St. Barnabas - Parish Events & Activities

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Sunday School resumed for the winter and spring on January 6th. For a registration form, family calendar, and class list, please contact Fr. Joel at the parish. Registration forms are also available on the table outside the parish office.

OUTREACH

Yonkers Food Pantry boxes are hallway between the Lounge and Parish Hall.

The Global Concerns Committee has launched a Web page to provide updates on the Carpenter's Kids and other global poverty-related information. Check it out by visiting the St. Barnabas Web site at www.stbarnabaschurch.org and clicking on the "Global Concerns" button on the left-hand side of the home page. Many thanks to our Web master, Oliver Rock, for breaking all previous speed records in making this happen.

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

***Interfaith Opportunity
The Center for Jewish-Christian-Muslim Understanding's new website is: http://www.cjcmu.org/

***Coffee Hour!
Join us for fresh-brewed Green Mountain regular or decaf coffee after the 10:00 a.m. service. Tea is also available.

***Pledges
Considering contributing stock for your 2007 or 2008 pledge? Please be sure to call Sue Stanley in the church office, and tell her what stock you are donating, the number of shares & what year it is for. She will also send you a memo detailing how to give stock to the parish. We have no way of knowing whose stock is whose, unless you call. Sue (591-8194).

PAST EVENTS

+++ Many joined us for last year's Special Lenten Series Wrestling with Angels: An intimate look at some tough questions of life. "Why didn't God answer my prayers?", "If God is so good, why is there so much evil in the world?", "The Bible says to forgive, but how can I?" This 4-part video series examined the varied experiences of ordinary people as they challenge issues of faith from a variety of real-life situations. Each episode opened with intimate conversations with people who told about their personal spiritual experiences. (The series' title comes from Jacob wrestling with the Angel of God.)

+++ Lenten Retreat
A small group from St. Barnabas attended a silent retreat at Holy Cross monastery in West Park, New York, on March 5-7. The retreat, entitled "Food For the Desert Places," was led by Suzette Cayless.

+++ The Annual Dinner-Meeting
At St. Barnabas, we have a 50 year tradition of holding this meeting the last Tuesday of January, rain or shine, snow or plague of locust! We always have 100 - 135 people at this event, and at St. B the evening is always upbeat, fun and lively.

Last year we received the carefully tooled new Mission Statement prepared over the past 8 months by a special committee headed by Janet Wynn and also worked on by the Vestry in the past two months.

+++ St. Barnabas 101: Back to Basics
During the season of Epiphany the Christian Education Committee presented "St. Barnabas 101: Back to Basics." Members of our parish lead the discussion on, "The Worship: What's Going On?," "The Space: Candles and Curiosities," and "The People: Roles and Recollections."