Bethany Well

UPDATE: The event has moved indoors to Fort Lee High School and will begin at 11am. **The parking lot is located behind the High School. To access it from Lemoine Ave, take Bridge Plaza N toward the George Washington Bridge, then turn left on N Hoyt Ave, which leads directly into the school’s parking lot. On Sunday, [...]

Bethany Well Summer Retreat: July 29-31 Tuscarora, PA $150 per person $75 for full-time students $25 per kid for families (up to 2 kids)

I’ve always had a hard time with receiving compliments, whether it’s a simple thank you for something I did for someone or picking up my bootstraps and serving in areas that were lacking in our church community.  As you can imagine, when my name was called as the 2011 recipient for “overtime achievement award” at Sunday’s [...]

Yesterday was March 22nd. March 22nd is World Water Day. It has been World Water Day since 1992. That was the year the United Nations created World Water Day to raise awareness for the water crisis in the world. I feel sorry that the world’s water crisis has only recently invaded my consciousness. If you [...]

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This week marked the beginning of the Lent Season. The Season of Lent is a time of self-reflection and penitence in anticipation of Easter. Towards that purpose, we focus on self-restraint and preparation through fasting. In the past we have challenged people to fast from something in their life to help them rely less on [...]

A lot’s happened since I last posted.  Beijing is bustling once again!  The city has awaken from a two-week slumber and as much as I don’t enjoy the crazy traffic and getting pummeled during my commute, Beijing feels more like the city I am used to now.  I just completed my first week at my [...]

From 7am-11pm these same roads are usually jammed with cars Happy New Year! Or as commonly used here in China, Happy Niu Year! (niu = cow or Ox) I’m writing you from my room. Firecrackers are still going off, except they’re not so faint and distant anymore. They are booming, sometimes right outside my building. [...]

Greetings from Beijing! I’m writing you from a local Western café where I just indulged my craving with a fluffy vegetable omelet, homefries, salad, toast, and of course, a cup of Illy coffee. Cafes of this kind are easy to come by in the area where I reside and they are always, literally at any [...]

A storm is a-brew in the Northeast. There will be significant amounts of snowfall in the Fort Lee area starting Saturday morning and continuing until Sunday morning. The forecast (as of 10am, Saturday morning) calls for 6-8 inches of snowfall and sleet and ice, making “TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.” There will be a worship [...]