And the Thirty-Third Anniversary of the Dedication of Our Church
St. Barnabas’ Day and our Anniversary will be transferred1 and celebrated Sunday June 18th. Barnabas encouraged the Church through stewardship (Acts 4:36-37) and through clearheadedness about the new Christian ministry of the murderous Saul (Acts 9:27).
It will be our joy to hear again how Barnabas responded to Christ in mission. In 1973, the late Rt. Rev. Willis R. Henton dedicated our worship space to remember the Christ-like Barnabas.2 It will be our joy to measure the “encouraging” word which we have brought to Odessa-folk in our 33 years.
Hey! But the Rector wasn’t here to see most of those moments. So here’s your homework: Describe, as clearly as possibly, your EXACT place at St. Barnabas when you met the person who most encouraged you to be a part of our life together.
Got your assignment? Good! Turn it in to the Rector by Monday June 12th. Make-up work can be turned in as late as 10:45 am June 18 at the picnic. Thanks for your help!
1 BCP p. 16, paragraph 2. 2 Bishop Henton died on Feb. 16th of this year. He was consecrated as Bishop on St. Barnabas’ Day 1972.
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