December 3 – Our Stories: My Life with Books. MaryLou Driedger, the Bethel Church Librarian, will talk about how books played an important role in her childhood, her careers as a teacher and…

November 26 – Faith, Law, and Justice. Our guest presenter will be Justice Herbert Rempel of the Manitoba King's Bench. He will reflect on "Faith, Law, and Justice" and how he lives his faith as a judge…

No Adult Ed on Nov. 19.

November 12 – Funeral Arrangements | Funeral arrangements have been changing rapidly over the last few decades, and the Covid pandemic provided opportunity for even faster and far-reaching …

Bethel pastors will lead a conversation about how we approach and engage the reality of death as a church community. We will explore some biblical and theological perspectives on dying, and invite …

November 5 – Death and the Church | Bethel pastors will lead a conversation about how we approach and engage the reality of death as a church community. We will explore some biblical and

“Our Stories Matter” – This will be a time of sharing stories of how death has been experienced. What makes some deaths so difficult, and what makes other deaths easier? There will be no presenter …

October 15 — Preparing for Death | Erwin Warkentin and Judy Wiens will present perspectives on preparing for death, whether one’s own death or that of a family member or close friend. Wark will focus on…

October 8 – The Third Sector – Non-Profits | Cordella Friesen is the President and CEO of the YMCA-YWCA of Winnipeg, which has been a charity and non-profit in Winnipeg for 144 years. The Y …

The Adult Education Committee has started video recording some of the Adult Ed presentations. The recordings will be available for folks to access for a while after the event. This is a trial run until the …

The Deacons Executive has been working to clarify the ways in which we care for each other as a congregation. They will share these thoughts and explore how we can best tend to each other’s …

The first recording from Sept 17 2023 “Our Stories Matter” - the Kevin Derksen Story is now available for viewing. There are two ways to access the sessions on the Bethel website …

September 24 – Open Discussion on Bethel Affinity Fraud: As most will already be aware, news was shared publicly this past June about a situation of affinity fraud affecting a number of …

Kevin will reprise his story: his personal biography, his faith story, his social history, and whatever else he chooses to share. Note that this session will be video-recorded and available on the Member …

September 17 - “Our Stories Matter” - the Kevin Derksen Story. It's almost a year since Kevin spoke to us as a candidate for the position of lead pastor at Bethel, and many of us have forgotten some …

June 18 - Banning Books—a Bad Idea: Barbara Bourrier-LaCroix, Administrative Coordinator of Collections and Borrowers for the Winnipeg Public Libraries, will present on how books are selected …

June 18 – Book Banning—a bad idea? A panel will explore the recent interest by several Manitoba communities in banning or restricting public access to books.

June 4 - The third in our series on Mental Health. Hermann Dueck, chaplain at Concordia Village, will lead us in a discussion on mental health and religious faith. …

May 21 - No Adult Ed. (The scheduled speaker is unable to attend.) May 28 - No Adult Ed (potluck lunch). June 4 - The third in our series on Mental Health. Hermann Dueck, chaplain at Concordia Village…

May 14: The second in our series on Mental Health. Kyle Mason, an indigenous community developer, will lead us in exploring how mental health impacts our community, and how our community …