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Bethel Covenant Church
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Please welcome Special Guest Speaker, Pastor Zach Lovig as he delivers the sermon of the week.
Thank you for listening to Bethel Podcast! Today Pastor Joel continues his series on Prayer. We also have a special testimony by Krista Weber.
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Pastor Joel reads from the Book of Matthew and Special Guest Pastor Dan gives a sermon on how the Word says how we should not worry.
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Thank you for listening to Bethel Podcast! As a special bonus, we have a special performance by John Stroud as he and his wife Linda will be moving soon. We thank them for serving at Bethel and for their friendship!
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Happy Easter! He Has Risen! Thank you for listening to Bethel Podcast! Grab your bible, share this video, and say hi in the comments.
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Hosanna! Happy Palm Sunday! Thank you for listening to Bethel Podcast! Grab your bible, share this video, and say hi in the comments.
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Note: Last week's MN Adult & Teen Challenge service is not online due to keeping those currently in the program anonymous.
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Thank you for listening to this edition of Bethel Podcast!Fire International's LeAnn Peterson! shares updates and great testimony of her ministry in the Ukraine.
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Thank you for listening to Bethel's podcast! Today's scripture reading is from 1 Samuel 17: 32-47.
Thanks for listening to the last sermon of 2023. Today's scripture reading is from Psalm 68:1-10
The Christmas Eve Candlelight service in it's entirety. Worship led by Will Droogsma. Sermon by: Pastor Joel. Scripture readings from people of our congregation.
Welcome to our special Christmas Eve morning service with Special Music by Will Droogsma
Happy Advent of Joy. Come hear the sermon by Pastor Joel but before that, we present a song by our very own, John Stroud.
Happy Advent of Hope! Welcome special guest Ken Larson as he speaks on "The Message of Hope". Today's scripture reading is from Matthew 2: 1-12.
Today's scripture readings are from Deuteronomy 24 17-21 & James 1:27. Also, JoAnn Farrell shares her testimony.
Today's scripture reading comes from Luke 18:1-8. Also, there is a special hymn "Count Your Blessings" at the very end.
Pastor Joel continues his sermon series on Spiritual Gifts. Plus, Linda Stroud shares her testimony.
Today's scripture is from 1 Peter 4:10-11.
Pastor Joel begins his series on Spiritual Gifts. Today's scripture is from 1 Corinthians 12: 1-7, 12-14.
Pastor Joel ends the sermon series on the trials and rise of Joseph. Today's scripture reading comes from Genesis 45:1-15
Today, the story of Joseph continues & our scripture reading comes from Genesis 40:20-41:16.
Pastor Joel continues his series of the story of Joseph.
Today's Scripture reading is Genesis 39:1-23
Pastor Joel starts a new sermon series starting with the story of Joseph and his troublesome brothers.
Today's scripture reading is Genesis 37 1-5; 23-27
Today's scripture is Luke 23:1-11
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Today's scripture reading is Luke 20:9-18
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Pastor Joel's sermon is based on Luke 18: 35-43Our Sunday service is live on FaceBook & in person at 10:00am.Reminders:Give Online - bethelcov.org/givingLike us on Facebook: BethelCovenantChurchFollow us on Instagram: bethelcovenantVisit our website: bethelcov.org
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Pastor Joel continues his sermon series on the book of Luke. Hollis Kim of NWC and Bethel Covenant Church officially welcomes Joel Osterlund as our Pastor after serving a few months as our interim!
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Do our actions form our identity & do we have our identity which then dictates our actions? Listen to Pastor Joel sermon continuing the series "Identity in Christ"
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This sermon is about having a new identity in Christ. As a special bonus, we have words from our confirmation graduates Trevor & Hannah as well as our high school graduate Molly!
Pastor Joel shares his family life and the importance of family as well as the meaning of Children of God
This is an audio version of the behind the scenes making of The History of Bethel Covenant Church video. Narrating by Patrick Harris. Archive voices by Todd Speiker and Tom Hughes.
We sing hymns, read God's Word, and light our candle as we praise God for sending His son to be our Savior over 2000 years ago!
Tim Huppert is back doing this week's sermon. JoAnn Farrell and Susan Huppert read God's Word as well.
Council Chair Jon Johnson gives the sermon of the week and as a special bonus, we have a couple of hymns sung by Will, Naomi, and Sherry
Guest Speaker Pastor Joel reads from Proverbs and talks about what is there to learn from ants?
In this bonus episode is the audio version of the historical video "The History of Bethel Covenant Church" produced by Patrick Harris, written by Todd Spieker and Patrick Harris, and voice-overs by Tom Hughes and Patrick Harris.
