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An update will soon be released for our congregational directory for those who use the Android Member App. When it is released, you will be automatically logged out. Please have your password at hand and be prepared to sign in again. If you have forgotten your password, you should select “Create login” and choose a […]

If you made donations to BAMF in 2017, in the next week, watch your email or church mailbox for your 2017 contribution statement. An email will show as coming from Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship, the subject line will read “Statement from Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship.” The statement will be an attachment to the email. If […]

The mission commission wants to support Berkey’s missionaries and their mission agency partners through learning tours and other exchanges. Funds have been designated for this effort and those that are consistent with the mission of Berkey.  There will possibly be an upcoming tour of Haiti in October 2018 and a tour of Columbia in 2019. […]

Are you looking to sharpen your skills as a worship leader? The Worship Commission has now purchased the rights to “Principles of Worship Leading,” a 75-minute webinar led by Rachel Miller Jacobs, who teaches congregational formation at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. If you want to watch this video, simply email Jenny Hooley in the church office, and […]

A year ago, Berkey was one of several congregations piloting the Colossian Way (CW), a curriculum and process for addressing issues that are contentious in the general culture and in many churches, in this case the inclusion of LGBTQ persons in the church. For a sense of the view the CW process. The genius of the […]

Mission Commission is looking for a new person to coordinate Berkey’s role in Goshen Interfaith Hospitality Network. We are happy to split the role if there is interest in that. You may email, call, or talk to Anna Sawatzky, Rick Hostetter, Ron Good, or Darin Short.

Christian Education Commission (CEC) is looking for volunteers to occasionally substitute teach during our Children’s Nurture Hour. If you are willing to be placed on a list, to be called, please contact Laura Moshier, chair of CEC. We are so appreciative of our wonderful, dedicated, Sunday School teacher teams who teach every Sunday. Thank you!

Two Weeks Every Summer: Fresh Air Children and the Problem of Race in America, by Tobin Miller Shearer, Assoc. Professor of History and Director of African-American Studies at the Univ. of Montana. Shearer shows how the actions of rural and suburban residents who hosted children from the city for two-week summer vacations, perpetuated racial inequity […]

Everyone is encouraged to wear their name tags on Sunday mornings. While this is always helpful for visitors and new people, it is especially important over the next month while our new pastors are trying to learn who we are. If you do not have a name tag or have lost yours, please contact the office. […]