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Meet our New Council

President Sally Skalany

Vice President Mark Gates

Secretary Marianne Barstow

Caring Karole Vogel

Christian Education Jen Liautaud

Fellowship Barb Kreutzmann

Property Bob Eccker

Finance Linda Hamann

Stewardship Janet Dorn

Witness Dave Gwinn

Worship & Music Steve Jaenicke

Youth Julia Vogt

Meet and Greets

People come to church in search of God and in search of a supportive

community. We are blessed to have many new families and individuals worship-ping with us lately. Since the Witness Team would like to help us all get to know each

other better so we can be that supportive community, they are inviting everyone to two special meet and greets between ser-vices on both July 28 and August 4 (come to one or come to

both). We’ll have activities to get to know each other better—and of course we’ll have some delicious snacks.

. . . to grow up into Christ.

T h e E n c o u r a g e r

Sarah Wilson, Pastor

Jeanne Soberg, Parish Administrator

Denise Ulaszek, Youth Director

Chuck Masny, Music Director

Dennis Mitchell, Custodian

Jill Voelz, Nursery Supervisor

Lorena Skelley, Wedding Coordinator

To the St. Barnabas

Lutheran Church Family:

Food for the Poor wishes to

thank you for the welcome

you extended to Pastor

Robert Berger when he

came to preach at St.

Barnabas in May. On behalf

of our brothers & sister

throughout the Caribbean &

Latin America, who will

benefit from our support

through food, clean water &

safe homes, we thank you

for your compassion & care.

We are blessed by &

grateful for your generosity.

In Christ,

The Food for The Poor Family.

www.foodforthepoor.org

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Message from Pastor Sarah

Dear People

of God at St.

Barnabas,

This October

marks 15 years of

parish ministry

for me! This anni-

versary means I’ve preached

through the Revised

Common Lectionary

(RCL) 5 times now.

The RCL is a 3-year

cycle of weekly read-

ings used by Lutherans

and other denomina-

tions each Sunday. If

you attend worship at

a church that uses the

RCL every Sunday for 3 years

straight, you basically read

through the entire Bible. I like

following the RCL because I like

that we read through the whole

Bible, and I like that there’s a set

way to do it. If I picked the

scriptures I preach on all the

time, I’d only pick favorites and

not stretch myself to learn more

about the ones I’m not as famil-

iar with. At the same time, I find

the RCL doesn’t tell the whole

story of the Bible. It can be hard

to understand a reading from a

prophet, for example, when it’s

taken out of context. Over the

years, others have struggled with

the RCL, and in 2010, a group of

Bible professors came together

to create the Narrative

Lectionary, a 4-year cycle of

readings that are arranged

A couple months ago, in

just a few weeks, several

people who regularly attend

church commented to me

about how they struggle to

understand the Bible. Then I

had a conversation with

some colleagues who are

using the Narrative Lection-

ary, and they couldn’t say

enough good about it.

Finally, I decided it was time

to think about trying this at

St. Barnabas. The evening I

talked to the Worship Team

about it, the person who led

us in devotions talked about

why we should read the Old

Testament. I had to believe

this was the work of the

Holy Spirit to guide so many

to speak about how they’d

like to understand the Bible

better.

I’m excited about this

change, this new way to

study the Bible in worship. I

hope it will help us under-

stand Scripture better and

more deeply. If you have

any questions, please don’t

hesitate to ask!

Much Peace,

Pastor Sarah

in a narrative sequence to

help people see Scripture

as a cohesive and dynamic

story. For more infor-

mation, check out http://

www.workingpreacher.org/

narrative_faqs.aspx.

The Narrative Lectionary

begins the second week of

September

(aka, Rally

Day) with

stories from

the Old

Testament. In

mid-

December, as

we get closer

to Christmas,

we enter a Gospel (since

it’s a 4-year rotation, each

year features a different

Gospel) which we read

through Easter.

Through Pentecost, we

study the book of Acts (to

learn about the brand new

church) and other New

Testament writings. In the

summer, we choose from a

variety of sermon series

options (for example, a

series on the Psalms or the

Lord’s Prayer or one of the

letters of the New Testa-

ment).

