherrod


Bethel Building Project Timeline

– 2007 –

Congregational Vote November 18

Building Plans and Loan Applications Submitted to Presbytery

Presbytery Loan and Finance Committees met with Bethel November 20

Presbytery of East Tennessee Package Submitted and Approved November 27

Work to secure Worship and Office Space (This process began as inquiry months ago-but we are now actively in negotiations and recommendations in securing space)

Final Construction Contract Signed with Cox Construction December 6

Sort, pack and clean December 6- January

Worship and Groundbreaking December 30

– 2008 –

Giant Bethel Garage Sale January 1

Vacate and remove salvageable items (Cabinets etc) January 4

Vacate Worship Space and two story Sunday School rooms January 4

CONSTRUCTION START DATE January 7

Vacate Church Offices January 11

Commence Site Excavation January 11

Remove Sanctuary Furnishings (Organ, Pews, etc) January 25

Remove Classroom furnishings January 25


10 Month Construction Schedule

Project Target Completion Date: November 18, 2008
(What a Thanksgiving 2008 will be!)


Congregational Meeting

The session has called a congregational meeting immediately following the worship service on December 9, 2008. The purpose of the meeting is to hear a report from the congregation’s Nominating Committee


Christmas Baskets

Christmas baskets will be distributed the weekend of December 14-15. All Angel Tree presents and turkeys should be at the church by the beginning of the week. If you plan to volunteer your time to help prepare the baskets, please check with Jane Walsh to find out about the schedule.


Fun Lunch

Fun Lunch for December is the 11th at Nancy King’s house at noon.  If you need a ride call Ruth Ann Ludwig at 376-5333 or Nancy King at 376-5991.


Bell Ringers

These people will be ringing bells for the Salvation Army on December 15th:

  • Dolores Sandmel & Carolyn Tulley from 10:00 am to 11:00 am.
  • Dave and Helen Stevenson from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon
  • Tom and Jane Pickel from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm
  • Ruth Ann Ludwig & Nancy King from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
  • Jack and Sue Muecke from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
  • Dick Evans from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
  • Amy & Julie Coen from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm


Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study dates back to 1892, when the Women’s Executive Committee for Home Mission, Organization of Presbyterian Women, prepared a simple Calendar of Prayer to help women’s societies pray for missionaries on designated days. Three years later the first mission yearbook appeared, called the Year Book of Prayer for Foreign Missions. That publication was joined with the prayer calendar in a 1919 edition, the Year Book of Prayer for Missions, when both international and domestic personnel were included. In 1971 the name changed to what we know today as the Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study. Having been in continuous annual publication since 1892, it has the longest history of any denominational mission and prayer book in the United States.

The Mission Yearbook is part of the ongoing history of faithfulness of Presbyterian Women and demonstrates their commitment to mission and to prayer.

If you would like a 2008 Mission Yearbook and have not put a reservation slip in the offering plate, please call Carol Brown, 376-7171, by Dec. 10th to reserve your copy. Stewardship & Finance will place the order and deliver yours to you when the book arrives.


Come Worship With Us!

First Sunday of Advent

Today we begin the time of Advent, a time of great “expectation” and anticipation for the coming of Christmas and our celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

December 2, 2007 11:00 am

EXPECTATION:

We Are Filled With Expectation”
Isaiah 35: 1-10 Mark 13:31-17


Second Sunday of Advent

This week, we focus on Advent as our time of “preparation” for Christmas and our celebration of God’s coming into the world as Christ Jesus.

December 9, 2007 11:00 am

PREPARATION:

In the Wilderness Prepare the Way of the Lord”
Isaiah 40: 1-11 Mark 1: 1-8


Third Sunday of Advent

During this third week of Advent, we light the candle of “declaration,” recognizing that Christmas is when God’s love is declared again and again for all of humankind.

December 16, 2007 11:00 am

DECLARATION:

“He Came As A Witness to Testify to the Light”
Isaiah 61: 1-4, 8-11 Luke3: 15-18


Fourth Sunday of Advent

During this fourth week of Advent, we light the “revelation” candle in celebration
of God’s act in revealing himself to us in the baby Jesus in Bethlehem.

