Sunday 8th June
Welcome to our church on this special Barnabas Sunday, which this year is also Pentecost Sunday! What a wonderful opportunity for us to praise God and celebrate his goodness to us. Today we are gathering together for one special service at 10.30am, followed by a festive church lunch and fun activities for the whole church family.
Welcome especially if you are here for the first time - please introduce yourself to our host team so we can welcome you personally. We welcome particularly today the St Barnabas & St Philips percussion group who will be performing during our celebration service.
At Pentecost we remember the moment when the Holy Spirit was poured out on the first disciples, filling them with God’s personal presence and empowering them for mission. As we worship together this Sunday, we continue our preaching series entitled “We Believe”, looking at the theme “the Spirit of Life".
Today’s Services
We Believe - The Spirit of Life
Acts 2:1-11
9.30am Welcome
Coffee and patisseries
10.30am Morning Celebration, with Holy Communion
Lead: H Miller
Preach: Andy Buckler
12.30pm Church Lunch
With fun activities for all the family
FARSI TRANSLATION ON SUNDAYS
Each Sunday we aim to offer live translation of the 10.30 am service into Farsi.
To access this, please follow this link at the time of the service:
عزيزانى كه در كليسا حضور ندارند مى توانند از لينك زوم استفاده كنند و به زوم وصل شوند و ترجمه مراسم را گوش كنند با
سپاس كليساى سنت بارناباس
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85271717355?pwd=Z2svWG9pYWRlSmdjMjJXV0NIejhrQT09
Meeting ID: 852 7171 7355
Passcode: 270176
THIS WEEK
Each morning at 8am – Morning Prayer on Zoom (link on Prayer page)
Tuesday 7am – Early Morning Prayer
Tuesday 10am – Barnies Soft play
Sunday 15th June
9am Holy Communion
10.30am Morning Worship
5pm French Connect
7pm Create
NOTICES
OFFERING
Please note that, in addition to using the card readers in church or giving in cash, you may give directly to STBK by following this QR code. Thank you in advance for your generosity - all gifts given will go directly to support our church’s ongoing ministry as we reach out to those in need around us with the love of Christ.
WE BELIEVE
1700 years ago in 325AD, the world’s first Ecumenical Council - a gathering of all bishops across the known world - agreed a summary of Christian faith as an act of unity in the face of the pressing challenges and questions of the day. Subsequent councils developed the text to produce what is known today as the “Nicene Creed”. For Christians, the Nicene Creed is one of the most enduring statements of faith. It unites believers across time and space in a shared confession of who God is and what he has done in Jesus Christ. It also provides a wonderful door into the heart of our faith. Inspired by this, in our new sermon series “We Believe”, we are looking at the foundations of our faith.
To help us do this, the Church of England has produced a booklet of 24 simple meditations entitled “We Believe, exploring the Nicene Creed” which is available in church.
GIFT DAY
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Gift Day that we launched at the end of April. Over £52,000 has been given or promised so far! We are so grateful for your generosity. Let’s continue to ask God that as we give with generous hearts, so he will pour out from his abundance everything we need to serve him.
For those who haven’t yet given, please take time to pray about how God might be calling you to give towards this. Thank you! You can give either using the forms in church or online at stbk.org.uk/giftday2025 or by using the QR code.
COMPASSION UK
We are delighted to be able welcome next Sunday Lisa Leaf from Compassion UK, one of the mission agencies we actively support as part of our engagement in God’s worldwide mission. Compassion work all over the world helping to raise children out of poverty through child sponsorship. At STBK, our focus is on child sponsorship and supporting intervention projects run by local churches in Kenya. We look forward to hearing news from Lisa - she will be speaking at both our morning services. For more information on the work of Compassion, visit compassionuk.org
BARNABAS SUNDAY - Sunday 8th June
This Sunday we will be celebrating Barnabas Sunday - and this year it is also Pentecost Sunday! What a wonderful opportunity for us to gather together as a church to praise God and celebrate his goodness to us. We will be welcoming people with refreshments and patisseries from 9.30am, then will unite together for one special service at 10.30am, followed by a festive church lunch and fun activities for the whole church family.
Online shopping can raise money for the church!
As a church we have raised nearly £1000 through Easy Fundraising over the last 2 years at no cost to church members! But we could raise so much more because at the moment only 20 people actively use this.
So we would like to encourage you to sign up to Easy Fundraising and use it as a portal before doing online shopping. By doing this, you help raise money for the church at no cost to you!
How does it work? It is not complicated. You simply go to www.easyfundraising.org.uk and designate St Barnabas as your chosen charity. Then you choose your retailer as normal. Participating retailers will make a donation to St Barnabas every time you make an on-line purchase, at no extra cost to you.
Thank you!
TABLE GROUPS
At St Barnabas we want to grow together as disciples of Jesus. Table Groups help us do this! These small groups meet during the week, and are flexible to suit the different needs of our community. If you are not yet a part of a Table Group, the start of a New Year is a great time to join in! For more info, go to stbk.org.uk/tablegroups
IN OUR PRAYERS
A number of church members are dealing with recent bereavement. Please pray in particular for Stephen Denby (following the recent death of his mother), Gilbert Chellembrom (following the death of his father), Andy & Tim Buckler (following the death of their father), and Angela Campbell (whose sister died last week).
At St Barnabas, we are a vibrant and diverse community, passionate about
WELCOMING all in Jesus’ name, GROWING TOGETHER as his disciples,
and STEPPING OUT in God’s mission to all nations.