Children & Youth Fall Events
Need to keep track of all the activities going on for children, youth and families? Here is a calendar of fall events for kids and families, with links to register all in one place!
Congratulations Mary Beth
We celebrate Mary Beth Dauner as she retires after 34 years on staff at St. Barnabas. As Mary Beth prepares to fall back into the role of parishioner and not employee, she agreed to an interview where she shared her life and how she came to be an integral part of our church family.
Our Chief Termite Retires
David Browe writes to share with the people of St. Barnabas about a leadership transition as he steps down as MCL for Buildings and Grounds and hands over the reins to Bert Nelson, our former senior warden.
Welcome our new staff members - Alex and Victoria
We welcome two new staff members to our St. B. team this fall. Learn more about them and stop by to say hello!
Summer Sabbath
In the busyness of modern life, we have lost the rhythm between work and rest. All life requires a rhythm of rest. There is a rhythm in waking and sleeping, of nature growing and laying fallow, there is a rhythm of the tides coming in and going out. There is even a rhythm to our breathing in and out, in each inhale and exhale.
God’s Handiwork: Meet Mary Ellen Baude and Elizabeth Fallon
Two of our crafters of the month are a mother-daughter team: Mary Ellen Baude and her daughter Elizabeth Fallon, both accomplished knitters. Mary Ellen’s mother taught her to knit when she was nine years old. “I’ve been knitting ever since,” she said.
Stephen Ministry Program for St. Barnabas
One of the best ways to tell that our congregation cares for its members is its new commitment to developing a Stephen Ministry Program for the members of St. Barnabas. Stephen Ministry offers a proven and effective way to organize, equip, and supervise a team of congregation members—called Stephen Ministers—to provide high-quality, one-to-one, Christ-centered care to people in the congregation experiencing life difficulties.
God’s Handiwork: Meet Bethanie Van Camp and Sue Kirkpatrick
As we enter the summer season at St. Barnabas, we are featuring hand work by members of St. Barnabas. This week we are excited to be featuring two St. B. needleworkers, Bethanie Van Camp and Sue Kirkpatrick.
God’s Handiwork
As we enter the summer season at St. Barnabas, we are featuring hand work including knitting, quilting, sewing, needlepoint, counted cross-stitch and weaving by some of our very own St. B artists. We are grateful to all of the women who have shared their most treasured pieces throughout our Great Hall, Chapel of the Rose and Gallery Wall hallway. To begin our series, we feature Master Weaver, Andrea Anderson.
Finding a Full Welcome
I loved my Catholic upbringing but, the Episcopal Church and St. Barnabas in particular, has helped me grow a more welcoming heart beyond the red doors by learning to greet others with smiles, hugs, maybe even kisses, and absolutely no guilt.
Parish Listening Process
We are listening for God’s call to us as we grow into the future. Our Vestry and Strategic Planning Team will be listening with one ear to the congregation’s collective input about their hopes for the future of St. Barnabas, and with a second ear to where God is beckoning us next in our continuing journey as God’s church.
Nature Emerging
Meet our next photographer in our Nature Emerging series, Mark Musheno. Mark's life has taken him to many places in this wonderful world and his amazing life story fuels his desire to see the beauty in all of God's creation.
Nature Emerging
Capturing the beauty and splendor of God’s creations is a passion for St. Barnabas member Jill Bechard. Jill has had the opportunity to fulfill her passion for nature and landscape photography and has graciously filled our Gallery Wall this week with her stunning images.
New Habitat Re-Store
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati has just opened its newest ReStore, just outside of Loveland in northeastern Hamilton County. It is the sixth ReStore in the Cincinnati metropolitan area and is located at 10689 Loveland-Madeira Road. As you may know, Habitat's ReStores accepts donations of furniture, plumbing and lighting fixtures, lumber, and other building materials for resale at discounts to the public. The profits from the ReStores are used to help Habitat build more homes for families who hope to become first-time homeowners.
Connecting Through Food: Khalil’s Story
St. Barnabas parishioner, Khalil El-Chammas, taught us to make hummus and pita bread as part of our Red Door Kitchen a few weeks ago. Khalil grew up in Lebanon and shared with us about where he is from, his life, and his love of cooking.
The Way of the Cross
I love this cross. I got it in 2018 while on pilgrimage to the Holy Land with some of you. I remember walking the Via Dolorosa, the path Jesus himself walked, and how our group stopped at each of the spots to pray together in the busy streets of the Old City.
Holy Week 2024
Holy Week is the most solemn and sacred time of the Christian year, when we are invited by our liturgical tradition to contemplate the events leading up to Jesus' crucifixion, death and resurrection.