by Janice Butterworth and Charles Baker Bethlehem United Methodist Church PO Box 57 4 Wesown Road Thornton, PA 19373 P: 610-459-3482 F: 610-459-0811 www.bethmeth.com Chicken BBQ and Craft Show/Flea Market CHICKEN BBQ 1 PASTOR’S CORNERED 2 ON THE SPOT 2 CALENDAR 3 SPOTLIGHT ON MISSIONS 4 PRESCHOOL REPORT 5 ALTAR GUILD 6 GIDEON 6 NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE 7 KENYA MISSION TRIP 8 LIBRARY UPDATE 10 GARDEN OF EATING 10 Inside this issue: The Bethlehem Star The Bethlehem Star September 2013 M ark your calendars now for our second annual Chicken BBQ and Craft Show/Flea Market on Saturday, September 28! Enjoy a delicious meal of BBQ chicken with all the fixin’s, purchase some bargains from the flea market, get a start on your Christmas shopping at the craft show, and pick up a few sweets from the bake sale. All proceeds raised will go to helping our local service organizations, such as Hands on Homes, Good Works, UMCOR, and Samaritan’s Purse. Why this event? It’s so much more than a chance to eat what some say is the best chicken they’ve ever had. And it’s even more than raising money for some very worthy organizations. It’s our opportunity to relationally engage the community and to demonstrate BUMC’s commitment to the love of Christ through our service to others. Service by its very nature is relational, whether local (Judea), in other parts of the county (Samaria) or in the farthest parts of the earth (Mississippi, Kenya, New Jersey!). It is a way to help show our hospitality as we invite the community to come and share a call to join us in our service, even if only through something as simple as buying a chicken meal or a treat from the bake table. It is also a chance to educate and inspire those within the church to a greater call in their lives to serve as well as having some fun! Want to help? We need you! Please sign up in church for your favorite job. We need cooks, wait staff, bakers, greeters, and table clearers, just to name a few. Be a part of the body of Christ in action! The Chicken BBQ runs 12:00pm- 6:00pm. Tickets at the door are $12/ Adult and $6/Kids 12 and under. Advance tickets are $11/Adult and $5/ Kids. Advance tickets can be purchased after each Sunday morning service, at the church office during the week, or reserved online. Tickets are limited; last year we sold out! Craft Show/Flea Market will run from 9:00am-3:00pm. $15.00 a space. The registration form can be downloaded from the website in addition to being available at the office or on Sunday morning. White Elephant Table: The church will also be hosting our own flea market table. Have a few items you'd like to donate? Be sure to read the White Elephant Donations and Guidelines either at the church or on the website.
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by Janice Butterworth and Charles Baker
Bethlehem
United Methodist Church
PO Box 57
4 Westtown Road
Thornton, PA 19373
P: 610-459-3482
F: 610-459-0811
www.bethmeth.com
Chicken BBQ and Craft Show/Flea Market
CHICKEN BBQ 1
PASTOR’S CORNERED 2
ON THE SPOT 2
CALENDAR 3
SPOTLIGHT ON MISSIONS 4
PRESCHOOL REPORT 5
ALTAR GUILD 6
GIDEON 6
NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE 7
KENYA MISSION TRIP 8
LIBRARY UPDATE 10
GARDEN OF EATING 10
Inside this issue:
The Bethlehem StarThe Bethlehem Star September 2013
M ark your calendars now for our
second annual Chicken BBQ
and Craft Show/Flea Market on
Saturday, September 28! Enjoy a
delicious meal of BBQ chicken with all
the fixin’s, purchase some bargains
from the flea market, get a start on your
Christmas shopping at the craft show,
and pick up a few sweets from the bake
sale. All proceeds raised will go to
helping our local service organizations,
such as Hands on Homes, Good Works,
UMCOR, and Samaritan’s Purse.
Why this event? It’s so much more
than a chance to eat what some say is
the best chicken they’ve ever had. And
it’s even more than raising money for
some very worthy organizations. It’s
our opportunity to relationally engage
the community and to demonstrate
BUMC’s commitment to the love of
Christ through our service to others.
