Friends of Bethel,

Greetings! We want to welcome you to another Lenten season! Though we know life can be busy, hectic, and demanding, we hope you’ll carve out some time each day for reflection, prayer, and giving thanks over these next forty days.

To facilitate that, forty friends from Bethel have stepped up to share a thought for each of these days. These are people younger and older, male and female, new members, as well as some “veterans” here. Their stories will hopefully help you reflect on God’s presence and activity in our everyday lives. We think they have done a fine job of sharing what they believe, and who they believe in. We trust their devotions will inspire, encourage, edify, and challenge you in your own faith journey.

Please be sure to thank these writers when you see them and let them know what their words have meant to you. We are proud of them and their willingness to share! May the living God become all the more present and apparent to each of us in this sacred season. God’s blessings to each of you!

In Our Lord’s Great Love,

Pastor John Lestock, Pastor Kris Kurzejeski, Pastor Ladd Sonnenberg