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Around St. B's
Here's the latest news--everything you wanted to know about what's been going on lately around St. Barnabas. If you have pictures to contribute, please contact Rev. Erika at erika@saintbarnabas.org.
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What a Fashionable Show!!
ECW Fashion Show 2008
Paradise Valley Country Club
Thursday, April 10th
Over 200 of us gathered to enjoy a wonderful luncheon and fashion show in support of the ECW scholarship program. Several parishioners as well as staff of St. Barnabas agreed to model the fashions supplied by Coldwater Creek. We all had an outstanding time and raised money for this worthy cause.
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our models:
Erin Johnson, Denise Belyea-Hext, Jane Gharibaen, Mary Engel, Fran Langley, Joylene Barnes
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Hearts & Hands raises $92,000!
Friday, February 29, 2008
300 people came together for our 9th annual Hearts & Hands auction, dinner and dance to raise funds for Mission Ministries. We raised an awesome $92,000 including
$16, 000 for the "Give From the Heart" which goes directly to Family Promise to assist them in their Ministry among homeless families.
A great time was had by all during the silent and live auctions. The dinner was amazing and the Hip Pocket band got everybody dancing! A huge thank you to all St. B's parishioners that contributed in any way, great or small, to make this night a huge success!
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Annual Meeting & Ministries Fair
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
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So much fun was had by so many people thanks to the efforts of the volunteers involved in the ministries here at
St. Barnabas. Some of the ministries are represented here - East Valley Men's Center, Office Volunteers & Book club , and the Vestry
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Rain is a blessing to the desert in Arizona - this year our Ministries Fair was blessed by so much rain that we moved into Hutton Hall. Despite the change in venue, an informative time accompanied by a tasty lunch was had by all in attendance.
The Annual Meeting was held with elections of new members of the Vestry as well as the appointment of a new Senior Warden and Chancellor. Please visit our "Who we are Page"
to view pictures of our Vestry. Our outgoing Vestry members, Senior Warden and Chancellor were thanked by all in attendance for their years of dedicated service.
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Epiphany Party
Sunday, January 6th, 2008
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Christmas Pageant
December 24, 2007
The children gathered at the 3:00pm Christmas Eve service to tell the story of the birth of Jesus to the congregation in place of a sermon. The story was told by the shepherds, wise men, angels, Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, sheep, donkeys, cows and at least one camel! It was a wonderful opportunity for the congregation to receive the Word of God from the youngest members of our parish!
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Consecration Sunday
November 11, 2007
Each year, the St. Barnabas family gathers to make their offerings to God in thanksgiving for all the blessings of their lives. This year, we celebrated with guest preacher, The Rt. Rev. William Burrill, who preached a wonderful and moving sermon
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St. B's parishioners celebrated the offerings they made to God at a brunch following each service. Good times had by all AND the food was delicious! |
An Episcopal ice sculpture! We've reached a new level of creativity!!
Thank you to the Stewardship Team who worked so hard to coordinate all of this! |
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Family Camp Reunion
October 27, 2007
Those who attended our annual Family Camp at Chapel Rock in September just had to reunite for a bit more fun and games to celebrate some Halloween favorites!! There were chocolate spiders to eat, smore-roasting, a mummy contest and of course, bobbing for apples! A great time was had by all and everyone is invited to plan ahead for next year's family camp which will be in September of 2008! See you there!!
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Fr. Brent & Deborah Stevens show off their fancy mummy contest styles! |
Little Wilson proudly displays the apple he "bobbed" for (along with his various other play balls--do we have a sports star rising among us?!). |
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Krys & Russell Estabrooks work up the courage to enjoy chocolate "spiders" as a special treat! Brave souls they are! |
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Blessing of the Animals
October 6, 2007
We had a great turnout at our annual Blessing of the Animals. It was an all-dog event this year--everything from an English Bulldog (in full regalia!) to Golden Retrievers to happy mixed breeds. A good time was had by all! |
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