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We received word from Phil Keller at GIHN center that there won’t be any guests next week. One family found a rental house this week and another is leaving on Friday. He said families this close to Christmas often get invited to stay with  family members or friends. So we will not be hosting GIHN […]

The church received several 2017 calendars in the mail from various places. If you would like one of these calendars, you will find them on top of the literature rack by the mailboxes. Please help yourself.

Berkey is hosting Goshen Interfaith Hospitality Network (GIHN) guests in our building, Monday, December 26, – Sunday, January 1. We’re so grateful to all the many volunteers who will be helping throughout the week. There are many layers of involvement — creating a warm space for the families, helping with food preparation, staying overnight, spending […]

If you are planning to help with mat making for the homeless this Sunday during the nurture hour, it would be helpful if you would bring scissors or rotary cutters. Please test them at home to see if they will cut plastic.

December 18:  Middlers, JYF, MYF through adults will participate in the Intergenerational activities planned by the Advent Committee. Nursery through Primary children will meet with their regular Nurture Hour classes. Nurture Classes will not meet: December 25 (Christmas) January 1 (New Year)

Christmas Eve Service, 7:00 p.m. There will not be a worship service on Christmas day.

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.