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Living the Anabaptist Story, by Lisa D. Weaver and J. Denny Weaver is a guide to early beginnings. There are questions for today at the back of the book. It is a vital resource for young people born into Mennonite or Anabaptist communities as well as a review of this Christian stream for others. Very […]

Over the years Berkey has been a wonderful, welcoming church home for many college/young adult students. One of the highlights for the students is having a meal each Sunday after church. This allows them to get to know our church family in a more informal setting and learn to know a wider range of people. […]

We regret to report that our playground and parking lot project will probably not happen this fall, due to three interwoven factors beyond our control. First, the city requires that we submit a detailed, engineered site plan before they will approve the project. Second, this site plan can only be drawn up by qualified engineers, […]

Over the years Berkey has been a wonderful, welcoming church home for many college/young adult students. One of the highlights for the students is having a meal each Sunday after church. This allows them to get to know our church family in a more informal setting and learn to know a wider range of people. […]

The Prayer Circle of three to five people meets routinely on Monday nights at 7:00 p.m. in the church offices. We pray for Berkey members who have shared joys and concerns during the worship service, by using the blue prayer cards, or through individual concerns specifically expressed to us. All prayer requests are kept confidential. […]

Ron Guengerich Ron has begun this week to serve as the “substitute pastor” filling in half-time while Marilyn Rudy-Froese is on sabbatical. Ron retired in early 2015 after serving as a pastor, most recently at Silverwood Mennonite Church in Goshen. Before that he served at Zion Mennonite Church in Archbold, Ohio, and at Whitestone Mennonite […]

Last call for photos! If you would like to update your picture in the online directory, photographers will be available here at the church on Sundays through October 2 to take your picture. Please sign-up on the poster by the mailboxes or email the office. You may also submit your own photographs to the office […]

The 49th annual Michiana Mennonite Relief Sale is this weekend at the Elkhart County 4H Fairgrounds. The sale begins today, September 23, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. and continues Saturday morning, 7:00 a.m. through early afternoon. Come to see friends, eat good food, buy cheese and much more in this fundraising event to support the work […]

A CD entitled Good News! A Celebration of the Gospel, consisting of original a cappella recordings by Mennonite Hour Men’s Quartets. The collection includes  hymns and anthems, Christmas and Easter songs, gospel songs and Men’s Quartet favorites. Enchantment and Despair:  Montana Childhood Stories, 1925-1937, by Calvin Wall Redekop.  dipicts the background forces of hardship and […]