Baby Blessings Pantry
We can help provide diapers and other baby supplies as needed! Call the office or email our Outreach Coordinator Dawn Hawkins (dawn.hawkins@nicholsbethel.org) for more information.
Christmas Angels
Be a Christmas blessing to a needy child. Select a child’s name to supply Christmas gifts to needy school children. Clothes are requested, as well as toys. Wrap gifts and bring to church before the Christmas break. Gifts will be delivered to the children before Christmas.
Confident Kids
Sponsor a needy child with a happy start to the school year. Children are provided with new clothing and school supplies to begin the school year. Information on sizes and clothing needs will be provided. Also needed in this sponsorship is a backpack filled with necessary school supplies.
Backpack Buddies
Backpack Buddies provides weekend food bags to students of Odenton, Waugh Chapel and Four Seasons Elementary Schools along with Arundel Middle and Arundel High Schools throughout the school year.
Private: Vacation Bible School
June 24-28th 9:15am-12:30pm $15 per child Pre-K (potty trained) thru 5th Grade Participant Registration: https://forms.gle/DQ1rjbmj7VSH7mKF9 Volunteer Registration: https://forms.gle/HUS3S5UX85MBE6626
Youth and Young Adults
The Youth & Young Adult ministry equips students from sixth grade through their thirties to: build strong Christ-centered relationships be anchored in their faith through the instruction of the Bible extend the love of Christ to the community and beyond We are living proof of 1 Timothy 4:12 – anyone, regardless of age, can be
Music
Praise Band The praise band leads the contemporary worship service on Sundays and participates in church and community events. The band consists of instrumentalists (electric guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboard, drums) and vocalists and plays a variety of contemporary Christian songs. Chancel Choir The chancel choir sings each Sunday at the 11:00am traditional worship
Missions
Nichols-Bethel sponsors two overseas missionary teams. We contribute tens of thousands of dollars annually to disaster relief, local Helping Hands assistance, local school support and United Methodist charities such as the United Methodist Committee on Relief.
Operation Christmas Child
Our church participates in and is a drop-off location for Operation Christmas Child. Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelism organization headed by Franklin Graham. The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world
Traditional Worship
There are three worship services every Sunday at Nichols-Bethel. Traditional worship services are held at 8:00am and 11:00am in the sanctuary while contemporary worship service is held at 9:30am in the Lighthouse Worship Center. If you can’t be there in person, you can watch services via our live stream.
Contemporary Worship
There are three worship services every Sunday at Nichols-Bethel. Traditional worship services are held at 8:00am and 11am in the sanctuary while contemporary worship service is held at 9:30am in the Lighthouse Worship Center. If you can’t be there in person, you can watch services via our live stream.
LifeTree Café
Lifetree Café is a weekly, hour-long interactive experience that features real people’s real stories on film, guided conversation, biblical insights, and time to build relationships. Lifetree Café tackles the topics that most people deal with—topics about the big (and little) stuff that shapes our lives. Family. Friends. Fears. Busyness. Balance. Money. Materialism. Health. Heaven. Peace.
Membership Orientation
The ministry team offers membership orientation classes several times a year for those exploring the membership options in the Church.
Bible Study
Living a Christian life does not come automatically. It comes through study, worship, and learning together. Sunday school is a beginning for children and youth. Sunday school, as well as many other settings for Christian formation, is essential for adults!
Sunday School
Sunday school is an important part of church life for children, teens, and adults of all age. It is in Christian education settings that children first learn about God, the Bible, and the stories of the people of God. However, Christians of all ages benefit from applying God’s teachings to their lives, re-discovering concepts in
Nursery Service
The church provides nursery service from 8:45am until 11:30am on Sunday mornings. During this period, infants and children up to age 3 may be left in the nursery so that their parents may attend services and/or Sunday School. We are very fortunate to have dedicated and capable women who serve in the nursery every Sunday.
Volunteers in Mission
Nichols-Bethel participates in United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM), a program that provides opportunities for service in places of need around the world by developing and nurturing relationships with domestic and international leaders and connects volunteers with suitable projects for effective service.
Special Services
Special services are held on the following days: Memorial Day Sunday, Veterans Day Sunday, World Communion Sunday, Laity Sunday, All Saints Sunday, Thanksgiving-Eve (Wednesday), Combined Choir Christmas Cantata, Christmas-Eve, Ash Wednesday, Combined Choir Easter Cantata (on Palm Sunday), Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunrise
Sunday Fellowship
From about 9:30am-11:30am on Sunday in the Beacon Café of the Lighthouse Welcome Center, you will find food and fellowship as we gather before, during, and after the 10:17am services. If you’re just arriving, just leaving, or just passing through please stop by for fellowship over coffee, tea, donuts, pastries, fruit, etc.
CAP
The Christian Assistance Program (CAP) is a cooperative ministry involving 12 Christian churches in our local area. We work together to provide food for the needy and cooperate in sponsoring the Red Cross blood drives. The local churches that make up CAP are:
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