From the Mission Commission
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The Habitat For Humanity store, located at 2526 Peddler’s Village Rd., is moving one block north into the vacated Michiana Furniture Gallery Building on Rt. 33. This move will provide more space and visibility for the store. The Mission Commission has scheduled an evening service project to assist the Habitat Staff in preparing for this […]
Women’s Lunch Bunch Fundraiser
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On February’s First Friday (February 6), the Women’s “Lunch Bunch” group will be preparing and serving the Meal served at The Window as a fund-raiser for The Window. Every First Friday of the month they ask a “service group” to provide the meal for them. Our Women’s group did this last year and has again […]
Five Years After the Haiti Earthquake
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Five years after a devastating earthquake tore across Port-au-Prince and surrounding towns, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) has spent $16.9 million to help Haitians recover. Despite the many challenges that remain, MCC’s work done during those years continues to positively impact Joseph and many other people – both in the capital city and in rural areas. […]
World Fellowship Sunday
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On Sunday, January 18, Mennonite congregations around the world will celebrate World Fellowship Sunday. Each year, on the Sunday closest to 21 January, Mennonite World Conference congregations are invited to remember the first Anabaptist baptism in 1525, an act of obedience and courage, which continues to shape our understanding of what it means to be […]
MCC Meat Canning
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Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship’s day to help with canning is Friday, January 9. Bring a sharp knife to cut the turkey into 1 inch cubes. Come in the morning or the afternoon. The preferred times are 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. If you cannot help on this date, canning will occur from January 8-10 and January 12-17. You may help […]
A Community of Communities
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“A community of communities engaged in God’s mission”–that’s the byline for Park View Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Va. Not long after this byline was introduced, Pastor Phil Kniss used a series of sermons to explain its meaning for the congregation. In his view, the congregation is best seen as a community comprising many subgroups that […]
Membership Exploration Sessions
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Are you interested in becoming a member at Berkey? Beginning January 11, Marilyn and Dan will begin hosting membership exploration sessions for adults during the Christian education hour. Our purpose is to become better acquainted with each other and with the congregation. It’s fine if you want to participate in the sessions but aren’t sure […]
Our Advent Worship Series
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Advent begins this Sunday, and our focus will be on Mary. Each week we’ll look through a different “window” onto Mary’s experience as an astonished yet willing participant in God’s mission. The “windows” or aspects of Mary include:Advent 1: Perplexed Advent 2: Breaker of Codes Advent 3: Friend Advent 4: Theologian Christmas Eve: Mother 1st […]
Berkey Hosting GIHN
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Our congregation will be hosting families who are homeless and part of Goshen Interfaith Hospitality Network (GIHN) from November 30 – December 6. Thank you so much to all the many volunteers at Berkey for your ongoing commitment in serving with GIHN. ~ Sue Byler, Linda Liechty, Llorraine Pflederer, Ruth Roth (Berkey GIHN committee)
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