Service by its very nature is relational,
whether local (Judea), in other parts of
the county (Samaria) or in the farthest
parts of the earth (Mississippi, Kenya,
New Jersey!).
It is a way to help show our
hospitality as we invite the
community to come and share a call to
join us in our service, even if only
through something as simple as buying
a chicken meal or a treat from the bake
table. It is also a chance to educate and
inspire those within the church to a
greater call in their lives to serve as
well as having some fun!
Want to help? We need you! Please
sign up in church for your favorite job.
We need cooks, wait staff, bakers,
greeters, and table clearers, just to name
a few. Be a part of the body of Christ in
action!
The Chicken BBQ runs 12:00pm-
6:00pm. Tickets at the door are $12/
Adult and $6/Kids 12 and under.
Advance tickets are $11/Adult and $5/
Kids. Advance tickets can be purchased
after each Sunday morning service, at
the church office during the week, or
reserved online. Tickets are limited; last
year we sold out!
Craft Show/Flea Market will run
from 9:00am-3:00pm. $15.00 a space.
The registration form can be
downloaded from the website in
addition to being available at the office
or on Sunday morning.
White Elephant Table: The church
will also be hosting our own flea
market table. Have a few items you'd
like to donate? Be sure to read the
White Elephant Donations and
Guidelines either at the church or on
the website.
On The Spot: What is Your Favorite Thing about Fall?
Carol Cass
“The colors, the trees
changing. Truthfully, I
like spring much better.”
I was recently approached with a ques-
tion, though what was sought wasn’t
an answer but help: “Pastor Tim, would
you be willing to write a book review for
the newsletter?” Since I got to pick the
book, I agreed, because the one I had in
mind is the best I’ve read in some time.
The book and author (as found on the
cover) are In the Land of Blue Burqas by
Kate McCord: A Protective Pseudonym.
Now, they say you can’t judge a book by
its cover, but THIS one was certainly
revealing. First, the photo was of an ob-
viously third world village in a remote
and arid climate. The title gave a clue to
its location: Afghanistan. And the author
was particularly revealing; it’s written by
someone many of us have seen and
heard, but her name has been modified
for her safety. She is a missionary we
support, and she’s shared her work in our
church services, and she previously had
careers as a sergeant
in the U. S. Marines
followed by her own
successful and pros-
perous business, all of
which prepared and
equipped her for her
missionary calling.
Now add “author” to
the list of her professions!
In the Land of Blue Burqas is riveting be-
cause it speaks of courage amid real danger,
and knowing the author personally makes it
all the more compelling. It is a book about
genuine sacrifice for Christ, which both
shamed me (for my lack of true sacrifice)
and inspired me. It is a book which chal-
lenges our lifestyle and our discipleship (do
we really follow Jesus, and do what He
asks?) without trying to do so, but does pur-
posefully call us to follow God’s greater call
for our lives, particularly as it comes to
The Pastor’s Cornered! Answering Your Toughest Questions of Faith
by Pastor Tim Kriebel
Marissa Fiorelli
“The weather…it’s not
too hot or too cold. Plus
my birthday is in the
Fall… “
continued on page 4
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Joe Orso
“I’m a parent...”
Prime Timers Bible
study is on
Mondays 1:30pm in
Turner Lounge
starting Sept. 9.
Monthly Outings
Wed, Sept 11
Mystery Lunch
Tues, Sept 24
Andrew Wyeth Studio
Tour
Tues, Oct 8
Bantram’s Garden
Tour
Sun, Oct 2
Godspell Matinee,
West Chester Univ
Sun, Nov 10
Chester County
Concert Band
In November and
December the group
will attend a
Christmas Family
Present Wrap, a trip to
Media Theater and a
Forty Niners Chorus
Christmas Program. If
you have questions or
want more info,
contact Peter Dietz,
610-358-2511.
Clip n’ Keep Calendar
September 3
Pastor’s Discipleship Group begins, 7:00-9:30pm
September 4
Fall Start Up for Kids Choir 6:00pm; Awana 6:30 pm
I t is the time of year when the Nominations Committee begins the process of seeking new
leadership for various committees that make our church a great place to call home. We
ask that you graciously prepare your hearts and allow God to reveal the gifts He has placed
in you to share as a blessing to others. Through your gifts of service, many lives are touched
and seeds of His glory are planted in even the tiniest of hearts; for it is through serving oth-
ers that we truly become the hands and feet of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, and His
kingdom is magnified through these works. If you are contacted and asked to serve in minis-
try, please prayerfully consider doing so!
