BETHLEHEM MESSENGER
September 2023
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
1334 Wesley Avenue
Evanston, Illinois 60201
847-328-9454 or 847-328-9461
Pastor Mark F. Broecker 847-328-3115
Every Sunday: Divine Worship at 10 a.m.
Holy Communion on the 10th and 24th.
FUNERAL: The Service and Comittal for Lois Margaret Ghiselli (May 28,
1929 – July 19, 2023) was held on July 24, 2023. May the Risen Lord comfort the mourners with the Certain hope of Eternal life.
On Tuesday, Aug. 1, at the 68th Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) in Milwaukee, the Rev. Dr. Daniel L. Gard was awarded the Silver St. Martin of Tours medal by LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces (MAF). The medal, which has been awarded only 22 times in the last 80 years, is given for exceptional and longstanding service in support of MAF. Gard, a retired rear admiral for the U.S.
Navy and former president of Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Ill., has served as a military chaplain for almost 30 years
BIRTHDAYS:
September 7 Peter Harrison
September 13 Kimberly Aikens
September 14 Gabriel Rayner
September 18 Susan Snipes