Shrove Tuesday is the English version of Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday. It is the feast before the fast. Traditionally, it was a day to clean out the pantry and use up all the sugar and eggs and rich foods before the season of Lent. What are your questions about our worship, our faith, or The Episcopal Church?

Stephen Ministers are companions who offer one-to-one care to people in the congregation experiencing life difficulties. Each Stephen Minister has received extensive training and they are looking forward to beginning their ministry to members of our congregation. Over the next several weeks, we will be introducing our Stephen Ministers and sharing a bit about why they decided to offer themselves to serve our St. Barnabas community in this capacity.

Visio Divina is an ancient spiritual practice that invites us into a “divine seeing,” using art or images to contemplate God’s presence with us. Over the next few weeks, we will be practicing Visio Divina as part of our Sunday Morning Reflection Group. You can join us in person at 9 a.m. or practice at home.

One special kind of award is a challenge coin. A challenge coin is a small coin or medallion, bearing an organization's insignia or emblem and carried by the organization's members. These coins are a physical symbol of appreciation and recognition of a job well done or exemplary service.

Over the summer, OGB launched their first ever summer camp experience for the 50 students that are part of their tutoring program.

A small group is a place where you can be known and know others and listen for God’s movement in your life through connecting for meaningful conversation and to grow in your faith and understanding of God’s call in your life.

In the busyness of modern life, we have lost the rhythm between work and rest. All life requires a rhythm of rest. There is a rhythm in waking and sleeping, of nature growing and laying fallow, there is a rhythm of the tides coming in and going out. There is even a rhythm to our breathing in and out, in each inhale and exhale.

We are listening for God’s call to us as we grow into the future. Our Vestry and Strategic Planning Team will be listening with one ear to the congregation’s collective input about their hopes for the future of St. Barnabas, and with a second ear to where God is beckoning us next in our continuing journey as God’s church.