Bethlehem United Methodist Church

BethlehemUnited Methodist Kids.

Children’s church is offered the first through third Sunday at our church. This children’s church is held during our regular 11a.m. church service. The children stay in the sanctuary during the announcements, tithes and offering and choir anthem. They then disperse to the back of the church for a bible lesson on their learning level. These lessons include music, crafts, singing, devotion and prayer. Children’s sermonette is held every fourth Sunday. Sermonette is held at the front of the sanctuary during regular worship service. The children come upfront for this message. The fifth Sunday, children sit with their parents in the sanctuary and learn the order of worship for our church.

Nursery is available during the 11a.m. church service for ages infant-pre kindergarten. We have a beautiful nursery and toys for all ages.

Vacation Bible School is offered during the summer. This event allows students to learn more about God and how they can serve their church and community. Vacation Bible School is for kids of all ages. Teens even participate and shadow the younger children, bake goodies for our shut-ins and sick families and clean the church cemetery.

Also during the summer, we offer a Lego club. During Lego club children listen to a bible story and then build Lego structures related to the story. Children then listen as others share their structure and relate it to what they have learned. Time usually allows for free building time which every child looks forward too.

Celebrating His Children

February 2015

In many United Methodist congregations, preparation for confirmation begins when youth enter their middle school years. The middle school years are when young people begin to move from concrete thinking to abstract thinking and are when many people begin to make lifelong faith decisions. During these middle school years youth are seeking a sense of belonging. Belonging to the community of faith is an appropriate response to that developmental task. Pastor Tim is offering a class leading to the ritual of confirmation for those who choose to receive it and are deemed ready to do so by their pastor. Thanks, Pastor Tim!

January 17, 2015

Our very own Cameron Blackwell was on the team that won first place for Core Values at the FLL (First Lego League) North Carolina Robotics Competition. This award recognizes a team that embodies the FLL experience, by fully embracing the Core Values while achieving excellence and innovation in both the Robot Challenge and Team Project. Team members were from White Oak Elementary School and Broad Creek Middle School.

January 2015

Zachary Chambers placed as a top ten finalist to participate in the school level of the National Geographic Bee.

January 2015

Ryne Martin was awarded a gift card in the afterschool program “Good News Club.” The Good News Club is a club that meets after school to provide an opportunity for students who choose to participate to hear the gospel. The club meets once a week and each week the students are assigned a bible verse to remember and recite at the next meeting. Ryne received the gift card for knowing all of the bible verses assigned.

December 2014

Hillary Blackwell and Katie Mae Chambers completed The Physical Therapy Clinic Merry Fitness 5K on December 6th in Jacksonville, NC. Both runners are members of the White Oak Elementary School Girls on the Run Club. The girls trained for several weeks prior to the event and did an outstanding job keeping the pace. Congratulate them for this outstanding accomplishment!