Discipline, in the Best Sense of the Word / Pastor Dan Baumgartner
Periodically, I still laugh out loud at myself. A guy who grew up never traveling further than Genesee, Idaho or Westport, Washington. The person who never even boarded an airplane until I was graduating from college has now been all over the world. Ministry-related trips have taken me to Costa Rica, to China and to Africa twice. Who would've thought?...

Season Your Fellowship This Fall / Patti Holman
Pastor Dan initiates an 8-week sermon series on Spiritual Disciplines on Sunday, September 23. Group Life and Adult Christian Education (GLACE) invite you to season your fellowship this fall by reading and discussing any of three books suggested by Pastor Dan relating to Spiritual Disciplines...

ALPHA Opens Doors / Beth MacLean
Every day Bill passed by Bethany and never even noticed that the church was there. But this day, for some reason, a sign on the building caught his attention and his curiosity. "Alpha is coming!" Bill had never been to church in his life and he'd certainly never heard of Alpha, but something in him stirred and the idea that he should drop in and find out what it was all about stayed with him...

Joys and Challenges of Missions in Africa
Maxine Talbert; reviewed by Prince Ngongo
In August, Bethany folks had an opportunity to listen in on the continuation of a conversation that began a month earlier, in the kitchen of Prince and Carrie Mitchell Ngongo, in Nairobi, Kenya. Prince shared with us three core issues concerning Western missions to Africa...

Youth Mission Trip to Pasadena
More Than I Expected / Daron Mackie
Coming up into the high school youth group as a ninth grader I didn't quite know what to expect from our trip to Pasadena, California, but man did it live up to everything I could have hoped it would be...

A View from the Outside / Charlie Allen
I want to give you some inside scoop on the Youth Mission Trip to Pasadena. Dave Pearson and I had an amazing experience while cooking and preparing meals for the youth and leaders on the trip...

Finding Our Common Language / Caroline Plummer
The Bethany Families in Service project has left a lifetime imprint on our family - an imprint that has marked each of us profoundly, to look beyond ourselves and our own narrow world view...

Children's Ministries
Dianne Ross will be taking a sabbatical from October 1 - December 31. During her absence, contact:

• Holly Royston, Children's Ministries Assistant
• Sara McMahon, Nursery Director
• Christy Mansfield, Children's Ministry elder
• Julia Sensenbrenner, Children's Ministry elder

News and Notes

• Dolphus Weary, preacher, author and community developer will preach at Bethany on September 16 in the morning. The 5 pm service will relocate that night and join in a worship time with other congregations.
• Associate Pastor Todd Holdridge will be officially installed at Bethany during the 5 pm service on Sunday, Sept 23.

On the Calendar
see interactive calendar for complete listing

Children & Families' Outreach Activities
August 1 -Nov 5

Bethany Children's Choir
Tuesdays in September, 4:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall

College Age Fellowship
Sundays in September, 6:30 pm in 7 Howe

Choir Rehearsals
Wednesdays in September, 7:00 pm in the Sanctuary

Worship with Guest Speaker, Dolphus Weary
Sun, Sept 16, 9 & 10:45 am in the Sanctuary

Joint Worship Service
Sun, Sept 16, 5 pm at Emerald City Bible Fellowship

New Members Class
Fri, Sept 21 - Sun, Oct 14
Learn more about the Bethany community and find out more about Bethany at our new members' class this fall.

• potluck for all attendees
  Fri, Sept 28, 6:30-8:30 pm in the Parlor
• weekend model
  Sat, Sept 29, 9:30 am-3:30 pm in the Parlor
• Sunday model
  Sundays, Sept 30, Oct 7, 14 & 21, 10:45 am-noon in the Fellowship Hall
• joint luncheon with one of our pastors
  Sun, Oct 14, 12:30-1:30 pm in the Parlor

Choir Rehearsals Resume
Wednesdays beginning September 5, 7:00 pm in the Sanctuary

Alpha
Thursday nights beginning September 6

Installation for Todd Holdridge
Sun, September 23, 5:00 pm in the Sanctuary

MissionsFest Seattle
Fri-Sat, Oct 12-13 at Overlake Christian Church
Bethany is one of the many supporters of this event. Admission is free. Contact Kathy Cranston, KathyC@gatiwa.com.

Mississippi Mission Trip
Sat-Sat, Oct 20-27 at Bay St Louis, Mississippi
Join us for a week filled with work, learning, and the satisfaction of helping those in need. Contact Mike Christensen (365-7808,
mikechristensen47@gmail.com.

News & Notes

Births

• William Skyler Hawk August 1
• Catherine Vance August 8

Baptism

• Andrew Warren Royston August 26