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If you missed “Faithfulness Under the Cross: Unity, Division and the Church,” a gathering held last Sunday at East Goshen Mennonite Church and sponsored by the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference, you can watch it here.

Lent Lent begins on February 22. During this time, we will have a worship series on “The Rituals of Loss and Remembrance” in which we examine our practices around loss, grief and death and dying. We recognize that each one of us experiences losses of many kinds throughout our lives, some of which mark us […]

Ben Mast is a writing intern for MennoMedia and Herald Press. He studies English and Writing Studies at Eastern Mennonite University. The release of the Mennonite Community Cookbook Monday got me thinking about my own background in Mennonite cooking. My grandparents’ house, just a mile away from where I grew up in Goshen, Indiana, has […]

The Habitat For Humanity store, located at 2526 Peddler’s Village Rd., is moving one block north into the vacated Michiana Furniture Gallery Building on Rt. 33. This move will provide more space and visibility for the store. The Mission Commission has scheduled an evening service project to assist the Habitat Staff in preparing for this […]

On February’s First Friday (February 6), the Women’s “Lunch Bunch” group will be preparing and serving the Meal served at The Window as a fund-raiser for The Window.  Every First Friday of the month they ask a “service group” to provide the meal for them. Our Women’s group did this last year and has again […]

On Sunday, January 18, Mennonite congregations around the world will celebrate World Fellowship Sunday. Each year, on the Sunday closest to 21 January, Mennonite World Conference congregations are invited to remember the first Anabaptist baptism in 1525, an act of obedience and courage, which continues to shape our understanding of what it means to be […]

Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship’s day to help with canning is Friday, January 9.  Bring a sharp knife to cut the turkey into 1 inch cubes. Come in the morning or the afternoon. The preferred times are 7 a.m. and 2 p.m.  If you cannot help on this date, canning will occur from January 8-10 and January 12-17.  You may help […]

We have entered into the time of waiting for Jesus’ birth. We yearn for “the year of the Lord’s favor.” We join our voices with many who look for “a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit.” May Christ be born anew […]

Are you interested in becoming a member at Berkey? Beginning January 11, Marilyn and Dan will begin hosting membership exploration sessions for adults during the Christian education hour. Our purpose is to become better acquainted with each other and with the congregation. It’s fine if you want to participate in the sessions but aren’t sure […]