December 23, 2007 11:00 am

REVELATION:

I Am Bringing You Good News of Great Joy for All People”
Isaiah 64: 1-9 Luke 2: 1-14


Christmas Eve Worship

Our celebration of Christmas has arrived. We have been expectant. We have prepared ourselves. We have focused on the declaration of God’s love and the revelation of God’s nature in the birth of Jesus. Now we light the Christmas candle at the moment of our “celebration.”

December 24, 2007

5:00pm and 11:15 pm Communion Services

CELEBRATION:

“They Found Mary and Joseph, and the Child In a Manger”
Isaiah 9: 2-7 Luke 2: 15-20


CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas! The Christ Child has entered the world!

May we continue to bring Christ’s light into our world!

December 25, 2007

CELEBRATION:

Christ Is Born!”
Matthew 2: 1-6, 9-11


Bethel Presbyterian Church

CHURCH HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

Family Advent Wreath Devotionals

Advent Wreath Lighting Devotionals are available in the Narthex. These devotionals can be used each Sunday as you light your personal Advent wreath. Place cards for your dinner table are also available. We hope this will help you focus on …”The Reason For the Season!”


Hanging of the Greens

First Sunday of Advent
Sunday December 2st
Crafts and decorating at 3:30 PM– Dinner at 6:00 PM
Worship in Sanctuary at 7:00 PM


Caroling

2007Annual Church Christmas Caroling
Meet at church at 4:30; refreshments afterwards at
Mike and Jeanette McElhinney’s home (maps available on request)
253 Old Hood Landing – Kingston
Phone 376-1685 – Please bring cookies to share!
4:30 PM December 16th - Join Us (young and old) for A Fun Evening!


Children's Christmas Pageant

December 19th after Fellowship Supper.
Please bring finger foods for dessert.
Pageant will be in Bethel Sanctuary


Christmas Eve Worship

Candlelight Service on December 24th
5:00 PM and 11:15 PM Communion Services
in Bethel Sanctuary



Invite a Friend

Session Committee News


What is the Christmas Joy Offering?

A Presbyterian tradition for almost seventy years, the Christmas Joy Offering is one of the four special offerings designed by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) to provide congregations direct ways of supporting specific causes that help those in need. The Christmas Joy Offering will be received on December 23, 2007.

The receipts from the Offering are distributed equally -- 50% to the Board of Pensions for assistance programs and 50% to the National Ministries of the General Assembly Council to support Presbyterian racial ethnic education.

  • The Board of Pensions help retired church workers and their surviving spouses, the board offers
  • Income Supplements to raise incomes to a moderate subsistence level and
  • The Board of Pensions shares the funding with the Shared Grant Program Grants for church workers who have financial need or to help church workers recover from a natural emergency.

  • National Ministries of the General Assembly Council provides scholarships to deserving Presbyterian students of racial ethnic schools and colleges as well as helping the schools with basic operating costs. The schools supported by the Christmas Joy Offering are:
    • Barber-Scotia College, Concord, NC
    • Cook School for Christian Leadership, Tempe, AZ
    • Menaul School, Albuquerque, NM
    • Presbyterian Pan American School, Kingsville, TX
    • Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, AK
    • Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, AL
You are encouraged to support the Christmas Joy Offering through gifts to our congregational offering. If for some reason that is not convenient, feel free to support the offering directly.

Your friend in Christ,
Billie Stooksbury
Stewardship and Finance Committee


STEWARDSHIP & FINANCE REPORT
Financial Report 1/1/07 to 10/31/07

Undesignated Income*   $172,849.22
     
Budget Expense   170,910.26
     
Year-to-Date Net   1,938.96
     
*Undesignated Income includes undesignated giving, rental house,
Mid-East rental, and bank interest.

