St Barnabas
Week: Celebrating 125 Years
1888 - 2013:
Celebrating 125 years at St Barnabas Church. Join in the
week-long celebrations with Open Church, special
services and events throughout the week beginning June
8th, with St Barnabas Day on Tuesday 11th.
Download the poster
(PDF).
Parish
Report
The Parish Report
has been prepared and published and is available to
download and view as a PDF document. Click the following
link to view the report: Download
2013 Parish Report.
Latest Pew
Sheet with News & Events
Our weekly Pew Sheet
includes all the info you need for the coming
week, including service and events, as well as keeping
up to date with news from St Barnabas... [Download
Notices]
God's
Vision at St Barnabas
The
Swansea & Brecon Diocesan Prayer for mission has now
become familiar to us all and all the PCCs in the
diocese were asked by Bishop John to arrange an ‘away
day’ in an attempt to discover what the vision for (in
our case) St Barnabas’ future mission may be – and to
think about ways of achieving this.
So
successful was the meeting that the first thing that was
decided was that ‘vision/mission’ meetings should take
place separately from the usual PCC business meetings.
The first of these took place last Friday.
It
was decided that the first and most important thing we
need to do is to pray – to find out what it is
that God wants from us and that this process
needs to be embraced by the whole body of the church.
This rediscovery of our purpose to be ‘Good News’ to
those around us really applies to the church throughout
the land (see the ‘Bishop’s Charge which will be copied
for everyone next week) – but we need to begin where we
are, here in Waunarlwydd.
Meanwhile .............
We
have come up with one or two practical things, such as
sending out invitations to special events (e.g. those
taking place around St Barnabas Day) to those who have
been married, baptised, or to families of those whose
funerals have been held in the church.
We
would also like to pop a Welcome pack through the letter
box of any newcomer to the village ...... and again this
needs to be something everybody is involved in because
the only way we will get to know when somebody new moves
in near you is if you let us know.
You
may be interested in having a look at the new Diocesan
Vision website
www.gatheringgrowinggoing.com
An Online
Retreat from the Worship Leaders
There may be times in our lives when we feel the need to withdraw from the treadmill of every day living;
to take a step back, catch our breath and focus our minds on what is really important in our life – to
retreat. As a team of worship leaders, we have felt blessed by the experiences of meeting together,
researching materials and constructing a ‘very small retreat’. We offer it here
for you to explore in your own time, in your own homes
and always in: solitude, silence, simplicity and surrender,
the four elements that form the essence of a good retreat ...
[download retreat]
New Stained
Glass Window for St Barnabas
A new commission of St Barnabas in stained glass has
been unveiled at St Barnabas Church. Find out more about
the story about its concept and development, as well as
some photographs of the design phase and the all
important final article...
[more]
Richard
Britton Seascape Auction
The Vicar and congregation of a Swansea church have had a major
boost to their church and church hall community restoration fund
raising program thanks to a world renowned landscape and wildlife
artist.
St. Barnabas Church, Waunarlwydd, have raised almost £100,000 to
meet the cost of the restoration and refurbishment of both buildings
and are now reaching the end of the project...
[more]
A Journey
Through Holy Week
A collection of
photographs have been published from Holy Week at St Barnabas. Find
out what went on and experience the sparseness of the church on Good
Friday and the burst of colour of the church decorated in thousands
of flowers for Easter Day...
[more]
|
