Do you have flowers in your garden that you would like to showcase? The Altar Guild would appreciate donations over the summer months for the Altar. Please contact any member of the Altar Guild if you wish to donate your own fresh flowers or if you wish to sponsor flowers for some Sunday of personal…
Bethesda is hosting a series of community awareness events open to all in the community. The next event is June 25th on the topic of Keeping Our Neighbourhoods Safe and is in collaboration with the York Region Police Community Engagement and Well Being Bureau. Please see below the details of this event: Topic:…
The Hymn Fest planned for this Sunday has been postponed. Stay tuned for a new date for this event.
The Landscape Committee invites congregation members to assist them with the spring cleanup around the church property and gardens. The work bee is on Saturday, May 25, beginning at 9:00 am and continues until 11:00 am. Please bring your own rakes and shovels.
This is a program of art instruction with healing components. It is brought to you by the congregations of Bethesda Lutheran Church and St. Paul Chinese Lutheran Church. First Month: Sketching and drawing techniques with pencil crayons (basic objects) Second Month: Sketching and drawing with watercolours and pencil crayons (compound objects and perspective) Third Month:…
Bethesda’s annual Sharecropper Dinner will be held on Sunday, November 11 at 5:30 pm. Special envelopes will be available to make your contribution to the Sharecropper Project fund. All funds raised in our Sharecropper Project are sent to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank where they are matched by the Canadian Government at a rate of 4…
The 2018 Sharecropper Project is a field of corn at the southwest corner of Warden Avenue and Stouffville Road. It was planted in late May and is growing nicely. On Sunday, July 1, one of the corn plants was blessed during worship. We are praying for a good growing season and bounteous harvest. All proceeds…
Bethesda’s quilting group has shipped off fifteen quilts to Canadian Lutheran World Relief. The quilts, along with others collected by CLWR from quilting groups in the ELCIC, will be shipped to various parts of the world where they will be used. These quilts can be found in refugee camps, conflict- ridden locations, remote villages, and…
This Wednesday afternoon, April 17 at 1:30 pm, Bethesda and the York Region Growing Project will be hosting at our church one of several information sessions presented across Ontario by the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. David Epp, Ontario Regional Representative and guest speaker John Longhurst, Director of Marketing, Communication, Fundraising and Public Engagement, will be telling…
The Easter Concert originally planned for April 28 has been postponed to Saturday May 26. Anyone who is interested in performing an item at the concert is asked to contact Pastor Roy no later than May 13, to let him know the name of the item so that the program can be prepared. Thank you.