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Woofi: Around Town and the World
W oofi and
his
support team goes
marching on, to
Chester’s
Salvation Army
Parking Lot Fair,
Spanish Health
Ministries,
CityTeam’s VBS
lessons, and then
to a group of
Kenya orphans
with our team. Those are the facts,
but you want to know the Lord’s
work (heart stuff)right? At the
Salvation Army Fair, an adult
homeless male re-dedicated his life
to the Lord and was thrilled to get a
by Harriet Widlund
bracelet to remind himself before
we could even get the booth up.
Later he won a Woofi, which he
wanted to give to a child. At
Spanish Health VBS, we saw God’s
supply when the interpreter had to
leave before our presentation was
done. A boy of 11 finished
translating into Spanish for us. At
CityTeam VBS we saw several
children who had attended the
Salvation Army Fair. One was able
to tell us what each color meant on
Woofi’s collar (the Gospel).
Another had given the Woofi she
won to her Aunt to make up after
rude words were exchanged.
She decided her Aunt needed to
know Jesus. We ministered to
mothers and teen silblings here.
Everyone wants a Woofi and we
make sure they hear the Gospel.
Afterward we went on an outing
with them at which there was a
sighting of Woofi at Cowtown
Rodeo and I got hugged by the
Philly Fanatic. Too bad I did not
have a Woofi with me for him.
People from other churches have
asked for literature to start
evangelizing with Woofi. God has
done a mighty thing in our midst.
For more information, contact
Harriet Widlund at 601-459-4910
or [email protected]. The Puppy with a purpose: The paw-prints on his collar
share the salvation message. God's promise is that His
Word will not return void! His colorful tag explains the
clear message of salvation and a prayer.
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Jim Hall:
My favorite moments were the times we did water filter training and
distribution. It was a thrill to know that you had a hand in changing
people's lives and future! The greatest inspiration was to see the joy
in these people's hearts in spite of their circumstances.
Marie Robinson:
A friend who spent quite a bit of time in Africa when she was young
advised me that, “You can leave Africa but Africa will never leave
you.” I realize how true that statement is as I reflect on our recent
mission trip to Kenya. On our first full day in Narobi, we spent time
in Deep Sea, the worst slum in the city. We were warned not to take
pictures out of respect for the people living in these deplorable con-
ditions. When we were directed to follow the narrow treacherous
path down a hill to a church filled with children, we were not pre-
pared for the sight and smells that assaulted our senses. Pre-school
age children wearing ragged dirty uniforms and shy bashful smiles
were sitting quietly waiting to shake our hands if we offered them.
We spent time coloring with them and doing other activities, simply
giving them the gift of our undivided attention. Christie led some
beautiful songs that brought tears to my eyes. We later had the hon-
or of feeding them a simple lunch of rice and beans. Older children
who were on their lunch break swarmed the building as lunch time
approached to join in this meager lunch that was offered. Words can-
not describe the depth of the poverty that we witnessed, but it was
obvious that God was there blessing the women who cared for and
fed these beautiful poverty-stricken children and gave them a few
hours of love and comfort a few days a week. We were truly blessed
to share some time with these precious children. This was just the
beginning of our trip, but it had a lasting impact on every other expe-
rience we had during our time in Kenya.
Kenya Mission Trip 2013
Tina Adamek:
As you know there are so many experiences that come to mind, but
one that seems to resonate took place early on at the police station.
The pastor was thanking all of us for coming to visit and share and
not judging them. A day of sharing in their church. That's what we
would come to learn that Kenya was all about, simply sharing.
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Denise Smith:
Before the trip I prayed to be the hands and feet of Jesus, little did
I know that on the first day at Deep Sea Slum I’d see the face of
Jesus in a small, timid little girl who ultimately took my hand that
was on her shoulder and wrapped my arm around her and held on
tight. I knew then that I had made the connection with this little
girl, but most importantly, with my Savior.
