Bethel Chapel

Hill Street, Wollescote, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY9 8TL

Tel: 01384 892137 Email: admin@bethelchapel.org.uk

Our Vision:

"To Turn the lost into the found and the faithless into the faithful"

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During the Corona Virus restrictions, to try and keep people as safe as possible,

there will be no services at church on Sundays and all groups are suspended for a while.

Sadly, this Sunday, the Chapel will not be open for quiet prayer. This is to help contain the spread of the Coronavirus.

However, please join us this Sunday at 10.30am from the comfort of your own home. To take part please download Zoom to your device, if you don’t already have it, and use the link below:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2222577888?pwd=Q0ticGdZTlpnMnRxa2UxSWRtaFJaUT09

To dial in from a landline to join by audio only, dial 0131 460 1196. Meeting ID is 222 257 7888 and password is 123456

As we are not currently able to open Chapel, why not make a quiet space for a few minutes, to pray and light a candle.

Give thanks to God for dedicated NHS and care & key workers, literally, “on the frontline.”

Pray God’s protection and strength on them and pray that a turning towards the Lord comes by choice for huge numbers of people across this shaking world.

“God is our refuge and strength. An ever-present help in times of trouble.” Psalm 46

God bless us all, protect us, keep us safe and draw us close to Himself during these times.

If you need any help in any way, please call 01384 892137

(please leave a message if we can’t answer when you ring in) and we will do our best for you.

BETHEL NEWS SHEET – updated 22 May 2020

Bank Standing Order Form – added 20 March 2020

Gift Aid Declaration Form – added 17 April 2020

Notice for Little Lambs Children – updated 22 May 2020

Little Lambs have our own YouTube channel and have uploaded some videos of staff reading bedtime stories, singing and teaching.

Click here to access: Little Lambs Pre-School Centre Bethel Chapel

We are adding new videos all the time – so please keep watching. If you have any requests for stories, send them in on email!

Click for Sunday Morning Services

Sunday 17 May 2020 – on Zoom (Zoom download needed to play video)

Sunday 17 May 2020 – Message only, audio

Click for Pastor Jill’s video messages:

Thursday 21 May 2020 – for the men

Sunday 17 May 2020 – for the kids

Thursday 14 May 2020 – for the men

Sunday 10 May 2020 – for the kids

Friday 8 May 2020 – VE Day Remembrance

Saturday 2 May 2020

Friday 24 April 2020

Pastor Jill reads ‘Coronavirus – a book for children’

Monday 13 April 2020 – for the kids

Easter Sunday, 12 April 2020

Good Friday, 1 April 2020

Maundy Thursday, 9 April 2020

Palm Sunday, 5 April 2020

Tuesday 3 March 2020

Sunday 2 March 2020 – for the kids

Wednesday 25 March 2020

Sunday 22 March 2020

Thursday 19 March 2020

Welcome to Bethel Chapel	One WAY - After School Club	Demolition Work	The World Through the Wardrobe - CS Lewis & Narnia
Little Lambs Pre-School Centre	Cornerstone – Senior Citizens	Fund Raising	Why Disasters?
External Link to Little Lambs Pre-School Centre Ofsted Report	Bethel Chapel History	Tour of Bethel	Tithing
Little Lambs Weekly Notices	Statement of Faith	Baptisms	Alpha Course
What are we doing at Nursery this week?	Your Wedding at Bethel	Remembrance Services
Little Acorns – Parent & Toddler Group	Bethel Memories	Empathy Aunt - Your problems tackled
Pathfinders – Sunday School	Amy’s Journey	The Da Vinci Code
Icebreakers – Youth Group	New Building	The Passion of the Christ	Data Privacy Notice

Bethel Chapel

At present, the church that meets at Bethel numbers a total of around 300. That number includes those who come Sunday by Sunday, to those we see only a couple of times a year, and all else between! The number includes our Pathfinders and Icebreakers, and our Cornerstone bids who may only come on Wednesdays. The number also includes the growing number of old people we have living in residential care. Being part of the Church that meets at Bethel can never be confined to those who simply attend this building, but is wide enough to embrace those who know that the whole of their life is a walk with God, and who look to Bethel as their spiritual home.

Bethel is “in the community, for the community” and bases its life upon the free gift of forgiveness and salvation offered by God the Father through Jesus His Son, being in our lives through the Holy Spirit.

Bethel is a community focal point and touches people from the “cradle to the grave”, with Toddlers, Little Lambs Pre-School Centre, One Way children’s club, Friday night youth club, Use it or Lose it, Knit & Natter, Craft & Chat and Cornerstone senior citizen’s luncheon club. The love of God is pumped out from this church not only through the community activities, but through the work of the individuals who make up the church.

The word Bethel is taken from two Hebrew words - bêt ’el - meaning the House of God. The word Church is taken from the Greek word – kuriakon - which means belonging to the Lord. The word Chapel is taken from a Latin word – cappella - meaning cloak, and provided a secret place where dissenters could worship God. Chapels were break-away places, breaking the mould, objecting to the status quo, wanting to make God readily available to any and all who would find Him. Our founders became dissenters and walked out of a Church they felt misrepresented their God and they formed a chapel for worship. Being part of the Church that meets at Bethel can never be confined to those who simply attend this building, but is wide enough to embrace those who know that the whole of their life is a walk with God, and who look to Bethel as their spiritual home. Bethel is a place where people can feel safe belonging to the Lord and it’s a place where they can come to find the Lord. Bethel comprises of safe houses within a safe house. Those safe houses are the outreach groups which operate week by week and in many and varied ways try to bring the reality of the Kingdom of God into peoples’ lives.

Here at Bethel we operate with a Pastor, a group of Trustees (who by law are responsible for the day to day running of Bethel as a registered charity), a TEAM (who meet to oversee the regular running of Bethel) and a whole army of the people of God, who day by day live out their lives as witness to the faith they have placed in the son of God, Jesus Christ.

Together with everyone connected with Bethel, we all make up the community known as the Church that meets at Bethel, each one of us looking to fulfil our unique place in the Body of Christ, each one of us looking to Jesus for salvation, and each one of us looking to each other for support, love, loyalty and encouragement. This Church is made up of human beings who fail, get it wrong, mess up big time, and are in need of forgiveness. We don’t always give that which others need from us at the right time and in the right place. But we stand on one assurance: Our faith is not dependent upon a human being getting it right, but on the unfailing love of God shown to us through Jesus Christ.

Outside the main doors to the church building, we have printed "This church opens wide its doors, and in the name of Jesus, bids you welcome". That's the truth - if you're looking for something more in life - if you're looking for some rhyme and reason to why the world is as it is - if you're looking for hope and a future - you're in the right place !

Welcome to Bethel

With Love

Pastor Jill

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Telephone:

01384 892137

Postal address:

Hill Street, Wollescote, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY9 8TL

Electronic mail:

General Information: admin@bethelchapel.org.uk

Little Lambs info: lambs@bethelchapel.org.uk

Bethel Chapel Web Site: www.bethelchapel.net

Bethel Chapel is a registered charity - No. 1001260