Adult Ministries/Getting Involved

Men of Monday
Mondays until May 23 2012
This event is from 9:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Contact Vernon Bollesen

Come join Bethel's very own Men of Monday. These men meet rain or shine to help restore, rebuild and better the facilities of Bethel. Simply show up on a Monday morning in Fireside. All are welcome to participate!

Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
Thursdays until May 31 2012
This event is from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM at Sanctuary
Contact David Herberg

Bethel's adult choir rehearsals with choir director, David Herberg in the Sanctuary. Join us!

Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, April 5
This event is from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Sanctuary
Contact David Herberg

Special Choir Rehearsal

BLS: Scholastic Book Fair
Daily from April 23 until April 27
This event is from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Narthex
Contact Joan O'Dell

Join us for Bethel Lutheran School's 12th annual Scholastic Book Fair. Contact the office for book fair hours. Families are invited to attend the Family Fun Night on Tuesday, April 24th from 5:00 - 7:00PM.

BLS: Track Meet
Saturday, May 19 2012
This event is from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Offsite
Contact Carlos Rosa

Bethel hosts our bi-annual invitational track meet at Cupertino High School's track. This event is for students in grades 1st through 5th.

VBS Set-up and Training
Sunday, July 8 2012
This event is from 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Contact Amanda Boniface

Ministry Lead: Angela Brown
Ministry Lead: Chris Freckman

Adult Choir

Please visit our Music Page

Altar Flower Ministry
Contact Karen Fox

Coordinates the donation of altar flowers and ensures that thanksgiving or memorial dedications are published in the Sunday bulletins.

Altar Guild
Contact Lois Eid, Claire Bollesen

The Altar Guild prepares the altar for worship and Holy Communion, an essential part of worship preparation. The types of tasks include:

Setting up and cleaning the silver service communion (about 1 hour for set up and 1 hour for clean up; once or twice a year)
Maintaining the altar linens—check weekly, clean and return twice a month (two volunteers needed)
Purchasing wine and grape juice (twice a year)
Changing paraments when needed
Checking candles weekly and filling when needed
Stripping the altar on Maundy Thursday

If interested in joining this team, please contact Lois Eid or Claire Bollesen.

Audio/Visual Tech
Contact Tom Hoegel

The Audio/Visual Team supports all of Bethel's events, including the worship services every Sunday, with technology that enhances them through creative uses of sound and video. Volunteers are needed to run the sound and video systems for worship and other events in the Sanctuary, as well as possibly helping with video projects as they come along.

Contact Tom Hoegel if you would like to learn how to run Media Shout (the software used for projecting worship content on the screens in the Sanctuary). After an initial training period and a period of "shadowing" experienced operators, volunteers can sign up for whatever worship services they are able to help out with.

Children's Activity Bags
Contact Karen Fox

Activity bags are provided for our younger children during worship. Volunteers replenish the bags with new activity worksheets for the upcoming service and also maintain the colored pencil sets. The commitment is approximately once every ten weeks and takes less than an hour to complete. A brief training is provided.

Deacons
Contact Mark Evashenk

The Deacons of the Congregation are members of Bethel who assist the pastors in the worship service, in serving communion, and helping others in prayer. Training provided.

Drama
Contact Charlie Schrey, Molly Schrey

Looking for actors, writers, directors, producers, and tech support to provide topical live drama and/or videos to support worship lessons and sermons.

Greeters
Contact Ed Fox

Sunday greeting, or “hosting”, at Bethel involves a commitment to be in the narthex before and after the worship service; usually about four or five Sundays a year. Your purpose is to seek out and greet people you do not already know and, if they are “new” to Bethel, make every effort to assist them in having a memorable worship experience while they are at Bethel that day.

Handbell Choir

Please visit our Music Page

Lectors
Contact Mark Evashenk

It is a great privilege to read God’s Word at a worship service! We are grateful for the many volunteers that have taken that assignment and so enhanced worship at Bethel. God’s Word holds the most important place at our public worship together with Holy Communion. You may sign up to lector at either service.

Media Shout
Contact Elise Holst

Organizes media in cooperation with the pastors to be used for services.

Nursery
Contact Amanda Boniface

Volunteers who help run nursery during services and when needed.

Offering Counters
Contact Liz Tribby

Sunday morning offerings are counted by two-member teams who record information on who gave how much to what fund, prepare the deposit, and take it to the bank. Each team counts one service on one Sunday a month.

Organist

Please visit our Music Page

Seraph Choir

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Sunday Coffee Hosts
Contact Tony Stieber

This is a group of volunteers who help make coffee for the Sunday coffee cart in the Welcome Zone. Please consider signing up for a Sunday morning twice a year (time commitment: about 3 hours).

