Bethel 06/12/22 Service

Welcome to Bethel's online service for this First Sunday After Pentecost. This is the beginning of what might be thought of as an "awkward" time of the Christian Year. The major/memorable part of the Christian Year follows Jesus' life in the seasons from Advent thru Easter, concluding on Pentecost with the "arrival" of the Holy Spirit and the "birthday of the church". The rest of the year is called Ordinary Time, when the weeks are identified by Ordinal Numbers (first,second,third,etc.) and the Sundays might seem to have no particular significance. In this time between Pentecost and Advent, today is then the First Sunday after Pentecost.

But today is given special significance on the church calendar as Trinity Sunday, to remind us that God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are not separate entities to be individually recognised, studied and revered but are revelations of a single all-encompassing tri-une (3 in 1) GOD which is identified as the Trinity.

Click on the "Bethel United Methodist Church" script above
for links to some Resource materials for today's service.

NOTE: Each part of this online service consists of an audio file and, for most, a Link to a pdf file of "projection slides". Click on the

symbol to play the audio file under a separate browser tab or in a new window. Then select the "Bethel 06/12/22 Service" browser tab or return to this window to open the Link to the "slides". It is best to stop the playing of one Audio segment and close its tab or window before starting another.

We hope that you will fully participate in the service provided here, taking the time to raise your voice or read along with the hymns and responses, and listening to the recorded messages and songs that have been prepared for you. Realize that, though not meeting face-to-face, you are virtually gathering with many others for this time of worship, celebration and spiritual refreshment.