This Week

This Week At Bethany Church - Jan 22-29

Today:
10:00 am Worship Sanctuary
11:00 am Hospitality Parlor
7:00 pm Youth Group Youth Room

Tuesday:
11:30 am Bethany Bowl Fellowship Hall

Wednesday:
7:00 pm Trustees Parlor

Thursday:
7:00 am Prayer Group Parlor
11:30 Brown Bag Parlor
6:15 pm Bell Choir Choir Loft
7:00 pm Choir Choir Loft

Friday:
7:30 pm Concert by Randolph's Sounding Joy Sanctuary

Sunday:
9:00 am Choir Rehearsal Choir Loft
10:00 am Worship Sanctuary
11:00 am Hospitality Parlor
12:00 pm Church Game Party Parlor
4:00 pm Beth Jacobs Dinner Fellowship Hall

ANNOUNCEMENTS

If you would like to have your announcement printed in next week's bulletin, please have it into the office by 9:00 am Thursday morning.

Announcements- posted on t Mondays at 9:00am. www.bethanychurchvt.org


We are collecting Food- for the Montpelier Food Pantry on the last Sunday of the month. Each month the Outreach Board focuses on collecting one type of food (as per request of the pantry). For the month of January our focus food will be soup, canned, boxed, broth, chunky.

Emergency Clean Up Kit Challenge- Buckets and their contents should be returned on Sunday February 12th just before Valentine’s Day – a true gift of love and justice from our congregation to others in need.

Super Bowl Subs! The Youth Group is once again selling delicious sub sandwiches for Super Bowl Sunday on February 5th! Orders will be taken on Sunday mornings, January 22nd and 29th, or by calling the church office. The subs will be 10 inches long and available with ham, turkey, salami and/or cheese, with all the fixings! Salads available too! Cost remains at $6 per sub! Order yours and enjoy the game!

Apples to Apples - Sun. Jan. 29th from 1-3 PM in the church parlor. The Bethany Youth Group invites you and your friends to an afternoon of fun playing Apples to Apples while eating apple treats! Apples to Apples is a card game that is fun and easy to learn for ages 6 and up and always provides lots of laughs! We will have two versions available - Apples to Apples Junior for kids and Apples to Apples for those 12 and older. A great opportunity to make a day of it - go out for lunch after church, then come back for dessert, fun, and laughs!

The Romance of Scotland- will bring alive the traditional songs and stories of Scotland on Friday, Jan. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at Montpelier's Bethany Church. The concert is by Randolph's noted choral group Sounding Joy!, conducted by Marjorie Drysdale and accompanied by Marta Borgstrom, Admission is by free-will donation. The concert will be presented today at 3 p.m at Bethany Church in Randolph which is on Main Street. For more info see our website.

Bethany Bowl- January 17, Fed: 85 Head Cook: Joan Barrett Dishwashers: Gary Rogers, Tom Lever, Dan Williams VOLUNTEERS: Darlene Colby, Phyllis Rowell, Katrina Pelkey, Esther Farnsworth, Anita Rogers, Chris Terry, Ann DeVaughn, Pete Gomez and two young friends. Students from UES washed and set tables and brought desserts. Community Connections made two delicious soups for us as part of the MLK celebration and Joan made a third so it was a real soup kitchen day. We are blessed.

Brown Bag Study Group- This Thursday (the 26th) we are beginning the study of the book Songs of the Heart, Reflections on The Psalms by Joan Chittister (one of our favorite authors thru the years.) The books have arrived and we invite you to join us at 11:45 (bring your lunch) for a couple hours of sharing and study.

Bible Study-Starting on Tuesday February 7 there will be a Bible Study on the middle section of the book Acts of the Apostles (chapters 7-15) This 6 week session will be led by Rev. Mark. The purpose of this class is to study the book of the Acts of the Apostles and by doing so to grow in our knowledge and understanding of Scripture, to hear God’s word for us and for our church today, and to grow in our friendship with one another. Class will start at 6:45pm and end at 8. Study packets can be picked up starting on January 22. Homework should be done before the first session. Preparatory reading and homework can be picked up starting today in the office.

