News and Updates

Organ updates Did you notice the subtle differences in the organ console over the last couple of Sundays’ streamed services? Astute watching may have revealed large wooden pipes lying on the back pews and even a second console in the crossing during one piece. Our...

Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died . . .” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus said to her, “I am the...

That morning, that first Easter morning, they knew nothing but despair and loss. They saw the hope for a new world, the hope for a just society, the hope for reconciliation die on a cross. They saw Jesus mocked and treated as a criminal. And in his death, their world...

On Palm Sunday, we’ll enter into Holy Week. We’ll wave palm branches and cry hosan-na, celebrating Jesus’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem. But the mood will quickly turn, and we’ll look ahead to Jesus’s last days. On Thursday at 6:30 p.m., we’ll remember the Last...

Have you met the new folks? How could anyone be new to Bethesda? We only started doing in person services a couple of months ago. Do you know that we had 57 new peo-ple join in 2020? We have continued to have gatherings with the Clergy and Associ-ates with newcomers,...

Lent is one of my favorite times of the year. I love Lent because it causes me to pause and be intentional about my faith Journey. Lent is a time for spiritual growth; a time to prepare our hearts and minds for the celebration of Christ’s Resurrection and Easter. It’s...

Dear Bethesda Family, We are excited to invite and encourage everyone, especially you, to come celebrate the Resurrection on Easter Day, April 4, 2021. Like everything else this year, Easter will look different from previous years. Because we could not safely...

In the Celtic tradition, there is a concept known as anam cara, which means “soul love” or “soul friend.” When we are with our anam cara, there is no mask, no pretense, nothing superficial. It is a friendship in which we feel truly understood, truly at home. With such...

Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return. With these stark words the Church invites us to a Holy Lent. In the events which have occurred since Ash Wednesday, last year, many people need no reminders of the realities of our own mortality and of the ones...