{"id":102,"date":"2017-09-20T03:10:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T03:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bethelcma.org\/bethel\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2025-02-26T14:19:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T20:19:31","slug":"womens-ministries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bethelcma.org\/bethel\/womens-ministries\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Ministries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1435\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bethelcma.org\/bethel\/womens-ministries\/alliance-women-logo-purple\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bethelcma.org\/bethel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Alliance-Women-Logo-Purple.jpg?fit=1850%2C155&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1850,155\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Alliance-Women-Logo-Purple\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bethelcma.org\/bethel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Alliance-Women-Logo-Purple.jpg?fit=1024%2C86&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1435 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bethelcma.org\/bethel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Alliance-Women-Logo-Purple.jpg?resize=600%2C50\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bethelcma.org\/bethel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Alliance-Women-Logo-Purple.jpg?w=1850&amp;ssl=1 1850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bethelcma.org\/bethel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Alliance-Women-Logo-Purple.jpg?resize=300%2C25&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bethelcma.org\/bethel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Alliance-Women-Logo-Purple.jpg?resize=768%2C64&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bethelcma.org\/bethel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Alliance-Women-Logo-Purple.jpg?resize=1024%2C86&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\" wp-image-1440 alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bethelcma.org\/bethel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RiseUpVerse.jpg?w=350\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Connecting Women for Kingdom Impact Locally and Globally<\/strong><br \/>\nWe connect <strong>locally<\/strong> because the gospel transforms communities.<br \/>\nWe connect <strong>globally<\/strong> because the gospel is for all people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.cmalliance.org\/s\/bnNwqXYnrDDNwof?path=%2F2020-2021%20Set%20Free%20Live%20Free&amp;openfile=3880068\">You can change the World!<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>At Bethel there are several ways you can be involved:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>A work day when we trim used postage stamps that are sent to Florida and eventually sold to stamp collectors. The money is used to publish Sunday school curriculum for Spanish-speaking countries. Work days are usually the second Tuesday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at Bethel.<\/li>\n<li>Ladies&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdcma.org\/events.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">district retreat<\/a> at Cobblestone Inn, Boone, IA, September 12-14, 2025<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MidAmerica District AW web site:\u00a0 <a title=\"MidAmerica District Alliance Women\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mdcma.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.mdcma.org<\/a><br \/>\nNational AW web site:\u00a0 <a title=\"National Alliance Women\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alliancewomen.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.alliancewomen.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecting Women for Kingdom Impact Locally and Globally We connect locally because the gospel transforms communities. We connect globally because the gospel is for all people. You can change the World! At Bethel there are several ways you can be involved: A work day when we trim used postage stamps that are sent to Florida and eventually sold to stamp collectors. The money is used to publish Sunday school curriculum for Spanish-speaking countries. Work days are usually the second Tuesday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2260,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-102","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctfw-has-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9vaGn-1E","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":117,"url":"https:\/\/bethelcma.org\/bethel\/welcome\/","url_meta":{"origin":102,"position":0},"title":"Welcome","author":"Garry Gardner","date":"September 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to Bethel If you're reading this, chances are you've visited Bethel - or you're considering doing so. My name is Josh McFarland, and I'm the pastor here. I'd like to personally welcome you and tell you a little bit about what to expect from our church family. 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