Worship Sunday at 10:30
Bethany Evangelical
Lutheran Church
Ishpeming, Michigan † Est. 1870
Welcome
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Worship
Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Warren Geier, Pastor
Bethany Lutheran Church
715 Mather Avenue
Ishpeming, MI 49899
906-486-4351
Pastor@BethanyIshpeming.org
Member of the
Northern Great Lakes Synod (NGLS) of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
Our worship is traditional in style, as in word and music and sacrament we seek to make God’s presence known. We take the Bible seriously but not literally, reading and hearing it as God’s word of salvation through Jesus Christ.
We are a church centered on God’s saving grace for all people. We welcome you wherever you are on your faith journey, questions, complexities and all.
Since 1870
Bethany Lutheran Church in Ishpeming, Michigan, was founded in 1870 by immigrants who came to work in the area’s mines.
Tradition & Reformation
We are proud of our Lutheran heritage and the tradition it represents but we also understand ourselves to be a church that is always in a process of reformation as we proclaim the gospel message of salvation through the grace of Jesus Christ.
Interpreting the Bible
We interpret the Bible as the living word of God so we seek to understand what it is saying to people today about issues relevant to 21st century life.
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Sermons
Read and/or listen to sermons delivered at Bethany Ishpeming from March 2006 to the present.
Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple; and when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
Mark 11:11
Church Life
Pastor's Reflections
(Updated Monthly)
Each month Pastor reflects on the season, the church and subjects of interest.
Read this month's Reflections.
Previous reflections in the Outlook newsletter
Officers & Boards
(Updated Annually)
January 2017
Executive Director † Robert Nadeau
Assistant Executive Director † Bob Clark
Pastor † Rev. Warren Geier
Bethany's Schuelke Pipe Organ
Bethany's pipe organ was dedicated in June 1886, number 44 of 160 produced by the Schuelke Organ Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The organ was stored in the 1950s when the church was relocated and was refurbished by the Levsen Organ Company in the 1990s.
Organ Music Sample | Re-dedication concert excerpt
"Let the children come unto me"
In 2005, Roger Junak, a local artist, was commissioned to paint a mural on the north wall of our fellowship hall.
He did a most excellent job!
Reformation 500 Guest Speaker - Dr. Kurt Hendel, Professor Emeritus of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, was our guest speaker for two talks:
Luther on the Hidden and Revealed God
Eden Lutheran, Munising, MI, Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - Listen
Faith Active in Love
Bethany Lutheran, Ishpeming, MI, Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - Listen
Communion Bread Recipe from Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Sift dry ingredients together three times:
- 2 C whole wheat flour
- 1 C white flour
- 1 & 1.4 tsp baking powder
- 1 & 1/4 tsp salt
- Stir in 4 tsp oil. Set aside.
- Mix wet ingredients together until dissolved.
- 3/4 C plus 2 TBS very hot water
- 3 TBS honey
- 3 TBS molasses
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well. Dough should be slightly sticky. Do not knead.
Divide into four balls and flatten each into a 1/4 inched thick disk.
With a knife, score the top of each loaf into eight pie-shaped sections, so that the sections can be more easily broken off while serving. Alternatively, you could score a cross onto the loaf.
Lay the loaves on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and brush the tops of the loaves with oil. Bake an additional 5-8 minutes. Let cool.
Yield: four 8 oz. loaves. Each loaf serves 60-70 people, depending upon the size of the piece given. The loaves freeze well.
Bethany Lutheran Church Phone: 906-486-4351 Rev. Warren Geier, Pastor |
“Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.” |
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