Members of our congregation share their memories of their time at Bethel during our 142nd Anniversary Service!
Special guest Pastor Joel talks of examples of love and devotion found thru God's Word!
Pastor Dan is back to continue the series on Parables and how Heaven and Jesus are worth more than any treasure on Earth.
Pastor Dan was out on vacation so Northwestern Conference's own Hollis Kim is the special guest speaker
Pastor Dan continues his series on the Parables and Jesus teaching about grace and judgment.
We celebrate the graduation of one of our Confirmation students and Pastor Dan finishes the series of 1 Corinthians 15 and the Victory in Jesus!
What does it mean when the Resurrection demolishes the threat of death? Tune in to this May 1st Sermon!
It's a Happy Easter because He Has Risen Indeed! Thank you for listening to this special sermon by Pastor Dan Thompson.
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Pastor Dan talks continues the series of Life: The Sequel as he dives into 1 Corinthians 15
Pastor Dan dives into 2 Timothy on the meaning of the gospel, how to use your gifts for Gospel work, and meaning of doctrine.
Welcome Pastor Dan to the church family! Please forgive some technical difficulties. We restored this recording to the best quality possible.
Thank you Pastor Todd for 8 years of faithful service! He accepted a new charge in Rochester Covenant Church. He and his family will be missed but we are excited for this new chapter in their lives!
Pastor Todd preached on 1 Corinthians 3 and the reminder that we all have a part to play in the kingdom.
We open up a familiar verse in Philippians and explore the question. If God promises to finish his work in us, what kind of work is God doing?
Every Christmas Eve we gather to light candles, sing carols, and tell the Christmas story from scripture. This service is included in its entirety.
Our worship leader Will Droogsma brings the word this morning with a focus on Joy. It is easy to have Joy in our victories but what would it look like if we could find it in our trials because of Christ's ultimate triumph.
Where does true peace come from. We are looking how the way of healing and peace in the world came far away from the people who everyone thought had the power.
As we start the journey to Christmas we focus on the Hope that Jesus offers to finish the work he started.
This is the last week in our series about Jesus' key "PR Mistakes." We look at how Jesus managed to get every powerful group in his day to oppose him by refusing to fit into the world they were trying to build.
In John 6 Jesus preforms 2 miracles. He turns 5 fish and 2 loaves of bread into enough food for 5000 men and their families and manages to make those 5000 people disappear. Turns out they want what we want, more bread. Jesus has something else in mind.
In Mark 10 Jesus talks about what it takes to get ahead and accomplish things in God's world.
On this special Sunday we remembered the gift God has given us in people that are now gone. None of us get to finish our true work on earth, but we have a God who puts the pieces together!
Kyliah Villa brings the word from Luke 10:25-26, 35-37. She draws us to 3 Key Words For Passing on a legacy of Christian Faith.
Adoration - "Saying God is god, and I am not."
Identification - "God calls us to identify with others in our path and seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit."
Cultivation - "Cultivation is hands in the fertilizer, faith in action. Unsung, selfless service that makes an impression on anyone who witnesses it."
"If we want a faith strong enough to pass on to someone else, they need to see us engaged in this hard thing that we are called to. To see us love our neighbor as ourselves. To see us work out our salvation with fear and trembling."
"the faith that we pass on by example will EQUIP the ones that follow us."
What will we leave behind when we are gone? This month our church celebrates 141 years of faithful ministry in this community and it has us thinking, "How do we keep the legacy going?"
Knowing about someone isnt the same as knowing them. What should we expect if we are going to believe what the bible says about knowing the maker and sustainer of everything?
For the next 3 weeks we are turning our attention to the basic truths of scripture that are sometimes the hardest for us to really believe.
We have heard the story, the only question is if we will beleive it or keep trying to drag god where we are already going.
Paul is dragged aboard a boat as a prisoner, but in a storm is is transformed from cargo to lifeboat in the eyes of his captors. What does it mean to live faith when the ground is NOT solid?
Join us as our guest preacher Mike brings the word from Acts 8.
Who could you be in someone's life if you let yourself be used by God to be the difference?
When Paul enters the city of Athens the spirit sets him on a collision course with they ways they think about God and the world, but there is freedom in the crash. What ideas about God and faith do we need the Holy Spirit to crash into?
Paul and Silas start a new mission in a new place. The spirit leads them into trouble and we see how often following Jesus dosent lead us to a smooth driving autodrive style life, BUT opens the door to something greater.
Who is it that holds everything together in our lives? Acts 12 tells an interesting story about this. Take a listen.
If Saul was a bad guy by DEEDS, Cornelius is a bad guy by IDENTITY. What will the spirit do when parts of our idenity seem to separate us from God and others?
