Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship
February 17, 2008
Pastors:  Anita Kehr and Dan Schrock
Phone:  (574) 534-2398     e-mail: 
Web-Site:  www.berkeyavenue.org

Lent 2:  Into New Birth

Gathering

      Prelude:  Please enter quietly and contemplate the images provided for your reflection.

      Welcome and Invocation

      Singing              

Offering Our Gifts

      Offertory

Confessing

      Leader:    We look to God, crying out for rescue.

      People:    We have not responded to the Lord's call.
                       Our feet have slipped from God's ways.

      Leader:    If we do not trust God's voice,
                             where will we find help?

      People:    Our help comes from the Lord,
                            maker of heaven and earth.
                       The Lord will keep our steps;
                          the Lord's care never ceases.

Listening

      Children's Time                                                    Brenda Grimes           

      Song

      Reading from Genesis 11:27-32 and 12:1-3

      Reading from Genesis 12:1-4 and John 3:1-17

      Sermon:  "Summons to Pilgrimage"                         Dan Schrock                                  

Responding

      Silent Reflection

      Song of Response    

      Congregational Sharing

            Pastoral Prayer                                           Trish Shenk, elder           

Going

      Introduction of Visitors

            Please pass the friendship registers.

      Announcements

      Song of Sending

      Word of Sending 


Worship Participants:

Worship Leader - Anita Kehr        
Song Leader - Lane Miller
Accompanist -Emily Grimes
Prelude and Offertory -Terri J. Plank Brenneman    
Sound/Projection - Phil Bauman    
Ushers - Dale and Anita Snyder
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. -- page break -- 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 choosing. :

¨      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.

If you are visiting today, please pick up a copy of our newsletter in the fellowship hall.

Out of the Depths
Lent 2008