BLOGS & RECTOR’S MESSAGES
Regathering Sunday
I am thrilled to welcome all our members back to church for either indoor or outdoor worship this Sunday. I also extend a very warm welcome to newcomers and visitors - please be assured of a respectful approach to mutual care and safety. In line with the safety...
Parish Voices | 87 Years Of Turning Strangers Into Friends
While Gareth enjoys an August vacation, this letter is being written by guest columnists from our parish. When the pandemic caused a shutdown of life as we know it, an odd silence settled around us. (Ok, to be fair, not for those with young children). Annual events we...
Parish Voices | What a Small World
While Gareth enjoys an August vacation, this letter is being written by guest columnists from our parish. In these "dog days" of summer when many of our fellow parishioners are elsewhere or perhaps disinclined, in light of the Delta variant, to attend any indoor...
Relating the Beatles to the Gospels | Pilgrimage to “Strawberry Fields”
In this episode, St. Barnabas Rector, Gareth Evans, and Communications Intern, Hope Durot, traveled to "Strawberry Fields" in New York City’s Central Park to immerse themselves in a profound sense of gratitude for the wisdom of John Lennon’s lyrics. In particular,...
Parish Voices | Religion in America: Opportunity in Change
While Gareth enjoys an August vacation, this letter is being written by guest columnists from our parish. Headlines announcing results of the Gallup organization's latest poll on the State of Religion in the U.S. this past Spring were quite...
Getting Ready for Vacation
Like many of you, I'm looking forward to taking a vacation, which, in practical terms, means vacating the pulpit, the office, and the day-to-day concerns of parish leadership. Put another way and coining the British idiom, I'm about to go on holiday to take holy days...