Bethel Baptist Church

01/18/2026

❄️ We will be having our in-person worship service tomorrow at 9:00a.m. but for those concerned about traveling in the weather, we will livestream the service here. ❄️

12/28/2025

For those who missed the worship service due to weather, we missed you and prayed for you. Here‘a a recording from this morning.

John 3:30 He must increase but I must decrease.

12/24/2025

Merry Christmas and may you have great joy in the good news that our Savior and Lord has arrived!
Luke 2:10-11

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12/14/2025

"What is happening in our waiting? Is it just an empty space between our prayers and their fulfillment? No, in our waiting, God does his deepest work.

God is sanctifying us and teaching us to trust him. Sometimes we get what we are waiting for, and we rejoice and are grateful. Other times, we never see that fulfillment on earth, and we are drawn closer to God as we continue to seek him.

God has not forgotten us. It’s not that our requests are unimportant. He will answer them in his own time (which is also always the best time for us). He sees what we cannot see; he knows the potential dangers and snares he is protecting us from. While we’re waiting, God is with us. He aches with us, cries with us, comforts us. He meets us in our pain and uses all our struggles for our good. One day, we will thank him for everything that he gave us, and denied us, on this earth."

- Vaneetha Rendall Risner

Twenty-one surgeries by age thirteen. Years in the hospital. Verbal and physical bullying from schoolmates. Multiple miscarriages as a young wife. The death ...

09/19/2025

LightHouse is starting back up for the year this Sunday! See you there.

12/12/2023

40 weeks in the Gospel of John! We began this journey through John in January and finished this last week. Check out our final sermon in the series or go back and listen to previous weeks. https://www.bethelbaptistparkriver.com/the-gospel-of-john.html

10/01/2023

When Jesus was about to be crucified and go back to his Father, he prepared his disciples for the persecution they would experience soon afterwords. Though we may not have experienced much persecution in our upper Midwest culture, these works from John 15:18-16:4 can prepare us for persecution as well.

John Introduction / So That We May Believe January 1st, 2023 - Mitch Friedman​

09/17/2023

The disciples had to be worried about Jesus leaving and going back to His Father in heaven. That plan didn't make sense to them. But before he left, Jesus gave them plenty of encouragement, hope-filled promises and directions. John 14 is full of many of these as well as the direction to seek the will of God.
John 14:12-31 Seek the Will of God

John Introduction / So That We May Believe January 1st, 2023 - Mitch Friedman​

09/10/2023

Excited to be back in the Gospel of John this morning.
John 13:31-14:11
"Jesus is the way to love and the way to God"

09/04/2023

This morning we got to introduce the vision for our church. As we Glorify, Grow, and Go, the desired result is that we will be
An outpost for the truth,
A sanctuary of God's love,
A lighthouse for the gospel,
and a temple of worship.
God is working to sanctify his church and we expect this vision to be one of the things he uses to do that in us.
**A Costly Vision for a Worthy Savior / September 3, 2023**

Glorify / John 4:23 and 2 Timothy 3:14-17 August 20, 2023 - Mitch Friedman

08/28/2023

Continuing through our mission and vision series, we covered the words "Grow and Go," this morning. Jesus taught us to go and make disciples of all nations and to love one another like Jesus has loved us. This causes to value Discipleship, Christian Community, and Evangelism. As result we strive to "Grow" as disciples of Jesus in community with other disciples of Jesus, and to "Go" out to our neighbors and the nations with the gospel. https://www.bethelbaptistparkriver.com/missionvision.html