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Please continue to consult the wall with the feedback provided from the 3 sessions of the Third World Cafe. We invite you to keep thinking and praying about where God is leading our church in regards to becoming a welcoming congregation to the LGBTQ community. SLT will be meeting and discerning about next steps over […]

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. […]

Bob and Mag Richer Smith will be visiting  family in Pittsburg, leaving Sunday, July 1, after the service, and returning Friday, July 6.

This summer, during Christian Education Nurture Hour, there will be two inter-generational options, one inside and one outdoors: The inside option will consist of friends from our congregation sharing about their multicultural experiences and they will teach us a new skill, such as a new song or prayer, a new food, or dance. Those who […]

Berkey Avenue will be hosting Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) at Saint Marks United Methodist Church, June 24-July 1. We are currently working on the volunteer schedule. If you are a regular volunteer and know you will be gone during that time, please let us know soon. We also welcome new volunteers and would be glad […]

We still have plenty of Berkey Cookbooks for sale. These are great gifts for anyone. You will find them by the mailboxes. Please add your name to the list, located by the books, and put your money in the offering. Be sure to write in your check’s memo line or attach a note, that your […]

​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. […]

Pastors Bob and Mag Richer Smith are on vacation and will return to the office on June 15. Pastors Dan Schrock is on vacation and will return to work on July 1. Communication & Office Manger Jenny Hooley is on vacation and will return to the office on June 26. Lana Smucker will work in […]

Three of our youth will be graduating from high school this spring: Alex Miller from Northridge High School; Abby Rudy-Froese from Bethany Christian Schools; Elise Wenger from Goshen High School. We will be celebrating their graduation this Sunday, May 27, with the gift of a hymnal, a special tea following worship and a hymn sing […]