Do you have an announcement for the Newsletter? Submit your announcement to the office by noon on Thursday. Announcements received after the deadline will be printed the following week. Announcements run between 1-3 weeks.
Our Local Mennonite Schools
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS)
Cultivate your ministry of spiritual direction through
Spiritual Direction: Mystery, an advanced level of the supervised program. This course (meeting three times on campus for two days each) will help you focus on the ineffable presence and activity of God. Register by September 5 and save $100.
Learn more.
Our Mennonite Institutions
IN-MI Mennonite Women and Amigo Centre
"She is a Tree of LIfe" is the theme for the Retreat for Women and Girls at Amigo Centre, October 11-13. Look forward to a weekend full of fellowship and learning together, along with an opportunity to retreat from routine distractions.
Joanne Gallardo will be the worship leader, Sabrina Falls, the speaker.
View the brochure and register online.
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
You are invited to the MCC Great Lakes Open House on Thursday, August 29, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Stop by their office in The Depot building in Goshen for an informal time of conversation and fellowship with MCC Great Lakes staff. At 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. there will be MCC updates from J. Ron Byler, MCC U.S. Executive Director, as well as stories from Great Lakes programs around the region.
Find more information and to register.
Looking for activities for mentor pairs or other intergenerational groups? Consider joining the Peace Camp weekend retreat for youth and adults on September 6-8, at Camp Friedenswald. Camp Friedenswald and Mennonite Central Committee are partnering to offer an opportunity for intergenerational faith formation through the camp experience tied with worship and input sessions focused around peace theology. Jason Boone, PJSN Coordinating Minister of MMN, and Jes Stoltzfus Buller, Peace Education Coordinator for MCC, will be leading hands-on learning sessions about communication skills, conflict resolution and a biblical approach to peace and justice. There will also be lots of camp activities, games and relationship-building opportunities.
Learn more and register.
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC): Michiana Mennonite Relief Sale
The 52nd Annual Michiana Relief Sale is September 27-28. Browse the
sale's website to view the schedule and learn about the many opportunities available to you.
Mennonite Church USA
Find out how churches across MC USA are
offering solidarity with immigrant communities in their contexts.
Salem-Zion Mennonite Church youth plan to #BRINGTHEPEACE to the county fair and are selling t-shirts in support of Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) asylum and immigrant detainment kit efforts.
Read more.
Mennonite Creation Care
Berkey was featured in the latest
Creation Care newsletter. Underneath beautiful photos of our garden, they write, "Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship, Goshen, Ind., is enjoying a blaze of purple monarda and yellow coneflowers this month. The 100' by 100' pollinator planting was the idea of Lowell Nafziger, who oversees the church's community garden. An abundance of bumble bees, swallowtail butterflies, monarchs and hummingbird moths are among the beneficiaries."
Mennonite World Conference
“Never has the world needed our message more.... Now is the time to risk everything for our belief that Jesus is the way to peace;... now is the time to live what we have spoken.” Ron Sider’s words to the Mennonite World Conference Assembly 11 gathered in Strasbourg France in 1984 famously launched Christian Peacemaker Teams, an organization that uses nonviolent direct action to confront systems of violence and oppression.
Read more.
Community Announcements
Benefit Concert
The Evergreen Singers, a choir of 35 people age 50 and older, will present a concert to benefit the Center for Healing & Hope this Sunday, August 18, 3:00 p.m., at the Plymouth United Church of Christ, 902 S. Main Street in Goshen. The performance will include a variety of hymns and a performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Ave Verum." This year's concert will also feature the Jennings Orchestra, a 12-member senior group. A free-will offering will be taken to support the Center's medical care for uninsured people and advocacy programs for our immigrant neighbors.
Learn more about the Center for Healing & Hope.
Pathways Retreat
Drop in for morning prayer at 8:00 a.m., Tuesday through Friday at Pathways Retreat (309 1/2 Hackett Rd, Goshen). These guided contemplative prayer experiences invite you to engage with God through wisdom from their Mystic of the Month (Tuesdays), Scripture (Wednesdays), Psalms (Thursdays), and Creation (Fridays).
Learn more.
Listening Together is an ever-evolving group that meets weekly at Pathways Retreat (309 1/2 Hackett Rd, Goshen). This fall they are reflecting on John Philip Newell's book,
The Rebirthing of God: Christianity's Struggle for New Beginnings.
Learn more.
Classifieds
Have something to sell, rent or lend? Want to buy or borrow something? Looking for a job or wanting to volunteer? This is the place to have it be known!
Patsy Sherer is planning to travel to Lancaster, PA on Saturday, August 31 and return Wednesday, September 4 and would welcome a ride or rider.
Emily Krabill and Monica Tarman are looking for someone to provide assistance to them at their new apartment. It would be a paid provider position with Forte. Ideally it would be from 5:30-8:00 p.m., four evenings a week, and 2-3 hours on Saturday. Some of that could be negotiated. The provider would help them accomplish household tasks, shopping, planning and organizing.
Contact Merrill Krabill if you are interested.
Berkey Announcements
Plans for the next couple of weeks of Summer Sunday School have been changed. The schedule is as follows:
This Sunday, August 18, everyone is invited to gather for the congregational meal and meeting following the nurture hour, 12:00 p.m. Bring a main dish and a salad or dessert to share, as well as your own table service.
The July Finance Report is now available for you to view on the Berkey website. The Financial Reports page is under the Resource tab. The page is password protected; if you have forgotten the password, please contact the office.
Berkey has owned the house next door, 2601 Berkey Avenue, since 2011 and have had it rented out since we owned it. The current tenants are moving out and the house will be available to rent to new tenants November 1.
Head on over to our Facebook page for a photographic collection of our early history -- complete with difficult to recognize building features, incredible hairstyles and clothing, and who knows what else we will dig up! Play along and see if you can spot anybody you know, and don't forget to like our page if you haven't already!
Do you have an announcement for the Newsletter? Submit your announcement to the office by noon on Thursday. Announcements received after the deadline will be printed the following week. Announcements run between 1-3 weeks.
Red Cross Blood Drive, September 6, 12:00 - 6:00 p.m. Sign-up on the 
Commission Kickoff, September 7, 9:00 a.m.
Many, many thanks to my Berkey family for supporting me during this time after the death of my father. Your love and care is very much felt and appreciated. -Joanne Gallardo
Berkey owns a Church Video License (CVLI) to show select movies in church. If you plan to show a video or movie, 
