Thrivent Financial for LutheransThe first meeting of 2008 will be held January 4th at 10:30 in Kollmeyer Hall. Members and guest are invited to attend.
Bethany is a member of the Lake-Sumter Chapter of Thrivent for Lutherans who are sponsoring FLORIDA SENIORFEST 2008. It will be held at the Life Enrichment Center on Picciola Road, Leesburg, on Monday, February 18, 2008. The keynote speaker, Dr. Paul Maier, will discuss "Christianity and the Competition." Enjoy a day of learning, food, fun and challenge. Bring a friend along. Check the www.aloaserves.org web site.
Bethany Women's Guild
the officers of the Women's Guild would like to remind every one that they will be collecting peanut butter and jelly for the Leesburg Food Bank again this year. Just bring your donation in at any time in December and place it on the the large cabinet in Kollmeyer Hall.
Quilts and Lap Robes
The Tuesday morning quilting group has put away their scissors and needles for the summer. They wish to thank all those who donated materials of one type or another this past year.
The fruits of their labor include many large quilts as well as small lap robes. A large box of quilts has been sent to Lutheran World Relief Headquarters in Maryland. Records, dating back to November 1995, show 225 quilts have been made. Lap robes (36 inch square) have proven to be a very popular item this year. Recently some have been given to the Lutheran Haven in Oviedo, FL, the LRMC North nursing facility, the Boggy Creek Camp for handicapped and terminally ill children and a special one to a member, Don Imm, who is in Avante Nursing Center.
