Fifth Sunday After Easter
Heritage Sunday
May 25, 2025
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Heritage Sunday
Heritage Sunday
Bethel History to 1989
20 Questions about Bethel
Some Notes on Bethel's Early History
These notes make reference to the "Allen Family"
history in the following book in our library
20 Faces and Places
wiki Aldersgate Day
wiki Christmas Conerence
Rural Roots of United Methodism
(A 10-minute video)
The following links bring up the photo Album pages
for Heritage Sunday services in previous years:
May 24,2020
May 30,2021
May 22,2022
May 14,2023
April 28,2024
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Bethel Worship Planning Documents
2025 Monthly Worship Calendar
2025 RCL 2 page Summary
2025 Bethel Weekly Worship Planning worksheet
2024 Bethel Weekly Worship Planning worksheet
2025 Annual Program Planning worksheet
Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries
Weekly Worship Planning Series
Note: This material from UDM is not the basis for today's message
but is provided here for your personal study and reflection. Click here for suggestions about how to use this material.
Worship Series: "Believing into Christ"
from umcdiscipleship.org
Throughout this season, we explore themes from Revelation and the Gospel of John about what is possible when we believe. The book by Natalya A. Cherry, Believing into Christ, may be a helpful accompaniment to the series as we learn more about the power of our belief in Christ, how belief is not only an intellectual endeavor and assent to the power of God to transform, but also a process that helps us use our hands and feet in ways similar to how Jesus used his hands and feet to seek out and address the hurting ones, including our planet and its most vulnerable people and beyond-human creatures.
This is the Fifth service of a 6 service Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries.
The graphics at the top of this page list topics for other services of the Series.
(Click on another graphic to see that session's resource page)
This Service's Theme: "The Tree of Life"The graphics at the top of this page list topics for other services of the Series.
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Liturgical Resources
The imagery of trees is centered in this week's texts and our worship experience because trees are sources of life. They provide oxygen we breathe, food that nourishes us, and shade that protects us.
Worship Planning Notes
Preaching Notes
Lectionary Scriptures:
Psalm 67; Acts 16:9-15; Revelation 21:10,22-22:5; John 14:23-29;
Suggested Hymns . Music Notes . DM Accompaniments Sources of Music for the following hymns are:
- UM CD.....UDM - DM Accompaniment.....
MM/DD/YY - Recorded Service
Hymns Selected For this service: