Bethlehem Covenant Church
100 Year Anniversary Celebration
Videos & Materials
Welcome!
The Bethelehem Covenant Church 100th Year Celebration Weekend was held September 24th & 25th, 2022. Here are the various videos from the event as well as a link to the the weekend program and guide. We hope you enjoyed the weekend and being able to replay some of these items!
Remember that you can watch any of these items ‘full size’ by clicking on the little 4 arrowed icon in the lower right hand corner of any video.
100 Year Slideshow Video
32 Minutes
Voices of Bethlehem Short
6 Minutes
Reflections on Nils Frykman’s Life & Work by Laura Frykman
14 Minutes
1998 Addition Video
15 Minutes
2014 Lucia Video
1 hour
Viewable on YouTube – Click Here:
09-24-2022 Saturday Bethlehem Covenant Church 100 Year Celebration Program – Livestream
3 hours
3 Hours
Sunday 9-25-2022 Marching to Minnehaha Academy from BCC!
5 minutes
Swedes in America!
17 Minutes
Swedes in America is a 1943 American short documentary film directed by Irving Lerner starring Ingrid Bergman, and produced by the Overseas Motion Picture Bureau of the United States Office of War Information. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[1][2]
Please Give to our Charitable Partners in Supporting our Longfellow Neighborhood!
Community Emergency Services
(coincidentally celebrating their 50-year anniversary this year)
Mission: Rooted in God’s loving grace, Community Emergency Service transforms lives by serving neighbors, sharing resources and becoming community
Based in the most ethnically diverse neighborhood in Minneapolis, CES staff and volunteers are on the frontlines of providing food, hope, and compassion to our multi-generational, multi-cultural, low-income clientele. We strive to serve our neighbors in need without distinction or test, with dignity and understanding.
Link to donate: www.cesmn.org/donation-form/
Lake Street Council
Mission: Lake Street Council engages, serves, and advocates for the Lake Street business community in Minneapolis to ensure the vitality and prosperity of the commercial corridor.
Link to donate: www.visitlakestreet.com/donate
Longfellow Community Council
Mission: The mission of the Longfellow Community Council is to improve the well-being of our diverse community through engagement, involvement and empowerment.
Link to donate: www.longfellow.org/donate
Photos from the weekend! (click on any photo to open lightbox viewer)
Thank you Joleen Sylvester for most of these!
Thank You!!!
Many thanks to the many hearts and hands that have contributed to this weekend’s celebration. Thank you to Nate Stromberg for creating the 100-year anniversary artwork on the front of this program. Thank you to Tate Randall who filmed and produced the many Bethlehem interviews, internalizing what Bethlehem Covenant represents and acknowledging those that have been a part of it for a significant part of its history. Thank you to the speakers and emcees for Saturday’s celebration: Sue Johnson, Jill Ravensborg, Juli Swanson, Char Sjoberg, Kirsten Ryding, Karna Sjoberg, Laura Frykman, Phil Stenberg, and Rich Enderton. Thank you to the Bethlehem pastors, current and past, who have joined us and contributed to the celebration of our history: Kent Palmquist, Phillip Stenberg, Ryan Eikenbary-Barber, Colleen Nelson, Der Lor, and Laura Van Norman. Thank you to Dianne Jelle, Sally Sundberg, Jerry Erickson, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, and the Bethlehem choir for your musical talents and contributions. And thank you to the Bethlehem staff Vince Vanella, Christine O’Bert, and Tracina Paige for all your work in supporting this celebration. And to all of the many volunteers for this weekend, thank you!
100 Year Celebration Chairs: Dan & Judy Cummings – Blake & Sara Christiansen – Kelly Piatt