Stewardship Sunday was November 11…it is still not too late

Thank you for taking the time to consider how you can share your life, capabilities, time, and talents within our congregation. The Time, Gifts, and Resources survey was dedicated during the worship service on Sunday, November 11th. If you are not able to attend that day, you can still participate by leaving your completed form in the Stewardship & Finance mailbox in the Church Office. Your form will be returned to you after responses are compiled, so that you can remember what you selected. Blank forms are available in the Narthex.


Report from the Building Fund Team

We have great cause for Thanksgiving… and a challenge. Following the affirmative vote to proceed with Bethel’s building plan, Thanksgiving week was busy. With cash-on-hand, commitment of member loans and approval of a low-interest loan from Presbytery, we count $741,815 of available funds. To date we have received pledges for the period 2008-2010 totaling $100,500. Furthermore, again as of 11/21/2007, 35 giving units have pledged to increase their monthly contributions totaling $3255 per month. And payments on the current building campaign are coming forth as originally pledged. With this information, we easily secured an “intent to loan” agreement in the amount of $750,000. With these numbers, we are in line to be able to repay an eventual mortgage.

But we also have a challenge. True to what we all feel strongly, we do not want to over-extend ourselves financially. There is time to receive additional pledges and other commitments.

Give prayers of thanks for our progress to date and continue to pray for continued guidance to see and understand God’s wishes for our ‘little white church’ on the banks of the Clinch River.


Youth News

... none reported this month ...


Memorial Gifts

Memorial gifts were received in the month of November in memory of:

Christine Woods

by Ruth Ann Ludwig, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Pickel, Jr.. Richard K. Evans and Celia Simon, Ms. Patricia Steimer, Jean Powell, Mr. and Mrs. James White, Troy and Carolyn Beets, Dr. Katherine D. Parks, Wilma Jean Eblen, Roane County Flower Fund, Bill and Peggie Brent, Clint and June Dillehay,  Laddy and Judy Dillehay, Ms. Elizabeth Hargrove, Tom and Edith Haney, Ms. Ludie Miller, Oscar and Jean Dillehay, The Landrum Company                                           

Edith Gilliam

by Wanda Carter  

Joyce Law

by Vernon Law

Dot Pierce

by Phyliss Willmarth and Gene Pierce, for the Miss Dot Hunger Fund

Carol Row

by Mrs. Terry H. Robbins
In Honor of Rev. Richard Hettrick by T.H. Robbins, Jr.


Notes of Sympathy

... none reported this month ...


In The Months Ahead...

... nothing provided this month ...


Letters & Notes

GOD WORKS THROUGH BETHEL

On a Friday afternoon last spring, I asked my boss, Mike McElhinney, President and CEO of the Michael Dunn Center, what he was doing over the weekend.  Mike, an ordained minister, said he was preaching at Bethel Presbyterian Church on Sunday.  I asked what about and he said, “My personal journey of faith.”  The topic sounded intriguing, so I went to the historic, white building on the lake.

Upon entering the chapel, I immediately noticed the beautiful wood slats on the ceiling.  The size of the congregation and the type and sequence of items on the bulletin were what I was used to as a child and young adult attending a Methodist church in Michigan.  Most importantly, however, was feeling the overwhelming presence of the Holy Spirit as my teary eyes attested to more than once during the service.

I did not expect to be so moved, but have experienced the same powerful emotion on Sundays since then.  All week long I look forward to going to church.  When there, I feel connected to God, my community and the congregation.  I feel comfortable at Bethel and am welcomed by all I meet.

Bethel’s members are a varied, dynamic group.  Its children are an integral and active part of the church family.  Outreach programs and ministries serve a valuable community function.

I don’t know what God has in store for me, but he is pulling me toward his will.  Thank you Bethel, for being the conduit for Him to speak to me.

Sincerely, Melanie Harmon


Ms. Hyder,

On behalf of my soldiers I thank you for your continued support of our soldiers while we are deployed her in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

We are continually grateful for the support and caring you and those like you continue to show.

