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Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church (Dormont) 3104 West Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15216 ('Dormont' neighborhood) (412) 531-9363 Worship Service: Sundays at 9:15 a.m. Sunday School: Sundays at 10:30 a.m. See our Facebook page (you MUST be logged onto Facebook for this link to work properly!) E-mail: bethany-dormont@verizon.net
Thinking about visiting Bethany? Please accept our open invitation to visit any Sunday.
What's New!
See our December 2023 calendar
Read our December 2023/January 2024 Newsletter
See photos from our 2018 Free Fish Dinners
2015 Free Thanksgiving Dinners
2019 Fish Fry DinnersBethany once again served its annual Fish Fry Dinners during Lent. The dinners were held in the church social hall, and were enjoyed by those who attended. Although these Fish Fry dinners originated as a fund-raising event, the purpose is no longer to raise money for the church. Instead, any profits from the dinners are donated back to the local community (sometimes to families in need, sometimes to food banks, etc.).
A huge thank you goes out to all who participated in the
success of our 27th annual Lenten Fish Fries. It takes so many hands to
carry out these events, and your hard work and dedication to this event
is greatly appreciated. Food and fellowship flowed in Bethany’s Social
Hall! Once again, God’s blessings overflowed and we look forward to
being able to provide assistance to some of our neighbors in need! The
Fish Fry Committee would like to especially thank the following for
their kindness and generosity:
A New Revelation in Stewardship Recently a group of 19 representatives from our PLUM congregations attended the second in a series of "Stewardship for Stewards" seminars, hosted by our Western PA Synod and Pastor Blair Morgan, our deployed Staff Person for the ELCA. Having heard from many of those in attendance, it became clear that a more Biblical approach of looking at stewardship is evolving. We all know that everything was created by and ultimately belongs to God. Even our children are just on loan to us. (Remember the story of Abraham and Isaac?) But for far too long we have allowed our world view to infiltrate our faith walk into believing that what God has given us to use, whether it is our time, our talents, and/or our finances, are "ours to keep". Our world wants us to believe or at least act like God transfers ownership with his blessings, similar to the way one gets a title from the state when we purchase a car. What is curious and although we might want to believe this to be biblical, there are no models in scripture to support that worldly attitude. Matter of fact, the exact opposite is at the heart of most of Jesus teachings. The rich fool, or the man building bigger barns, Luke 12:13-21; Zacchaeus the tax collector in the tree, Luke 19:1-10; the widow's mite, Mark 12:41-44; etc. So, what changes when we acknowledge the fact that everything we have is really God's and it is our gift to be allowed to use it? In all reality, we can become more generous - willing to share - which makes us more content with life in general. After all it's our human nature that makes it easier to share someone else's stuff than to share our own. Question: "Are you more or less likely to give someone your bottle of water that you just got out of the family cooler at the picnic or the one you just bought at the local dairy mart?" Both have endless supplies but isn't the real issue ownership, "Whose is it anyhow?" Over the next several months we will be exploring stewardship with some new twists. We are doing this not as a way to manipulate you into giving more out of duty or guilt. Rather, as we know from our personal lives and stories, as an avenue to better understand the many blessings of grace giving. It is in the recognition of these blessings that we have been given that allow us the freedom and joy to give of our time, our talents and our resources. And, it is this joy that we want you to know. Therefore, join us as together we continue discussing and learning what it is to celebrate the true blessings of life as God's chosen people.
Bethany Evangelism GroupEvery member of Bethany is invited to join this group and all are asked to pray for the evangelism work of Bethany congregation. Many activities are in the works as we seek ways that might enable us to share and spread the Good News to our neighbors. Evangelism is not just a committee responsibility, but a responsibility that we all share. Keep in mind that the role of the evangelism group is not necessarily to add to Bethany's membership roster (if it is God's will that through these efforts our membership increases, that would of course be wonderful), but our mission is to share and spread the Good News of Jesus Christ. We usually meet on the first or second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the social hall (check the calendar). Our on-going agenda items include: 1. Door Hanger "Invitations" 2. "Drinks in the Park" 3. Dormont Street Fair 4. Signage 5. Welcome to New Residents of Dormont
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Pittsburgh Lutheran United Ministries (PLUM), 405 Kennedy Avenue, Duquesne, PA 15110 412-466-7773