Bethany 50th Anniversary Cookbook

Over the years, there have been several cookbooks produced from the kitchens of Bethany families. For our fiftieth anniversary as a congregation – September 30, 2006 – we created a cookbook, gleaning from some of the old cookbooks, as well as adding new recipes from the 2006 congregation. Recipes designated as “Bethany Classics” are those from the older cookbooks. Comments below the recipe titles are verbatim from the contributor!

This is the digital version of that 2006 cookbook.  Click here to view the book, and then follow your browser instructions to download or print it!

We are grateful for all of the contributors to this collection: those who are still here on this earthly plane, and the many who have passed before us. We are grateful to all who have fed us for all of these years since and even before our founding in 1956. From the church ladies who had to brush the ants off of the cookies on the morning of our founding, to rowdy Youth Club and Logos dinners on Wednesday nights; and from funeral receptions to Easter brunch – and for all of the meals in between, we are forever thankful to God for your loving preparation and generous spirits.

There are three sections to this book, based loosely on different aspects of our current life as a community: Thanksgiving Dinner, Coffee Hour, and Pot Luck.

Interspersed throughout are prayers and table blessings from many sources. May you be blessed by these, and intersperse them throughout your daily life and culinary exploits. Bon appétit!