Extra help needed Saturday, 9/8 at 5 to make sandwiches and prepare items for Sunday 9/9.  On Sunday 9/9 Bethesda will be responsible for the entire box lunch, handouts, coffee/drinks and serving in Camden.  Many volunteers are needed.

For more information and to sign up, please email SpiritDan@live.com or text Dan at 856-956-9736.

Communion Sunday: Kings Things The following items are needed at King’s Things for their food pantry. Canned fruit, soup, small cans of baked beans, cereal, jelly, peanut butter and instant mashed potatoes. Many thanks to all who have contributed food these past several months.

Please bring your donations to church with you this Sunday and place them on the cubbies in the Family Life Center.

Thank you!

Bethesda Church ministries and operations are solely dependent on the faithful financial investment of people like you.  If you want to join the Bethesda Team by making a donation please do so by sending a check or money order to 

Bethesda UMC

1435 Kings Highway

Swedesboro, Nj 08085

Operation Christmas Child: Please place the monthly requested donation items in

the Operation Christmas Child cubbies. 

Any questions please call Jenn Mooney (856) 294-9862.

October - Socks

You may also make a monetary donation that will be used to pay for the shipping costs in December. 

You may also make a monetary donation that will be used to pay for the shipping costs in December. 

 Please mark your check Operation Christmas Child in the memo line.

 We are in need of volunteers to visit patients in your community. Although visiting hospice patients isn't for everyone, for those who choose to give back in this way, it is a very rewarding experience for both volunteer and patient. Wouldn't we all want someone there for us when we needed the support. Angelic Health Hospice looking for volunteers For as little as an hour or two a month you can make a difference to a hospice patient in your community. Angelic Health Palliative & Hospice Care is asking you to share your time and compassion to those on their final journey. Your visits can mean so very much to hospice patients and their loved ones. Your volunteer service will fit your schedule and interests, and visit assignments are your choice. Volunteer activities can include: • Reading, playing music, card games, or crafts activities. • Listening to and documenting their memories for a life or memory journal. • Staying with patients to give family members a break to run errands, or take care of their own needs. • Certified Pet Visitors for pet lovers. • Keeping vigil with patients in their final hours. • Bereavement and grief support of family. • Military Veterans Visiting Veterans For your convenience volunteer training is provided online. Volunteer visitors must be 18 years of age. For more information visit our website at www.Angelic.health, email MBarham@AngelicHospice.net, or call 609-515-3041. Angelic Health Palliative & Hospice Care serve all South Jersey counties, providing clinical, social, spiritual, emotional and physical care to those with a life-altering or terminal diagnosis. Patients are cared for wherever they call home—private residence, nursing care facility, assisted living, or other facility. Margie Barham, MBA Director, Public Relations, Volunteers & Giving Angelic Health MBarham@AngelicHospice.net Cell: 609-515-3041 Office: 609-822-7979 Fax: 609-822-7980 802 Tilton Rd,. Ste 100, Northfield, NJ 08225 1050 Manuta Pike, First Floor, Wenonah, NJ 08090 www.Angelic.health “We’re by your side”

Our Mission Focus for October is on Bobby and Amanda Peoples. Bobby and Amanda are serving with the Eastern Mennonite Missions. Since 2014 they have been in a mission school called Casa Felix in Honduras. Since working at Casa Felix and learning more about orphanages in Honduras they have seen a real need for teenagers who grow up in the children’s homes to learn the skills needed to live independently as adults. So many life lessons that are learned from one’s family naturally are unknown to these children. These youth are at risk for homelessness, drug usage, gang affiliation, incarceration and pregnancy. Without life skills and a strong support system their vulnerability to these situations is high. Bobby and Amanda have been praying about how they can be more involved.

This past spring they spent time researching and talking about children’s homes including a home outside of La Ceiba. They were impressed with the work this home was doing. They were back in the United States in July. They have been recommissioned to serve in the new home by the Eastern Mennonites Mission. They have first returned to Honduras and will begin working in La Ceiba. Their dream is to open a bakery that would be a type of Vocational School where they can teach youth valuable skills like budgeting, business skills, etc. 

They ask for our prayers and support during this time of transition. Thank you for your prayers and support of this couple and their two young sons Bobby (age 3) and Micah (age 1).