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Sign Up for Daily Inspirational Messages by Text

June 30, 2022 By Kayla Roosa

From the desk of Rev. Kayla Roosa

I’m starting a daily text thread that you can sign up for. It would be a quick daily text that you could join free of charge that would enable me to write a quick prayer, Bible Verse or quote that we can be praying/pondering together as a community of faith. It is set up so that if you reply, I am the only one who sees it and could be a way for you to directly share prayer requests with me.

I know not everyone texts, but this is something that would be open to both the Bethany and Otisville communities (with hopes that it is more than just church members receiving it eventually).

A colleague that I was close to in Freeland who also received a call in another city did this and I loved getting them from him – it’s a tremendous blessing to see how a simple set of words are relevant in many settings. God speaks and the Spirit moves.

I’ll start sending a message on Friday July 1st.

My guide for sending these messages will be between 9am-9pm. I’m going to strive to send daily messages, but a day may sneak by me here or there without one. 🙃

How to sign-up:

Open a text message on your cell phone, send it to 81010.

Then in the body, type @bocpdp

Follow the instructions it gives you.

You do need to claim a role as parent/student.

It is a free service – you do NOT need the app if you are prompted.


IF you respond to a message, the message goes directly to me only. I will respond when I am able.

No one can see your phone number, not even me.

Still not having success joining? Let us know…maybe another church member can connect with you and help you get set up! Or…maybe it’s a good reason for you to join me for Tea at 10 on Tuesday! 😁

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Summer Worship ReWatch

August 19, 2023 By ClioBethany

If you missed worship this summer, I’m going to share the links to rewatch the videos here. You can watch online every Sunday at 11:15am on our Facebook page, YouTube Channel, on the Worship online tab here on the site or come and join us in person! We are a friendly bunch. We’d love to meet you. Plan to stay after worship for cookies & coffee & juice. It’s a great opportunity to get to know people.

The easiest way to re-watch any of the worship experiences from June, July, August 2023 is through our Facebook Playlist.

Summer 2023 Worship Playlist

If you haven’t been in a while, here’s the Sunday Happenings from Sunday, August 13th.

ReWatch Worship from Sunday, August 13th below.

Looking ahead – Next Sunday, August 27th will be the Blessing of the Backpacks

September 10th will be outdoor worship

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End of Summer 2023 Update

August 19, 2023 By ClioBethany

Hello Church Family & Friends,

It’s been a bit since I (Elizabeth Whiting, webmaster at Bethany UMC) have updated the site. My apologies for that, life got in the way a bit. It’s been a busy summer for me personally. I attended the Michigan Area Annual Conference and then went up north to celebrate my little brother’s high school graduation. Then, there was an epic family road trip vacation to Denver, Colorado in July. In August, I went to Grand Rapids for a work conference for a week and am now preparing to take my sister’s eldest child off to college at MSU this week! In the midst of all of that, there’s been time for some summer ministry fun as well! If you have been away for the summer too, let me fill you in on 10 highlights around the church halls this summer!

  1. New carpet was installed in our sanctuary! 2 Sundays in July we worshipped in the Fellowship Hall while the carpet installation was in progress.
  2. Pastor Kayla has been hosting the Backyard Bookish Bunch in her backyard. Our last book club meeting is tomorrow, August 20th at 6:00pm and we are talking about Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  3. Carmen Berlin of Otisville started a grief group here at Bethany in May and I’ve been a bit remiss at promoting it here. Grief group meets on the 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:30pm in the Fireplace room. I’ve attended the grief group and find it very valuable to talk through grief with someone else. Whether your loss is recent or distant, this group can benefit all who are walking through grief of any kind.
  4. Our Bethany Food Pantry has been in high demand! We fed 20 families in the month of July. That’s over 80 people that were able to eat because of the generous donations of our members and community. The food pantry continues to be busy and can use your donations anytime.
  5. We celebrated Joyce Dunlay’s 100th birthday after church in August. It was the best time! Happy Birthday to Joyce!
  6. We hosted about 30 kids for VBS in July across 3 days. We provided dinner every night along with a Bible story, craft time, an interactive story, a science project and fun & games outdoors along with some music and dancing. It was a lot of fun. We had some new faces and we saw many kids back from last year. It took a ton of volunteers. Thank you to all who are a part of making VBS happen.
  7. Our VBS Mission project is collecting socks and underwear for Clio Area elementary students. We can take any size and color through the end of the month of August. Drop them off during regular church hours.
  8. We collected school supplies that were distributed to Clio Area School students at a community wide event on August 15th.
  9. Our family fun nights were a success over the summer. We’ve ended a week early so that on August 23rd we can join with the entire community at the Clio Amphitheater to celebrate Clio’s Sesquicentennial. Happy 150th Birthday Clio!
  10. Amidst all of the fun of the summer, we also are in a period of discerning our future after receiving some surprising news about our cooperative parish. We will not be continuing to develop our cooperative parish. We continue to have a close relationship with Otisville UMC and are looking forward to continuing to do ministry with them as we share a pastor. Be in prayer for the people of Otisville and Bethany as we both discern what our future looks in our new reality.

