Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship

April 17, 2011

Pastors:  Dan Schrock and Lois Stoltzfus Mast

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

Sixth Sunday of Lent (Palm Sunday):  Called to Worship

We Gather

      Welcome

Introduction of Visitors

            Please pass the friendship registers.

      Call to Worship

L:  This is the day the Lord has made.

P:  Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

L:  Let us rejoice in all our Lord has done,

All:  for it is marvelous in our eyes. Hosanna!

       Bless the One who comes in the name of the Lord!

      Gathering Songs

            Let the whole creation cry (blue book, 51)

            We are often tossed and driv’n (purple book, 72)

            Blessed be the name (purple book, 75)

      Confession (If you are able, please turn and kneel.)

            All:  God, we resist the form of Christ in our lives

  expressed in emptiness, humility, and obedience.

                    On bended knees, we confess our resistance.

  Help us to confess in word and deed that Jesus is Lord,

                     so that a watching world may give you glory.

      Silent Prayer

Assurance of forgiveness (Please be seated.)

            L:  God has put the same mind in us that was in Christ.

            P:  to have the same love, the same joy,

      and the same concern for others.

            All:  Amen.

      Song of Praise and Children’s Processional

Offering

We Hear God’s Word

      Scripture:  Philippians 2:5-11 and Matthew 21:1-11

                                                                                    Anna Nafziger

      Sermon:  “Identity-Shaping Questions”    Marilyn Rudy-Froese

We Respond

      Lenten Testimonies

      Congregational Sharing

      Pastoral Prayer                                                             Lisa Short

      Announcements

      Hymn of Sending

      I want Jesus to walk with me (blue book, 439)

Benediction

May God the Cosmos Maker,

God the Cross Bearer,

God the Crucible of Life,

be in our hearts,

at our side,

and in those we meet on each step

of our journey toward holiness.

Amen.

Worship Participants:

      Worship Leader:  Dan Schrock

      Song Leader:  Trish Shenk

      Musicians:  Patsy Sherer, Terri Plank Brenneman, and Music   

           Team

      Prelude/Offertory:  Paul Leichty

      Children’s Time:  Jennifer Schrock

Sound/Projection:  David Nussbaum

      Ushers:  Dale and Anita Snyder

      Visuals:  Clare Krabill and Laura Horst

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

Nurture Hour begins ten minutes after the end of worship.

Everyone from JYF (grades 6-8) to adults will gather in the sanctuary to hear Marilyn Rudy-Froese’s faith journey.

Our usual classes will resume next Sunday.

Children from preschool through fifth grade go directly to their classrooms after worship for a snack.

¨      Infants and Toddlers meet in “Cherub Corner.”

¨      Preschool (2 and 3 year-olds) meet in “Joyful.”

¨      Primary (4 and 5 year-olds) meet in “Peace.”

¨      Middler (grades 1-5) meets in “Forgiveness.”

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