BETHELITE SEPTEMBER 1, 2023: VOL 72, NO. 9 THIS ISSUE: LIFE IS MESSY, SPEAKER SERIES BRIAN MCLAREN THANKS BE TO GOD L SEPTEMBER 7 ife is messy. Church life is messy. We know it’s not Page 3 all sweetness and light but oh, do we ever wish it was. So much so...
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BETHELITE SEPTEMBER 1, 2023: VOL 72, NO. 9 THIS ISSUE: LIFE IS MESSY, SPEAKER SERIES BRIAN MCLAREN THANKS BE TO GOD L SEPTEMBER 7 ife is messy. Church life is messy. We know it’s not Page 3 all sweetness and light but oh, do we ever wish it was. So much so that when life turns bitter and dark NOMINATING COMMITTEE Page 5 - as it inevitably does — we’re tripped up. When we lose someone or experience deep loss, we’re never RALLY DAY - SEPTEMBER 3 prepared for what happens. Reality doesn’t meet our Page 6 expectation for how things should be and that leaves a deep chasm where sadness and confusion take up CIRCLE OF LOVE GOLF residence. We’re in the pit and we want out. God, just OUTING - SEPETEMBER 25 put things back the way they were. Page 9 Rev. Dr. Anna Madsen knows this landscape well. WOMENS RETREAT AT Anna will join us in Good Shepherd Chapel or Fireside HORIZONS - OCTOBER 6 -7 Page 10 via Zoom from Two Harbors, MN. for two Sunday forums - Sept 17 and Oct 1 @ 10:30 and on October MAD
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