Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship

May 8, 2011

Pastors:  Dan Schrock and Lois Stoltzfus Mast

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

Praising

      Prelude

      Call to Worship

      Songs:  We sing to you, O God (green book, 1)

                   Star of the morning (purple book, 91)

Offering

      Offertory Prayer and Offering

      Children’s Time                                                         Dick Yoder

      Song:  O blessed spring (purple book, 100)

Receiving New Members

      Statements

      Congregational Response: (blue book, 777)

      Prayer

      Song:  Renew your church (blue book, 363)

Reflecting

      Scripture Reading:  Ezekiel 18:21-23 and Matthew 5:43-46

Meditation:  On the Death of Osama bin Laden     Dan Schrock

      Song:  If the war goes on (green book, 66)

Holding Our World

      Mission Support Teams                                         Richard Miller

Congregational Sharing

      Pastoral Prayer                                                         Renae Yoder

Sending

      Welcoming Visitors

            Please pass the friendship registers.

      Announcements

      Benediction

The Lord bless you and keep you (green book, 76)

Worship Participants:

      Worship Leader:  Dan Schrock

      Song Leader:  Paul Leichty

      Accompanist:  Terri Plank Brenneman 

      Prelude/Offertory:  Greg Smucker

      Sound/Projection:  Phil Bauman

      Ushers:  Williams’ family

      Visuals:  Dee Albrecht

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

Nurture Hour begins ten minutes after the end of worship.

Please attend the intergenerational adult class of your choice:

¨      Sermon Response led by Clare Krabill and John Rempel meets in the northeast corner of the meetingroom.

¨      Practices: Mennonite Worship and Witness led by John Roth, John Schrock, and Dale Shenk meets in the northwest corner of the meetingroom.

¨      A Women’s Group led by Lavonn Hostetler is studying Whatever Happened to Dinner by Melodie Davis and meets in Lois’ office.

¨      The Long-term Discussion group led by Jonathan Neufeld and Eric Hostetler meets in the southeast corner of the meetingroom.

¨      College/Young Adult led by Joe Liechty and Jan and Peter Shetler meets in the library.

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.”

Youth:

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

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