WELCOME!
Bethany is a church family following Jesus together.
We sing His praises. We pray in His name. We teach His Word. We love His people. We share His message. All this and more we do together because THERE IS NONE LIKE HIM.
Whether you’ve been following Jesus for years or are just getting started, we hope today you experience the good news of Jesus and discover how to take the next step on the path of following Him.
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ORDER OF WORSHIP
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Song: Come Thou Fount Come Thou King
Song: Before The Throne of God Above
Song: Great I Am
Communion
Scripture Reading: Joshua 5:2-12
Sermon: Safe Behind Enemy Lines| Dr. Ritch Boerckel
Closing Song: Christ The Sure and Steady Anchor
Benediction
THIS WEEK AT BETHANY
Sunday, July 5
• 8:30am | On-site Worship Service on the Lawn (weather-permitting) and Livestream
In the event of rain, this service will be online-only.
If you’re not joining us on the lawn, watch live at live.bethanycentral.org at 8:30am! Once the service concludes, you can replay the service anytime here.
Tuesday, July 7
• 9:00am | On-site Men’s Bible Study, Room 809
• 3:00pm | Jr./Sr. High Youth Open Hangout
• 7:00pm | Outdoor Adult Co-ed Soccer
Wednesday, July 8
• 3:00pm | Jr./Sr. High Youth Open Hangout
• 6:30pm | Together We Stand – Livestream – Devotion on Facebook Live & Bethany’s website
Thursday, July 9
• 3:00pm | Jr./Sr. High Youth Open Hangout
Friday, July 10
• 3:00pm | Jr./Sr. High Youth Open Hangout
Saturday, July 11
• 10:30am | Bridal Shower for Rachael Wells (off-site)
Sunday, July 12
• 8:30am | On-site Worship Service on the Lawn and Livestream
• 6:30pm | Jr./Sr. High Summer Sundays
The church building is available for ministry use. Please contact the church office if you would like to use the building (309-692-1755). You can also reference our Life Together during COVID-19 update page for more details and resources for your family.
COMMUNITY NEWS & UPDATES
- Family News: We extend our sympathy to Loren & Jenni Gallup and family on the loss of Jenni’s father, Rick Schupbach, who passed away on June 30.
- Bridal Shower: Rachael Wells. The church is invited to celebrate Rachael’s engagement to James Abbott on Saturday, July 11, at 10:30am, at 206 W Rohman St., Metamora, IL. For questions, please email Chelsea Winn or contact her by phone at 309-525-0348.
- During this season, we hope to equip you with tools to worship and grow your faith. Check out the latest updates on our new resource page from our leadership team, as well as worship service details, and even how-to videos for leading family devotions. Check it out here.
- CHILDREN’S MINISTRY RESOURCES: Each week our children’s ministry team provides a video lesson and resources so you can have Sunday School at home! Don’t miss this week’s Ranger Danger episode! Find this week’s resources here.
- CARE CENTRAL: Get Help | Give Help – It’s in times of crisis that gospel love often shines brightest. Taking two minutes to share your current needs (and the ways you can help others in need) demonstrates this love in a simple and powerful way. Click here to complete the 2 minute Care Survey.
- TOGETHER DAY BY DAY: Daily Email Devotional (Monday through Saturday) – Sign up to receive short email devotionals, written by our own Bethany elder team. This daily dose of truth in your inbox will help counter the barrage of fear and uncertainty around you. Sign up on myBethany.
- The easiest way to support Bethany with your tithes and offerings is to click here and make a one-time or recurring gift online. You can also use your own bank’s online bill pay tools or send a check by mail to: Bethany Baptist Church, 7422 N. Heinz Lane, Edwards, IL 61528.
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
- Together We Stand – Livestream Bible Study | 6:30pm, each Wednesday
Tune in on Facebook Live or live.bethanycentral.org as Pastors Ritch and Josh share from God’s Word, pray for our church, and lead us in worship during this informal 30-minute devotional time.
- Thinking Together – Short Devotional Meditations from our Teaching Pastors
This new bi-weekly series of short videos features our teaching pastors in their homes, helping us think about the Gospel together through this season of hardship and trial. The series explores relevant biblical texts to unleash clear gospel truth for real everyday impact.
