barry gail roller, editor barry christian church october 7...
TRANSCRIPT
Barry Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
since 1840
Sunday Worship
8:30 - First Worship Service
9:30 am - Sundays School
classes for children and adults
10:30 - Second Worship Service
∞
Youth Groups meet from
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Gail Roller, Editor Barry Good News
Honor God, Serve Others, Seek Christ; Together
October 7, 2014
Staff
Transformational Minister: Dr. Robert Magee - [email protected] Family Life Director: Jim Frentrop - [email protected]
Choir Director: Vigthor Zophoniasson - [email protected] Organist: Hon Ki Cheung - [email protected]
Administrative Secretary: Gail Roller - [email protected]
T hings are looking up at Barry Christian! Our mission is to be a beacon of God’s love in our world by fully
honoring God in all we do, humbly serving others however we are able and to seek to grow and share our faith
in Jesus Christ, together.
Last Sunday, October 5, we started our new early 8:30 am service with 57 attending, including 2 or 3 new folks.
Our second service (10:30 am) had nearly 100. Combined this was as much as last Easter.
Our new Family Life Director, Jim Frentrop, began working with the Christian Education Committee. He reveals many
exciting plans and activities for our church. Sunday evening I was so excited to experience the Fall Festival and Picnic at
Don and Judy Thomas’ farm. What fun to ride in a hay wagon to the picnic area and to see all the interesting antique
autos, tractors and old fire trucks. I can see why so many children and families turned out for the event. The food was
marvelous and the outdoor setting was perfect. Thanks to the Thomas’ and everyone for a delightful evening. The
evening was topped with the Royals winning a sweep over the Angels 8 to 3.
Two other special fall events include the Jazz Concert and Annual Turkey Dinner. Our
church will host the Northland 5 Star Jazz Band on Sunday afternoon, October 19 at 3:00
pm. The well known Jazz band is directed by Bob Drummond and has 30 young people from
ages 12 to 21. The public and visitors are welcome to this premium event. The event is
free, however a free will offering will be taken with proceeds going to help purchase a
Personal Energy Transportation for a child without legs.
Our big special fall event is the Annual Turkey Dinner which goes back to 1940 tradition.
That was the year that a few young adults stepped forward and saved Barry Christian
Church from closing during the war years. Having lived in the Northland the past 25 years, I
have heard of this Annual Turkey Dinner. It will be November 6th & 7th from 4 to 8 pm. The
proceeds will be used to help Barry with it’s projects and ministries.
This year, buy a Turkey Dinner Ticket and GIVE to a friend or family member as a gift. By your example and action, your
witness to our faith and church, things are looking up at Barry.
Sincerely, Pastor Bob
Page 2
In our thoughts and prayers
John Adams
Mike Barns
Robin Benson
Ada & Bill Blowers
Dennis Butler
Dave Dyer
Howard Gettel
Michael & CJ Green
Yvonne Hilton
Paul Hood
Frank Lantz
Iva Mae Milbourn
Kay Murry
Freddie Nichols
Raylene Noreen
Carroll O’Neal
Nancy Plumb
Bill Roberts
Chris Roberts
Harold Roberts
Don Scott
Betty Sillin
Billy Stevens
Bill Turner
Cheryl Williams
Attendance
September
28th - 112
October 5 1st service - 57 2nd service - 96
Total - 153
Sunday School 28th - 44
Oct 5 56
If you or a loved one is hospitalized and would like the minister to call on
you, please call the church office, 436-0462
If you are homebound and
would like communion,
contact David Tarver at
436-4861 or the church
office at 436-0462
Northland Church Women United Fall Forum
October 3, 2014 Time: 9:30 registration; 10:00 program
“Senior Scams” – recent telephone, mail, e-mail, and internet scams will be covered.
Avondale Methodist Church, 3101 NE Winn Road, Kansas City MO 64117
Thanks to all for participating in the blood drive. We had 36 people register and
collected 30 units of blood. What a wonderful turnout to honor 2 of our long term
members, Carroll O'Neal and Bill Turner. Barry is just the best!!
Dear Church Family,
From the bottom of my heart I thank you for your prayers, kind words, beautiful cards,
and love and support through my father's final days. It meant so very much to me and I
am thankful for the wonderfulness of Barry Christian Church.
