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Ministries

Each ring of the "Wheel," starting at the center and going out...
• Christ Jesus is at the center of our life together as a congregation.
• The membership of Bethlehem gathers annually to take stock and elect leaders for the congregation. It is the Congregation which calls pastors and other ministry professionals to serve on staff.

• The Congregation Council (Church Council) guides and supports the workings of the congregation through faith-filled decision-making. Council is responsible for the legal and fiscal functioning of the congregation and serves to nurture the spiritual life of the congregation. The Bethlehem Constitution and Bylaws govern the work of the Council.
• Ministry Teams serve to coordinate areas of ministry for the congregation. Church Council approves Ministry Teams, their budgets and expenditures, can add or remove a Ministry Team as needed and makes an annual Continuing Resolution to maintain all the ministry teams. One Council Member sits on each ministry team and serves as their liaison to the Council.
• Each Ministry Team oversees its own Task Forces, allocates its own part of the Bethlehem budget, approves expenditures of Task Forces, and finds leaders to organize the tasks of that area of ministry.
• Task Forces can be added or retired by act of a Ministry Team. Each Task Force has a leader and lists of people gifted for its tasks.

Care & Prayer
We seek to meet the care and prayer planning needs of the congregation. We are concerned with the caring needs of congregation members, to seek and maintain the best programs possible to meet those needs, and to encourage the prayer life of the congregation and of its member households.

Christian Education
We oversee religious education at Bethlehem. It is the umbrella team for the task forces that plan Nursery, Sunday School, Bible Story Time and Cradle Roll, Youth Education, Adult Education, and the Church and Children’s Libraries. <

Evangelism
We oversee efforts to make Bethlehem Lutheran Church visible to the community, invite people to worship, welcome those who visit and connect them with others, and help those interested in joining the church to integrate into the life of the congregation.

Facilities
We envision ways for the congregation to maintain its physical plant and energy systems, We organize regular maintenance and repairs, and involve the congregation in the stewardship of its buildings and grounds.

Fellowship
We enhance congregational life by tending to the details of coffee hour, social events, receptions and festivals, including Fellowship Lunches and Senior activities, and keeping a clean and well-stocked kitchen for these events

Finances & Stewardship
We oversee the financial policies and procedures, fiscal health and vitality of Bethlehem Lutheran Church

Outreach
We have been blessed to be a blessing - near and far, rich and poor, young and old. We value... Outreach opportunities both locally and worldwide that inspire and challenge our faith. We support Self Help, Missionaries, Fair Trade, Navajo Mission and our local community through Building Kindness.

Spiritual Gifts
God calls our congregation into ministry in the world for the sake of Christ Jesus. He provides the gifts we need for that ministry within the membership of Bethlehem. The purpose of the Spiritual Gifts Ministry Team is to assist all the people of Bethlehem to discern their own individual spiritual gifts and to have a sense of their own calling to use those gifts for building up the Body of Christ.

Worship & Music
We oversee the worship life and music programs of Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Sunday morning is meant to be a celebration of God's grace. We value-Music that is joyous; preaching that is thoughtful, moving, relevant, and biblically centered. Liturgy that is participatory, musically diverse, and includes weekly communion.

Sound System

Youth &Family
We consist of the Youth and Family Task Forces. We cordinate all aspects of youth activities; Advent/Christmas events, trips off the hill including camp activities. Family activities include church wide Advent/Christmas Lent and Easter events which generally involve food and fellowship.