Welcome to Bethlehem

So do not be afraid of them. All that is covered will be uncovered, and all that is hidden will be known. What I day to you in the dark, tell in the daylight; and what you hear whispered in your ear, preach from the housetops. Do not be afraid of those who kill the body and cannot kill the soul, bu fear Him who can destroy soul and body in hell.
Matthew 10:26-28 (An American Translation - AAT)

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Rev. Keith F. Witte, Pastor

“Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church & School is community of sinners trusting in the forgiveness given by the crucified and risen Christ, offering peace, joy, stability, and purpose to a despairing and chaotic wo9rld by sharing this gospel through our words and deeds.”

LUTHERAN BIBLE TRANSLATORS: Pray for Chris Pluger and his family in Ethiopia due to ongoing civil unrest in that country has endangered all foreign residents.

Wednesday , June 24, 2026
Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
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11:00 pm - Busy Bees

Daily Readings: Proverbs 30:1-33; John 20:19-31
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Thursday, June 25, 2026
Commemoration of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession
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Daily Readings: Proverbs 31:10-31; John 21:1-25
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Friday, June 26. 2026
Commemoration of Jeremiah
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Daily Readings: Joshua 1:1-18; Acts 8:1-25
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Saturday, June 27, 2026
Commemoration of Cyril of Alexandria, Pastor and Confessor
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 9:00 am - Men's Bible Study

Daily Readings: Joshua 2:1-24; Acts 8:26-40
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Fourth Sunday After Pentecost/Proper 7

Delivered from Sin and Death, You Now Live before God in the Righteousness of Christ

The outcome of sin is death. “but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23). He has set you free from the slavery of sin and brought you “from death to life” (Romans 6:13). No longer are you under the condemnation of the Law, but you life “under grace” (Romans 6:14). Such is your courage in the face of “those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul” (Matthew 10:28). For though “you will be hated by all,” and maligned by the world for the name of Christ (Matthew10:22, 25), you abide in the care of your Father in heaven, who numbers “even the hairs of your head” and value you more “than many sparrow” (Matthew 1-:30-31). By the Word of Christ, you have become like Him, your Teacher and Master in whom you endure to the end, and “will be saved” (Matthew 10:22, 25). For He is with you “as a dread warrior,” who had overcome your enemies (Jeremiah 20:11). By the righteousness of faith, He delivers your heart, mind, body and life “from the hand of evildoers,” and He brings you into the land of the living (Jeremiah 20:12-13).

Jeremiah 20:7-13; Romans 6:12-23; Matthew 10:5-33
English Standard Version (ESV)

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Bethlehem Lutheran Church

Welcome to Bethlehem

Rev. Keith F. Witte, Pastor

Fourth Sunday After Pentecost

Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

Commemoration of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession

Commemoration of Jeremiah

Commemoration of Cyril of Alexandria, Pastor and Confessor

Fifth Sunday After Pentecost

Commemoration of Irenaeus of Lyon, Pastor