We are happy to announce that weekly sermons from our worship services will be posted online. Now, if you miss a Sunday morning worship service you will be able to go to our website and listen to the sermon from that service. So check out our Sermons page and click on a sermon to go…
The decorations have been stowed away. Carols have long been silenced on the airwaves-as early as the day after Christmas. Life is back to “normal” after the hectic Christmas season of hosting and attending parties, shopping, decorating and visiting etc.,. A look back at the activities in the congregation during December will show that we…
Time marches on in its inexorable way. And a new year is with us. Occasions such as a new year or anniversary usually stir our minds into reflective moods. Our reflections turn to thoughts of time, life and our mortality. Questions on life; its meaning, purpose, expectations, hopes, fears tug at our minds. Even as…
Once again Bethesda, jointly with St. Paul participated in the Unionville Old Thyme Christmas Candle Light Parade. Our church’s participation was in the form of a float. Our float depicted the Nativity of our Lord.” The parade presents a good opportunity to tell the true Christmas story – the birth of Christ, which often gets…
It is often said, and justifiably so, that Christmas is the season of giving. There is something about the spirit and mood of Christmas that inspire generosity. Even predisposed scrooges dig a little deeper into their pockets to share with others, even strangers. It should not surprise anyone that Christmas should have this kind of…
The Sharecropper Project field of corn was harvested on Friday, November 6th. The weather this fall was warm and dry which resulted in excellent harvesting conditions. We give thanks that the yield was good and the quality was excellent, despite the cool and wet spring that we had. Our Annual Sharecropper Dinner was held on Sunday, November…
Our Annual Sharecropper Dinner is on Sunday, November 8 at 5.30 pm. This dinner is an important part of our social calendar. It is one of the many occasions when, as a church family, we gather in a setting where we can just have a good time sharing in meal, conversations and fellowship. It is…
It is November. At Bethesda this means many things. In November we have our special All Saints Day service, Sharecropper Dinner and our Annual Every Member In Church(EMIC) Sunday. Our Annual EMIC Sunday will be held on November 22. The Preacher will be Rev. Doug Reble, Assistant to Bishop Michael Pryse. What is EMIC Sunday…
Bethesda is a small congregation by any measure. Our membership on paper does not exceed two-hundred and twenty-five. Our active membership is about one hundred and thirty. Technically, an active member is anyone who communes at least once a year. In any six weeks period at least one hundred and fifteen of our members would…
Growing up in Guyana we became acquainted with the season of autumn through the British education system. Autumn is called fall in North America, for obvious reasons. Called by any name it is beyond debate that it is a most beautiful season, some would say the most beautiful one. Many things make fall the beautiful…
