The people of St Barnabas have met for worship since 16th September 1979 where they first met at the Fraser Primary School. As the congregation was … Read More
St Barnabas, Charnwood
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Barney’s Boutique
The St Barnabas op shop, Barney's Boutique, is located at the church centre in Charnwood, 10 Charnwood Place, Charnwood. See map below. A … Read More
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Worshipping Together This Sunday: May 28, 2017
The Seventh Sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts 1:6-14; Ps 68:1-10,31-35 (p. 288); 1 Peter 5; John 17:1-11.
This Sunday we will hear from our own Peter Haddad who just returned from Indonesia.
For many years the Parish of St Barnabas (both St Barnabas and St Michael’s) has supported churches, ministers, schools, and orphans across East Java and Bali. We do this by offering friendship, financial support, sponsorship, and mutual ministry training.
Both Peter Haddad and Wendy Elliott, who now lives on the South Coast, recently spent a month among these faithful people. I asked Peter if he would share with us today something of their experience of the culture, people, and experience of getting to know these ministries over the past decades and their most recent visit.
Our God is doing wonderful things through our parish!
All are welcome to come and hear Peter at either St Barnabas at 9:00am or St Michael’s at 11:00am.
Worshipping Together This Sunday: May 20, 2017
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts 17:22-31; Ps 66:7-19 (p. 286); 1 Peter 3:8-22; John 14:15-21
The gospel reading this week invites us to consider ‘another Helper’ to be sent among the church that the resurrected Jesus is forming. Here this ‘Advocate’ is named as the ‘Spirit of Truth’. As Jesus insists, the church, those who obey the command of Jesus to love one another, are not ‘orphans’. We do so much more than merely refer back to a time when the Christ was present to show and teach us the radical heart of God. Rather, we remain, as we always were, a guided people, a community led by the very presence of Jesus!
Jesus is right: we are not alone!
Please know that you are welcome to join us at either St Barnabas or St Michael’s this Sunday morning to worship in this ‘Spirit of Truth’.
Worshipping Together This Sunday: May 14, 2017
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts 7:55-60; Ps 31:1-5, 17-18; 1 Peter 2:11-25; John 14:1-14.
The Gospel reading set for this Sunday contains another of the famous ‘I am’ claims of Jesus: ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life’. It is given in response to Thomas’ insistence that the disciples cannot follow Jesus as they have no idea where he is going. Jesus answers the question of direction by pointing to himself as the path to God.
It is a big claim. Jesus, however, goes further: ‘I am in the Father and the Father is in me’. This, Jesus claims, is why miracles have surrounded this mission. They are signs of this relationship.
These signs also surround the people who follow after Jesus. Amazingly, the same relationship is claimed for us. We too are asked to ask the Father for all that we need. May we be so courageous!
As always, all are welcome to our services this Sunday!