St. Paul Healing the Cripple at Lystra by Dujardin, Karel. 1663.

Bethany Sermons

The Book of Acts

What was God doing as the early church was formed, and how might that shape us as a community today? Beginning July 11 through the month of November we will experience some fascinating twists and turns in as we walk through the book of Acts. If we ask the right questions, we might find some surprising answers as well.

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Pastoral Transition

As we’ve all heard, read and/or discussed, Pastor Dan finishes at Bethany on October 10th. So the question is: Then What?

A Transition Team Forms

Session has approved a transition team comprised of: Mark Russo (elder), Laurie Nelson (elder), Jordan Uomoto, Beth MacLean, Carol Andersen, Kelly Pearson and Scott Cummins. This team will suggest an Interim Leadership Plan for Session to consider at its September meeting. The plan that Session adopts will provide some leadership structure for the months to follow.

Options to be considered would be possibilities like:

• an Interim Pastor
• expanded roles for current staff
• new roles for elders and congregational members
• some combination of these things

After Dan finishes and the Interim Plan is in place, there will be time for a deep breath, and prayerful consideration of the needs of our community moving into the future. Then the standing Nominating Committee will begin the process of bringing recommendations to our congregation for a Pastor Nominating Committee that will search for a new Senior Pastor.

In the meantime?

As Dan wrote in the August Briefs-

“Bethany will teach and worship and engage in ministry. We will tackle the seismic reinforcement project, and baptize our kids and reach out to the community. We will welcome people into new home groups and plan for retreats and study scripture. During this transition, we will seek to be a “worshipping community…grounded in God's love, centered on Jesus Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit in order to be a blessing to our world, our city, and one another.” Some things don’t change…even during transition.”