In other words, the

Narrative Lectionary

helps us study the entire

Bible throughout the

year.

Synod Assembly 2019 Page 3

This year I was able to join

Pastor Sarah, Phyllis Blumke

and Allie Whyte in attending

an awesome Synod Assem-

bly! Bishop Clements and his

team kept things rolling

along with laughter and

ease. I was able to have a

vote on new council mem-

bers to the Synod. The key-

note speaker, Rev. Dr. Anna

Madden, was one who kept

you engaged during her

three sessions on talking

about “Walking Together for

the Sake of the World”. She

spoke about how every

moment in time affects eve-

ry other moment in time.

God is always in the moment

and has an agenda for how

the world will be. Even

though we cannot change

the past we can become

more aware of the past and

learn from it.

Pain, fear, hope and joy

are all connected and

learning tools. We need to

remember that we are ex-

amples of God, walking

with one another. Jesus

welcomes all people. God

loves us all.

The new mission statement

for the ELCA is Walking To-

gether, Loving Christ, Loving

All for the Sake of the World.

We need to walk together as

a church and the Northern

Illinois Synod will faithfully

make Christ relevant to a

diverse and changing world.

We need to learn from each

other and educate our lay

leaders. We need to be

equipped to share the Word

of Jesus Christ and we need

to Invite, Welcome and

Engage.

Friday night we worshiped in

a church that was filled with

Lutherans. I think every

seat was occupied. When

the first song was sung I

had goose bumps from the

sound of all these people

singing together and we

sounded GREAT! Saturday

afternoon we worshiped in

the assembly hall and I was

able to witness a new Pastor

be ordained. What a nice

experience.

This assembly is a great

opportunity to learn from

other congregations of what

works and doesn’t work for

each other. If you ever get

an opportunity to attend this

Assembly I would encourage

you to go and enjoy.

Yours in Christ,

Sally Skalany

Northern Illinois Synod Mission Statement

Walking Together

Loving Christ

Loving All

For the sake of the world

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July 1 Brittany Shabino

July 3 Jill Voelz

July 3 Steve Hendrey

July 7 Otto Skelley

July 8 Karen McKune

July 11 Melissa Blackwell

July 21 Don Pitz

July 22 Kyle Kuffel

July 24 Tyler Gates

July 26 Ben Vogel

July 28 Nancy Rochford

July 28 Allen Lopez

July 1

Julie & Mike Segerson

July 4

Stefanie & Adam Flach

July 10

Karole & Mark Vogel

July 13

Jordan & Michael Devine

July 15

Karen & Jim McKune

July 20

Denise & Bob Kubas

July 26

Sally & Robert Skalany

Lunch and Learn meets on

the second Tuesday of the month from Noon to 2:00, and is open to ANYONE who’s available during that time and interested in learning about that month’s topic.

We’re taking July and August off, but mark your calendars now for September 10 when we’ll have guest author, Dawn Pruchniak speak to us about her book The Best Gift is the Last Gift: How to Organize Your Affairs to Protect Those You Love

St. Bethany Waters is our high school youth group, the combined efforts of St. Barnabas, Bethany (76 W. Crystal Lake Ave in Crystal Lake), and Living Waters (1808 Miller Road in Crystal Lake).

Please keep us in

your prayers on the mission trip, July 15-21, as we walk with the people of Rockford. It’s only an hour away, but it will feel like a world away. And stay tuned for information coming soon for our next meetings.

Dr. Seuss continues for 2 more

weeks in July...don’t miss out.

July 7 Hop on Pop

July 14 Fox in Socks

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Youth News As Youth Director, I learn so many wonderful lessons. In June, I learned: ♦ The Japanese word for Bible is Seisho, appropriately pronounced Say-Show.

♦ Sign language for “Jesus” involves touching the center of each palm; where the nail marks would be.

♦ Filling water balloons with paint is easier then it sounds. Throwing them at others is as fun as it sounds.

♦ A three-year-old repeating the same line from “This Little Light of Mine” over and over again is music to my ears.

♦ Playing the human version of Hungry, Hungry Hippos is as crazy as it sounds.

♦ Malawi is a landlocked country in Africa that receives help from the ELCA to feed its children.

