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Berkey’s Mission Commission invites you to consider participating in a Habitat for Humanity Faith Build. Elkhart County will partner with local churches of all sizes and denominations to build a home on Stiver Avenue (near AMBS) for a partner family. Applicants must demonstrate a need for housing, a work history, commit to 250 hours of […]

Lost items have been moved to the Fellowship Hall for this Sunday, October 6. There are several jackets, a lawn chair, and many kitchen items. Be sure to check out the table and collect what is yours. The Lost & Found table can usually be found in the north coat closet.

Pastor Joanne Gallardo will be taking some much needed time off during October 5 – 26. This time will be a combination of bereavement days and vacation days. Please direct any of your pastoral needs to one of the other pastors or deacons during this time.

You may read a summary report of Dan Schrock’s sabbatical here.

The Relief Sale is this Friday and Saturday (September 27 & 28). Be sure to visit us at the cheese booth! Also, look for Berkey volunteers throughout the sale: at the quilt barn, children’s sale, the run/walk for relief, and many other areas. Your participation helps raise money for those suffering from natural disasters. We […]

Our turn to host IHN is coming up, October 13-19. If you have not yet volunteered for IHN or are interested in getting involved in this ministry, contact Brenda Grimes or Missy Kauffman Schrock.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the blood drive that Berkey hosted on September 6. We had 27 donors, 11 first time donors, 24 units collected, all of which provided the potential for 72 lives to be saved. A special thanks to Sue Byler for the homemade cookies.

Three books and a set of DVDs have been recently donated to the library: A Palestinian Theology of Liberation: The Bible, Justice, and the Palestine-Israel Conflict, by Naim Stifan Ateek who writes with the integrity of a participant-observer. In this book we hear the scream and the whisper of the poor, the sounds of death […]

Berkey owns a Church Video License (CVLI) to show select movies in church. If you plan to show a video or movie, follow the instructions here to check its coverage, or go to the CVLI website to learn more.