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Bethel Baptist Church

1316 N Scenic Drive Alamogordo, NM 88310 September 2013
Phone 575-437-7311

too many people who remain in bondage to sin, Satan and spiritual death. None of us should be surprised at the foolish acts of the lost. As Pastor Jon powerfully reminds us in his Buzz article, we all were equally guilty before God because of our sins. However, because of Gods great love for sinners, we have been equally set free in Christ and in Christ alone! While we should not dwell on our past, we should always remember in the present that it was only by Gods grace and mercy at the Cross that we can truly be free at last. We most likely will never have the chance to personally share the life-changing message of the Cross with Miley Cyrus. However, each of us knows someone who is in need of Gods forgiveness. In light of that reality, we are called both individually and as the body of Christ known as Bethel Baptist Church to make the best use of the time that God has given to us. That means taking every available opportunity to build bridges to the lost so that we can share the Gospel. Building bridges takes time, although perhaps not as much time as we think. The key is to start building TODAY! That is our mission, whether we choose to accept it or not. I believe that Gods will is that we accept His mission to go into all the world starting in our own community to share the Good News that Jesus Christ and Christ alone still saves! How will you use the time that God has graciously given to you? Wisely or Foolishly? Yours in Christ, Pastor Howell

Church Staff
Howell Scott, Senior Pastor (howell@bethelnm.org) Pastor Howells Cell 575-921-7670 Jon Dowling, Associate Pastor of Students (jon@bethelnm.org) Pastor Jons Cell 575-430-8367 Stephen Martone, Associate Pastor of Music (stephen@bethelnm.org) Pastor Stephens Cell 682-224-9843 Terry Geary, TOTS Director (terry@bethelnm.org) Candy Schoeneberg, Counseling Director (candys@bethelnm.org) Chuck Hoyt, Counselor (chuck@bethelnm.org) Amy Tillotson, Counselor (amy@bethelnm.org) Kristen Geary, Childrens Ministry (kristen@bethelnm.org) Mary Lockwood, Financial Secretary (mary@bethelnm.org) Cheryll Weisensel, Administrative Assistant (cheryll@bethelnm.org) Karen Zaleski, Ministry Assistant (karen@bethelnm.org) Nathan Martone, Ministry Assistant/Media (Nathan@bethelnm.org) Jeff Weisensel, Maintenance Bonnie Davis, Nursery Director

A Message from Pastor Howell

Lost time again.Benjamin is never found Franklin How true a statement by one of Americas most famous Founding Fathers. Time, as the old Steve Miller song says, keeps on slippin, slippin, slippin into the future. None of us can stop time, but we can each redeem the time that we have been given by God: Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. (Ephesians 5:15-17) One need only read about (hopefully you didnt watch it) the lewd musical act performed by former Disney star Miley Cyrus (aka Hannah Montana) at this years MTV Awards Show to understand that we are living in days that are becoming more and more evil. Of course, Cyrus acting out is a vivid reminder to believers that there are far

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Sunday, September 8 First Annual Missions & Ministry Day

Adult Sunday School will be in the Worship Center at 9:45 a.m. taught by Pastor Howell Scott
(note that there will be NO 8:15 a.m. worship service on Sunday, September 8)

Special Guest Preacher: Dr. Joe Bunce

Combined Worship Service at 11:00 a.m.

Missions & Ministry Fair will be from 2-4 p.m. in the Education Building followed by Special Evening Worship Service at 5:00 p.m.

followed by Dinner on the Grounds Gym (Meat will be provided, please bring a salad, side dish, and dessert to share)

Discipleship Classes
There are plenty of opportunities to get involved in Bethels Discipleship Classes Sundays at 6:00 p.m.
Reliance in Concert Tuesday, September 17 at 6:00 p.m. Bethel Baptist Worship Center
Reliance is a trio of men who live in reliance on the love and faithfulness of Christ. They present an exciting Gospel Music program filled with inspiration, encouragement and great singing.

Fresh Encounter - Worship Center A Journey Through Grief & Loss Room #514 A Christian Response to Domestic Violence - Room #513

Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m.

The Story - Room #510 Missing Pieces (Ladies Bible Study) - Room #520 Answers in Genesis: Biblical Apologetics for Real Life - Room #515

Free Admission*

Everyone Invited
*A love offering will be received

Check Worship Folder bulletin for dates, as start dates vary and days classes meet are subject to change.

