Happy New Year! I hope that you and your families had a very Merry Christmas and are looking forward to the year ahead.  We are 6 months into our fiscal year, and I am very happy to announce that we are currently on budget for donations, and under budget for expenses.  While we realized deficits from July through October, donations in November and December have brought us back on track. Thank you to everyone who has partnered with us and made our ministry possible. 

While the numbers are important, stories really show the impact of your donations. At our 125th-year celebration in September of 2024, we asked you to include your favourite memories of Bethany in our Time Capsule.  Here are just a few of them. I hope they inspire you and give you hope for this coming year:

- The love and support I received while I was going through a separation.

- Watching my stepmom’s baptism.

- Larry’s retirement celebration of faith-filled service.

- Seeing my children’s faces after youth events.

- Online home church during COVID. - Dropping a pumpkin from the roof at Family Night.

-Our 1st Sunday at Bethany. We came hurting and burned out emotionally and spiritually. We were embraced with love, care and compassion. We knew we were home and that we were in a truly caring church.

I can’t wait to share with you all the wonderful things that God has in store for 2025!

Kathleen Peirce,

Director of Operations