Acts shows us what happens when the way of Jesus runs into its worst enemies. How does God deal with his biggest and most dangerous enemies?
In Acts 8 The first church faces the worst case scenario and somehow God is still in it and we find a way to face our own worst case scenarios.
Philip stands before the Sanhedrin and retells the story of Isreal around the way God's spirit calls us again and again to leave some things behind on the way to new freedom, new calling, and new purpose.
Peter stands up in Acts, looks straight at the painful reality of Judas' betrayal, and reminds the other disciples foundational principal of what it means to follow Jesus. If you are in a time of change or uncertainty this is for you.
We begin our summer long focus on the Book of Acts with Jesus closest friends staring at the sky wondering what they are going to do now that their leader, teacher, and Lord has left them on Earth.
Five of our confirmation students shared passages from scripture. Its worth a listen! Where are we fixing our eyes these days?
Sometimes the greatest barrier to a life of discipleship is our fixation on comparing ourselves with, criticizing, and trying to control others. When Peter tries to point the focus onto someone else, Jesus calls him right back to his and our call.
Jesus shows up to unstick Peter from yesterdays mistakes. What it's too late are you stuck in?
The presence of doubts and difficult questions silently frustrate and discourage many Christians. They can even lead to a brittle kind of faith focused on winning arguments instead of encountering Jesus, but what if there is more to faith than thinking perfectly?
He is Risen Indeed! Once a year on Easter we celebrate the ressurection with a call and response, but that is with hindsight. On the first Easter morning, no one was ready to answer back just yet it was met with joy, but also fear. We look at not only the miracle of the Empty tomb, but the miracle that it is STILL good news for cowards, failures, and enemies of Christ like us.
When Jesus walked into Jerusalem everyone shouted Hosannah it means "Save!" And people are still shouting it today. What if we are right to cry out, but wrong about what we need saving from most?
Lamentations ends without resolution. When Jesus comes only a few people are able to see him as the answer to Lamentations 5 because they are so busy trying to make it on their own. What are we missing when convince ourselves we have the answer instead of looking for what God is really doing?
We continue our series in Lamentations with chapter 4. Often a crisis or a disaster doesn't change us as much as it reveals what is below the surface. After a year of let downs where can we plant our feet?
When things go wrong we go looking for someone to blame. Lamentations 2 offers another way. Its the same one Christ chose and it leads to freedom.
The book of Lamentations is NOT fit for a verse a day calendar, but neither are our lives. Join this lent as we dive into how God is present in more than the beautiful pictures of life we try to paint for others. What is in your closet?
We finish our series on the Lord's Prayer. Jesus offers a response to the world's darkness that transforms the way we can respond to evil.
We dig into three big ways praying the Lords Prayer challenges the way humans tend to understand the world.
We move on to the second line of the pray Jesus taught. What if Jesus came not save the earth by subtraction but addtion? Do we have our direction backwards?
The way you pray says a lot about the God you pray to. In the Lord's Prayer Jesus invites us to pray in a new way that reflects what's true about our world and our God. Over the next few weeks we will break down this prayer line by line to get a better picture of who God is and what it means to live like he arrived in the person of Jesus.
Leanne Peterson our missionary's to Ukraine shared some updates on ministry and really brought the word! Its worth a listen!
Everybody has a story about what kind of world this is, who is right and who is wrong. God's story turns those on their head.
We turn to the most unlikely heroes in the Christmas story. Why on earth would God choose unreliable characters like shepherds to be amoung the first to hear word of the coming new king?
Jesus was not the first to be called son of god, prince of peace, and bringer of good news. What does it mean to really believe that the baby in the manger is God, and the most powerful men and women on earth are not?
We focus on Mary this week. Every single aspect of Mary's biography suggest she should be far away from anything important that happens in the world. The bottom of every ladder that matters, but God chooses her for the most important role any human has ever had before her. She is not surprised, why not?
We look at how God shines impossible light into the lives of Zechariah, Elizabeth, and all those longing for something better.
We hear the story of Jesus facing off in the desert against the devil. In this strange story he confronts three of the greatest ways human beings get pulled away from what God wants for us, how Jesus passed the test on our behalf, and what it looks like to live like that is true.
No one wants to face loss, uncertainty, and tragedy but what if the flames that we face aren't the end of the line? What if they are the one place we are most likely to meet God?
We look at 2 Corinthians and the role the Greek word Charis plays in living our lives like people who have received much!
note: in the beginning of the sermon I incorrectly refer to Charis as a Hebrew word but really its Greek the language of most of the New Testament. Whoops!
