Bethel Baptist Church, Escondido

Great News Bethel Family, we are back inside this Sunday for our 10:30 am service! The Bethel elders would like to bring the entire church family back together as one body for Sunday morning service. This means we will no longer offer the outdoor Sunday evening service, but we will provide an outside live video option for you at 10:30am. Our requirement for the inside service will be for attendees to wear a mask and social distance. For those who desire not to be inside or ...do not want to wear a mask, we will have an outdoor space setup to watch everything live from the service. This enables us to have the whole church together at one time and gives us time after service to enjoy fellowship outside. This Sunday we will have all of the children worship with their parents and next week we will begin offering the Epic Kids program. Jennifer will fill us in with all the details this Sunday during announcements.

Sunday, October 25th 12:00 - 1:30 pm Fellowship Hall Following our service we will have our scheduled business meeting. In this meeting you will be updated on Bethel's financial position for the year, review income to expense reports, discuss income trends for 2021 budget, have a time of Q and A, and share a new opportunity for solar panels. ... This financial business meeting will be in person inside Fellowship Hall following the 10:30am service along with a Zoom link for those who cannot make it in person. We will also provide a light lunch of lumpia and pancit to help hold you over. Email Pastor Ray at [email protected] to receive Zoom link

Sunday, October 25th 12:00 - 1:30 pm Fellowship Hall Church mark your calendar for October 24th for our next financial business meeting. In this meeting you will be updated on Bethel's financial position for the year, review income to expense reports, discuss income trends for 2021 budget, have a time of Q and A, and share a new opportunity for solar panels.... This financial business meeting will be in person inside Fellowship Hall following the 10:30am service along with a Zoom link for those who cannot make it in person.

Greetings Bethel Family, Pizza and games before service tonight! At 5pm right before our regularly scheduled service at 5:30pm we are having a time of friendship, food, and fun as we praise the Lord together. We will also be streaming live on our YouTube channel the entirety of our service from the music and announcements to the message. ... YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3oMcF3TNgGPvGYGEbHWYg

Pictures from todays Laguna Adventure

Greetings Bethel Family, We are inviting all those who serve in the school system to join us for a special emphasis this Sunday. Annually we celebrate with a "Bless Our School" prayer and appreciation service. We will take time in each service highlighting those who serve and pray for them as they begin their new school year. For all who serve, THANK YOU! We know that this year is a year like no other. We will again have a service at 10:30 am with worship hymn videos and an i...nteractive message with Pastor Todd. For our evening service, we have moved the time up one hour to 5:30 pm. And for this week we will have pizza and yard games starting at 5pm. Jennifer Contrares, our children's minister will have activity sheets available for the children during the service. Come out early, enjoy a time of fellowship and let's worship our Lord and Savior in one accord. See you Sunday! YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3oMcF3TNgGPvGYGEbHWYg

Greetings Bethel Family, Tomorrow evening is set to be 97 degrees at the time we start service. In light of the heat wave, we are going to cancel our in-person outside service and live stream the service from inside Bethel. What does this mean for us all? At 6:30 pm join us on YouTube to catch the entire service from home, hopefully with a fan or AC. Below are all the details you need to join us online. ... YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3oMcF3TNgGPvGYGEbHWYg

Awana Begins September 10th Contact Stacie Bigbee to register at [email protected] or visit Bethel's Awana website https://sites.google.com/bethelconnect.org/awana

Greetings Bethel Family, We wanted to get out this information as soon as we could after multiple conversations regarding the immediate decisions and direction for our programs. We have four important items of consideration as we make these decisions.... We want as many as possible to feel safe when they come to the campus. We want to maintain momentum and not have to change plans when things out of our control cause us to have to change plans. Like moving inside and then having to move outside again, restrictions on worship, etc. We want as many as possible to have the freedom to worship with a clear conscience. We want to have everything completely in place for a successful and complete comeback. We have to consider our insurance coverage on possible issues caused by negligence. What’s Happening Next For the immediate future we will continue with our Sunday evening service. Times may change, but we are encouraged by the momentum and unity we are experiencing on Sunday nights. However, we are concerned that a portion of our church family are not able to attend on Sunday night, and so we’ve created a new option for Sunday morning. Beginning on Sunday, September 13th, we will allow LifeGroups to begin meeting at 9 AM. Then following at 10:30 am, a new service will be added which will include classic hymn videos followed by an interactive teaching of the message by Pastor Todd. We would like any who would want to attend to join us whether you attend a Sunday morning LifeGroup or not. We are working hard to make sure that we can also live Zoom from our classes for those that can’t make it to church at 9 am. The last part of the comeback is an all in Sunday morning launch tentatively targeted on November 1st. This Sunday we will aim to have a complete in person service with all programs and groups meeting on the campus. 9 am LifeGroups and 10:30 am Service. Additionally, we are looking at continuing an evening service geared toward outreach. More on that to come in the future. Lastly, due to the complexity of the planning and to the uncertainty of where we will be socially we are cancelling Trunk or Treat this year in lieu of a new outreach idea that Jennifer Contrares has called Winter Wonderland. More on this to come!