KIOSKS THIS WEEKEND PRAISE & PRAYER
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OFFERING ON SEP 20/21, 2014 Required for weekly budget: $33,800 Budget: $28,241 • Imagine: $2,303 AROUND BETHANY Annual General Meeting (AGM): Sun Oct 5, 2:30 pm in the Fireside Room. All are welcome, whether or not you are a member. Annual Reports and proxy forms are available at the Welcome Centre. Sausage Sale: Support the Bethany Costa Rica Missions Project with a purchase of Waterloo County sausage. Order forms are available at the Information Centre. Please return by Sun Oct 12 to Len & Carol Lane. Thank you for your support! September 27/28, 2014 Saturday, 6:45 pm • Sunday, 9:30 & 11:10 am THE UPSIDE-DOWN KINGDOM Matters of the Heart Pastor Larry Shantz speaking PRAISE & PRAYER Deepest sympathy to John & Helena Leyenhorst and family on the passing of their sister-in-law, Jennifer Zimmer Bakker, in Halifax. Congratulations to Brent & Christine Kostesky on the birth of their daughter, Lily Rebecca, on Sat Sep 20. Granddaughter for Tim & Briar Kostesky, niece for Becki Kostesky and great granddaughter for Armand & Mary Fretz. Lift Up in Prayer: Wes & Stephanie Collins, Enrique Serpas, Agnes Riches, Stephanie Neal-Loback Our Praise & Prayer Room (Room 121) is available after each service for those looking for a quiet place to pray. People are there to pray with you if you wish. Pick up a card to submit your praise and prayer requests OR check out our Praise & Prayer Wall at bethanycc.ca/praiseandprayer. KIOSKS THIS WEEKEND SENIOR ADULTS: Sign up for the Forever Young (55+) Car Rally coming up on Fri Oct 3. Meet at Bethany at 10 am to be assigned to a car team. We will enjoy lunch at Betty’s Restaurant afterwards. Rain or shine. YOUNG ADULTS: Learn more about Bethany’s Young Adults Ministry (now called Verge) offered on Mondays, 7-9 pm in the Fireside Room. Also, sign up for our first meal on Mon Oct 27 and meet Peter Roessner, our new Director of Verge. PRAYER: Place a knot in and pray over TWO prayer quilts - one for Jim and the other for Laura. Prayer cards are available for you to take home with you. WORSHIP ARTS: Children in Gr. 3-6 are invited to sign up for the Kid’s Christmas Musical, “Arrest These Merry Gentlemen,” happening on Dec 6/7 during the services at Bethany. MISSIONS: Visit with Bill & April Janzen to learn more about their family’s upcoming trip to Kampala, Uganda and find out how you can support them. They will be serving with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) from January-April 2015. GROUP LIFE: • Find out how to get connected through Life Teams, Bible studies and events. • Pick up this week’s Life Team Study Guide. • Get tickets for our Fellowship Lunch coming up Sun Oct 5, 12:30-2:30 pm in the Gym. $5/person or $3/ages 6-11 (age 5 & under eat free!). Meet others and make new friends. All are welcome! The SEP/OCT issue is available at the Welcome Centre. Pick one up today!
Transcript of KIOSKS THIS WEEKEND PRAISE & PRAYER
OFFERING ON SEP 20/21, 2014Required for weekly budget: $33,800
Budget: $28,241 • Imagine: $2,303
AROUND BETHANYAnnual General Meeting (AGM): Sun Oct 5, 2:30 pm in the Fireside Room. All are welcome, whether or not you are a member. Annual Reports and proxy forms are available at the Welcome Centre.
Sausage Sale: Support the Bethany Costa Rica Missions Project with a purchase of Waterloo County sausage. Order forms are available at the Information Centre. Please return by Sun Oct 12 to Len & Carol Lane. Thank you for your support!
September 27/28, 2014Saturday, 6:45 pm • Sunday, 9:30 & 11:10 am
THE UPSIDE-DOWN KINGDOM
Matters of the HeartPastor Larry Shantz speaking
PRAISE & PRAYERDeepest sympathy to John & Helena Leyenhorst and family on the passing of their sister-in-law, Jennifer Zimmer Bakker, in Halifax.
