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A common question heard at any church is "How do I answer my children's questions about God?" This is a fundamental question we will try to answer on this page. We will describe how Bethlehem brings children into greater understanding with God. Because children are an exetremely important part of our mission here at Bethlehem. Our building was built with Christian Education as a core value.
Please check out our Parent Sunday School Handout. This will help parents better understand what our children will be learning.
Parent Sunday School Handout
Sample Grade 5 - 6 Curriculum
Youth Sunday
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One Sunday each month is set aside as “Youth Sunday”. The youth of BLC serve during the first service as
readers, ushers, and serving Communion. Recently a new addition was made, with Emily S. signing the Gospel. She will translate the Gospel into American Sign Language (ASL) one Sunday each month.
Lutheran Inter-parish Youth/Central Mass.
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The youth continue to participate in worship at the first service. One Sunday each month the youth read the Lessons, serve as ushers, assist with Communion, and sign the Gospel in ASL.
GET DRENCHED!
Check out the link below, forwarded by Steve Kennedy, Youth Ministry Specialist of the NE Synod. The site
is looking for youth to post their thoughts and comments. Feel free to participate in this blog site; if you have anything you would like to add, get in touch with Steve...I'm sure he would be more than happy to hear from you. He's at Stev4uth@hotmail.com. Try to check the site regularly. The content will change frequently. This is a great venue for you to share your thoughts with other Lutheran youth throughout New England.
Get Drenched blog site
This new format allows you to access what we used to post as a complete newsletter. Now you can point, click, read and print everything much faster and easier. All of you can participate (in fact one of our idea articles already has a comment!). Feel free to post your own events, bookmark this page, and encourage other members of your Youth Ministry Team to check it out on a regular basis.
Things to consider posting:
Got an idea that really worked in your ministry?
Have a devotional thought you'd like to share?
Got a question?
Read a good book about ministry you'd like to write about?
The possibilities are endless...
• Six youth and two adults from BLC attended the LIPY outing to Six Flags on June 25. A total of 45 kids and 9 adults went from the six LIPY parishes.
• The LIPY Mission Trip for 2008 will be in Gettysburg, Pa.. Details to come!!!!
• The 2009 ELCA National Youth Gathering—You may visit the youth gathering website to obtain more information about the trip
Youth Gathering
Separate from the Inter-parish group, we at Bethlehem are engaging in a number of activities on our own. We are going to continue showing films at the church in the future. The youth meet each Sunday between services and all in grades 6-12 are invited to join us. Thanks to some generous folks we now have a functioning PC with video games, a TV/tape player and a game console in the youth room. Some of the youth have brought friends along from outside our church and we want to encourage everyone to do the same. We want the youth group to be open to everyone. Stop by and spend some time with the youth of Bethlehem! Any questions, call Tom or Laurie H.
Download info about LIPY
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