November 27, 2011
BDF Weekly Newsletter
Bethel Deaf Fellowship
Church attendance and offering last Sunday,
November 20, 2011:
Contact Information:
Email: [email protected]
Lunch– 24
VP: (479) 439-8340
Website:www.betheldeaffellowship.com
Worship – 24
Offering - $96.35
Our Mission Statement:
November Birthdays:
The Holy Bible is the inspired word
of God and is the basis for any
statement of faith. The church
accepts the scriptures as its
authority in matters of faith and
practice. We band ourselves
together as a body of baptized
believers in Jesus Christ personally
committed to sharing the good news
of salvation to lost mankind.
Jesus saith unto him, “I am the way,
the truth, and the life: No man cometh
to the Father but by Me.” John 14:6
About our Pastor:
Presently Bro. Dirk Hill is out “interim”
Pastor while our newly elected Pastor,
Bro. Glenn Cleveland is undergoing a
9-month training in Louisiana. He will
be able to possibly move here to
Fayetteville and be our full-time
Pastor sometime during summer of
2012. Please pray for BDF during this
transition time.
November 2 – Ginger Philley
November 12 – Alex Lee
Are there any other birthdays and/or anniversary???
Please let us know!
1. Johanna Giles' cousin, Denise Smith, now receiving
chemotherapy.
2. Cathy Varner asked that we pray for her granddaughter,
Tacoma who had 3 stitches near her eye.
3. Pray for Donald and Cammy Lynch who has been ill; Donald
had Bronchitis and Cammy has an ear infection.
4. Winford Taylor asked that we pray his family to be reconciled
with God.
1. Sunday, November 27, 2011 – BDF Clean-up Day after worship
service.
2. Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - Bible study at 7 p.m.
3. Friday, December 2, 2011 - BDF Bowling night at 7 p.m.
4. Sunday, December 4, 2011 - “Hanging of the Greens” Christmas
program at 2 pm during worship.
5. Wednesday, December 7, 2011 – BDF Business meeting at 7 p.m.
6. Friday, December 9, 2011 - Holiday Open House at Sources, Inc., 11
a.m. to 2 p.m.
7. Saturday, December 10, 2011 - NWAAD Christmas Party.
8. Sunday, January 1, 2012 – Bro. Glenn Cleveland will be here.
All of our services are in American Sign Language. Services are voice interpreted for the hearing population.
BDF Churchwide Thanksgiving Program:
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Father, may all good things that I do and the way
that I live each day bring you honor and praise. In
Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Bro. Glenn
We had a good turnout of 26 last Sun at our Thanksgiving
churchwide dinner and program. It was good to see
Monty Duncan, Brian Scott, Donald and Cammy Lynch
after a long time. Bro. Dirk gave a sermon about "Thank
Him" from Philppians 4:6-7. He challenged us to 1) Pray;
2) Ask; and 3) Give thanks. Please continue to pray for
Bro. Dirk and New Beginnings Deaf Fellowship in Tyler,
Texas. They now have a website:
www.newbeginningsdeaffellowship.com.
Mid-Week News:
Last Wednesday, November 23rd BDF was closed for the
Thanksgiving holidays. We hope that everyone had a
great Thanksgiving holiday with their family and friends.
Next Wednesday, November 30th we will have our Bible
study at 7 p.m. We will be studying "Experiencing God"
by Henry Blackby.
BDF Movie Night News:
We had a turnout of 10 at our movie night. We
watching a movie called "The Shunning". It was
an awesome movie and we want to thank Jared
Armer for bring the popcorn and cokes.
Devotion from Bro. Glenn:
Bringing Praise to God:
Hanging of the Greens Christmas
Program
December 4, 2011
Bethel Deaf Fellowship
Worship at 2 p.m.
7 Fun Facts of Christmas
1. The Christmas tree was first introduced by
Queen Victoria in 1846.
2. The word Christmas is Old English and comes
from the terms Christ's Mass.
3. Franklin Pierce is the first president to decorate
the white house Christmas tree.
Jesus said to him, "You can see now! You are healed
because you believed." Then the man was able to see.
4. Electric lights Christmas trees were first used in
The man followed Jesus, thanking God. All the people
1895.
that saw this praised God for what happened. Luke
18:42-43 (ERV)
5. The movie "It's a Wonderful Life" appears on TV
The crowds knew that Jesus' acts of compassion were
not to draw attention to himself, but to bring praise to
God. He lived his life to bring honor, glory, and praise
to his Father. Just as Jesus lived to glorify God, we too,
are put here to bring God glory. If not only our best
achievements but also our everyday lives mean that
our Father is praised, then we have succeeded in life!
more often than any other holiday movie.
6. The most famous Christmas ballet is "The
Nutcracker".
7. The song "Jingle Bells" was first written for
Thanksgiving but become popular around
Christmas time.