Josh and Anna Mosser are leading a new postcollege age class for both singles and married couples. The class will begin on Sunday, Sept. 6, at 9:00 a.m. in Room 2 (next to the prayer room) in the lower level. If you’d like additional information, please contact Josh at (260) 223-8513.

Join us Sunday, Sept. 6, from 2:00- 6:00 p.m. at West Bank Ramp/Park in Celina for an afternoon of boat rides, outdoor games, and supper. Food, drinks, and boats will be provided. Bring a camp chair. All men young and old, 0-100, are invited! Please sign up in the foyer to help estimate food. If you have questions, call Darin Ringger at (260) 820-0191. 

Christmas in September at Das Marit Market will be Saturday, September 12, from 9 am - 12 noon, where vendors will have Christmas-themed items for sale. The market is held each Saturday morning through October 3 in the First Mennonite Church parking lot at the corner of Main Street and US 27 in Berne.

If you have more questions or insights about the spiritual gift of wisdom, come and join the Disciple Commission for a discussion time in Sunday school at 9:00 AM on Sunday, Sept 20th or 27th. We will meet in room 15 on the lower level. You are welcome to attend either session or both!! The Disciple Commission would love to have people share what they have experienced and seen about this gift.: Bring your questions as well!! 

Registrations are open for The Hope Clinic fundraising banquets with special guest speaker Gloria Barnes, author of When I Stopped Running She Found Me: A Birth Mom’s Story. There will also be a client testimony, an update on Margie’s Place, and ministry updates and stories of lives impacted through The Hope Clinic. The Berne banquet date is Thursday, Sept. 24, at 7:00 p.m. here at First Mennonite Church. For additional information call (260) 589-3561 for questions. 

Again this year, our church will send crafts and baked goods to the Michiana Mennonite Relief sale held at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds September 25 and 26. 

Relief Crafts: Crafts for the sale will be on display along the upper hallway outside the chapel. Any craft item you wish to donate should be brought to the Women’s Ministries room by Wednesday evening, Sept. 16. Items will need to be placed on tables set up in the hallway by 9:00 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25 

Relief Sale Baking Supplies: Supplies are available on the baked goods table in the foyer.

A trip is being planned for a group to go to Asheville, North Carolina from December 13th through 19th to work with Mennonite Disaster Service in rebuilding after hurricane Helene which took place Sept. 2024. If interested, please contact Bill Beachey at 849-0426.

Church family DTS starts this fall, with a mission trip to the Dominican Republic scheduled for June 21-26, 2027. The class will focus on nine core components of a disciple. This class and culminating trip to Freedom International is open to singles, married couples, families (with kids 10 or over), empty nesters, retirees—everyone is welcome! Requirements: regular DTS class attendance (third Sundays), family homework, local service projects, and some reading. If all requirements are met, the cost of the trip will be covered! The sign-up sheet is on a table in the foyer

The Spiritual Guidance Cabinet would like to offer prayer for healing as well as anointing with oil to anyone struggling with health issues. James 5:14-15. Please contact Darin Ringger at (260) 820-0191.

Contribute to the needs of our community by participating in Project Share. You can place your donations on the table in the foyer or in the box inside the east entrance of the church.  Suggestions for each month are listed below, but all donations are appreciated.

• January - Cereal & Baby Food
• February - Monetary Donations
• March - Vegetables
• April - Boxed/Pouched Side Dishes
• May - Cake, Brownie, Muffin Mixes
• June - Paper Products
• July - Personal Hygiene Products
• August - Feminine Hygiene Products
• September - Canned Meat
• October - Soups
• November - Pasta
• December - Beans

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