
“Power of One” Update
During the month of January, our Power of One offering will benefit the work of New Bethany Ministries. Thank you for your generosity!
During the month of January, our Power of One offering will benefit the work of New Bethany Ministries. Thank you for your generosity!
Join us for a read and share study of the book, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff… and it’s all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep The Little Things From Taking Over Your Life by Richard Carlson, PH.D.
For this study, you will be reading 2 short readings a day. Really short…the book is 5.5 by 6.5 inches, and most readings are just both sides of one page! The idea is to read one in the morning and one in the evening so that you have time to think about each reading. You may take notes if you would like, so you remember your reactions to the readings.
Once a week on Monday evenings from 7-8 PM, participants will get together on Zoom and talk about the readings together. What did you like? What bothered you? Is his advice Biblical? Which readings were especially helpful? What questions do you have because of the readings? What advice can you give to someone else’s question? You get the idea.
There are 100 readings in the book, so this will be a 7 week study and the first week you will have 2 additional readings to cover them all. I will ask you to each get your own copies of the book, which is from 1997, and is widely available new and used. This is the original book, not one of the spin-offs. The ISBN number on my paperback copy is 0-7868-8185-2 and it is by Hyperion. There are different covers out there for the same book.
This is a note from the Amazon Website:
During his life, Richard Carlson, Ph.D, was considered one of the foremost experts in happiness and stress reduction in the United States and around the world and was a frequent featured guest on such shows as Oprah, The Today Show, The View, NNC, CNN, Fox, PBS and over 2000 other shows. Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff continued to be a publishing phenomenon with over 20 titles in the brand franchise, two of which were co-authored and authored with his beloved wife, Kris. He died of a pulmonary embolism in December 2006, at the age of forty-five.
The words “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” have become a part of American Culture thanks to Richard Carlson’s book that became a runaway best-seller and made publishing history as the #1 best-selling book in the United States for two consecutive years.
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff spent over 100 weeks on the New York Times Best-Seller list and is still considered one of the fastest selling books of all time and has sold over 15 million copies worldwide.
If you are interested in this study group, please contact Wendy Arbushites at warb@rcn.com. Order your book as soon as possible in case of shipping delays, especially with the holidays. You should begin reading the introduction and the first 16 articles starting January 2 and we will meet on the following Mondays: January10, 17, 24, 31 and February 7, 14, 21
Sunday will be a beautiful evening! Please contact Deb Silliman to volunteer; help is needed to assemble the kits and place them along the driveway. We will begin setting out the luminaries at 4 pm.
Luminaria kits include 10 white bags, 10 candles, and sand (if needed). Money will go directly to help New Bethany Ministries offer hope and support to people who experience poverty, hunger, and homelessness.
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Dear Wesley family:
Last month we provided you with a basic summary of our financial condition. We highlight a few things:
We have come through the challenges of Covid in a good financial position. So, What do we mean? : Giving income has come close to meeting our basic operational expenses!
We hope for a Christmas Season filled with blessings, gratitude, and generosity.
We are finalizing the draft budget for 2022. Of course, this is a process of making careful estimates based on the past, as well as expectations for the coming year. We are forecasting a small deficit of ($18,000). We believe we can meet this obligation together.
Our building needs some capital investment and repairs. We will need to raise capital funds in addition to operational funds (which fund the budget). As ever, generosity is our challenge and our calling!
Our collective gratitude and generosity sustained church operations and we have some savings because of granted funds under PPP1 and PPP2.
We have a mortgage liability on our church building.
In January, we will update you on how we closed our year financially, our giving, and goals for the coming year.
Thank you. We wish you blessings for the Christmas Season and thank you for your generous support of our many Wesley Ministries.
In Christ’s service,
The finance team
For many of us, our holiday traditions include posing for a photo in front of our beautiful poinsettia tree. This year, we’ll help make those photos happen! On Sunday December 11 after worship, two of our Wesley Church photographers will be available in the atrium to take photos in front of the poinsettia tree. The images will be returned to you by Christmas, free of charge. No sign-ups needed! Just meet our photographers in the atrium after worship this Sunday.
If you are still interested in participating in Luminaria Night 2021, please go to the following link to purchase your Luminaria Night kits. New Bethany Ministries is still selling kits up until the day of the event per the dates and times below.
Please purchase your kits through our Individual Sales page:https://fundrazr.com/NBM_IndividualSales
You can come retrieve your kits by following the below instructions:
o All pickups will be at the front entrance of the Luminaria warehouse, located at: 1510 Valley Center Parkway, Bethlehem – Ste. 180 –enter through the front door. The below chart identifies the dates and times that you can come to retrieve your ordered kits.
Thursday, December 9th | 3pm-6 pm |
Friday, December 10th | 12pm – 4pm |
Saturday, December 11th | 9am – 2pm |
o Our thank you letter/tax form, and kit assembly instructions are on our website.
INCLEMENT WEATHER PLAN
Inclement Weather Update will be sent via email to participants on Saturday, December 11th by 2pm. Our alternative date, if needed, will be Saturday, December 18th. There will also be an announcement on our website.
EMILY PARKERDirector of DevelopmentNew Bethany Ministries PH: 610-691-5602 x. 206 FX : 610-866-3427333 West 4th Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015eparker@newbethanyministries.orgNewBethanyMinistries.orgFollow Us: FACEBOOK | TWITTERNew Bethany Ministries offers hope and support to people who experience poverty, hunger, and homelessness. |
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