Stained Glass Round

Message from the Pastor
from the Bethel Beacon

            Bethel Lutheran Church       Bemidji, Minnesota

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“The king of Love my Shepherd is, whose goodness faileth never. I nothing lack if I am his, and he is mine forever.”



How many faiths are there in the world? In his World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) David Barrett identifies 10,000 distinct

religions, 150 of which have a million or more followers. 10,000! Harry Wendt, Author of ‘Crossways’ bible study, has a different

view, “Actually, there are only two. One bases its hope for salvation, enlightenment, or paradise on what a person does and what

they offer to God. The other bases its hope for salvation on what God has done and freely offers. The first promises that we will get

good things for our piety: wisdom, inner peace ... perhaps even wealth, success, and popularity. The second calls us to understand

that we can neither get nor give: God made and owns everything, merely entrusting what is His to us. Yes, this latter faith is

Christianity. The former is every other theological system that has surfaced in the sweep of history.” In John’s Gospel Jesus offers us

the truth of his coming into the world, and the kingdom that he came to establish “I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life, no one

comes to the father except through me” To be a Christian is to be a brother or sister of the eternal king, and to follow where He

leads.

Rev. Mark Kindem

May 2008


Intern Update

We have been assigned an intern-pastor beginning in the fall of 2008.  Ryan Gage will be serving Bethel beginning some time in August.  Ryan is married to Edith Gage, who will be serving Calvary Lutheran as their intern. Ryan enjoys history, reading, camping, jeeping, and good coffee.  He hopes to be called to a rural or small-town parish as a solo pastor, an associate, or in a joint call with his wife.  When asked about his feelings as he anticipated internship he said, “I am excited for the opportunity to apply what I have learned, and to be out “doing ministry”.  I’m anxious to find out what being half of a “clergy couple” is like in real life situations.

 

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