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Gatherin g in God's Power
         Prelude: Q uietly contemplate the images provided for your reflection.
         Call to Worship
         Invocation
         Hymns:   O Holy Spirit, by whose breath (WB 291)
                                    O Breath of Life (STJ 35)
                                    I am the Bread of life (WB 472)
         Children's Story: Psalm 130      David Heusinkveld
Confessing Our Sins
         Leader:  Out of the depths we cry to you, O Lord!
                                    Hear our voice!
         People:          Clutching our securities and rewards ,
                                             r uled by our fears and desires,
                                             r esenting and resisting your ways,
                                    w e are as good as dead.
         Leader:  We have no recourse but you.
         People:  If you kept an accounting of sins,
                                             w ho would be left standing?
         Leader:          But you are forgiveness itself.
         People:          So we place our hope and trust in you.
Hearing God's Word
         Hymn: They that wait upon the Lord (WB 584)
         Gospel Reading: John 11:1-45     Thorne Family
         Old Testament Reading: Ezekiel 37:1-14
         Sermon: ``Bones and Hope''   Dan Schrock
         Silent Reflection
         How have you been brought back to life fr om a hopeless situation? How has hope flowed through you to the world?

Responding to God's Word
         Hymn: New earth, heavens new (WB 299)
         Offering
         Sharing Our Lives
                  Pastoral Prayer
Sending on God's Behalf
         Welcome of Guests
                  Please pass the friendship registers.
         Announcements
         Hymn
         Benediction

Worship Participants:
Worship Leader Christina Litwiller
Song Leader Greg Smucker
Accompanist Patsy Sherer
Prelude and Offertory Hooley Family  
Sound/Projection Ben Buckwalter       
Ushers Dan and Matthew Williams
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.

If you are visiting, you're welcome to pick up a newsletter on the literature rack. 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.
¨         Book study of Politics Under God by John H. Redekop , led by Daniel Grimes, meets in the southeast corner of the meetingroom.
¨         A long-term, discussion-based group meets in the northwest corner of the meetingroom.
¨         Bible Study class, led by David Shank, meets in Lois and Cindy's office.
¨         Lectio Divina class meets in Dan Schrock's office. (Please respect this group's desire for quiet prayer.)
¨         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.