Caring for Children
Summertime Mission Focus, May - Aug
Bethany Caring for Children is going to be a Super Summer of Sharing!
APR 21: Noisy Offering* - Over $1200 was donated to The Settlement Home for Children which provides trauma informed care for children and families in crisis.
APR 28: Magdalene House - Thanks to all who came hear survivor, Toni McKinley and learn more about the ever growing issue of sex trafficking in our area.
MAY (all month): Collecting Diapers
MAY 26: Noisy Offering*
Benefitting students in local schools
Details to come!
JUN (all month): Summer Food Drive
JUN (during VBS, JUN 10-13):
Collecting supplies for Malawi Mission Trip.
Our 4th & 5th graders will help pack the donated supplies and learn about what kids on the other side of the world are facing.
JUL (all month): Collecting Socks and Underwear
JUN 16: Noisy Offering*
Malawi Mission Trip
Our team will be leading VBS for possibly 200+ kids, so we are going to send them off with a little extra money make their time in Africa extra meaningful and special.
JUL (dates tbd): CASA Awareness
CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates. We are hoping to host an interest session with our friends from CASA Williamson County and CASA Travis County.
JUL 21: Noisy Offering*
Lydia Patterson Institute, El Paso, TX
Lydia Patterson Institute is committed to providing an environment in which Christian faith, values, and knowledge converge to give students a cross-cultural, academic, and state-of-the-art education, by creating opportunities to develop skills to succeed and transform a changing world. This is an on-going and very successful high school supported by United Methodists in the South Central Jurisdiction.
AUG (2 weeks): School Supplies & Backpacks
AUG 18: Noisy Offering*
Bethany Preschool
We are looking to fund scholarships and facility upgrades for our very own Bethany Preschool as they head back to school in September.
*Noisy Offerings are collected by our kids once a month during worship to support missions and outreach projects related to our current mission focus