~ Kristen Geary Childrens Ministry Coordinator

Parents Night Out Jungle Jam

Let your little monkeys hang in Gods mighty jungle, while you enjoy an evening out! When: October 4, 2013 Time: 5:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Cost: $10 per family Ages: Infant-5th Grade Dinner will be provided, along with jungle themed games, crafts and movies. All proceeds will go toward student summer camp. Immediately following KIDz Praize, KIDz Klub will take the children on a journey through mission work and discovering Gods love around the world. KIDz Klub jr, ages 3 years-Kindergarten, will begin at 6:00 p.m., in Room 120. Along with Mission Friends, they will also be learning about mission work. The KIDz Praize kick-off party will be on Wednesday, September 4th, at 6:00 p.m.. 1st-5th Graders, join us in Room 101, for games, food, music and a look at our musical, Holy Moses!

We had a great time at the 2 nd Annual Choir Retreat at Sivells Camp. Our Christmas musical this year is, The First Noel, Born is the King. The First Noel is my favorite carol and can be traced back almost 500 years. Although, The First Noel, can be traced back that far, its use inside the walls of the church only reaches back to the mid -1800s. Prior to that time, it was primarily used by families, mainly in west England, and by whole villages on Christmas Eve, as the Yule log was brought in and everyone lifted their voices in celebration of the coming Christmas Day. The leaders of the church thought The First Noel, as well as many other carols, did not have the solemnity or the depth of music suitable for services inside the church building. Sound familiar? It is interesting to note that 100 years earlier Handel had been severely criticized because he had written a new work that had been premiered in a theater instead of a church. The work Messiah! Well, the first Noel really happened! The first Christmas! We are working on the Christmas musical and are looking for more players in our Churchestra, singers in our Praise Choir, and thespians for our Drama Team. If you are interested please contact me at the church office or through my e -mail. The musical will be presented on December 7th and 8th, so make plans to be here!

Pastor Stephen Psalm 150

Wednesday Night Meals

Menu
Sept 4 - Pork Chops & Stuffing Sept 11 - Breakfast as Dinner Sept 18 - Enchiladas & Taco Buffet

Library News: Woohoo! Bethel library has over 2800 items for you to choose from!

Prepared By
Love Inc 4:12 Students Ziram Sisters

Recently donated is a copy of the Koran (Muslim) and a copy of the Talmud, ancient Jewish teachings on ethics, religion, Sept 25 - Lasagna & Garlic Bread Praise Choir apolWEDNESDAY NIGHT MEALS begin at 4:45 p.m. in the Ed- and law. We also have many materials on Christian ucation Building. Cost is $4.00 for adults and $3.00 for chil- ogetics. Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live by David dren 10 and under, with a maximum of $15.00 per family. Salad, Platt (author of Radical) is now available.
Fruit and Dessert are included. Be sure and call the church office to make reservations no later than the Tuesday prior to the meal you are attending. A new reservation list will be generated, so we ask that you call in or fill out a form located in the foyer to get on the permanent list.

We have 330 DVDs for family viewing and two new childrens books by Max Lucado: The Boy and the Ocean and If Only I Had a Green Nose. Come on in and choose a treasure to check out for awhile.
LIBRARY HOURS Sunday: 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

As you will note, we have changed the location of where the meals will be served from the Gym to the Bistro Area of the Education Building. The meals will also be prepared by volunteers. If you have a group (Sunday School Class, Ministry Group, Friends, Family) who would like to participate in this new restructured fellowship opportunity, please contact the church office.

Sheila Harrison, Librarian

The library is in room 116, in the same hall as the nursery.

