June 2009 Proclaimer available

The June 2009 issue of The Proclaimer, our monthly congregational newsletter, is now available for download.

Landscaping work

There is still work to be done at our new church. We are now concentrating on landscaping. Every Tuesday evening at 6:30 beginning on April 28, we have met to spread mulch and rake and level in preparation for seeding grass. It has been cold and windy but we have accomplished a lot. A special thank you to all the volunteers including LCBI students on Take Out Tuesday!

Our best turn out was Tuesday, the 19th. We needed many volunteers to rake and level for seeding grass. It was too windy to plant grass so we hope for better weather this Tuesday (May 26th) as we would like to get some grass seeded as soon as possible.

Volunteers Lorne, Margo, John, Jorgen, Len, Janet, Pr. Roger, Pr. Daryl, Elaine, Darlene, Bryan.

Darlene made coffee for all of us.

Pr. Roger shows off the first nations hammerhead he found!

We have a big area to rake!

We have also planted three evergreens. We ordered more so will soon have a "Tree Planting Day!"

We worked mainly on the area by the paved patio. Our mulch pile is getting smaller!


Despite the large area raked, it is only a small part of what needs to be done. If you are looking for something to do, come out and help us this Tuesday evening!

May 2009 Proclaimer available

The May 2009 issue of The Proclaimer, our monthly congregational newsletter, is now available for download.

(Note: due to technical difficulties, the size of this file is larger than other issues - we've tried to keep the file size around 1 to 2 MB, but this issue is currently 4.8 MB. We will continue to try to reduce the size of this file, and will update this if successful. Sorry for any inconvenience.)

Registration for Vacation Bible School

Vacation Bible School at Bethlehem this summer - August 17 - 21, 2009! Register now at http://www.groupvbs.com/webtoybox/myvbs/bethlehemoutlook and keep an eye on our blog for more details!

Easter Services:

Join us for Easter services:
Thursday, Apr 9 - 7:30 pm Maundy Thurs Communion service
Friday, Apr 10 - Good Friday service at 11:00 am
Saturday, Apr 11 - Easter vigil with communion at 10 pm
Sunday, Apr 12 - Pancake breakfast - 9:30 am- 11:00 am
- Easter worship service with communion: 11:15 am

Everybody Welcome!

Lots of Activity!

Our church has been BUSY ! There is always something to do. Our most recent activity was our Easter Bake Sale.

We had lots of baking including this Easter cake!

It is almost ready for the buyers! Even though it was a very busy weekend in Outlook, our ladies (and some men) came through with lots of baking.

Lila and Elaine were getting quilts ready for display when they felt something inside the quilts - oh, oh, it was a pair of scissors!!!!

Jan finally finds her scissors! Next time, leave them outside the quilt, not inside!!

On April 1, LCBI hosted the Outlook noon lenten service in our church. Pr. Rick had the message and the concert choir sang.

Quilting Week - March 9 - 13 and Button Party - April 1

We had another successful quilting week - putting 115 quilts together. Some ladies were busy beforehand at home - making some wonderful tops!

Jeanne and Iris were busy packing up layettes on April 1 while others sewed receiving blankets, gowns etc. and still others sewed on buttons on gowns and shirts made by different ladies at home.

The Tradition Continues,

We keep wondering if the quilting/layette tradition of our church will die as many of our more senior ladies are not able to help anymore, but this time, we had three grandmothers teach their granddaughters how to sew on buttons!

Sandra teaches grand daughters Julianna and Mari how to sew buttons on little shirts.

Grandma Darlene gives Eliana some tips on sewing on buttons!

Teagen enjoys learning from Grandma Lois!

Coffee time after worship service is a great time to visit with each other.

Sunday School

The Sunday School enjoys their bigger space as they decorate Easter eggs with Christian symbols.

Later, in their individual classrooms, the students learn about Easter using "Resurrection Eggs" - plastic eggs in which they make a small symbol representing part of the Easter story and put it inside. The first egg had a donkey made with pipe cleaners to remind them of Palm Sunday. Other eggs had a chalice, nails, a stone, crown of thorns, a leather whip, etc. ending with the empty tomb.

Membership Sunday

Gert, Ockert, Debra, Judy and Jim joined our congregation on March 22. We celebrated with coffee and fellowship over a special cake.

Greek Supper

The Mortgage Reduction Committee sponsored a Greek supper on February 6. Tickets sold out leaving some disappointed people who were not able to get tickets. A special thank you to our chief Chef, Dale, and Leslie and crew for all their hard work!

These servers and cooks made the Greek supper a very special time.

April 2009 Proclaimer available

The April 2009 issue of The Proclaimer, our monthly congregational newsletter, is now available for download.