Announcements

Sunday Service January 14 Cancelled

The Board has elected to CANCEL tomorrow’s 11am Service, this includes live-streaming as we do not believe it is safe for anyone to try to get to the church, including Pastor walking from parsonage to church or Grothe’s attempting to get down from their house at Franklin. Pastor Rich recommends spending the time normally attending the service reading your Bible and having family devotions, viewing prior Bethany services or checking out some RightNow Media topics that may be of interest to…

Fly Convention

This week, July 3- 8, youth from Bethany Lutheran and from around the country will gather in Estes Park CO for this year’s Free Lutheran Youth Convention. Please be in prayer for all those that attend that it would be a time of growing closer to God, and for the adult chaperone and counselors as well. Below is a link to our AFLC website if you would like to learn more about this event. Events | AFLC Youth Ministries Live…

Floor Plans for the Multi-purpose Building

General Contractor Randy Stemper has developed a design draft for the new multi-purpose building. The exterior of the building would be the same color as the main church building and include some similar design elements. As seen in the design, the building would have large roll-up doors and a covered area creating a space for activities that might be part indoor and part outdoor such as our living nativity and picnics. The design also includes a basketball hoop and a…

Send A Letter of Support

The new multi-purpose building is still progressing.  The Astoria Planning Commission (APC) unanimously approved our request to reopen the hearing and accept additional evidence and testimony.  However, due to the noticing requirement, we were not able to present additional testimony during the July 27th APC meeting; that will occur at the next APC meeting on Tuesday, August 24th, at 5:30pm.  We had an excellent turnout of supporters at the 7/27 meeting, which no doubt helped persuade the Commission to reopen the…

Planning Commission Reverses Denial

The Astoria Planning Commission reversed their earlier “tentative” denial decision and approved the Conditional Use Permit for our new multi-purpose building.  The decision can be appealed to the City Council, but the support of the Planning Commission is beneficial.  An appeal by the neighbors to City Council would be heard in October.  The proposed location of the building has been moved to the northeast side of our property and away from the neighboring house after working with the city on…