Ministries

Here at Bethany Lutheran, we support ministries in our own community throughout the year with either monetary funds or volunteering. We feel that supporting these local programs in our own community is an important way of showing the love of Christ Jesus to our neighbors. Below is a link for some of these groups. Child Evangelism Fellowship CEF of Oregon, Inc., Lewis and Clark Chapter > Home (ceflewisandclark.org) Coast Pregnancy Clinic Home – Coast Pregnancy Clinichttps://coastpregnancyclinic.org/ Younglife https://thenorthcoast.younglife.org/ Astoria Rescue…

Our congregation supports missionaries around the world through AFLC World Missions.

Feeding the Homeless Each week our Brown Bag Ministry prepares brown bag lunches that are distributed to the homeless by local nonprofits and individuals. Each lunch is created to feed the body and share the good news of God’s love and salvation through Jesus. Astoria Helping Hands is a residential program helping drug and alcohol-free people reenter the workforce. They operate seven days a week. There is room for around 30 people in the re-entry program. Astoria Helping Hands provides…

This year the women have been busy once again. This group is so diligent each and every week coming to the church and sewing these blankets. And each year they along with other donations of clothing and food supplies are packed into a tote, delivered to Seattle and put on a boat headed to Naknek Alaska and the Mission work there where people come from all over the world to fish. Here is a link showing the work. The Net…

Our children learn about God and our faith in a number of ways, including: Sunday School Sunday School classes are offered weekly during the school year (September through May) for children of all ages. This year 2023 Sunday School kicked off with a pancake breakfast and singing. What do you look forward to this coming year in Sunday School? Easter Sunday Assembly – 2022 Confirmation Sunday Sunday May 22nd was Confirmation Sunday for Ty Cereghino as he finished up his…

Bethany’s women’s group is organized under the model of the Women’s Missionary Federation (WMF). Together, we study the bible and support mission work around the world. We meet on the second Thursday of the month. About the WMF In 1962 the women of the AFLC banded together to help further the work of the church. The society they formed became the Women’s Missionary Federation, working at home and abroad to further love in the kingdom of God, to unite the…