Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA)

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Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Worship News (2022)

December 13, 2022 by pastordave Leave a Comment

Join us on Christmas Eve!

Bethel Lutheran Church

2077 N. Frederick Pike

A Rustic Christmas @ 3:00pm in Bethel Park

(simulcast on YouTube and Facebook)

Bethel Lutheran Church invites you to a unique worship experience celebrating the birth of Christ.
“A Rustic Christmas” involves musicians, singers, and the telling of the Christmas story.
Parking will be in our lot. There will be some seating provided but it is limited so please consider bringing your own chair.

Christmas Candlelight Service @ 7:00pm in Bethel Fellowship Hall

Join us for a traditional Candlelight Communion worship in our Fellowship Hall.
Our sanctuary is currently under renovation, but the spirit of this meaningful worship service remains the same.

Join us on Christmas Day @ 9:30am in Bethel Fellowship Hall

Join us Christmas morning for carols, communion, a Christmas message, and fellowship afterwards!

 

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Christmas Eve Worship Services

December 12, 2022 by pastordave Leave a Comment

“A Rustic Christmas” takes place at 3:00pm on our Bethel Lutheran Church grounds (2077 N. Frederick Pike) in our Bethel Park. Look for the tent, hot cider, hay bales, and a relaxed and reverent experience for Christmas Eve!

 

Our “Christmas Festival Worship” takes place at 7:0opm in our Bethel Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall as our sanctuary is being renovated. It will include traditional hymnody, holy communion, and of course, a candlelight singing of “Silent Night.”

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Read about our Harvest Sunday Ministry

October 31, 2022 by pastordave Leave a Comment

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Bethel Adapting Vision and Ideas

June 8, 2022 by pastordave Leave a Comment

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Wing-A-Thon for ALS – Sunday, June 5

May 23, 2022 by pastordave Leave a Comment

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Scenes from Earth Day 2022

February 26, 2022 by pastordave Leave a Comment

Andrea McGimsey, Executive Director of the Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions was our guest presenter after worship.


Congregation members shared about such things as best practices for recycling, how to reduce your carbon footprint, and how to use plastic bags as yarn!

We planted and blessed a brand new crabapple tree in Bethel Park


And Julie taught the children about the importance of plants and how they make the world more beautiful and more healthy

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Adult Forum studies

February 7, 2022 by pastordave Leave a Comment

 

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Bethel Manditory Training for Adults

January 31, 2022 by kristin Leave a Comment

Background Checks for Adults 1.31.22

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Sermon Series – The Mission, Vision, and Values of Jesus

January 18, 2022 by pastordave Leave a Comment

Over the final two weeks of January – January 23 and 30 – Pastor Dave will be preaching a two-week sermon series entitled, “The Mission, Vision, and Values of Jesus” based on Luke 4: 14-30, the story of Jesus preaching his first public sermon in a Synagogue in Nazareth, his hometown. Over these two weeks, we will explore WHAT Jesus articulates as the main focus of his ministry and activity.

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CURRENT Covid-19 Response

January 10, 2022 by pastordave Leave a Comment

(Update 3/10/2022)

Previously our Bethel Council, along with our Parish Nurse Edie McGoff, and I met with Dr. Mercedes Abbat, the head Epidemiologist for the Lord Fairfax Health district. We met to discuss next steps for masking in indoor congregate settings.

Through conversation with Dr. Abbat, the Council set the following protocols for masking based on the Virginia Department of Health metrics:

When Frederick county is at the High/Substantial level, we will require masks at worship.

When Frederick county is at the moderate/low level we will recommend, but not require masks at worship.

After our meeting, the CDC changed their protocols which showed Frederick County with a LOW level of transmissibility, while the VDOH still had Frederick County in the Substantial/High range.

As of today, however, the VDOH has updated their recommendations to align with the CDC and so we are now below the threshold for requiring masks! Hallelujah!

Therefore, per our congregation council, we are now MASK OPTIONAL for all gatherings at Bethel.

If you are unvaccinated, we still highly recommend masking. If you are vaccinated, it is your choice to mask or not, dependent on your comfort level and personal decision.

I want to thank our council for their steadfast leadership and their willingness to put health and safety at the forefront of each and every decision we have made at Bethel during this pandemic.

Onward and Upward toward the “next right thing”!

Peace and Blessings,

Pastor Dave

(Update 2/26/2022)

Friends,

Our Bethel Council, our Parish Nurse Edie McGoff, and I met with Dr. Mercedes Abbat, the head Epidemiologist for the Lord Fairfax Health district. We met to discuss next steps for masking in indoor congregate settings. Currently, there are four Transmission Levels that are tracked by the Virginia Department of Health — High, Substantial, Moderate, and Low. Currently, Frederick county (20% positivity) and Winchester (15% positivity) remain at the High transmission level. Through conversation with Dr. Abbat, the Council has set the following protocols for masking:

When Frederick county is at the high/substantial level, we will require masks at worship.

When Frederick county is at the moderate/low level we will recommend, but not require masks at worship.

The good news is that Dr. Abbat did say that the transmission levels are going down, cases are going down, and deaths are going down. She feels we are near the end of required masking and because she and Edie have been in consistent communication, she verbally commended Bethel for our faithfulness, diligence and thoughtfulness during the pandemic.

Onward and Upward toward the “next right thing”! Peace and Blessings, Pastor Dave

(Update 2/2/2022)

Friends,

Bethel is now back to “in person” worship at 9:30am beginning Sunday, February 6. Masks/shields are required.  We will continue to “livestream” worship on Sundays via our Facebook page and our YouTube channel (which you can watch here on our website).

(Update 1/07/2022)

Friends,

We have moved to “virtual” worship through the month of January (2022).  Each worship service will be pre-recorded and uploaded to our website by Saturday morning each week.

Because of the outbreak of the highly-contagious Omicron variant, we are being cautious with any “mass gathering” experience. We plan to return to “in person” worship – with masks/face shields required – on Sunday, February 6, 2022.

*We are allowing outside groups to meet at Bethel as long as they are masked. Bethel groups can also meet as long as they remain masked.

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Bethel Lutheran Church

2077 N. Frederick Pike
Winchester, VA 22603
540-662-3245

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