Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship

April 18, 2010

Pastors:  Anita Kehr and Dan Schrock

Youth Pastor:  Lois Stoltzfus Mast

Phone:  (574) 534-2398           e-mail: 

Web-Site:  www.berkeyavenue.org

Eastertide:  Third Sunday

Gathering

      Prelude

      Call to Worship and Invocation

      Singing our Praise:

            Come and be light for our eyes (STJ 5)

            Sing praise to God who reigns (HWB 59)

Welcoming

      Receiving John Rempel and Lindsay Rheinheimer as Members

            Congregational Response:  HWB 777

      Song of Blessing:  Heart with loving heart united (HWB 420)

Hearing

      Children’s Time                                                 Lois Stoltzfus Mast           

      Scripture:  John 20:24-29                                           Deb Williams

      Sermon:  “Credentials”                                                Dan Schrock

Responding

      Silence

      Song:  Blessed be the Body and the Soul (inside bulletin)               

Offering

      Prayer and Offertory

Sharing and Praying

      Recognizing our College Graduates

      Pastoral Prayer                                                       Evan Bontrager

Going

      Introduction of Visitors

            Please pass the friendship registers.

      Announcements

      Benediction

Worship Participants:

Worship Leader:  Anita Kehr          

Song Leader:  Bryan Kehr

Accompanist:  Patsy Sherer

Prelude/Offertory:  Morgan Short and Lana Smucker

Sound/Projection:  David Nussbaum 

Ushers:  Williams Family

Visuals:  Anne Berry

Childcare is available for infants and toddlers in the nursery during worship.

Nurture Hour begins ten minutes after the end of worship.  Re-gather in the meetingroom for these opportunities:

Please attend the intergenerational adult class of your choice:

*   The Sermon Discussion Class led by David Heusinkveld and Kirk Stiffney meets in the northeast corner of the meetingroom.

*   A women’s class meets in the Jubilee Hall after the children have finished singing.

*   A long-term discussion-based group meets in the southeast corner of the meetingroom.

*   The College-Age Class led by Joe Liechty, John Roth, and Jan and Peter Shetler, meets in the library.

*   A Bible study on “Teachings on Community,” led by Eldon Nafziger, meets in the northwest corner of the meetingroom.

Children from preschool through fifth grade gather after worship for singing in the 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 the Nursery.

*    The preschool class meets in “Joyful.”

*    The primary class meets in “Peace.”

*    The middler class meets in “Forgiveness.”

Youth:

The JYF (grades 6-8) and MYF (grades 9-12) meet in their classrooms off of Jubilee Hall.

Newsletters are available on the literature rack in the fellowship hall.