Ushers
Contact Ed Fox

Ushers are part of a system of greeters who are responsible for extending the hospitality of the congregation. The commitment is open-ended, much like singing in the choir. All that is needed is regular worship attendance and a willing person. No meetings are held, however a brief training is provided. Sure, there are tasks to be done, like handing out bulletins and passing around the offering plates. However, the most rewarding part of the job is making people feel at home on Sunday mornings. More ushers are always welcome.

Visual Arts/Décor
Contact Doreen Baldwin

The Visual Arts and Décor team design, create and install visual displays relating to liturgical seasons. This group welcomes those with a visually creative side to their spirituality.

White Breakfast
Contact Eleanor Incerpi

Communion/breakfast served during Maundy Thursday in Torvend Hall from 9:30am to 12pm. The new command (Latin “mandatum novum,” Maundy) given by Jesus that his disciples should love one another during the Last Supper sets the tone for this breakfast. Look for sign-ups in the weeks before Easter. Space limited.

Worship Team

Please visit our Music Page

Bethel has a fantastic music program and welcomes interested musicians!
Please visit our Music Page.

Ministry Lead: Angela Brown
Ministry Lead: Chris Freckman

Audit Committee
Contact Kelly Johnson

The Audit Committee undertakes the annual internal audit of the congregation’s finances and makes recommendation on improving accounting practices. See the Audit Team Job Description for more detail.

Finance Committee
Contact Dan Gaardsmoe

The Finance Committee works closely with the pastors and Bethel’s Parish Administrator to monitor the congregation’s income and spending, to develop the budget for the coming year, and to help provide sufficient funds for the ministry of the congregation.

Stewardship Community
Contact Angela Brown

Works closely with pastors on ways to communicate stewardship to the congregation.

Time & Talent
Contact Ann Marie Kenitzer, Patricia Myerholtz

Communicates weekly opportunities for members to use their time and talent.

Ministry Lead: Hella Bluhm-Stieber

Communications Team
Contact Hella Bluhm-Stieber, Vernon Bollesen

Works with church communication projects with everything from paper to web communication.

eNewsletter
Contact Elise Holst

Gathers and distributes information for the weekly church e-news (church newsletter emailed to all who want it once a week). Contact Elise if you want to receive the e-news.

Membership Data
Contact Liz Tribby, Brad Martinson

Using the congregation’s Shepherd’s Staff database to keep and update members records.

Receptions Coordinator
Contact position available

Coordinates volunteers who help with receptions for weddings, memorial services, and special events.

Technology Support
Contact Liz Tribby, Brad Martinson

The technology support team oversees technology needs for the church and provides technology support as needed.

Webmaster
Contact Dave Arnold

Oversees development and upkeep of church website.

Ministry Lead: Tom Cole
Ministry Lead: August Colandrea

Men of Monday
Contact Tom Cole

A group of men who meet every week to help maintain the church grounds. See “Current Opportunities” at the top of this page for details.

Saturday Work Days
Contact Tom Hoegel

Everyone’s help is needed to keep Bethel in shape and maintain our landscaping. Watch the bulletin for details and then come out and work together on major projects to improve the grounds’ appearance. Planned workdays alternate between “inside” and “outside.” Inside tasks might include organizing closets or bookshelves, adjusting cabinet doors, or other small handy jobs. Outside jobs might include trimming hedges or painting trim. All skill levels are welcome. Contact Tom Hoegel to volunteer and for more details.

Security Volunteers
Contact Steve Emmert

Security volunteers are necessary to make sure that Bethel buildings are secure every night. Commitment is one week at a time periodically (in a rotation).

Ministry Lead: Rick Westwick
Ministry Lead: Pastor Randy Pabst

Church/School Committee
Contact Marion Abney, Marianne Nadell

The purpose of the Church/School Committee is to strengthen the relationship between participants of Bethel Church with the families of Bethel School.

Community Information Task Force
Contact Donna Kuester

The purpose of the Community Information Task Force is to reach out into the community and visit with local leaders (i.e., public school principals, community leaders, police and sheriff departments, etc.) and discover the needs, concerns, issues, problems, joys of this area.

Multi-Cultural/Multi-Ethnic Task Force
Contact Sam Sudarsanam

The purpose of the Multi-Cultural/ Multi-Ethnic Task Force is to plan for and oversee educational opportunities (speakers, classes, resources, etc. in order to gain a greater understanding of the diverse ethnic and cultural make-up of this area.

Welcome Zone Committee
Contact Tom Hoegel (Welcome Zone Projects), Patricia Myerholtz (Ministry of Welcome)

The purpose of the Welcome Zone Committee is revitalize the welcome zone both as a location and as a concept of how we receive visitors and guests and welcome them to our campus for worship and the many other ministries of Bethel Church and School.

Getting Involved — Serving Bethel

Current Opportunities

Worship

Music

Finance & Stewardship

Technical & Administrative

Buildings & Grounds

Current Pastoral Challenges