Welcome to Bethlehem Covenant's online ministry.

Today's message is focused on choosing to worship and serve God.  We must make the choice either to serve God or to serve the many other "gods" out there in the world competing for our allegiance.  We don't have wooden or golden idols like the ancient people did, but our idols are everywhere--some of us worship the idol or money or success.  Some bow to the god of materialism or power or status.  We must choose this day whom we will servie.  Elijah says in our text for this morning, "How long will you waver between two opinions?  If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is god, follow him" (1 Kings 18:21).  The choice is ours. 

Here are some upcoming announcements or events on our calendar:

There will be no Bible Study this week.  We will be taking a break from our Thursday evening study and will resume again on July 19th. 

Youth Nexus—Pastor Dave, Ryan Thompson and Justin Stafinski will be out in Chicago this week at North Park University.  (In case of emergency, contact Mark Fellion (508-865-7202).  Youth Nexus is a one-week experience that engages students and their youth leaders in theology and real-life situations with the intent of inspiring dialogue and transformation.  Each day of Youth Nexus has a theme which is carried throughout the day's activities.  In order for participants to get the most out of the week, the activities are revealed as we experience them.  A typical daily schedule is as follows:

• Morning: Breakfast, worship and teaching from a North Park Seminary professor on the day's theme.
• Afternoon: Lunch, and experience a community organization that is a real-world expression of that day's theme.
• Evening: Dinner and enjoy a fun Chicago attraction.

CE Committee Meeting—Monday July 2^nd at 7pm at church.