Bethel Church Muncie Indiana

09/06/2026

Upcoming Sunday@Bethel

Scripture for Sunday
Children’s Sermon
Matt. 5:33,34,37
Adults Sermon
Matt. 5:27-30

Verse of the Year:

Mark 16: 15 “And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”

09/06/2026

09/06/2026

Behold I Send

Mark 1:1-3 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in the Prophets: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.” 3 “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.’ ”

The Gospel of Mark starts out very different than the other gospels. Where the other gospels give us background and history as an initial point of contact, Mark simply throws us into an initial contact and warning concerning the coming of the Son of God. “He is coming whether we are ready or not. This messenger was John the Baptist and we have two prophecies concerning Him.

Malachi 3:1-2 1 “Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight. Behold, He is coming,” Says the LORD of hosts. 2 “But who can endure the day of His coming?

Isaiah 40:3-5 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the LORD; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth; 5 The glory of the LORD shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”

With these text I am shocked into realizing I must be ready and prepared for these events. Malachi 3:2 says “Who can endure the day of His coming?” Might I say - Nobody. Not a person who has ever drawn a breath will escape this confrontation. Isaiah says “The glory of the LORD shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.” What does this look like? If the word shall means shall, then there is no avoiding this event. And if “all flesh shall see it together means just that. This is a single all encompassing event where all of mankind is called to account. In all of history there is not a single soul that can escape this event.

This is where Mark leaves us. Are we ready and what will be our reaction? Unique to Marks writing style, the very end question of Mark when we have read to the end remains, what will we do with Jesus?

09/05/2026

Preparing for Service
We at Bethel ask you to do the following before attending services.
PRAY!
Pray for the service, the musicians, the message, the pastor, the Sunday school and children’s teachers, your fellow attendees and yourself. Most importantly, pray for the presence of the Holy Spirit to stir hearts and control the service.
Thank you

09/04/2026

We met this last Wednesday Night and had a wonderful meal with each other. We commenced the first of seven topics on the Inductive Bible Study Method. Admittedly we jumped a very small hurdle challenge wise, yet the beginnings of Bible Study often times means differentiating between what other's have taught us and what the Bible actually teaches itself. With so many stresses in both the church and the culture around us, often these stresses color what we think of the Bible. To give you an example. I was reading a commentary on the Book of Daniel by Isaac Newton, yes that Isaac Newton. As I read I saw many historical aspects he had thus noted in history. Since that time, with yet more history flowing under the bridge of his perspective, his comments became a shadow of what we understand in Daniel today. Time often clarifies God design and purpose revealed in His word - the Bible.

The Inductive Bible Study Method gets us beyond what this world reveals about the Bible - the Bible will clearly speak for itself.

First Wednesday of October brings us to a place of learning how the Bible was written structurally. It will again be a very simple lesson - but a lesson that will follow you the rest of your life.

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09/03/2026

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09/03/2026

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09/02/2026

Upcoming events
Wednesday Sept. 2nd-Pitch in dinner and Bible study @6:30 pm

Sunday Sept. 6th-Frank Baldwin from the Muncie Mission with a representative from Beauty for Ashes will be joining us with Frank providing the message.

Sept. 10th volunteers are needed to provide the desserts for Muncie Central’s football dinner, please have them to the church by 4pm

Sept. 20th-We will have a Gideon Speaker sharing and will be taking up a freewill offering.

Sunday School 9am
Morning Worship 10am

08/31/2026

Upcoming Sunday@Bethel:

Muncie Mission’s Frank Baldwin will present the Message.

Children will be dismissed after second song.

Verse of the Year:

Mark 16:15

“And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.””