Join us as we dive into Mark 12. The bible may not tell us WHO to vote for but it has a lot to say about HOW we should approach the issues, causes, and politics of our day AND the people in our lives in light of God's perspective on the world.
We look at Paul's last words to the Ephesians and what they mean for people who want to stay standing.
We conclude our series in the life of Elijah with one last Showdown. When a message comes that turns Elijah's life upside down he is forced to confront the ways his story about himself is different from the one God is telling.
What kind of God does Elijah follow? 1 Kings reveals something essential about God's character and how he responds to people when they walk away.
We witness an epic showdown between Elijah and the Prophets of Baal and Asherath. Elijah stands alone and challenges everyone to stop collecting things to worship and make a choice. In our world today we are pulled in all directions by all kinds of values, ideas, and demands. Elijah gives us a picture of the freedom that comes when we faithfully serve ONE master instead of "the collection."
Have you ever met someone whose seems to not get phased by anything? Who even on bad days is able to care for others and make a positive impact on the places they go? In the first of three in a series we explore the life of a person named Elijah and the way that God teaches him (and maybe us) to be sustained at the SOURCE of life, rather than our fickle circumstances.
We conclude our series on Our Relational covenant. What does it mean to UNITE in a world that says DIVIDE?
As we continue our sermon series on finding UNITY through our diversity as the body of Christ we spend some time talking about what it means to Build Up and what it means to pursue the call God has on us.
People of Hope tell the story of their encounters with Jesus. Its not a book, a video, or an argument that draws people to faith. It is the Holy Spirit at work in the lives of regular people. Person to person all the way back to Jesus.
What does it look like to look to the interests of someone else over myself? Jesus' life paints a picture for us.
In Acts 10 God answers the question, "who is Jesus for?" May we be know for Eating Across Lines because God is at work in the people we would least expect!
We tend to think of sharing faith to be all about what we say or do. The story of Phillip reveals how we LISTEN to God and people in all kinds of circumstances speaks louder than even the most well formulated arguments.
Take a listen as we explore what it means to be people of hope in a difficult time. Hope People start in Prayer.
We FINISH our series in Matthew with one last conflict between the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth. Jesus Gives his disciples something to help them prove the empty tomb in the world they live in. It's a very different kind of evidence.
Jesus' disciples were not surprised by how Jesus died, but something else turned their world upside down. May it turn ours upside down too.
As we continue through the gospel of Matthew, Jesus enters in to the city of Jerusalem and he is greeting with the cry Save Us. What were they looking for? What are we looking for when we cry out save us to God?
We walk through Matthew 19-20 and find one point coming through again and again.
ALL PEOPLE MATTER TO GOD. Not because of what they do, accumulate, or achieve. But because of what they ARE. PEOPLE MATTER TO GOD.
If you are a PERSON you have IMMENSE, undeniable, uncountable, and practically INFINITE value to God. If you know any people even the ones you aren't so sure of, they MATTER TO GOD.
As we continue in Matthew. Peter struggles to believe in a savior who has to suffer and die. Take a listen.
Matthew 11-13 is all about the first reactions to Jesus teaching and actions. Is there room in our soil for what God is up to?
Do you ever wonder you are capable of more than you think? We take a look at Matthew 10 where Jesus sends his followers on a impossible seeming mission.
In Matthew 8-9 Jesus walks down the mountain and starts living out the upside down kingdom he has been talking about. First he encounters a leper and does something that would have shocked everyone.
Matthew 7. Jesus finishes out the sermon on the mount with one last warning about where we put our focus.
We continue in our walk through Matthew. Jesus invites us to take a look at how we practice our faith. Matthew 6:1-18
Our series in Matthew continues into the Sermon on the Mount. What does God expect from us? What can we expect from him?
Jesus begin's his longest recorded teaching by talking about who ought to be the happiest that a new Kingdom is on its way.
Leann has been serving in Ukraine since 2003. During that time she has witnessed the Holy Spirit touch a multitude of people, bringing them salvation, healing, freedom, and deliverance. Ukraine has seen it’s fair share of hardships: hopelessness, corruption, alcoholism, high divorce rates, addictions, depression, and poverty. But God can change all of that! He has given Leann a heart for the people of this nation. She believes that the Holy Spirit will be poured out upon Ukraine and that there will be a mighty move of revival all around the land!
Leann gave us an update on what God is doing in Ukraine and encouraged us all to draw closer to the God that made and deeply loves us in 2020!
Michele Arndt is the Pastor of The Crossing Covenant Church our most recent church plant. She is a phenomenal preacher with an passion for seeing people develop real relationships with Jesus Christ and live them out in every aspect of their lives.
