Chester Bethel United Methodist Church

We warmly welcome you to worship with our church family. If you like to worship in an intimate and personal way, our church is the place for you.

REGISTER NOW !!
2010 - 2011 School Year!
*Chester Bethel Preschool & Childcare*
2619 Foulk Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19810


Wednesday Evening Bible Study
"The Purpose Driven Life"
by Rick Warren

7:00 pm

We invite you to join our bible study that meets
every Wednesday in the fellowship hall.


Women's Bible Study

"Traveling Light"
(study of Psalm 23)
by Max Lucado


Thursdays
7:00 pm

All woman of the community are invited to join us!
We hope to see you on Thursday. Just show up!


Youth Babysitting Service
Friday, February 12th
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm


Free Will Offering.

Reverend Gary L. Meekins
Pastor
Chester Bethel UMC
2619 Foulk Road
Wilmington, DE
Ph: (302) 475-3549

Please contact us at pastor@chesterbethel.org

We welcome you to worship with us!

Saturday Praise Service  5:30 pm
Sunday School (Childrens and Adult)  9:15 am
Sunday Traditional Service 10:30 am

         

At Chester Bethel, there is something for everyone.  Whether you prefer a traditional setting complete with organ and choir, or a more relaxed contemporary feel, Chester Bethel can accommodate you, because we have both!


Prayer Requests

Please send your prayer requests and concerns to:

pastor@chesterbethel.org


If you would like the Pastor to call you, be sure to include your phone number in this email.

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."  Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV)

May God Bless You!



                                   Please Join Us In Prayer

O God, you are our rock and our fortress. In you we find strength to go on.  We praise you for the gifts of faith, hope, and love. We will live out our call to be all you have creatred us to be.


"Practice Love"
Rev. Gary L. Meekins
January 31, 2010

1 Corinthians 13:1-13(New Testament)
Scripture taken from NIV. Copyright � 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002.
Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

      If I speak in the tongues[a] of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,[b] but have not love, I gain nothing.

 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

 8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

 13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.


Jeremiah 1:4-10(OldTestament)
Scripture taken from NIV. Copyright � 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002.
Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.
4 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

 5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew [a] you,
       before you were born I set you apart;
       I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."

 6 "Ah, Sovereign LORD," I said, "I do not know how to speak; I am only a child."

 7 But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a child.' You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the LORD.

 9 Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "Now, I have put my words in your mouth. 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant."


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