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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CHRISTMAS IN SEPTEMBER – Bethel’s Dorcas Society held their annual Christmas in September event. All donations collected were sent to the two OPC missionaries that the group supports, The Hacquebords and the Foltas. Thanks to the generosity of our church, we were able to bless each family with a $500 Christmas gift.
 
TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY – September 13 was Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Day at Bethel. This is our opportunity to show gratitude to all the folks who labor in instruction for our spiritual benefit. We really do appreciate you!
 
ANNUAL CHURCH PICNIC – October 3, a warm sunny day, saw many members of Bethel gathered together for food and fellowship at the home of the Taylors for our annual church picnic. A moon bounce and softball game, traditions at this event, plus good company, ensured lots of laughter and fun.
 
REFORMATION SUNDAY – German food and a reformation – related movie were enjoyed at the church building the evening of November 1 at our annual Reformation Day celebration. This year a separate program was held after dinner for the children, complete with movie-theater-style popcorn, crafts and games. A wonderful event!
 
RULING ELDER INSTALLATION – The Bethel congregation rejoiced on Sunday, November 8 at the installation of Glenn Taylor to the office of ruling elder. We are thankful to God for the leadership he has provided to his people in Glenn and the other elders of our church.
 
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD – In what has become a much-anticipated event at Bethel, we once again participated in Operation Christmas Child. On Sunday, November 21, Pastor Hammond led us in prayer for the physical, emotional and spiritual blessing of the children who will receive the many boxes collected by our church.
 
ADVENT HAPPENINGS – Many special events are planned and have taken place to celebrate the Advent season, including:
 November 28 – Sanctuary Decoration; thank you to all who came out to help decorate our church for Advent
 December 5 – Christmas Cards for Missionaries; thank you to Rebekah Moughon for organizing this even for our children and for blessing our missionaries in this way.
 December 12 – Hammond Family Open House; thank you to all who came and made this a festive and fun day
 December 13 – Children’s Christmas Program; Una LaPre’s hard work made this an event to remember – what a wonderful job the children did!
 December 19 – Caroling Outreach (Cancelled due to heavy snow)
 December 20 – Candlelight Communion Service (Cancelled due to heavy snow)

 December 24 – Christmas Eve Service

 December 27 - Candlelight Communion Service (new date)

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.