Pastor Michele continued our series in Matthew focusing on Jesus as he is tested in the desert. When we follow Jesus all of us will be tested and "Our Fitness for ministry depends on our ability to STAND FIRM when the stakes are high."
Pastor Michele also updated us on what God has been doing in Houlton, WI at The Crossing.
Even the people closest to God are surprised by the new kingdom in Matthew. What do we do when God's story doesn't line up with the stories we are telling ourselves?
We focus on the end of Matthew 2. A difficult part of the Christmas story that rarely makes into the carols and Christmas cards. What happens when Christmas look a lot more like darkness than light?
Matthew describes how Jesus' true identity disrupts the lives of astrologers, kings, and regular people. Are we willing to wrestle with what the Bible claims Jesus is?
Our guest preacher Rev. Julie Capel explored Matthew 1:18-24 what it really means for God, to be WITH us.
We begin our series in Matthew. What do you do with the stuff of your life that you would rather keep in the back of the drawer?
This is the first episode in our More Like Jesus series. What things are you chasing in pursuit of being who you think you need to be?
We conclude our series with the greatest Gift God gave his people and what it means to join God in his work on Earth.
We explore the story of the tower of Babel and what it looks like when we use God's gifts to make our own names.
We continue our series on God's abundance with a focus the story of Cain. Envy has this way of making God's gifts feel more like curses. What would it look like to be set free from that?
We continue our series on God's Abundance and our responses to it.
(FYI: We had a technical issue this morning and got a recording but the quality is a little rough.)
We conclude our series on Talking with God. It is one thing to come to our father in times of crisis, but what about the times in-between?
There are LOTs of different ways to talk to God but there is something underneath all that that we need to get straight first. What lies at the heart of how we talk with God?
Were starting a new series this week on prayer. The way you picture God, determines how you pray to him.
This week our worship leader Will Droogsma dives into the story in Luke 18 of a young man who has always tried to do the right thing but comes up short. What does it take to make it?
We finish our series on wisdom in the book of Ecclesiastes. What happens when wisdom falls short?
Today we dive into the strange concept of "The fear of the LORD." Does God really want us to fear him?
Join us as we begin a new sermon series on Wisdom in the Old Testament. What does it look like to live our lives along the grain of God's world?
This is our last sermon in our series on times of suffering. In it we look to Psalms of Lament as a guide for praying in dark valleys.
Today we hear stories of learning to suffer well from three different people. Thanks to Rick Nelson, Wanda Nelson, and Molly Perkins for sharing God's word and their experiences of walking through valleys.
Today we have Will Droogsma our worship leader preaching about what we can hold on to not if, but when tragedy, suffering, and pain turn our world upside down. I took a lot out of it and I hope you do too.
So often we leave the most important things in life on the back burner in order to deal things that feel urgent. What would it look like to say yes to the main thing, so we can say no to the distractions?
The third part in our three part series on living lives of discipleship in the everyday moments of life. We focus on Hebrews 12:1-3 and look at what it takes to walk the long road of faith.
Part two of our three part series about what it means to be a disciple. Paul writes one of the first churches about what matters more and lasts longer than just about everything else.
Last Saturday our Women's Ministry welcomed Leah Everson who spoke on the crucial importance of REST not just for having a healthy life. But for our relationship with God and the pursuit of our life's call. I had the privilege of overhearing her teaching and it was just too good not to share. I hope you like it!
Leah Everson:
Leah is a Minnesota girl, a washers rookie, a book addict, and a messy mama. She divides her time between encouraging new mothers in their walk with God and taking care of her own busy boys. Loved by Jesus, Leah is learning to rest in Him. Leah received her MDiv from Denver Seminary and was the founding director/teacher of The Scum Study Center at Scum of the Earth Church in Denver, CO for five years. Leah is a member of Redbud Writers Guild and participates in the Five Minute Friday community.
Connect with Leah:
Instagram: @LeahDEverson
Facebook.com/leahDEverson
LeahEverson.com
This is part one of a three part series about following Jesus where we are, with those in front of us, and for the long haul. How do we let go of the past and the future and life faithfully in the present?
The second half of the story the bible tells all hinges on one key moment and its something Jesus disciples wanted to forget as soon as it happened.
The bible was written over 2,000 years, in three languages, by 40 authors, and it tells one story. What is it?
We talk a look at Deuteronomy 11 and how important it is to come to scripture together.
The first episode in a series exploring the bible. Where did it come from and why does it matter?
Great bible reasources mentioned in the episode:
bibleproject.com
YouVersion Bible App
We are continuing a series on hearing from God by looking at some difficult words in Luke 6:17-26.