BethEden Lutheran Church

05/24/2026

05/23/2026

Can’t wait to see what the Spirit gets up to with us tomorrow at BethEden♥️ Sunday School at 1030 followed by 1130 worship♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

05/09/2026

Tomorrow is Memorial at BethEden Lutheran Church♥️Worship at 11am followed by Dinner on the Grounds♥️ I love this day that connects BethEden’s past, present & future♥️ All are welcome♥️

04/26/2026

Our Shepherd tends us all wherever we might be worshiping today💛

Happy Good Shepherd Sunday!

This icon is very special to me. It was commissioned for a Parish that is dear to my heart, The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Athens, Ohio.

The people of the parish were an integral part to the mission, work, and community life of the Good Earth Farm were I lived and worked for five years. The community at the farm grew and gleaned produce for the many food pantries in the area, inviting anyone in the Athens community to join us planting, harvesting and delivering food, to collecting eggs, feeding pigs and searing sheep. There is much to be said about the conversations and connection that comes from weeding an entire row of carrots with a complete stranger. Our real work was about communion. We hoped our work as farmers brought us a greater connection to Creation and the marginalized. We hoped to be a sign for the dignity of work and the reverent use of resources. We wished to balance the roles and responsibilities that uplift the common good while respecting the individuals need for creativity and autonomy. To be signs of peace while working side by side.

Most Shepherds in Jesus’ day would often spend weeks with their flock out in the wilderness. The Shepherd would even drink the milk of the ewes for sustenance. He needed them as much as they needed him. The Good Shepherd is not a sign of a Jesus who rules over us, or telling us what to do, or of our almighty benefactor. Rather, it is a sign that the world-like humanity-is a place where God communes with us. The relationship of humanity to creation isn’t just to ensure its flourishing, or prevent its extinction or worse, consume our allotted share of it and dominate it. It is to bring creation into the relationship of praise and thanksgiving, and see it all, and our very lives, as gifts.

To all of my fellow Good Earth Farm companions, The Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, The Diocese of Southern Ohio, to the many groups, organizations, Congregations, lone individuals, interns, and priests who joined us on our way.... Thinking of you today.

Icon Commissioned by Katherin and Ted Foster

Signed Giclee Prints and Prayer Candles: kellylatimoreicons.com

04/12/2026

Doors are always open! Sunday School at 1030 & worship at 1130!

04/05/2026

Christ is Risen! Indeed!

04/05/2026

And while it was still dark, Jesus was resurrected.

Bring flowers to decorate our cross as we worship this Easter Sunday at 1130am. Easter Potluck & Easter Egg Hunt to follow 🦋🤍🦋🤍🦋🤍🦋

03/07/2026

Sunday, March 8th💚💚💚

02/10/2026

Come & Worship: A Celebration off the Life of Judy Scircle Post today at BethEden Lutheran Church at 11am💛🕯️💛

https://www.porterfuneralhome.net/obituaries/judy-post