Andi Hall:
One of the inspiring times for me was- despite the poverty of the
people, there was a joy and gratitude for what they did have. One
example was sitting on the ground with a lady in the IDP camp
outside of her dirt floor mud home shelling peas with her and
hearing her share about how good God was to give her what she
did have.
Jenny Stewart:
In all honesty, when I first heard that we were going to go to a
several hour church service, my first thought was “Wow, that is a
long time.” I think what I was worried about the most was if I was
going to be bored. Well, I had no idea what was in store for me.
There was no time to even get bored. Church service in Kenya is a
worship party. I clapped so much that my arms hurt the next day!
Little girls came over, sat on my lap, played with my sunglasses,
and examined my exceptionally pale skin. All the while I am sit-
ting in a group of people who don’t speak the same language,
have the same customs, live on the same side of the planet, have
the same color skin, and are of every age. My thought right then
was “This is what heaven must be like. People of all sorts with
nothing in common, but God. But, what else do you need in com-
mon but God? We are all connected by the common thread of
God’s love and how powerful it is!” Nothing else mattered in that
moment except worshiping God. I was honored to be able to see,
be a part of, and feel God’s global church family. To see the man-
ifestation of the words (from Matthew 28:19-20) “Therefore go
and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching
them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am
with you always, to the very end of the age-,” come to life was
truly a gift I will remember.
Kenya Mission Trip 2013
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Orange Creamsicle Cookies
2 -1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon table salt
1 cup (2 sticks) real unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 large or jumbo egg
1 teaspoon real vanilla extract
1 teaspoon orange extract
2 tablespoons of orange zest (about two oranges)
2 cup white chocolate chips
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars until light and
creamy. Beat in egg and both extracts until smooth. Gradually
add flour mixture until combined. Stir in rind and chips.
Drop rounded teaspoonfuls onto un-greased cookie
sheets. Bake about nine to ten minutes or until edges are gold-
en brown. Do not overbake! Cool and enjoy.
* Baking items should all be at room temperature for best re-
sults.
by Jan Samuelian
The Bethlehem Star is published 10 times/year by Bethlehem United Methodist Church, 4 Westtown Road, Thornton PA 19373, (610) 459-3482,
www.bethmeth.com, Editor: Brenda Orso, [email protected]. Deadline for copy: the 7th day of the month prior to publication. Editor reserves the right to
edit for content and space. Unsolicited material is welcome!
Knock, knock. Who's there? Orange. Orange who? Orange you glad school is starting? Well,
I'm sure some of you are, and some of you aren't. Perhaps this month's recipe might help you
get a positive start this school year. My dear niece Kristen (great cook and baker) shared with
me this new recipe that has become an instant hit. It would be a great surprise to put in your
children's lunchbox and sharing with others will make instant friends I'm sure.
I am thankful for those of you in the congregation who make such generous donations to the church library. We
would have nowhere near as wide a selection of titles without the generosity of you who love books. Your donations
reflect the broad range of interests that make our congregation so stimulating. One recent donation of note was a book
given by Pastor Tom: Becoming a True Spiritual Community by Larry Crabb. Dr. Crabb is a well-known psychologist,
conference and seminar speaker, Bible teacher, popular author, and founder/director of NewWay Ministries. He cur-
rently is Scholar in Residence at Colorado Christian University in Colorado and serves as Spiritual Director for the
American Association of Christian Counselors, and has authored many books. In today's frenetic society, people rarely
develop intimate friendships. Instead, they spend their lives essentially disconnected from others, rushing through life
content with brief visits and casual conversations. But what if one were to develop a community, a spiritual community,
of people who walked with and supported each other through life's journey? A community of real friends who listened
to each other's personal tragedies without merely trying to fix the problems, who encouraged and nurtured each other's
strengths, and who accepted people for who they really are, instead of the image they try to portray. In Becoming a True
Spiritual Community, Larry Crabb explores such a place, where God can heal disconnected people and allow them to
reconnect with each other and, ultimately, with Him. Somewhere it is said that BUMC is an “authentic Christian com-
munity…” and according to Pastor Tom, the principals delineated by Dr. Crabb will help us achieve that worthy goal.