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Gathering
         Prelude: Please enter quietly and contemplate the images provided for your reflection.
         Welcome and Invocation
         Singing:         Jesus, we are here (STJ 6)
                                    I heard the voice of Jesus say (WB 493)
                                    Lord , I am fondly, earnestly longing (WB 514)   
Offering Our Gifts
         Offertory
Listening
         Children's Time  Lindsay Rheinheimer
         Song: The Lord is my light (STJ 97)
         Scripture Reading        Jud, Rita, Thomas Gingrich
         Silent Reflection
         Sermon: ``Slanted Toward Sustenance''        Dan Schrock
Responding
         Confession
                  N:                God, we confess          that we too have wandered in the desert;
                                             we too have lost our faith.
                  S:                We have gone astray and neglected God's ways.
                  N:                We have been slaves to our own hunger and thirst.
                  S:                We have argued with each other.
                  N:                We have failed to see
                                             the water running from the rock.
                  All:     Lord God, soften our parched lives
                                             with your refreshing streams.
                  Words of Assurance:
God loves us; God knows our needs;
God can handle our disputes.
                  All:     God cares for us in the desert.
         Song of Response: We sing to you, O God (STJ 1)
         Congregational Sharing
                  Pastoral Prayer  Anita Kehr      
Going
         Introduction of Visitors
                  Please pass the friendship registers.
         Announcements
         Song of Sending: The Lord bless you and keep you (STJ 76)
         Word of Sending

Worship Participants:
Worship Leader Jennifer Schrock       
Song Leader Trish Shenk
Accompanist Paul Leichty
Prelude Carissa Hostetler, Corey Hostetler
Offertory Morgan Short        
Sound/Projection Phil Bauman  
Ushers John and Lois Mast
Visuals: Laverne Nafziger, Tracy Thorne
Lent Planning Committee Greg Smucker, Laverne Nafziger, Michael Sherer, Tracy Thorne, Anita Kehr

The bulletin cover is a simplified version of a woodcut by Robert Hodgell and is used with permission .

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Childcare during worship is available for infants and toddlers (generally ages three and under) in the nursery on the right side of the hallway going back to Jubilee Hall.
Nurture Hour begins ten minutes after the end of worship. Please stay and enjoy coffee and conversation in the fellowship hall, and then gather in the meetingroom for these classes:
Adult classes at Berkey Avenue are intergenerational, and visitors are encouraged to attend a class of their choosin g. :
¨         The College Age/Young Adult class , led by John and Ruth Roth, and by Joe Liechty, meets in the library.
¨         Sermon Discussion, led by David Heusinkveld and Dale Shenk, meets in the northeast corner of the meetingroom.
¨         A study of John Roth's book, Stories: How Mennonites Came to Be , facilitated by Beth Berry, meets in the southeast corner of the meetingroom.
¨         A long-term, discussion-based group meets in the northwest corner of the meetingroom and invites young adults to join them.     
¨         A membership exploration class, led by Anita Kehr and Dan Schrock, meets in the small room off Jubilee Hall, next to the MYF room.
Children from preschool through fifth grade gather after worship for singing in ``Jubilee Hall'' (the large room north of the fellowship hall). Younger children may go directly to their classroom (see the room assignments below).
¨         Infants and 2-year-olds meet in ``Cherub Corner.''
¨         Preschool (3- and 4-year-olds) meet in ``Gentleness.''
¨         Primary (kindergarten and first grade) meet in ``Joyful.''
¨         Middler I (second and third grades) meet in ``Peace.''
¨         Middler II (fourth and fifth grades) meet in ``Forgiveness.''
Youth:
The JYF (grades 6-8) and the MYF (grades 9-12) meet in their classrooms off of Jubilee Hall.