let your kingdom come missions weekend 2012
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Missions Weekend 2012 (February 24-26)

let your kingdom come"Let Your Kingdom Come" is a Prayer and a Responsibility

In Matthew 6, Jesus instructs us to pray: “Let your Kingdom come…” In Matthew 28, He gives us the Great Commission, His purpose for us bringing about His Kingdom: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…” Therefore let us bring our purposes into line with His as we celebrate Missions Weekend at Bethel February 24 – 26.

The Bethel Missions Committee has created a weekend filled with opportunities to engage in face-to-face meetings with our own missionaries and to be encouraged and inspired by one of the strongest and most influential voices in evangelical scholarship, Dr. Walter J. Kaiser, President Emeritus at Gordon-Cornwell.

The weekend schedule is below. We hope you are as excited as we are about hosting and encouraging our missionaries together as we fulfill God's calling to reach the world with the Gospel message.

Weekend Itinerary


Below is a summary of the activities scheduled for the church congregation to participate in with the climax of the weekend on the evening of Saturday, February 25th with the Missions Banquet (tickets available for purchase starting February 5th).

Friday, February 24

Community/Fellowship Groups - Missionaries will be hosted in homes throughout the city to share their work with Bethel families. Please call Leigh Ann and Rocky Smith at 281.756.9120 or lasmith9029@gmail.com to get details of the various locations and make your reservation.

Saturday, February 25, 6:00 pm

Missions Banquet in Fellowship Hall - Purchase tickets starting on February 5th (this same page). Free childcare provided for infants through pre-K. Kindergarten - 5th grade will eat at the banquet with their parents and then assemble for a special children's program.

Sunday, February 26

  • Worship Services (8:45 and 11:15 am) - Dr. Kaiser will be our guest speaker. Missionaries will be available in the foyer after each service to visit and answer questions about their ministries.
  • Adult Bible Fellowships - Greet missionary families and hear about their ministry in Houston and around the world.
  • Bethel Student Ministries - Special speakers will join the students.
  • Kids' Church/J12 - A special missionary program will be presented.

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Walter J. Kaiser, Jr.

dr. walt kaiserIn keeping with Bethel Church’s history of a vibrant mission's ministry, the Missions Committee is pleased to announce that one of the strongest voices in contemporary evangelical scholarship, Dr. Walter J. Kaiser, Jr, will deliver the keynote speech at Bethel’s Mission Banquet on Saturday evening, February 25. He also will speak at the Sunday services on February 26.

Dr. Kaiser’s use of hermeneutics and expository preaching methods, his knowledge of the whole biblical text, and a God-given gift of humor make him a sought after evangelical speaker and Christian author.

Dr. Kaiser completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Wheaton College, after which he taught at both Wheaton and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.  He received his doctorate at Brandeis University.  He then joined the faculty of Gordon-Cornwell and soon assumed the presidency of Gordon-Conwell Seminary. He retired from the presidency of Gordon-Conwell in 2006.  Currently he is President Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of Old Testament and Ethics at Gordon-Conwell.

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