Please join us for worship on Sunday, January 12, 2025

• 8:00 a.m. — Worship
• 10:00 a.m. — Worship followed by Coffee Hour
• Childcare available during 10:00 a.m. Worship
• Worship led by The Rev. Jeanie Martinez-Jantz

Mark Your Calendars!

After a five year hiatus, our (after) Epiphany party is back! Join us on Saturday, January 18, 2025 from 12 to 2 pm in the lounge. Ladies, please bring a potluck dish to share, a wrapped gift valued between $5 and $10, and a FRIEND. After some social time we will have a devotional, eat lunch, then play our “Yankee Swap” game. Be prepared to laugh! 

A sign up sheet will be in the back of church, or you can call the office to reserve your spot(s.) For more information, contact Libby Green.

Sponsored by your Invite, Welcome, and Connect Team.

In commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King's Day: Reflections on an Ecumenical Civil Rights Pilgrimage

On Sunday, January 19th, three St. Barnabas' members, Craig Brosi, Maria Perez Monzon, and Sheridan Quarless Kingsberry, will share reflections on their recent Ecumenical Pilgrimage to Montgomery and Selma, Alabama. The forum, sponsored by the Becoming Beloved Community Ministry, will take place immediately after service during a special coffee hour. Members who are not able to attend church on Sunday, January 19th may participate via Zoom.  After reflections, congregants will have an opportunity to ask questions in person and through the chat on the Zoom platform. To see a previously published copy of the pilgrimage booklet by Cynde Bimbi, Director of Communications, Episcopal Church in Delaware, with our star Craig Brosi on the cover, please click this link: you can view it here.

To participate in the BBC Forum via Zoom please use the Zoom link below to sign-in at 11:30 a.m.

Diocesan Book Study in the Season of Epiphany    

Let’s participate in this statewide study!  

The Racial Justice and Reconciliation Commission has selected the book We Survived the End of the World: Lessons from Native America on Apocalypse and Hope to read throughout the diocese during the Epiphany Season. The author Steven Charleston is an Episcopal Bishop and a member of the Choctaw Nation.

Bishop Brown will offer this book for his annual online book study on Tuesday nights starting January 14 through February 25, 2025.  

A display copy of the book and a signup sheet will be in the back of our church. You will receive a zoom link notification closer to the start date. We suggest you purchase/order your book from your favorite local bookstore, or use this bookshop link. 

Sign up at church, or signups/questions via email to:

Sheridan Kingsberry :  sqkingsberry1@verizon.net or 

Cindy Richards:  Szwedrichards@aol.com 

St. Barnabas Parish Life

Parish Life held a welcome gathering for Rev. Jeanie after her first sermon at St. Barnabas on Sunday, December 15, 2024.

Rev. Jeanie was welcomed with homemade scones, a delicious lemon cake, a maple pecan cheesecake, meringues (not homemade).  

Parishioners also put together a "Delaware" basket filled with thoughtful gifts to acclimate one to this area, along with a handmade lighted Christmas vase, along with a chalkboard cat. Rev. Jeanie has 2 cats, Obsidian and Chimp. Their names and backstories are very interesting.

A great time was had by all and once again, welcome Reverend Jeanie! See below for pictures provided by Robin Buckley-Baird

Contact Information for Rev. Jeanie

Please use the following information to contact Rev. Jeanie:

email at Rev.Jeanie@StB-DE.org

or by phone at (302) 333-7598

Prayer Requests

• Submit prayer requests to the Office by 9 p.m. on Tuesdays for inclusion in Sunday's bulletin
• Prayer requests will remain in the bulletin for one month
• Prayer and Praise Chain offers the opportunity for parishioners to pray for the needs of our parish family
• Contact Leslie Walker to submit a name to the Prayer and Praise chain

St. Barnabas Office Information

• Phones are covered during office hours and after hours messages are checked daily. (302) 994-6607
• Office hours: Mon. - Fri. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Pastoral Emergencies: Please contact Rev. Jeanie Martinez-Jantz at (302) 333-7598 or Rev.Jeanie@StB-DE.org

Best contacts for specific items:

• Bulletin- Martha De Luna (Office@StB-de.org)
• eNews- Beth Engler (Beth.A.Engler@gmail.com)
• General office information (Office@StB-de.org)
• Scheduling/Calendar information (Calendar@StB-de.org)

Keep up to date on all activities by subscribing to the St. Barnabas Events Calendar.

Submissions:

Please submit announcement information for The St. Barnabas eNews to Beth Engler 

no later than Wednesday 9 p.m.