Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship

August 7, 2011

Pastors:  Dan Schrock and Lois Stoltzfus Mast

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

Gathering

Prelude

Song of Gathering:  God of our strength (blue book, 36)

Call to Worship

Confessing

      Song of Confession:   We walk by faith (blue book, 570)

      Confession

            Leader:  Forgive us our sins, O Lord.

People:  Forgive us the sins of our youth

                and the sins of our age,

Leader:  the sins of our soul

                and the sins of our body,

People:  our secret and our whispering sins,

Leader:  the sins we have done to please ourselves,

                and the sins we have done to please others.

People:  Forgive those sins which we know

                and the sins which we do not know.

Leader:  Forgive us, Lord;

                forgive us all in your great goodness,

                through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Hearing

      Song:  I will come to you in the silence (purple book, 49)

Children’s Time                                                           Ron Good

      Song:  When we walk with the Lord (blue book, 544)  

Scripture:  Matthew 14:22-33                                     John Roth

      Sermon:  “Staying in the Boat”                              Dan Schrock                 

  Responding

Song of Response:  Don’t be afraid (green book, 105)

Congregational Sharing

            Pastoral Prayer                                                       Lisa Short

      Offering

Sending

      Introduction of Visitors   

Please pass the friendship registers.

      Announcements

Song of Sending:  God be with you (blue book, 430)

Benediction 

Worship Participants:

      Worship Leader:  Ruth Miller Roth

      Song Leader:  Trish Shenk 

      Accompanist:  Deb Brubaker

      Prelude and Offertory:  Greg Smucker

      Sound/Projection:  Michael Sherer

      Ushers:  Dave and Bev Krabill  

      Visuals:  Dee Albrecht and Anne Berry

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

Nurture Hour begins ten minutes after the end of worship.

      Adult classes are combined during the summer and meet in the meetingroom. Today, the adult nurture class is led by Dan Schrock, using the Nooma video entitled “Luggage.”

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.