Congratulations to Brent & Christine Kostesky on the birth of their daughter, Lily Rebecca, on Sat Sep 20. Granddaughter for Tim & Briar Kostesky, niece for Becki Kostesky and great granddaughter for Armand & Mary Fretz.
Lift Up in Prayer: Wes & Stephanie Collins, Enrique Serpas, Agnes Riches, Stephanie Neal-Loback
Our Praise & Prayer Room (Room 121) is available after each service for those looking for a quiet place to pray. People are there to pray with you if you wish. Pick up a card to submit your praise and prayer requests OR check out our Praise & Prayer Wall at bethanycc.ca/praiseandprayer.
KIOSKS THIS WEEKENDSENIOR ADULTS: Sign up for the Forever Young (55+) Car Rally coming up on Fri Oct 3. Meet at Bethany at 10 am to be assigned to a car team. We will enjoy lunch at Betty’s Restaurant afterwards. Rain or shine.
YOUNG ADULTS: Learn more about Bethany’s Young Adults Ministry (now called Verge) offered on Mondays, 7-9 pm in the Fireside Room. Also, sign up for our first meal on Mon Oct 27 and meet Peter Roessner, our new Director of Verge.
PRAYER: Place a knot in and pray over TWO prayer quilts - one for Jim and the other for Laura. Prayer cards are available for you to take home with you.
WORSHIP ARTS: Children in Gr. 3-6 are invited to sign up for the Kid’s Christmas Musical, “Arrest These Merry Gentlemen,” happening on Dec 6/7 during the services at Bethany.
MISSIONS: Visit with Bill & April Janzen to learn more about their family’s upcoming trip to Kampala, Uganda and find out how you can support them. They will be serving with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) from January-April 2015.
GROUP LIFE:• Find out how to get connected through Life Teams,
Bible studies and events.
• Pick up this week’s Life Team Study Guide.
• Get tickets for our Fellowship Lunch coming up Sun Oct 5, 12:30-2:30 pm in the Gym. $5/person or $3/ages 6-11 (age 5 & under eat free!). Meet others and make new friends. All are welcome!
The SEP/OCT issue is available at the Welcome
Centre. Pick one up today!
THE UPSIDE-DOWN KINGDOM
Matters of the Heart
RESPONSE FORMSeptember 27/28, 2014
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more info about Bethany
a church mailbox
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offering envelopes (fill in info below)
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to receive a LARGE PRINT bulletin
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more info about Life Teams(participating, leading, coaching)
more info about support & recovery(Celebrate Recovery, The Landing)
Other:
Jesus Explains the Purpose of the Mosaic Law:• Jesus came to accomplish the purpose of the
Mosaic law (Matthew 5:17)• The intention of the Mosaic law was to change peo-
ple’s hearts (Matthew 5:18-19; Deuteronomy 6:4-6)• Jesus identifies the problems of the religious leaders
and Pharisees (Matthew 5:20, 23:25-28)
As Christians, We Are to Live Under the Control of the Holy Spirit: (Ephesians 5:18; Galatians 5:16-25)
Principles of the Upside-Down Kingdom:1. Refuse to harbour anger (Matthew 5:21-22a)a) Stages of anger...• mild irritation• indignation• wrath• fury• rage
b) To defuse anger...• you must realize that it’s dangerous• you must understand its cause• you must deal with it quickly (Ephesians 4:26-27) • you need to release it properly (Proverbs 25:21-22)• you need to practice the antidote of prayer
(Philippians 4:4-8)
2. Learn to control your tongue (Matthew 5:22b; James 3:1-6)
3. Reconcile your differences (Matthew 5:23-24; Ephesians 4:3; Matthew 6:15; Romans 12:18)• Stay clear of the legal process if at all possible
(Matthew 6:25-26; 1 Corinthians 6:1-4)
Living By the Spirit’s Power: (Colossians 3:12-17)
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