CHURCH OFFICE MOVE - Bethel's administrative offices moved to a new location on Main Street in Round Hill, in the same building Pastor Hammond has been using for his own office. This space is much larger and allows the church administrator and pastor to work in the same location, and provides meeting space. In March, an open house was held to invite the congregation to visit and see it for themselves. We are thankful for God's provision of office space to use until our new building is ready to be occupied.

MISSIONARY VISIT - We were blessed by a visit from the Okken family, missionaries to Uganda, in February. A group enjoyed diner with the Okkens, followed by a thought-provoking and compelling presentation by David on the gospel outreach to the people of Karamoja.

FATHER/DAUGHTER VALENTINE EVENT - Bethel held its 6th annual Father/Daughter Valentine Dance in February. With 58 men and their girls dancing, eating, laughing and talking, a wonderful, magical evening was enjoyed by all. A special thank you to all who volunteered their time to make this very special event possible.

ANNUAL MEETING - The church's annual meeting was held in January. This was a wonderful time of sharing and giving thanks for all God has done during the past year through the various ministries of Bethel Church.

SCOUTING ACHIEVEMENTS - Congratulations to Jake Rucker, who has achieved the rank of Life Scout, to Trey Hammond who was elected to the position of Patrol Leader, and to Caleb Goze who was elected as Instructor of his troop. Well done!

AN HONOR AND A CHALLENGE - Congratulations to Pastor Hammond who was accepted into and is now enrolled in the Doctor of Ministry degree program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Let's pray for our pastor as he seeks to equip himself to further the kingdom and bless the congregation at Bethel.

On Tuesday January 12th, Haiti suffered the strongest earthquake in more than 200 years. With thanks to God, all of our missionaries and area pastors are reporting that they are unharmed.

Our denomination's Committee on Diaconal Ministries is able to channel relief monies to needy believers in this land, and missionaries of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Haiti will oversee the distribution of this aide. Information as we have it will be updated and posted for information and for prayer. There will be further information available for relief teams going to Haiti to assist relief efforts there.

Financial donations can be sent to:

Committee on Diaconal Ministries
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
607 N. Easton Road, Building E
PO Box P
Willow Grove, PA 19090-0920

Please clearly indicate the gift is for CDM / Haiti earthquake.

Our church is perhaps one of the very few remaining that regularly reads the Ten Commandments. As has been demonstrated by many people, from George Barna to Jay Leno, the majority of people who say they revere the Ten Commandments can’t name even one of them. The people of our Church are perhaps among the very few who know that the Ten Commandments are not commandments at all...

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The book of Romans is Paul's most comprehensive statement of the gospel. All the Reformers saw Romans as the God-given key to understanding all of Scripture, since here Paul brings together all of the Bible's greatest themes. The study of Romans is vitally necessary for the spiritual health and insight of the Christian.

Romans was written by the Apostle Paul in about A.D. 56 while he was staying in Corinth (Acts 20:2-3). How the Christian Faith originally came to Rome is not known. While the papacy maintains that the Apostle Peter founded the Church at Rome, this is unlikely and unsupported, although historians believe that Peter may have visited Rome, and may have written his first Epistle there. The book makes evident that Paul did not establish the Church at Rome, and for all his extensive journeys had not been there. That this letter was received, not only by the Church at Rome, but by the Church universal is testament to its divine authority. Paul's expressed desire to visit Rome would be fulfilled only by his arrest and transportation to imprisonment in Rome, and his eventual execution there ten years after the writing of this letter.

Koinonia is derived from a Greek word that means partnership or fellowship. It is used in the Bible to describe the relationship within the early Christian church. Today it concerns the fellowship and community of Christians. At Bethel, this committee was formed to plan social activities to deepen that fellowship with one another. Recently, Koinonia events included our annual church picnic, date night, girl's night out, and a new year's eve pajama party. We're looking forward to seeing you at one of our upcoming activities.

Bethel Church hosts monthly fellowship meals on the second Sunday of each month, immediately following the morning worship. Visitors are welcome, and not expected to bring anything. On fellowship-meal Sundays, an afternoon worship service follows, usually about 1:30PM.

The Christian Valor Society is an organization open to all the men of Bethel Presbyterian Church.  It exists to foster and encourage valor, courage, manners, etiquette, and gentlemanliness in all spheres of life in those who join it.  It seeks to promote the biblical idea of covenant, and impress upon its members their spiritual, moral, and physical responsibility to their wives, families, church, communities, and country. CVS's goals and aims are accomplished through monthly breakfast meetings, and other gatherings as may be helpful. In a day when the societal ethos stands against responsibility and courage to do what is right, CVS endeavors to produce men that will stand as a lamp for Christ in a dark world, its motto standing as a polemic against the mistaken and deceived notion of the age:  virtuti nulla ignavia - cowardice is not a virtue.  CVS typically meets the third Saturday of each month.

Bethel's Dorcas Society consists of all the women of our church, and is named after a disciple from the town of Joppa who was always doing good and helping the poor. (Acts 9:36-39) The Dorcas Society meets the 3rd Tuesday of every other month at 7:30 pm.