Bethlehem MOMS

Loneliness in Mothering

Loneliness in motherhood can stem from many things including transition in friendships, work, and marriage hardships. A few moms in our group will share how God has met them through these times to bring peace in a season of loneliness. As moms, it is tempting to want to control so many things in our lives, which often leads to an anxious heart and mind. However, we can look to God in his Word to know that he will guard our hearts and minds with his peace. Join us for MOMS as we rest in the comfo...

God's Peace with Anxious Hearts

We will hear this morning how we can use the gospel to speak truth into our children as they experience anxiety or highly sensitive emotions. God's peace can speak into our children's hearts, even when they may not know how to ask for help. As moms, it is tempting to want to control so many things in our lives, which often leads to an anxious heart and mind. However, we can look to God in his Word to know that he will guard our hearts and minds with his peace. Join us for MOMS as we rest in the ...

Salem Arts Exchange

Salem Arts Exchange exists to be a joyful, creative gathering place for refugee women where friendships are formed and beautiful handicrafts are produced while practicing their English. Come hear how this local ministry has an artistic outreach to our community. As moms, it is tempting to want to control so many things in our lives, which often leads to an anxious heart and mind. However, we can look to God in his Word to know that he will guard our hearts and minds with his peace. Join us for M...

Peacemaking in Marriage

Join us for a talk on the transformative journey of peacemaking in marriage. This morning will explore the essential principles and practical strategies rooted in faith that can help couples foster harmony, resolve conflicts, and build a strong foundation of love and understanding in their marriage. As moms, it is tempting to want to control so many things in our lives, which often leads to an anxious heart and mind. However, we can look to God in his Word to know that he will guard our hearts a...

Making Room for Her

With the Bible as our foundation we'll explore how the Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law relationship can thrive even in the midst of difficulty. As moms, it is tempting to want to control so many things in our lives, which often leads to an anxious heart and mind. However, we can look to God in his Word to know that he will guard our hearts and minds with his peace. Join us for MOMS as we rest in the comfort of trusting him, no matter what comes our way! Speaker: Barb Reaoch

Discipline with Words of Grace

Parenting with words of grace can be challenging. Join us to hear how we can discipline our children in all stages of life with words of grace, while also teaching, guiding and correcting in a gospel-driven way. As moms, it is tempting to want to control so many things in our lives, which often leads to an anxious heart and mind. However, we can look to God in his Word to know that he will guard our hearts and minds with his peace. Join us for MOMS as we rest in the comfort of trusting him, no m...

Rhythms of Family Discipleship

Family discipleship flourishes when it becomes a way of life rather than a burdensome list of “to-dos” for parents to show their children Christ. We will learn together how to establish and maintain a Christ-saturated family culture through daily and weekly rhythms, special moments, and unique experiences. By the grace of God, we can pass on a beautiful legacy of faith for generations to come. As moms, it is tempting to want to control so many things in our lives, which often leads to an anxious...

Prioritizing our Marriage

Our marriage can sometimes get put on the back burner in different seasons of life. Sustaining and building our relationship with our spouse with God's help, should remain of utmost importance. As moms, it is tempting to want to control so many things in our lives, which often leads to an anxious heart and mind. However, we can look to God in his Word to know that he will guard our hearts and minds with his peace. Join us for MOMS as we rest in the comfort of trusting him, no matter what comes o...

Balance of Biblical Self-Care

In a culture that obsesses over self-care, it can be confusing to find the balance of caring for ourselves without becoming self-absorbed. Join us as we explore what the Bible says about having a healthy view of ourselves and how to practice self-care in light of the gospel. As moms, it is tempting to want to control so many things in our lives, which often leads to an anxious heart and mind. However, we can look to God in his Word to know that he will guard our hearts and minds with his peace. ...

Guarded by His Peace

We will start off our year by unpacking our theme of Guarded by His Peace, from Philippians 4:6-7. Tammy Peters will help us connect how the peace of God will guard our hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus. As moms, it is tempting to want to control so many things in our lives, which often leads to an anxious heart and mind. However, we can look to God in his Word to know that he will guard our hearts and minds with his peace. Join us for MOMS as we rest in the comfort of trusting him, no matter...

Grace in Differing Abilities

Having a daughter born with a rare genetic disorder was a surprise to Mary Horning and her husband. Hear Mary share with us on how God met them daily to fill them with the grace, mercy, and love they needed to face each day’s joys and challenges.

New Life Family Services

Hear from a local ministry focused on women’s health, and learn how we can compassionately come alongside those encountering unplanned pregnancy or those seeking healing from past abortions. Learn how we can use the gifts God has given us to be holistically pro-life.

Navigating Tech at Home

Navigating technology as a family can be challenging in today’s online world, but we can balance screen time, internet safety, and what platforms to use when we engage our time wisely. Listen with us as Erika Booth provides some helpful insights.

Grace for Hard Topics With Children

We know we live in a fallen world, marred by sin. How do we explain why God could allow evil things to different ages and stages of our children? Pastor Bud Burk gives us biblical tools to practically address fears and hard topics.

Practicing Grace & Discipline

Caroline Jones helps us run through down to earth, practical scenarios to apply gospel grace to our children in the midst of sin and fear/anxiety struggles.

Grace & Discipline

The grace and mercy of Christ can reign in our responses to our children’s sin and mistakes. Caroline Jones, a certified counselor, helps us see a strong connection with our children’s heart in the midst of discipline points them to their need for a Savior.

Grace for Strong Emotions

Women’s emotions can fluctuate greatly due to various seasons—pregnancy, postpartum, lack of sleep, marriage struggles. Heather Grudzinski shares about how tuning into the wisdom God gives, allows us to use our emotions to inform and take inventory over letting them rule over us.

Navigating Conflict in Your Marriage

His Word is Sufficient for Today

We kick off the 2022–23 MOMS as Tammy Peters shares with us from our theme verse and connecting it to being in the Word together—“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” (2 Corinthians 12:9)

Cultivating God-Given Talents and Interests

God's Faithfulness in Our Friendships

Nina Mariani talks with our MOMS group about how God is faithful in our friendships and seasons of loneliness.

Knowing Our Faithful God Through His Word

Keeping Christ in Our Children's Education

Partnering in Local Outreach

Helping Our Children With Conflict

MOMS Kick-off 2021

Pastor Bud Burk kicks off the year with an encouraging word to the MOMS group.