Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship
May 31, 2009
Pastors:  Anita Kehr and Dan Schrock
Phone:  (574) 534-2398           e-mail: 
Web-Site:  www.berkeyavenue.org

Pentecost

Gathering

      Prelude

      Call to Worship

      Songs of Praise:   

                        Jesus calls us here to meet him (STJ 3)

                        When in our music God is glorified (HWB 44)

                        Will you come and follow me (song sheet)

Hearing

      Children's Time                                                       Deb Williams

      Song   

      Scripture:  Acts 16:6-10                                    David Nussbaum

      Sermon:  "Mission Shift"                                         Dan Schrock

Responding

      Song:   Spirit, working in creation (STJ 10)

      Congregational Sharing

            Blessing of Maya Kehr                                      Dan Schrock           

            Recognition of High School Graduates                  Lois Mast

            Pastoral Prayer                                                      Anita Kehr

Offering Our Gifts

      Offertory

Sending

      Welcoming Guests

      Please pass the friendship registers.

      Announcements

      Song of Benediction:  Move in our midst (HWB 418)

      Sending Words  

 

If you are visiting, please pick up a newsletter on the literature rack in the fellowship hall.


Worship Participants:

Worship Leader:  Hannah Heinzekehr
Song Leader:  Greg Smucker
Accompanist:  Terri Plank Brenneman          
Prelude and Offertory:  Jesse Kehr
Sound/Projection:  Phil Bauman
Ushers:  Jud and Rita Gingrich


Childcare is available for infants and toddlers in the nursery.

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 :

¨      Sermon Discussion Class led by David Heusinkveld and Dale Shenk meets in the northeast corner of the meetingroom.
¨      College-Age Class led by John Roth and Jan and Peter Shetler meets in the library.
¨      A class studying the book, Borders and Bridges: Mennonite Witness in a Religiously-Diverse World led by Joe Liechty meets in the southeast corner of the meetingroom.
¨      A women's class is studying the book, Really Bad Girls of the Bible, and meets in the Jubilee Hall after the children have finished singing.
¨      The long-term discussion-based group will meet with the Borders and Bridges class this quarter.

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 I (kindergarten) meet in "Joyful."
¨      Primary II (first and second grades) meet in "Peace."
¨      Middler (third, fourth, and fifth grades) meet in "Forgiveness."

Youth:  

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