Sincerely,
David J. Graham, PT., FA, Commanding


Thank you very much for your congregation’s continued support of the Two-Cents-A-Meal Program with its donation this month of $32.00. Together our pennies will continue to be powerful in fighting hunger in East Tennessee.

Gratefully,
Deborah Phillips, Hunger Action


Thoughts to Ponder

... no pondering this month ...


Stop and Send a Card and Say a Prayer For…

IN HEALTH CARE CENTERS

NAME FACILITY
Ruby Hunter
Room 305 A
Harriman Health Care
240 Hannah Road
Harriman 37748
Mac Robbins,
Room 305

Anne Smith,
Room 312

Louise Pickel
Room 209

Jamestowne
851 Lawnville Road
Kingston 37763
Evelyn Waldrup
Room 42
Baptist Healthcare
700 Williams Ferry Rd #45
Lenoir City 37771
Roberta Cash
Room 132 B

Margaret True
Room 212 B

Marnie Shields
Room 358

Rockwood Healthcare
5580 Roane State Highway
Harriman 37748
Joan Pemberton
Room 306 B

Jan Parker
Room 207

Wellington Place
1098 Bradford Way
Kingston 37763
Wanda Carter
Room 212
NHC in Oak Ridge
300 Laboratory Road
Oak Ridge 37830
Bettie Shenk Summit View of Farragut
12873 Kingston Pike
Knoxville 37934
Shirley Lumpkins
(Dianne Griffith’s Mother)
Baptist West Hospital

AT HOME

Doris Barber, Dot and Al Davis, Gene Pierce, Anne Robertson, John Will, Marci Smith, Pat Hale, Tom and Helen Roostee

OUR SERVICEMEN

Jason Brown

Geoff Winsbro

Robert Howard (son-in-law of Bill and Bobbie Martin)

Tommy Sandmel

T.R. Morgan

Kyle Foote (son-in-law of Alicia Webb)



Bethel Family Prayer Calendar - December, 2007
The members and regularly attending friends of Bethel are assigned to elder care groups. Each month in the newsletter for your prayers, we publish the list of one or more elder care groups. The elder’s name and phone at the top of the list are listed as a reminder of their role in nurturing and supporting those who belong to Bethel. You should feel free to contact your elder or the pastor if you have a particular spiritual need or other matter that needs to be brought to our attention.  


(*Non-member   ^Shut-in   +Inactive)
ANITA RICHMOND (08)
376-1437
(Roger, Jesse, John, Chelsea)

Allen, Chuck & Cathy
Dice, Don & Jean
Knies, Mandy & *Adam
McElhinney, Mike & Jeanette
Michener, Kay
*Nippert, Dave
Pickel, Tom & Jane
+Pierce, Kathy
Shadden, Bill & Marianne
Smith, Anne
Stevenson, Dave & Helen
^+Willmarth, Phyllis

ALF RYBKA (07)
882-8836
(Jan)

Benfield, Madge
Clouse, Bob & *Emily
^Daniel, Neva
+Gasque, Julia
Hyder, Dan & Debbie
Hyder, Bram
Hyder, Kerry
McCaslin, *Leigh & Marsha
Parkinson, John
^+Pickel, Charles
Robertson, J.D. & Ann
+Scott, Gloria
*Singley, Liz
Swicegood, Duie
^Waldrup, Evelyn
Wall, Jan
Winsbro, Bob
Wood, David
Woodard, James & Marlene
Woodard, Jamie




December, 2007 Birthdays
(*Non-member   ^Shut-in   +Inactive)

 
   1 – Mac Robbins
   2 – Chuck Allen*
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 10 – 
 11 – 
 12 – John Walker
 13 – Bryan Walker
 14 – Bob Jones
 15 – 
 16 – Ted Dailey
 17 – 
 18 – 
 19 – 
 20 – 
 21 – 
 22 – Tom Pickel, III
 23 – 
 24 – 
 25 – Madge Mounger
 26 – Reid Hutchison
 27 – 
 28 – David Standridge
 29 – Brennan Foy
Jim Schall
 30 – 
 31  
   

 
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