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We are looking for someone to lovingly coordinate the landscaping at Berkey Ave. This person would be responsible for keeping the flower beds maintained and all shrubbery trimmed and looking it’s best. This is a job done with volunteers, and for larger jobs, arrange to hire local businesses to do the work and oversee the […]

Five of our youth will be graduating from high school this spring: Carissa from Bethany Christian Schools; Natalie, Bobby, Evan, and Mason from Goshen High School. We will be celebrating their graduation next Sunday, May 28, with a tea and they will each receive a hymnal. You are invited to sign the hymnals on the […]

Bible School registration is now open for children age 4 (by August 1) through grade 5. To sign your child up for this event, follow this link. The theme this year is, Exodus: The Great Escape. Bible School dates are Monday- Friday June 5-9, 9:00-11:30a.m. at College Mennonite Church.

A short congregational meeting was held last Sunday after the worship service. The congregation approved increased project costs for the playground/parking lot construction project which is scheduled to begin soon. The total cost of the project is $124,579. The project has a contingency that construction cannot begin unless 80% of the funds are in hand […]

Berkey, College Mennonite, Assembly, Eighth Street and Faith​ Mennonite churches are jointly sponsoring the play, This will Lead to Dancing, on Friday, May 12, 7:00 p.m. at College Mennonite Church. The play is presented by the critically acclaimed Canadian faith-based drama troupe, Theatre of the Beat. It is about wholeness, belonging and LGBTQ inclusion. Read […]

Dan Schrock will be out of town on vacation from Tuesday, May 16 through Saturday, May 27.

It is time to renew subscriptions to Rejoice and Purpose magazines. Checks should be written out to Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship and placed in the Treasurer’s mailbox (not the offering) by May 28. See prices and descriptions below: Rejoice ($28.30): Nurture your soul through the quarterly devotional magazine Rejoice! Each day’s entry includes a Scripture […]

Everyone is invited to stay for a congregational meal after the nurture hour on Sunday, May 21. For the meal please bring a main dish and a salad or dessert to share as well as your own table service. Guests and college students are warmly invited to stay for the meal.

For a number of years Lowell Nafziger has raised a strawberry patch in our community garden for others to pick. He does not have time this year to devote to a patch. So please plan accordingly when planting your garden.