This Sunday

This Sunday

Worship and all the usual.
Scripture is from Leviticus 3:1-5 with a sermon entitled "The Lord's".
Leviticus? REALLY? I just call as I read am...
Music includes a Bach Fugue.

Sunday School continues with their study of the Gospel in Harry Potter.
During Hospitality we can order Super Bowl Subs!


And in the Evening the Youth Group meets at 7.

Volunteer

Volunteer Opportunities in Waterbury for January 21

These are people affected by the Irene flooding

Here are a couple of volunteer opportunities for Saturday, January 21

1) Lucy Ely: Needs help building a set of stairs and sanding some woodwork
10 Randall Street
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
To sign up to help Lucy, click Here

2) Karol & Jeff Smith: Need help painting walls and trim
12 Randall Street
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
To sign up to help Karol & Jeff, click Here

These come to us from the Waterbury Congregational Church.

Sounding Joy! Concert

The Bethany Center for the Arts presents
A Sounding Joy! Concert

"The Romance of Scotland"

a Robert Burns Birthday celebration,

7:30 on Friday, January 27

"The Romance of Scotland" will bring alive the traditional songs and stories of Scotland on Friday, Jan. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at Montpelier's Bethany Church. The concert is by Randolph's noted choral group Sounding Joy!, conducted by Marjorie Drysdale and accompanied by Marta Borgstrom, Admission is by free-will donation. The concert will be presented early on Sunday, Jan. 22 at 3 p.m at Bethany Church in Randolph which is on Main Street.

Some 10 different soloists will join the chorus in presenting songs chosen from the wealth of Scottish traditional music and poetry, including songs by Burns. Burns alone among the major poets in English, wrote a large proportion of his poems as songs, intended to be sung to traditional melodies. More than 380 of his poems, in fact, are songs- the most well known being, perhaps "Auld Lang Syne." The tunes are among the most beautiful in the folk traditions of any country, according to the director, and have a great variety of character.

"Some of these songs are achingly beautiful; others are playful or
dramatic, and some are tremendously stirring," she said. "Scots can
be proud of their rich and varied heritage."

The subject of the songs presented Jan. 27 revolve mostly around love: love of sweethearts, love of children, love of the land and, of course, love of Scotland. Burns is famous for dozens and dozens of love songs, more than a few of which refer to his own extensive history of
romantic involvements, both in the small town where he grew up, and in London society where he was lionized for a time. Familiar love songs will include "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose," "Annie Laurie," and "Green Grow the Rushes-O."

Patriotism is another powerful presence in Scottish songs especially those associated with the Jacobin movement of the mid-1700s when the Highland clans yearned for the return of the Stuart royal dynasty under the leadership of "Bonnie Prince Charlie." A section of the Sounding Joy! program will thus include such Jacobite songs as "Charlie Is My Darling," and "Scots Wa Hae," an uncompromising call to arms which served as the unofficial Scottish anthem for more than a century. "The Jacobite songs provide a great showcase for the men's section of Sounding Joy!," the director noted. "We guarantee your blood will be tingling."

The concert will offer arrangements for full chorus, solo voice, and various small groupings, as well. Violinist Beth Telford and cellist Becky McMeekin of Braintree will accompany some of the songs. Sounding Joy, founded in 1984 by Marjorie Drysdale, has a repertoire of classical and popular music that ranges over five centuries. The singers have appeared in venues throughout Vermont, including three times in the legislative chamber at the state capitol.
In March, the chorus, combined with the Sounding Joy Youth Chorus, will be a guest of the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra in a performance of John Rutter's "Mass for the Children," presented both in Montpelier and at Chandler Music Hall in Randolph.