September 2013
Sun
1 Outreach Fellowship

Mon
2 3 Labor Day **Office Closed**

Tue
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Wed
4:45 pm. Dinner

Thu
5
10:00 am Singin Seniors 6:00 pm Student Bible Study
Student Center

Fri
6 7

Sat

6:00 pm Kidz Klub 6:00 pm Prayer Mtg 6:00 pm Discipleship 6:30 pm 4:12 Student 7:00 pm Praise Choir

Missions & Ministry Day

Dr Joseph Bunce
Dinner on the Grounds following service

9 Craft Fellowship 8:30 a.m.noon

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11 4:45 pm. Dinner

6:00 pm Kidz Klub 6:00 pm Prayer Mtg 6:00 pm Discipleship 6:30 p.m. 4:12 Student 7:00 pm Praise Choir

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10:00 am Singin Seniors 11:30 am Prime Timers 6:00 pm Student Bible Study
Student Center

13
Davis Funeral 11:00 a.m.

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Open House 2-4 Evening Worship 5:00

15National Back to Church Sunday Invite someone to church with you! 22

16 Deacons Mtg. 7:00 p.m.

17 Reliance in Concert 6:00 p.m. 24

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4:45 pm. Dinner

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10:00 am Singin Seniors 6:00 pm Student Bible Study
Student Center

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8:00 a.m. Mens Breakfast

6:00 pm Kidz Klub 6:00 pm Prayer Mtg 6:00 pm Discipleship 6:30 p.m. 4:12 Student 7:00 pm Praise Choir

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4:45 pm. Dinner

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10:00 am Singin Seniors 6:00 pm Student Bible Study
Student Center

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Fall Begins 29 Lords Supper & Benevolence Offering 30

6:00 pm Kidz Klub 6:00 pm Prayer Mtg 6:30 pm 4:12 Student 7:00 pm Praise Choir

Pastor Jon Dowling

(575) 437-7311 Office (575) 430-8367 Cell

I am almost embarrassed to admit it but I am the kind of guy who occasionally desires a few more minutes of sleep after the rudeness of my alarm waking me from my sleep. No, not necessarily because I am tired, but to complete the dream that I was in the midst of when that squeaking, squawking, squealing slumber -buster disturbed me. Maybe I was a superhero saving the day from evil. Perhaps I was relaxing on a beach in the Bahamas, contemplating the comfort of a beach chair verses the excitement and exhilaration of a surf board. Regardless, I have a longing for lounging, a reminiscing for REM rest. Dreams are amazing and powerful persuaders. During those minutes I really believe I can fly or have super human strength. I can feel the sand and smell the salty sea. Dreams so real that I truly feel that the outcome is within grasp if I could just return. 50 years ago, a history changing dream, possibly the most famous dreams ever dreamt, was shared publically and powerfully before the massive crowds in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King Jr., invoking the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipations Proclamation, and the United States Constitution, paints a picture of a racially integrated and unified America. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character... I still have a dream, a dream deeply rooted in the American dream one day this nation will rise up and live up to its creed, We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal. I have a dream (Martin Luther King Jr., 1963) A very respectable dream to be sure. One we have yet to truly achieve. A dream that we cannot just hit the snooze, return to slumber and see fulfilled. A dream, impossible without Christ and Christ alone. You see, in Christ, there is true equality. Yet, it is not the equality hoped for in the million souls listening to Dr. King that day. It is this, that we are equally depraved and sinful and desperately in need of salvation. In the shadow of our Savior we are equally requiring grace, mercy, forgiveness and love so undeserved. Through these lenses the scope of our equality is unparalleled. We are all equally repulsive in our sin and self. Praise God, we are also all equal in the eyes of Christ and His desperate love for sinners such as us. Our equality in sin is overmatched in our equality in His sight. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him(John 3:16-17 ESV) Equality is a funny thing when we really pause to ponder the implications. Our equality in sinfulness drives our equally desperate need for a Savior. His great love for us is not something that we deserve. It is not something that we have earned with our equality in faithfulness or goodness or love or selflessness. We are all equal in fact; equal in our undeserving, missed -the-mark, sinfulness. But praise God, He loves us so! And through Christ and Christ alone and the wonderful gift of grace and mercy found at the Cross of Calvary we cannot only echo Dr. Kings sentiment but more importantly live lives which amplify the Clarion call: Free at last, free at last...PRAISE GOD ALMIGHTY WE ARE FREE AT LAST

Ministry Memos
September 21 at 8:00 a.m. in the Bistro

Prime Timers!
Thursday, September 12 at 11:30 a.m.
Hot Dogs, Hamburgers & Sandwiches will be provided. Please bring your favorite picnic side dish to share. Invite a friend to join us for lunch and fellowship!

