Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship

March 18, 2007

Pastors: Anita Kehr and Dan Schrock

Phone: (574) 534-2398               e-mail: officeberkeyavenue.org

Web-Site:  www.berkeyavenue.org

 

Lent Four:  God reaches out with open arms

Gathering

      Song:  O God we call (projected)

      Call to Worship

            Leader:    O God, you are our God.  We seek you.

            People:    Our souls thirst for you

                             as in a dry and weary land

                             where there is no water.

            Leader:    We confess our sin to you,

                             and you forgive us.

            People:    We offer our prayers to you,

                             and you embrace us.

            All:           O God, you satisfy our souls as with a rich feast.

                    In the shadow of your wings,

                    we sing for joy, and you uphold us.

Hearing the Word

      Children's Time                                                  Jennifer Schrock

      Scripture:  Psalm 32                     Corine Alvarez, Emily Grimes,

                                                                                       Joel Nafziger

      Meditation:  "When We Don't Confess"                 Dan Schrock

Time of Confession

      Song of Response:  From the depths of sin (WB 136)

      Confession and Reconciliation

            Leader:    We are all invited to trust the Lord today. 

                             Let us bring ourselves to God in prayer.

                
All:           God of steadfast love,

                             we put our trust in your care for us.

                             When we need to find our way home,  

                             we put our trust in you.

            Leader:    When we need forgiveness,

                             we put our trust in you.

                             When our souls hunger for a new way of living,

                             we put our trust in you.

            All:           In the morning and in the evening,

                             we will put our trust in you.                                  

            Leader:    Our generous God provides for us.   

      Offering Gifts and Tithes

            Songs:   Slowly turning, ever turning (STJ 23)

                          I am leaning on the Lord (WB 532)

                          Fill us with your feast (projected)

Hearing Each Other

      Sharing Joys and Concerns                                         Anita Kehr

      Introduction of Guests and Announcements                              

            Please pass the friendship registers.

Sending

      Song:  Sizohamba naye / We will walk with God (STJ 78)


Please replace the hymnals in the pockets on the back of the chairs and the Sing the Journey books on the chairs.


Worship Participants:

Worship Leader - Heidi Siemens-Rhodes

Song Leader - Paul Leichty

Accompanist - Sarah Roth

Confessors - Roy Bergey, D. Richard Miller, Denise Risser

Sound and Projection - Ben Buckwalter

Bulletin Cover - Merrill Krabill

Ushers - Dave and Bev Krabill and family

Lent Planning Committee - Jennifer Schrock, Heidi Siemens-Rhodes, Joan Troyer


Childcare during worship is available for infants and toddlers (generally ages three and under) in the nursery on the right side of the hallway going back to Jubilee Hall.

Nurture Hour begins ten minutes after the end of worship.  All of you are invited to stay, enjoy coffee and conversation in the fellowship hall, and then gather in one of the classes available to people of every age:

Adult nurture classes at BAMF are intergenerational, and visitors are encouraged to attend the class of their choosing.

The college-age class meets in the northwest corner of the meetingroom and is led by Peter and Jan Bender Shetler, John and Ruth Miller Roth.  For the spring quarter the other adult classes are studying "Wellness."  All adults will begin as one group in the meetingroom and then move into classes using the new Spring pairings:  Classes 1 and 7 meet in the Southwest corner, classes 2 and 8 meet in the Library, classes 3 and 4 meet in the Southeast corner and classes 5 and 6 meet in the Northeast corner of the sanctuary.  Visitors are welcome to attend any group.  If you don't remember your class number, you can check the list on the bulletin board.                        


Children from kindergarten through fifth grade gather after worship for singing in "Jubilee Hall" (the large room north of the fellowship hall).  Younger children may go directly to their classrooms.

¨      Infants and Twos meet in "Cherub Corner."

¨      Preschool and Kindergarten meet in "Gentleness."

¨      First and Second Grades meet in "Peace."

¨      Third and Fourth Grades meet in "Joyful."

¨      Fourth and Fifth Grades meet in "Forgiveness."


Youth:  

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

If you are visiting today,

please pick up a copy of our newsletter in the fellowship hall.