Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship

Ministers:  Dan Schrock and Lois Stoltzfus Mast

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

April 8, 2012

Easter

Gathering

Prelude

Vocal Quintet

        Easter Celebration Hymn

 Christ the Lord is risen today (blue book, #280)

Welcome and Easter Greetings

        Leader:   Christ is risen!

        People:  Christ is risen indeed!

Call to Worship

        Leader:   We give thanks to the Lord who is good;

                           whose steadfast love endures forever!

        People:  The Lord is our strength and our might,

                           and has become our salvation.

        All:           We give thanks to the Lord who has answered us

                           and become our salvation.

        Leader:   The stone that the builders rejected

                            has become the chief cornerstone.

        All:           This is the Lord’s doing;

                            and it is marvelous in our eyes.

Songs of Praise and Celebration

        Sing with all the saints in glory (purple book, #92)

        O sons and daughters, let us sing! (blue book, #274)

        Low in the grave he lay (blue book, #273)

Confession (unison):

        God, with all creation we rejoice in the resurrection,

        in your “Yes!” to the world’s “No.”

        Yet we also confess that we often choose the path of death

        instead of allowing you to transform us

        with the same power that raised Jesus from the dead.

        Honor our pledge to love you,

        to become witnesses to your good news,

        as we sign our names in bold script on your new covenant. Amen.

Message

        Children’s Time                                                               Jennifer Schrock

Scripture Reading:  Mark 15:37-39, 16:1-8                         Abe Pauls

        Sermon:  “At Loose”                                                              Dan Schrock

Responses and Prayers

        Song of Response:  The risen Christ (purple book, #101)

Offering Gifts and Tithes

        Offertory                                                                         Vocal Quintet

Congregational Sharing

        Pastoral Prayer                                                               Dan Schrock                         

        Closing Song:  Lift your glad voices (blue book, #275)

        Closing Prayer ­­­­­­­­

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Transition to Fellowship and Christian Education

        Welcome and Introduction of Visitors

                Please pass the friendship registers.

        Announcements

Please join us for coffee and tea in the fellowship hall.

Blessing

During worship childcare is available
for infants and toddlers in the nursery .

Worship Participants:

      Worship Leader:  Brenda Grimes 

        Song Leader:  Miriam Augsburger  

        Accompanist:  Patsy Sherer 

                  Prelude:  Jenny Hooley

        Vocal Quintet:  Anne Berry, Laura Horst, Randy Horst, Marilyn

                  Rudy-Froese, Rick Stiffney, Patsy Sherer (accompanist)

Nursery:  Bev and Dave Krabill

Sound/Projection:  Ben Buckwalter

        Ushers:  Dan and Matthew Williams

        Visuals:  Randy Horst

Nurture Hour begins ten minutes after worship. Please attend one of these adult classes:

¨       Sermon Response Class meets in the meetingroom.

¨       A Woman’s Group meets in Lois’ office.

¨       Better for You than a Donut Class meets in Dan’s office.

¨       College/Young Adult Class meets in the library.

¨       Discovering God’s Gifts Class meets in the Gentleness room.

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, 3, and 4 year-olds) meet in “Joyful.”

¨       Primary (kindergarten - grade 2) meets in “Peace.”

¨       Middlers (grades 3-5) meet 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.