Bethlehem News

WTL is a new group at Bethlehem for anyone and everyone in Years 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.  We’re getting together once a month at the church hall for a couple of hours on a Friday evening for some fun, food and to talk about God. We tend to spend quite a bit of our time playing games and eating too much food... Discovering the joys of a competitive game of Hacky Sack! Whose idea was this??! But we do sit down at some point in the evening and chat about God and how we can live his way.  At our last get-together we had a discussion about the “Way” in “Way Truth Life”.  We’ll be talking about “Truth” and “Life” in the next couple of months.

Congratulations to Linda Klimpsch who celebrated her 101st birthday on Thursday 18th September. Her special birthday cake (prepared by Dorothy Fischer) is pictured below. God bless the year ahead for you Linda.

Last Saturday we held a Quiz Night in support of the Lutheran School Project in Cambodia. Here is an update from LCA Mission Director Neville Otto on the latest status of the project. I am pleased to advise that the land has been purchased thanks to the generosity if God's people in the LCA and in the Lutheran churches in Cambodia and Singapore. We are waiting for some of the final costs but essentially we expect only a small shortfall now and so there is unlikely going to be a need for a loan.  The money raised at the quiz night is a really important contribution towards this. If we happen to raise more funds than the land cost these will be quarantined for the sole use of developing the pre-school and bible training facilities  On 4 September there was a meeting in Adelaide involving Cambodian Church leaders with a small team representing the major partners being the LCA and the Lutheran Church in Singapore. The people at the meeting included LEA Director Steve R...

Sunday 24th August has been in our thoughts for several weeks as we waited for the chance to enjoy a good old-fashioned church picnic. The day rolled around sunny and warm and perfect for the occasion which began with a full church at Milbrulong (even a few in the upstairs choir stall) as this photo shows. After service it was down to the Milbrulong Hall and Recreation area for fellowship and games. You can see from the faces in the photos that a good time was had by all. For the adults it was a game of trying to take as many pegs off the line with only one hand which captured all the attention. Out two winners (pictured below) managed a very creditable handful of 16 pegs to grab the title. Well done!!  Plenty of others had a try as well with mixed success. Thanks to the Milbrulong Team who organised a wonderful day. I hope our smiles tell you that we all enjoyed it immensely. And our report would not be...

A wonderful fellowship morning tea was held at Bethlehem on Thursday 14th. All ages were present as seen in this photo of Linda Klimpsch and Stephanie Kleidon the oldest and youngest attendees. Guest speakers Narelle and Wayne shared with the gathered crowd on their areas of expertise. Wayne from the CSU Regional Archives shared stories of Wagga's history including information on the early entertainment venue "Dixieland". He also had insights into several colourful Wagga identities including Messrs Thompson and Willan. Among the stories were several which included reports of attempts to horsewhip the local newspaper editor! Narelle shared her passion for pottery and led the group in a devotion based on the biblical picture of God the potter and how he works in our lives. The theme verse was from Isaiah and reads "But now O Lord, you are our Father - we are the clay and you are our potter. And all of us are the work of your hands." The d...