Deacons of the Week

September 1 Kevin Norwood Tim Wolfe 8 Bob Money Chuck Hoyt 437-4548 430-4525 437-3893 437-7014 434-4577 439-8204 491-8552 443-8153 437-3282 437-6406

September

September 15 Verlyon Scoggin Jon Bachman September 22 Roy Velez Eldon Hawkins George Davis Jim Harness Lords Supper

Monday, September 9 8:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. Education & Conference Center Room # 511

September 29

"I was a stranger and you welcomed me" -Matthew 25:35

Join us and invite a friend

No Supplies Needed

Welcoming others is central to the life and ministry of Bethel Baptist Church! Serving on our Sunday Morning Welcome Team offers a great way to welcome and connect with others, especially newcomers. It truly is a dynamic expression of the inclusiveness of God's love for all. For many it is a natural first step in serving and an easy way to get involved with the church. It would involve directing visitors to classes, answering questions about activities and events, and assisting in making those that arrive at Bethel to feel cared for. We ask that you prayerfully consider serving on this ministry team, and if you feel led to be a part of it please give the church office a call at 437-7311.

The Principle of Biblical Leadership

Sunday School engages learners in the Biblical model of instruction that leads to spiritual transformation.
1. Sunday School affirms that spiritual transformation is Gods work of changing a believer into the likeness of Jesus by creating a new identity in Christ and by empowering a lifelong relationship of love, trust, and obedience to glorify God. 2. Sunday School champions the absolute truth and authority of the Word of God and compels believers to integrate a Biblical world view into their minds, hearts, and lives through ongoing, systematic Bible study. 3. Sunday School recognizes that Bible study is most effective when it occurs in the context of the learners total life, especially family relationships, and when it considers the special needs, generational perspective, age and life -stage characteristics, and learning styles of the learner. 4. Sunday School addresses transcultural life issues common to individuals, churches, families, tribes, and nations regardless of geographic, ethnic, or language identity. School DirectorJim Harness

On mission to search, rescue, train and deploy, with a passion for God and a compassion for man.

On mission to search, rescue, train and deploy, with a passion for God and a compassion for man.
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1316 Scenic Drive Alamogordo, NM 88310

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A WARM WELCOME
to Amy Tillotson who has joined our counseling ministry staff! Amy comes with a tremendous amount of education and experience. She is a licensed clinical social worker and has been working in numerous capacities in the Alamogordo community. Amy has been working for the past two years as a clinical social worker for Life Transitions located at Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center. She has been a social worker for the VA as well as a Home Health/Hospice worker. Amy is accepting new clients. She is working Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. To make an appointment with Amy, please contact the church office at 437-7311. Chuck Hoyt and I will continue to work in the counseling ministry on a part-time basis. I will not be accepting any new clients at this time, but will continue to work with my current clients. My plan is to eventually retire (that date is not determined as of yet..it depends on the number of grandbabies we have and how far we have to travel to see them!) We are excited that Amy, a long time member of Bethel Baptist, has joined our counseling ministry team. She will be a great asset to us, to the church, and to the community. Joyfully serving Him, ~ Candy Schoeneberg

Birthdays
1 Betty Gardner 1 Marilyn Mozer 1 Erin Jollett 2 Helen Campbell 2 Brandie Washington 4 Maggie Grabemeyer 6 Amanda Snapp 7 Gloria Hanson 8 Pat Dillard 9 Tina Woller 10 Jason McGinthy 12 Ruthena Hamm 12 Ed Tillman 12 Candy Schoeneberg 12 Jacob Tillotson 14 Bob Flotte 14 Mike Blondell 15 Hellon Resendez 15 Trudy Hudson 16 Todd Schuman 16 Nathan Winrow 17 Jack Cox 17 David Nohe 17 Armando Rhoades 17 Sharon Stratton 17 James Campbell 19 George Davis 19 Danielle Vance 19 Rachel Jungling 19 Andrew Pitkofsky 21 Neal Bunker 22 Malcolm Ramsey 22 Rex James III 22 Mariah Piedra 23 Debbie Canard 23 Christine Mann 24 Ed Dittmer 24 Britany Wernle 26 Janelle Holzemer 26 Emily Pollock 26 Jessica Garcia 28 Linda Michaud 29 Dyson Wright 30 B-Etta Campbell 30 Norm Sawyer 30 Cynthia Baker 30 Brian Wernle 30 Andy Canard

Bethel Baptist
1316 Scenic Drive Alamogordo NM 88310

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