If your group in the church is making plans for the fall, be sure to get your dates and information into the church office soon. The deadline for the September issue of the Tower Notes is August 21st. Keep watching the page here to see how our fall plans unfold! I can’t wait to see how the next season of ministry enriches our community and deepens our faith in Jesus. Come & be a part of it!

Get the details on the Sesquicentennial event on August 23rd below!

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Summer Fun for Youth & Children!

June 28, 2023 By ClioBethany

Pastor Kayla & a team of volunteers from Bethany UMC are planning some fun and faith filled summer adventures for Clio area youth & children. Check out the events we have planned for the summer and post a comment or send us a note if you have any questions about our summer schedule or the activities here.

Update as of 8/19/2023 – We are NOT holding our Family Fun Night on August 23rd because there is a community wide family fun night in that park that night that we are joining!

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Worship ReWatch – Graduation Sunday 06.11.2023

June 12, 2023 By ClioBethany

On Sunday June 11th, 2023 we celebrated our 2023 graduates!

Scriptures: Matthew 9:9-13

Diane Weaver is the lay reader. LaVeta Laurila joins us at the piano.

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Worship ReWatch – June 4th – Guest Preacher!

June 10, 2023 By ClioBethany

On Sunday June 4th, Pastor Kayla was in Traverse City along with Bethany members Elizabeth Whiting and Diane Weaver for the Michigan Annual Conference. We’ll be hearing their reports soon. But, for now, rewatch worship from this Sunday featuring Guest Preacher, MaryLou Kleeman from our sister church, Otisville UMC.

Scriptures: Genesis 1:1-2:4a and Matthew 28:16-20

Mavis Miller serves as the pianist. Marc Middleton is the liturgist. MaryLou Kleeman guest preaching.

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Visit our Facebook Page Videos Tab to view all of our recent videos

Summer 2023 Worship – Pastor Kayla continues in the lectionary this summer and shares some special messages with us.

Easter to Pentecost – 2023 – We stick with the lectionary & celebrate some special Sundays in this season after Easter and also welcome the laity to share the pulpit!

Lay Speakers Includes many sermons from our laity over the years including April 16, 2023 with Jerry Mowl, the All Music Sunday on April 23rd with reflection from Rachel Deshone and June 4 2023 with MaryLou Kleeman.

Lent 2023 – Seeking: Honest Questions for a deeper faith – This Lenten season we explore Scripture and questions each week as Pastor Kayla leads us through this season leading up to Easter.

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Missions

Mission Projects – 2023

Everyone can participate!

  • Ongoing – LOVE Food Pantry – Accepting cash donations and non-perishable food donations
  • Knitting with Jesus – Meets on Thursdays @ 1pm
  • Aluminum & Steel Tabs and Bottle Caps – Den & Karen Nichols collect these in support of Ronald McDonald House, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The monies earned from this collection go to providing a place for families to stay at Ronald McDonald house while their children are being treated there.
  • Ongoing – Collect items for Operation Christmas Child.  Toys, hygiene products, crayons, hats, gloves, etc. must be able to fit in shoe box, no liquids, and no weapon or war like toys. Bring them to church office or youth ministry!

If you have a need or can fulfill a need in our community, please connect with our church office.

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Bethany United Methodist Church - Clio, MI

We are worshipping in person and online.  Please stay in touch with us here on our website and on our Facebook page.

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1st Sunday  – Communion – The UMC has an open table.

Praise God through Bible study, music, and fellowship. Bible study groups for youth and adults available.

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353 Vienna Street
P.O. Box 327
Clio, Michigan 48420
Phone: 810-686-5151
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Pastor Kayla RoosaWould you like to connect with Pastor Kayla? She is offering a Bible study on Wednesdays at 4:30pm throughout Lent. If you'd like to schedule a one-on-one, please call the church office to set up a time. Pastor Kayla loves getting to know the people of Clio and Otisville.

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