Announcements

1. CHRISTMAS OFFERING- It is a tradition at Bethany of Fox Valley UMC to collect a special Christmas offering each year. This year, we will use this offering for our Apportionment obligation to the Northern Illinois Conference of the UMC.

Every local church in the United Methodist Church pays an Apportionment to their regional conference.  We are in the Northern Illinois Conference.  Our apportionment payments support missions and ministries within our larger community and around the world.  The system of apportionments enables us to accomplish far more than any one local church or person could alone.
You can find Christmas Offering envelopes in the narthex.

2. CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE AND SPECIAL COMBINED SERVICE OF STORIES AND SONG- Our Christmas Eve worship service will be on Wednesday, Dec. 24th at 5:30 pm. On Sunday, Dec. 28th at 10:00 am we will have a special combined service of stories and song with Hope UCC. Come join us to celebrate the season together.

THE MEANING OF ADVENT- THE CANDLE OF LOVE

The fourth candle of the Advent Wreath represents God's profound, unchanging love revealed through Jesus's birth. He came to bring people close to God and to each other again. This purple candle represents the culmination of love through the Messiah, Jesus Christ.