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Our next Congregational meal and meeting will be on Sunday, February 19. The meeting’s agenda includes: Financial report for the fiscal year to date. Update on the safe church policies. Update on Marilyn Rudy-Froese’s visa. Update regarding the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) group discussions and how we plan to use the results.

Dan Schrock will be on vacation until Sunday, February 26.

Thank you for hosting Sungbin Kim as a guest speaker at Berkey Avenue on January 15! We are glad to be able to provide international students with an opportunity to share their story with local congregations, and are grateful for your openness to hearing Sungbin’s message. If you would like to support international students like […]

Thank you to all our Berkey Ave. friends for allowing us to use your space for our MCC Alumni and Friends gathering with Amela Puljek Shank on January 20. Special thanks to Matt  who helped run the sound system and other church folks who were so helpful with all the cleanup after the meal. Thank […]

The Fellowship Commission invites everyone to come to a haystack dinner on February 8, 5:30-6:30. The food will be provided, just come and enjoy a fun time together! A sign-up sheet is posted in the fellowship hall. It is helpful if you sign up, but if you forget, still come.

The Colossian Way study group on human sexuality will begin on February 5. We are so grateful for the interest people have expressed in this group. While it would be wonderful to accommodate everyone, this is a pilot project through the Colossian Forum, and because we need consistent attendance at every meeting, we have asked […]

A women’s black, all weather coat with a front zipper and a hood was lost last Sunday. If you find a stray coat at home with this description, please return it to Margaret Stoltzfus or contact the office. Please make sure you have the right coat when leaving our Sunday services!

When God Speaks through Change:  Preaching in Times of Congregational Transition, by Craig A. Satterlee. The author reflects on the rich and defining way in which the sermon can aid congregations as they face and make transitions. Tribal Church:  Ministering to the Missing Generation, by Carol Howard Merritt. This book is for anyone who wants […]

The library committee has set up a table in the Fellowship Hall with nonfiction books that have not been checked out for many years and are being discarded from the library to make room for new additions. You are welcome to take any of the books you want, and the rest will be donated to […]