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Advent Festival

Bethany's Advent Fest will be Sunday, December 7th from 10:15am-12:00 in the Great Hall. Our Children's Ministry team is looking for some adult/youth helpers to guide the children at the numerous craft stations. Please sign up here or contact Deacon Debra Alba at debra@bethany-denver.org if you'd like to help out! Thank you!

Senior High Mission Trip - San Diego

Where & What: Drive from Denver to San Diego to partner with Serve Boldly at the U.S.–Mexico border. We’ll serve with local ministries, hear from community leaders, pray together, and reflect on how faith calls us to love our neighbors.

Why it matters: Grow in empathy, teamwork, and courage. Discover how Lutheran faith shows up in real-world service and advocacy.

Who: Current 8th-12th graders. Adult leaders from Bethany will chaperone.

Register: Deadline Jan 18, 2026.
Questions or to sign up: nate@bethany-denver.org or kevin@bethany-denver.org

Home for the Holidays Thank you!

A HUGE THANK YOU to all those who donated items to the Home For the Holidays drive for Thanksgiving! The Outreach Ministry team is so appreciative for everyone’s willingness to jump in and help those in Denver who are in need. You donated 23 boxes of kitchen equipment and 19 gift cards supplying food to the families. The items were delivered to Lutheran Family Ministries last week. The Bethany community is so giving and such a blessing!

Bethany Foundation Grants

This year the Bethany Foundation awarded $48,211 to 14 organizations. For a list of the organizations check out the Bethany Foundation Page.

Toddler Sock Collection

Throughout the month of December Bethany will be collecting NEW Toddler and Children's socks. These will be donated to Wholly Kicks, a local non-profit whose focus is to mentor and build relationships in “walking with” individuals experiencing economic disparity. Donation boxes will be located at both the North and South church entrances . Thank you for your generosity!

Angel Tree for Lutheran Family Services

We still have a few tags on the Angel Tree for kids in their Foster Care Program.

You may select a tag from the tree in the Narthex or sign up at; signupschedule.com/Bethany. All tree tags will include guidelines, gift requests and gift labels. Please label each gift with the Recipient number and gift 1 or 2. All gifts need to be at church by Sunday, December 7. Thank you for making Christmas special for these kids.

Family Promise help

Christ the Savior Lutheran Church is hosting Family Promise the week of Thanksgiving, November 23rd - 30th. We are looking for volunteers to host overnight, drive the van, and prepare dinner on the night of the 23rd. Thank you, Theo Umlauf, for arranging to move the beds Sunday the 30th to the next host church. If you have any questions, please call Jean Scott at 303 756-2106 or email her at stlax@comcast.net.

Christmas Decorating

When: Sundays, Nov 30, Dec 7, 14, and 21.

We need lots of Christmas elves to decorate the inside and outside of the church after the 10:00am services during Community Time. Each Sunday we'll add more decorations. Please meet in the Fellowship Hall each Sunday where we will assume decorating tasks assigned throughout the church to make it as easy as possible. Let's make the church sing with tidings of great joy! Questions? Please contact Kristin at kmjanicek@aol.com.

Senior Ministries

The gatherings continue on Tuesdays through May 19, 2026

10:00am-1:00pm in the Fellowship Hall. 

Any special activities will be communicated via our email list. If you'd like to be on the email list, contact Janet Boss at Janetb@Bethany-Denver.org. Join us for community fellowship, chapel, and lunch.

Lunch is served at Noon each week, for a suggested donation of $10/person. Payment can be either online or by check/cash.

Click here for the November/December schedule

Heather Sorenson's Requiem Full Performance

In case you missed it, or if you just want to experience it again, here is a link to the full performance of Heather Sorenson's Requiem that the choir offered during worship on November 2nd.  Thanks to Jack Lindsey for compiling the video.

Upcoming worship services

We know that many are already making holiday plans, we hope worshipping at Bethany is part of those plans! Here are our upcoming special worship services:
Thanksgiving Eve – 6:30pm

Christmas Eve – 11:00am, 1:30pm (Outdoor Christmas Pageant), 3:00pm, 5:00pm, 7:00pm

Christmas Day – Recorded – drops at 6:00am

Sunday after Christmas – 12/28 – only 10:00am service

Service of Remembrance – 12/28 – 11:30am in the Chapel

Epiphany Sunday – 1/4 – only 10:00am service

Thanksgiving Worship & Pie Fest

Thanksgiving Eve: Wednesday, Nov 26.
Worship service at 6:30pm (Holden Evening Prayer) followed by a pie festival in the Fellowship Hall.
We need pies! Sign up here to bring a pie, to help setup, help with worship, and help with cleanup after the pie fest at the yellow bubble on the website home page. Please bring pies to the Fellowship Hall by 6:00pm that night.

Christmas Poinsettias

You can make a donation to purchase a poinsettia plant for Bethany's Christmas decorations in our worship spaces. Envelopes are available at the Mission Center desk or you can use the Christmas Poinsettia fund in the electronic giving menu. Please be sure to denote how you would like to see your name and who you are giving in honor or in memory of for the Christmas bulletins. Deadline is Dec 14.

MomCo Bake Sale

Put away your mixers and bakeware and let MomCo (formerly "MOPS"), do the baking for you this Thanksgiving! Come browse our bounty of baked goods at the annual MomCo bake sale fundraiser held on Sunday, Nov. 23 from 8:00am-11:30pm in the Fellowship Hall. We will be selling pies, breads, candies, cookies and our special cake pops! Our MomCo at Bethany is so grateful to the congregation for its continued support over the last 30 years! MomCo is an international, outreach organization whose goal is to provide support and community for mothers with children of all ages.