Home to Harbor: Message from Pastor Tom

Home to Harbor: Message from Pastor Tom

Harbor Groups begin in 2026! As the holiday season draws near, we are reminded of the deep significance of coming into harbor—a place of respite, peace, and refuge.Harbor is not only a safe place to find rest but also a space where we can share the anxieties and...
Okay. What’s Next?

Okay. What’s Next?

I’m a planner. I’m a great planner. I love filling out my new calendar for the year. I color-code each family member’s activities. I have stickers and bullet points. It is a thing of beauty. I also love the research that it takes to coordinate a family trip, and have...
Live Your Waterlife

Live Your Waterlife

My hope and expectation for true community begins with resurrection, his death and life in me. His Spirit fills the Body: his church through water sees promise for tomorrow, his waterlife in me.—Verse 3 of the song, Waterlife, from Worship & Praise Above is a...
This Summer…

This Summer…

This summer will be a little different for Bethesda. After a lot of discussion, we will not be offering our usual VBS/Wildkids camp this year. What this means for us is that we have the opportunity to partner with others so that these ministries can still be...
Introducing Abel Jesse Welch

Introducing Abel Jesse Welch

“By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks…” ~Hebrews 11:4 “A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his...