We have neighbors all around the world. I hope the kids learned as much as I did! Fort Building & Fire Pit is the July event for middle school/high school students. Living Waters Lutheran Church has invited us to compete against their teams in a Fort Building Challenge. Assemble a team of friends and family. Think of a theme and gather supplies to create an amazing structure from card-board boxes. July 19th from 6-8:30 pm. Awards for the best creations! Denise Ulaszek, Youth Director

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Spring is New

Life!

Lent begins

March 6th. We are

excited to learn

about new life! We

are all eagerly an-

ticipating the arri-

val of spring and

our butterflies this

A NOTE OF THANKS FROM

THE CARING TEAM

The St. Barnabas Caring Team wants to thank

all those who donated to the Lenten Fasting

collection. You donated $288.22

which enabled us to "buy" 6 chick-

ens, 1 rooster, and 2 pigs from

ELCA Good Gifts to support their

work. This money also provided for

two weeks of medical supplies

for health clinics in other countries where Lutheran

World Relief cares for those in need.

We would also like to thank the 12 members

of our congregation who donated their time

and "POTATO" talent to help the Northern

Illinois Food Bank pack 5lb.bags of

potatoes for the local food pantries.

These twelve people helped that Sat-

urday morning "POTATO TEAM" pack

7,240 lbs. of potatoes which provides

potatoes for 6,033 meals!

CPR/AED Training Because sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in adults in the US, we want to make sure as many people

as possible know CPR and how to use our AED machine, especially ushers, Christian ed teachers, and council members. The Cary Fire Department is now offering FREE CPR training to anyone in the Cary district and all businesses, so if you’re a member at St. Barnabas, you qualify! The Cary Fire Depart-ment offers CPR classes the first Wednesday of every month from 7-10pm. Please sign up with them at 400 Cary-Algonquin Road in Cary, at 847-639-2121, or at info@caryfire.com. Then please share a copy of your training certificate with the office so we can keep a list of everyone who’s trained.

Clients served in March & April March Families: 146 People served: 422

April Families: 174 People served: 596

Ministry Night Ministry Night will be on vacation in July. See you again August 20!

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Easter Children’s Message Pastor revs up for

Cruise Night!

Returns to our

worship on

October 21!!

“Study” Intergenerational Event

Richardson’s Corn Maze fun!!

Bingo Callers!

Bingo Fun!

Co

Property Work Day!

Easter Event!

Preschool Staff & Board fun night!!

Allie Whyte addresses Assembly! Nick Frezza is off to join the NAVY...We

send him off with prayers of God speed.

Middle School Youth enjoy “Water Battles”

Dr. Seuss...Green Eggs and Ham!

Pastor and Valerie…….

St. Barnabas Lutheran Church

8901 S. Cary-Algonquin Road

Cary, IL 60013

God calls us, His people at St. Barnabas Lutheran Church,

to grow up into Christ and to invite others to grow with us in

faith, service, commitment and love.

We shall respond!

Phone: 847-639-3959

Email: office@stbarnabas-cary.org

www.stbarnabas-cary.org

Church office hours:

Monday – Friday

9:00am to 3:00pm

Worship Schedule

8:00 & 10:30am Holy Communion

Nursery Available 9:00 to 11:30am

St. Barnabas

Christian Preschool

Kathy Hedgepath, Director

Chris Mathesius, Administrative Assistant

Phone: 847-516-4171

Financial Officers

Financial Secretary, Chris Mathesius, cmathesius@

comcast.net

Co- Treasu

rer, Patti Hill

Co-Treasu

rer, Dawna Gates

Church Council

Executive Team

President, Sally Skalany

Vice President, Mark Gates

Secretary Marianne

Barstow

Caring, Karole Vogel

Fellowsh

ip, Barb Kreutzmann

Finance, Linda Hamann

Property, Bob Eccker

Stewardsh

ip,, Janet Dorn

Witness, Dave Gwinn

Worship & M

usic,

Steve Jaenicke

Youth, Julia Vogt

Please note: No St. B Supper Club in July.

Watch for location for August.

Congratulations!

St. Barnabas Christian Preschool