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Greetings from the Pastor: Back in the 70's, there was a kid from California who frequently made the trek north from the newly renamed "SPU" to sneak into a worship service near Green Lake. The pastor was a master communicator; the church a community with a reputation for truth and grace, inclusion and challenge. One Sunday, he heard the pastor read from his journal as he'd just returned from India, and for years to come the young man would tell people it was the best sermon he'd ever heard. In 1993 he told the story to a pastor in India, with whom the young man stayed while teaching there. The pastor smiled at the man from Washington and said, "That pastor from Seattle stayed with me while he was here in India." Thus began the young man's reconnection with Bethany Community Church. And in the providence of God, he would return to Bethany as her Senior Pastor, 16 years after graduating from SPU and leaving Seattle. I am that man; no longer young, but not yet old. I'm thrilled to play a role in Bethany's story and I'm honored to invite you to join us in the chapter God is presently writing. It's still a story of grace and truth; inclusion and challenge. Sunday after Sunday, the overflowing sanctuary is filled with university students, and I can't help but wonder, which one will replace me in God's timing? Will you join us in building a new sanctuary across the street from the Bethany that was once your church home? Your gift honors the Lord, those who met Jesus here in years past and those who will come to know Him in the decades ahead. In His Service, Richard Dahlstrom, Senior Pastor Greetings from Pastor John: I could not be happier the way the Lord is leading Bethany. I know you will give serious and prayerful consideration to this appeal. I certainly am excited about the on going ministry taking place under the very capable and Christ-centered teaching of Richard. I know he has a great group of leaders working alongside, for which I am glad. Sincerely, John H. McCullough P.J. No longer young, getting older!