Posts from April 2015

April 29, 2015 Last Chance: Join the Presiding Bishop at our May Conference! It’s not too late to join The Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, at our Spring Conference this Saturday, May 2. Bishop Jefferts Schori will speak, lead an interactive discussion and take questions in the last official visit of her nine-year term. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Saratoga is hosting the conference; its theme is “Maturing in Mission: Growing into the…

On Friday May 1st the Most Rev. Katherine Jefferts Schorie, our Presiding Bishop and our own bishop, the Rt. Rev Mary Gray-Reeves will lead a pilgrimage at Luke’s Jolon from 9:30-1:30 at St Luke’s, Jolon.  The Presiding Bishop will then be with us at the annual Spring Conference of the Diocese at St.Andrew’s Saratoga on Saturday May 2nd. http://realepiscopal.org/event/save-the-date-pilgrimage/?instance_id=38

Thank you !! The pilgrimage through Holy Week to Easter has been an amazing journey this year.  The depth of the journey is the result of a lot of very hard work by many members of the community.  We are thankful to the Sunday School for its presentation of Mark’s Passion on Sunday School. To Audrey Manville for help to place the palms throughout the courtyard and church entrance.  To those you prepared the dinner on Maundy Thursday and set…

On May 9th, all the women of the diocese are invited to attend Women’s Day, a day of learning through workshops on many topics, for spiritual growth, education, and celebration. http://realepiscopal.org/event/1152/?instance_id=60

  In the past year there has been an ongoing conversation about how to most effectively communicate the news of the parish to the community. The St. Barnabas community generally does a good job of communicating the good news to the community. But we want to do better. There will be a notable change in the shape of the Chimes. This will be the last edition of the newsletter in this form. In the future the various components of the…