Our Shepherd Childcare Hiring

Our Shepherd Childcare and Family Ministry is looking to hire quality staff to meet the needs of the many families that we serve. Potential positions include classroom leads/assistants and kitchen assistance. Both full time and part time positions are available. We are looking for positive, professional, dedicated, self-propelled individuals. If you have past childcare experience and/or education in early childhood we want to hear from you! We offer competitive wages, paid vacation days, a sign-on bonus, and discounted childcare. If you believe that you would work well in a fast-paced, friendly work environment, please stop in at Our Shepherd to fill out an application or call 920-733-3344 and speak with Heather Neta or Christina Coon.

FVL Announcements - Week of 12/22

FVL grads who were a part of the band program, please consider joining us for a special alumni band performance at Musicfest on Sunday, 2/4. Go online (fvlhs.org/news) to view details and registration link. Registration deadline is 1/9.

 

Join us for a free seminar on Long Term Care, sponsored by the FVL Mission Advancement Office. Hear professionals share information regarding options so that you can determine what is right for you and your family. Go to fvlhs.org/seminar to find details and the RSVP link for the seminar on Thursday, 1/18 at 6 PM.

Pastor Matt Krenke Accepts Call

Please find a letter from Pastor Krenke below:

Dear Members of Bethany Lutheran Church, greetings in the name of our Advent King!

I am writing to inform you that after prayerful consideration I have been led to accept your call to serve as one of your pastors, and I am excitedly thinking about what good things God has in store for us all in the future!

I'll be seeing to the needs of my current congregation as well as a vacancy I'm serving, and with Christmas celebrations just around the corner, final plans for a moving date and start date are still to be determined. My family and I will be celebrating one last holiday here in Las Vegas, and then looking forward to starting the New Year with you there. And we can't wait to get to know all of you! But in the midst of these unknowns, we praise God for the certainty of his Word and its promises, like the one of a Savior, kept by the Babe in Bethlehem! 

My Christian Worship Journals Available

Thanks to a generous Thrivent Action donation, we were able to purchase a limited number of “My Christian Worship” journals for our congregation to use to take notes during worship services.

These journals can enhance and facilitate a more mindful participative worship experience, a more personal connection to the hymnal, and it offers suggestions for using the hymnal beyond Sunday for personal devotional use throughout the week. You can find them in the Welcome Center area on both campuses.

Adopt A Family

Bethany is again teaming up with The Hope Center to support and show God's love to families in need this holiday season. We have been given the ambitious task of supporting 4 families this year, but we know Bethany's members will rise to the occasion and let God's love shine. You can select an ornament (or more) from the tree in the foyer on the Parkway Campus. Please purchase the item listed on the tag, wrap the gift individually and then tape the tag from the tree back on the package. With four families and multiple children in each family this is SO IMPORTANT that the tag stays with the gifts to keep all gifts accounted for and given to the correct families. Please make sure all items are purchased, wrapped and brought back to the giving tree by Monday, December 19th at 7pm.

- If you have any questions, please contact Char Schall-Krokosky (920-475-7410) or Lindsey Kraft (920-470-0213).

Christmas Services

Please invite your family and friends to one of our Christmas services. There are “events” on Facebook that you can share with your friends list there as well.

Christmas Eve                  10AM at the Lynndale Campus

                                                4PM & 6PM at the Parkway Campus

Christmas Day                 9AM at the Parkway Campus (with Lord’s Supper)

Little Blessings Playgroup - December 9

Family with kids ages 0-6 years looking for some Christmas festivities: Join our Little Blessings Playgroup next Saturday, December 9th at 10 AM for a Bible story, snack, and activites! Our theme is Christmas! We will meet in the multipurpose room at Our Shepherd with check-in and free play beginning at 9:45 AM. If you have any questions please contact Sammi Stegman (sammipk13@yahoo.com). To aid in the planning process, please use the following link to register and sign-up. https://forms.gle/w9LxfNfcKGkoqtzZ6

Pastor Brown's Last Weekend at Bethany

Pastor Brown’s last weekend at Bethany will be Saturday and Sunday, December 9 and 10. There will be a time for fellowship after both services at Lynndale and Parkway, and to say farewell and thank you to the Brown family. One way for our members to show their thankfulness for Pastor Brown’s service here at Bethany is to provide a card shower for the Brown family. There will be card boxes at both of the fellowship times—or you can leave a card in the church office. There will be no church on Mon, December 11.

Welcome Drew Sonnenberg

Please welcome Drew Sonnenberg to the Bethany staff! Drew will be assisting with technology and worship, as well as aiding in the workload during the pastoral vacancy.  Drew is a 2011 graduate of Martin Luther College and has previously served as a worship coordinator at WELS churches in Rock Hill, SC and Seattle, WA. He currently serves as the president of Hearts & Hands, a non-profit that supports WELS artists. The Sonnenbergs - Drew, Jillian, and their daughter Imogen - have been Bethany members since October 2022.  Watch for a further introduction to their family in the newsletter at the end of this month.

Advent Lessons & Carols Service

This year for Advent, Bethany is trying something different than in the past. Rather than having three midweek Advent services during an already-busy season of the year, we will have a single Advent celebration at 6pm on Wednesday, December 6 at our Parkway Campus. At this Service of Advent Lessons and Carols, we will have an opportunity to focus our hearts on the upcoming birth of the Savior by meditating on God's servants who proclaimed Christ's coming. We will also raise our hearts in prayer and our voices in song with all your favorite Advent carols! Looking for places to worship on the other Wednesdays in Advent? Check out service times across the valley at welsunited.org/churches/special-services.php

Little Blessings Playgroup - November 11

Family with kids ages 0-6 years? Finding it hard to get out of the house with colder weather upon us? Come join our Little Blessings Playgroup next Saturday, November 11th at 10 AM for a Bible story, snack, and activities! Our theme for the week is Thanksgiving! We will meet in the multipurpose room at Our Shepherd with check-in and free play beginning at 9:45 AM. If you have any questions, please contact Sammi Stegman (sammipk13@yahoo.com). To aid in the planning process, please use the following link to register and sign-up. https://forms.gle/w9LxfNfcKGkoqtzZ6 

Bethany Lutheran Church

920.733.9561

Parkway Campus - 530 W. Parkway Blvd. Appleton, WI 54911

Lynndale Campus - 3335 N. Lynndale Dr. Appleton, WI 54914