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Berkey will be hosting GIHN guests this coming week, October 9-16. Thank you to the many Berkey volunteers who are part of hosting the families; creating a space and presence for them to feel cared for and welcome.

Thank you to all the children and adults at Berkey Avenue Mennonite for your energy and enthusiasm in collecting $629.44 for My Coins Count this year. Your money will be used to fund water projects, including building wells for students in Chad and Mozambique, improving sanitation for students in Uganda and helping get clean water […]

The August SLT minutes are now on our Berkey website for you to read. To view the page, use the same password that you use for the online directory.

Living the Anabaptist Story, by Lisa D. Weaver and J. Denny Weaver is a guide to early beginnings. There are questions for today at the back of the book. It is a vital resource for young people born into Mennonite or Anabaptist communities as well as a review of this Christian stream for others. Very […]

Over the years Berkey has been a wonderful, welcoming church home for many college/young adult students. One of the highlights for the students is having a meal each Sunday after church. This allows them to get to know our church family in a more informal setting and learn to know a wider range of people. […]

We regret to report that our playground and parking lot project will probably not happen this fall, due to three interwoven factors beyond our control. First, the city requires that we submit a detailed, engineered site plan before they will approve the project. Second, this site plan can only be drawn up by qualified engineers, […]

Over the years Berkey has been a wonderful, welcoming church home for many college/young adult students. One of the highlights for the students is having a meal each Sunday after church. This allows them to get to know our church family in a more informal setting and learn to know a wider range of people. […]

The Prayer Circle of three to five people meets routinely on Monday nights at 7:00 p.m. in the church offices. We pray for Berkey members who have shared joys and concerns during the worship service, by using the blue prayer cards, or through individual concerns specifically expressed to us. All prayer requests are kept confidential. […]

Ron Guengerich Ron has begun this week to serve as the “substitute pastor” filling in half-time while Marilyn Rudy-Froese is on sabbatical. Ron retired in early 2015 after serving as a pastor, most recently at Silverwood Mennonite Church in Goshen. Before that he served at Zion Mennonite Church in Archbold, Ohio, and at Whitestone Mennonite […]