Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship

May 23, 2010

Pastors:  Anita Kehr and Dan Schrock (on sabbatical)

Youth Pastor:  Lois Stoltzfus Mast

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

Web-Site:  www.berkeyavenue.org

Pentecost:  A Service of Baptism

At the meetinghouse:

      Breakfast

      Introduction of Visitors

      Announcements

      Gathering to carpool to the pond

At the pond:

Gathering and Praising

      Call to Worship

      Worship in Song:

            Come and see

            This is my Father’s world

Prayer of Intercession                                         Lois Stoltzfus Mast

      Praying for our world, our loved ones, ourselves

Receiving the Offerings

      Offering our Gifts and Tithes

            Offertory

      Offering from Scripture:                                       Anna Nafziger

            Acts 2:37-39; Romans 8:14-17

      Offering a Meditation                                                 Anita Kehr

      Song of Response:  We walk by faith

      Offering Lives in Commitment to Christ

            Invitation to Baptism

                  Introduction of Morgan Short by Anita Mounsithiraj

                        Morgan’s Statement of Faith

                  Introduction of Evan Grimes by Jim Alvarez

                        Evan’s Statement of Faith

      Offering a Song of Praise:  And I will raise you up

Baptism and Reception of our Brother and Sister in Faith

      Baptismal Vows

      Act of Baptism

      Congregational Covenant and Prayer

            Morgan and Evan:

            As we receive you today into the fellowship of the church,

            we make a covenant with you and

            renew our own covenant with Jesus Christ:

                  to bear one another’s burdens,

                  to share in the experience of forgiveness,

                  to give of the abundance of this world’s goods,

                  to assist each other in times of need,

                  to share our joys and sorrows,

                  and in all things to work for the common good,

                  thus manifesting the Holy Spirit’s presence

                        among us to God’s glory.

            We joyfully accept you as our partners,

                  both in the care of our spiritual family

                  and in our mission to the world.

      Prayer and Laying on of Hands

      Signing the Membership Book/Placing Flowers in the Bouquet

Song of Praise

            Morgan Short with Quinn Brenneman and Lana Smucker

Ritual of Community

      Song:  Obey my voice

Benediction

Worship Participants

Worship Leader:  John Mast

Song Leader:  Greg Smucker

Instrumentalists:  Alex Neufeld, Greg Smucker

Pastors:  Anita Kehr, Lois Stoltzfus Mast

Ushers:  The Snyder Family