- Together at Home – How-to Videos for Family Devotions
A series of short videos featuring our pastors filmed in their own homes as they demonstrate the practice of leading family devotions
SONG LYRICS
Come Thou Fount Come Thou King
Come Thou Fount of ev’ry blessing
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace
Streams of mercy never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet
Sung by flaming tongues above
Praise the mount I’m fixed upon it
Mount of Thy redeeming love
Here I raise my Ebenezer
Hither by Thy help I’ve come
And I hope by Thy good pleasure
Safely to arrive at home
Jesus sought me when a stranger
Wandering from the fold of God
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood
Come Thou Fount come Thou King
Come Thou precious Prince of Peace
Hear Your bride to You we sing
Come Thou Fount of our blessing
O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be
Let Thy goodness like a fetter
Bind my wand’ring heart to Thee
Prone to wander Lord I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here’s my heart Lord take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above
Come Thou Fount come Thou King
Come Thou precious Prince of Peace
Hear Your bride to You we sing
Come Thou Fount of our blessing
Come Thou Fount come Thou King
Come Thou precious Prince of Peace
Hear Your bride to You we sing
Come Thou Fount of our blessing
Thomas Miller, Robert Robinson, and John Wyeth
© 2005 Gateway Create Publishing CCLI License # 353718
Before The Throne of God Above
Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea
A great High Priest whose name is Love
Whoever lives and pleads for me
My name is graven on His hands
My name is written on His heart
I know that while in heav’n He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart
No tongue can bid me thence depart
When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within
Upward I look and see Him there
Who made an end to all my sin
Because the sinless Savior died
My sinful soul is counted free
For God the Just is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me
To look on Him and pardon me
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Praise the One, Risen Son of God
Behold Him there the risen Lamb
My perfect spotless righteousness
The great unchangeable I Am
The King of glory and of grace
One with Himself I cannot die
My soul is purchased with His blood
My life is hid with Christ on high
With Christ my Savior and my God
With Christ my Savior and my God
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Praise the One, Risen Son of God
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Praise the One, Risen Son of God
Shane & Shane, Charitie Lees Bancroft, Vikki Cook
© 1997 Sovereign Grace Worship CCLI License # 353718
Great I Am
I wanna be close close to Your side
So Heaven is real and death is a lie
I wanna hear voices of angels above
Singing as one
Hallelujah holy holy
God Almighty great I Am
Who is worthy none beside Thee
God Almighty
The Great I Am
I wanna be near near to Your heart
Loving the world hating the dark
I wanna see dry bones living again
Hallelujah holy holy
God Almighty great I Am
Who is worthy none beside Thee
God Almighty, The Great I Am
The mountains shake before You
The demons run and flee
At the mention of Your name King of majesty
There is no pow’r in hell or any who can stand
Before the power and the Presence of the Great I Am
The Great I Am, The Great I Am
The Great I Am, The Great I Am
The Great I Am
Hallelujah holy holy
God Almighty great I Am
Who is worthy none beside Thee
God Almighty, The Great I Am
The Great I Am, The Great I Am
The Great I Am
The mountains shake before You
The demons run and flee
At the mention of Your name King of majesty
There is no pow’r in hell or any who can stand
Before the power and the Presence of the Great I Am
The Great I Am, The Great I Am
The Great I Am, The Great I Am
The Great I Am
Hallelujah holy holy
God Almighty great I Am
Who is worthy none beside Thee
God Almighty, The Great I Am
The Great I Am, The Great I Am
The Great I Am
Jared Anderson © 2011 Integrity Worship Music CCLI License # 353718
Christ The Sure and Steady Anchor
Christ the sure and steady anchor
In the fury of the storm
When the winds of doubt blow through me
And my sails have all been torn
In the suffering in the sorrow
When my sinking hopes are few
I will hold fast to the anchor
It shall never be removed
Christ the sure and steady anchor
While the tempest rages on
When temptation claims the battle
And it seems the night has won
Deeper still then goes the anchor
Though I justly stand accused
I will hold fast to the anchor
It shall never be removed
Christ the sure and steady anchor
Through the floods of unbelief
Hopeless somehow O my soul now
Lift your eyes to Calvary
This my ballast of assurance
See His love forever proved
All my hope is in the anchor
It shall never be removed
Christ the sure and steady anchor
As we face the wave of death
When these trials give way to glory
As we draw our final breath
We will cross that great horizon
Clouds behind and life secured
And the calm will be the better
For the storms that we endured
Christ the shore of our salvation
Ever faithful ever true
We will hold fast to the anchor
It shall never be removed