Worship Service - September 19, 2021
Worship Service - September 12, 2021
“Are we ready to cast aside our doubts and anxiety, and be ready to accept God’s invitation to bold faith and new life?”
Matthew 14: 22-3
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
Guest musician: Sherry McHurd Hanson, viola
HOMECOMING SUNDAY
Worship Service - September 5, 2021
“We are to be God’s representatives of peace, grace & hope in the world.”
John 10:1-10.
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
LABOR DAY
Worship Service - August 29, 2021
“Art as a Gift of Worship”
I Corinthians 12: 4-11 & James 1: 17-18, 22
Rev. Judy Davis & Rev. Janice Kamikawa
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
Guest musician: Sherry McHurd Hanson
Worship Service - August 22, 2021
“Where is The Living Presence of God?”
Exodus 3: 11-15 & Mark 14: 3-9
Rev. Judy Davis
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
Worship Service - August 15, 2021
“More Than a Dreamer”—the life & legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1 Kings 3: 5-12
Guest preacher: Elder Jim Guida
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
Guest musicians: Ben Baird and Lily Baird Young
Worship Service - August 8, 2021
“Letting loose the chains of fear that bind us”
Matthew 26: 36-46
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
Worship Service - August 1, 2021
“Keeping the faith despite setbacks”
2 Corinthians 4:13-18
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
Worship Service - July 25, 2021
“The disciples’—and our own—journeys into faith”
Matthew 10:5-14
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
Worship Service - July 18, 2021
“The power and practice of prayer”
Matthew 6:5-15
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
Service to Install Pastor Jesse Larson • July 11, 2021
A worship service was held Sunday, July 11, to formally install Rev. Jesse Larson as Bethany’s pastor. Jesse is the 13th pastor to be called by Bethany since the church’s start in 1914.
Worship Service - July 11, 2021
“Prejudices are ‘blinders to the beauty of God’s creation.’”
Genesis 11: 1-9 & Colossians 3:1-17
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
Worship Service - July 4, 2021
“How to be good caretakers of our possessions—while not letting them rule our lives.”
Matthew 6:19-3
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
Independence Day
Worship Service - June 27, 2021
”The grand diversity of gifts that we are given by God”
1 Corinthians 12:12-26
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Dr. May Tuan Tucker
Anthem by Bethany Choir
First “in person” service in the sanctuary since March 2020
Worship Service - June 20, 2021
“Grace personified”
John 8: 1-11
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
FATHER’S DAY
Worship Service - June 13, 2021
“Each of us should help one another to tear away wrappings of fear, anxiety and grief so that life may return.”
John 11: 38-44-44 & Ezekiel 37: 1-14
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko
Worship Service - June 6, 2021
“The Matthew 25 Movement: a return to the church’s earliest days in which service to others was a focal point.”
Matthew 25: 31-46
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Dr. May Tuan Tucker
Worship Service - May 30, 2021
“The power of relationships and how we should go the extra step to make them work.”
Matthew 18: 10-22
Rev. Jesse Larson
Pianist: Natalya Amelchenko