As many of you may have noticed, the audio for the worship services has not been posted these past few weeks. I would like to appologize to all of you for that, as things have been crazy and I have severely lacked the time necessary to maintain them. Audio for the jost recent service, which was held on Sunday, December 31st, is available online and will be until next week's service is posted.

If you would like to obtain a copy of any service that was not published here, please send an e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it specifying the date that the service took place and the medium on which you would like to receieve it (via our website or on CD).

I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas, and I wish you all a very happy New Year. May the Lord be with you always.

God Bless,
Justin Stafinski

Another year is aljost through.  Hard to believe.  Seems like just a couple years ago that people were all worried about Y2K.  I don't usually make any New Year's resolutions, but I am this year.  My goal is to be healthier--physically and spiritually.  I won't go into specifics here, but I do have a couple ambitious goals set.  Becoming healthier physically and spiritually is probably a good goal for us all each year. 

Thanks to all who helped out at church this Christmas season.  It was a very busy time, more so than usual, but the services were very meaningful and well done.  May God bless you as we head into the new year.  God will do great things at Bethlehem this year, I am convinced of that! 

Now for our Weekly Announcements...

• Bible study--Thursday night at church at 7pm.  We are studying the Gospel of John. 
• Confirmation--Sunday from 1-2:30 pm.  Pizza will be provided.
• Winterfest--the high school winter retreat at Lake Champion in NY is coming up.  We leave on Friday, Jan. 5th.  Time to be announced. 

Thank you for visiting BethlehemCC.org, we hope you enjoy this ministry provided by the Media Committee. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact Justin Stafinski, our web administrator or Pastor Dave. Thank you!

God Bless,
Pastor Dave Pope

Today it is already the Third Sunday of Advent.  In Advent we examine the coming of Christ and the prophecies leading up to His birth.  In this season of waiting, we prepare for the Christ Child to be born again...in our hearts.  And we long to come home as I mention in the sermon today.  The goal in baseball is to get safely home--and so it is with our lives and our faith.  Our longing is to be safe at home one day with God.  May God bless you this Christmas season.

  Now for our Weekly Announcements...

• There will be NO Thursday Bible Study this week.  We will resume next week. 

• Christmas Party--TODAY at church from 1-3pm.  This party is geared toward children.  There will be cookies and punch, singing, reading of the Christmas story and of course, presents! 

• Youth Group Party--Wednesday, Dec. 20^th at the parsonage from 7-9pm.  Bring a gift (around $10) for a Yankee Swap. 

• Choir Party--today at 5pm. 

• Christmas Eve Worship--in addition to our Sunday morning worship at 10:30am we will have a service on Christmas Eve at 4pm.  This will be a service of Scripture lessons and carols and special music.  Come early to hear the special music starting at 3:45.  Come with the whole family.   

God Bless,
Pastor Dave Pope

Speaking of the newsletter, it was posted online a few days ago and should be available for all to view. If for some reason you did not receive an e-mail alert reminding you that it is online and you wish to receive such an alert, please send a message to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and you will be added to the 'mailing list'.

At the beginning of this month, the church congregation met for a special gathering of to vote on the purchase of a new sign for outside front of the church so we will be more visible to those just 'passing by'. The vote passed unanimously following a wonderful presentation of the agenda by John Schonning. Thanks to the members of the Sign Committee for putting everything together and to the congregation for being so accepting of the concept. Keep an eye out in the coming months for a new 'ornament' on the front lawn. ;-)

In other news, comfirmation will be starting up this Sunday afternoon for those youth of our church wishing to learn more about their Lord to become better acquainted. Please see calendar on the left-hand side of the page for dates and times. I would like to thank you all for visiting, and I hope you come back again soon (for the weekly news updates, of course).

God Bless,
Justin