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Books Double-Rainbow Family, by Jane Herstine Friesen (Nonfiction) recounts the author’s difficult childhood in PA and her marriage to Jake, a Canadian, who becomes a pilot. The chapters are filled with her children’s eventful, often painful, growing up years and Jane’s work to uncover family histories. Jake’s job moves them to many exotic places where […]

This weekend Ron Guengerich, who is a “coach” for College Mennonite Church (CMC) in Goshen, will be joining one of their pastors, Phil Waite, on a visit to Iglesia Evangelica Menonita Arca de Salvacion in Fort Myers, Florida. The visit is intended to continue strengthening the relationship of CMC with the Florida church and its […]

The October SLT minutes are now posted on the Berkey website for the congregation to read. You will find the SLT page under the resource tab; use the same password that you use for the online directory.

This is a reminder that our church has a battery recycling station in the entryway to Jubilee Hall. There is a bucket for rechargeable batteries and CFLs and another for alkaline batteries. The former we can recycle for free, but the latter we pay about $2 per pound to recycle. You can make a contribution […]

Some of you will remember Yasir Makki, who has spoken at our church. He is a church planter and school principal in the Sudan. Yasir has started a school for refugee children from the Nuba Mountains and is seeking more funding because the number of students is higher than expected. An email letter from Yasir […]

Although we will have our usual Christmas Eve service, we will not have a worship service at Berkey on Christmas day. Instead you might consider the possibility of attending a Christmas day service in a church very different from ours. In a national context where we need to reach across divisions that separate us, worshiping […]

The College Board estimates that the cost of textbooks and supplies for undergraduate students for 2016-17 at $1100 to $1200. Many minority students at Goshen College do not have the funds to absorb this expense. For our Advent 2016 giving project, the Mission Commission will collect money to assist Goshen College minority students who are […]

Lady finger popcorn was raised in the church gardens this summer. Lady finger popcorn is the smallest popcorn available and it is hull less. There is popcorn for sale on the table in the fellowship hall. This would make nice gifts. All sales go to the Model School fund in Berkey’s budget.

Christian’s Hope:  Return to Northkill, book 3, by Ervin R. Stutzman features the story of the younger brother of Joseph Hochstetler and the son of Jacob, whom readers have come to love in the first two books in this series.  Based on actual events and written by a descendant of the Hochstetler family, Christian’s Hope […]