Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship

August 15, 2010

Pastors:  Anita Kehr and Dan Schrock (on sabbatical)

Youth Pastor:  Lois Stoltzfus Mast

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

Bond of Peace

Enter

      Prelude

      Call to Worship

            Congregational response:  We long for you, O God!

Celebrate

      Hymns of Praise

            Christ is the cornerstone (HWB 43)

            Will you let me be your servant (HWB 307)

            This is my Father’s world (HWB 154)

      Children’s Time/Back to School Recognition        Merrill Krabill

      Offertory Prayer and Offertory

Reflect

      Scripture:  Psalm 42 and Ephesians 4:1-6

      Hymn:  Spirit, working in creation (STJ 10)

      Sermon:                                                                    Peter Shetler

            “Living with Humility and Confidence in the Big Tent”

      Listening in Silence

Respond

      Song of Response:  For we are strangers no more (HWB 322)

      Holding Our World:  Radical Journey                   J. D. Nafziger

      Congregational Sharing

            Pastoral Prayer                                                      Anita Kehr

      Welcoming Visitors

            Please pass the friendship registers.

Return

      Announcements

      Song of Benediction:  Here I am, Lord (HWB 395)

Worship Participants:

Worship Leader:  Jennifer Schrock

Song Leader:  Greg Smucker

Accompanist:  Paul Leichty

Prelude/Offertory:  Hooley family

Sound/Projection:  Evan Grimes

Ushers:  Williams family

Visuals:  Beth Berry

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

Nurture Hour classes begin ten minutes after the end of worship: 

Adults, please attend the intergenerational class of your choice:

*    The long-term discussion group led by Eric Hostetler and others will meet in the library.

*    Steve Thomas, director of Peacemakers, will be with us to share about their program.  Peacemakers’ mission is to “empower people to live in peace by training youth and adults in both verbal and physical skills for preventing violence and transforming conflict.”  Much can be learned about Peacemakers at peacemakertraining.org.  This group will meet in the meetingroom.

Children from preschool through fifth grade will go directly to their classrooms following worship:

      Infants and 2-year-olds will meet in the Nursery.

      Preschool/Kindergarten will meet in “Joyful.”

      Grades 1-5 will meet in “Peace.”

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.