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Next Sunday, July 8, our outside Nurture Hour event will be a Berkey Bike Ride. Be sure to bring your bikes, helmets and water bottles to church with you.

Berkey’s Baptism Sunday will be July 15. Plan to come to the church at 9:00 a.m.for breakfast. Please bring a finger food dish to share. Examples are hard boiled eggs, mini quiche, cheese, ham, mini muffins, sweet rolls, or fruit, etc. Paper supplies and drink will be provided. At 9:45 a.m., we will carpool to […]

Caitlin Lanctot is organizing a rummage sale on July 21, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at Berkey. The money raised will go to help organizations who are working at reuniting detained immigrant families. Please consider ways you can be involved by donating items for the sale, helping organize or run the sale, or simply attending! Donations can […]

Have you ever wanted to get to know other Berkey attenders more intimately, or outside of small group and Sunday mornings? Perhaps you’d enjoy a church retreat! Please fill out this short survey and let us know your thoughts. Feel free to direct any further questions to Patrick Buller, Naomi Kern or Vanessa Adcock.

Please continue to consult the wall with the feedback provided from the 3 sessions of the Third World Cafe. We invite you to keep thinking and praying about where God is leading our church in regards to becoming a welcoming congregation to the LGBTQ community. SLT will be meeting and discerning about next steps over […]

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. […]

Bob and Mag Richer Smith will be visiting  family in Pittsburg, leaving Sunday, July 1, after the service, and returning Friday, July 6.

This summer, during Christian Education Nurture Hour, there will be two inter-generational options, one inside and one outdoors: The inside option will consist of friends from our congregation sharing about their multicultural experiences and they will teach us a new skill, such as a new song or prayer, a new food, or dance. Those who […]

Berkey Avenue will be hosting Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) at Saint Marks United Methodist Church, June 24-July 1. We are currently working on the volunteer schedule. If you are a regular volunteer and know you will be gone during that time, please let us know soon. We also welcome new volunteers and would be glad […]