Love,
Dian McClymond
Please join me on Monday, October 20th at 6:00 pm in the church
library for another 175thAnniversary celebration meeting. If you
cannot join us but have any ideas, please email Kimberly Pukay at [email protected] or call/text at 816-213-7056. Thank you!
Order your Barry Christian Church polo style T-
Shirt TODAY by calling Barbara Mayberry at 912-
2027.
Shirts are only $15.00 a piece and come in light
blue and dark blue.
Children’s sizes are available.
ORDERS MUST BE RECEIVED BY OCTOBER 15.
Page 3 FROM ALLAN HURST
Turkey Dinner of 1950
From a newspaper article of 1950:
“The 2-day turkey dinner and bazaar at Barry Christian church—
culmination of nearly a year’s work by the Ladies Aid of the church—will
be held Wednesday, November 15, and Thursday, November 16.
Four hundred and twenty-five pounds of turkey have been ordered to
provide a typical Thanksgiving feast for the annual affair.
Serving will begin at 4 p.m. to continue until 9:30 or 10 p.m. daily. The
Ladies Aid hopes that the attendance of 700 last year will be exceeded.
The bazaar will feature a wide variety of items, made at Ladies Aid meetings and at the home of the
members. There will be three quilts, embroidered pillow cases, crocheted scarves, a quantity of decorated
dish towels and pot holders. A food table will feature baked goods of every kind, candies, canned goods and
preserves.
A crocheted tablecloth by Mrs. Nonnie Elam of the community also will be sold.
The dinner will be held in the basement and the bazaar on the upper floor of the church. To
facilitate parking, the space back of the church has been graveled. Other room in the church yard and at
the curbs will be available.”
A follow-up article appeared in the same newspaper after the event:
“A total of 975 persons attended the tenth annual 2-night dinner and bazaar at the Christian church
of the Barry community. About 550 person attended Wednesday and 425 last night.”
History of Barry Christian Church as Remembered by Lois Berry
In the early 1940 the old white church stood tall and proud even if she was old she was beautiful. Her doors were
always open to anyone to come in, look around and sit awhile. In 1940 they were about to close her doors for the last
time there was only about $2.72 in general funds. A light bill was due, heating oil bill to be paid and the minister’s
salary to be met. The ladies of the Lady Aid got together to see what they could do to save the church. They decided
to have a dinner and charge for it. Most of them had chicken, green beans, cabbage for slaw, potatoes and all could
make pies. They brought their everyday dishes, silverware, pots and pans from home. Church benches were used for
chairs, men made tables out of boards. Water was carried from across the road from the Public Well for coffee, tea
and to wash dishes. Men washed dishes in the belfry. It was such a big success they decided to do it the next year.
They paid all the bills and had some money left over. The next year they added a bazaar. The ladies embroidered pil-
lowcases, tea towels, dresser scarves, made aprons, pot holders and so on. That’s how the Turkey Dinner and Bazaar
got started.
The fellowship was good, people started coming back to church, new ones started coming.
About 1948 the Ladies Aid gave the church $300 for a basement. The men got together to put a basement under the
church. Some machines were used but most was dug by hand. A big job, but with work and planning they did it.
With the new basement, the church now had a dining hall, a kitchen with a stove, oven , refrigerator and a deep fridge
as well as running water and even two restrooms. Dishes, a coffee pit, silverware and pots and pans were purchased
in preparation for a lot of Turkey Dinners to come.
In 1950, Memie Henderson died and left the church $16,000. It was time for the old white church to go as she had
served the community well. A new brick church was built over the foundation of the old church.
One day at turkey dinner time a farmer came by the church with 5 or 6 bushels of turnips and asked if they could use
them. The ladies decided to cook and serve them at the turkey dinner. The turnips were such a big hit that they have
been served every year since.
The brick church was taken down around 1986 to make room for a bigger better church.
Page 4
A message from our Family Life Director – Jim Frentrop
What an honor to serve the families of Barry Christian Church! Growing up here at Barry was an awesome experience, and to give back to my church in such a meaningful way is a true joy. A few Sundays ago I said a few words about this mission, and I would like to reiterate them here. My role is not only to support the current youth and children’s ministries—it is also to begin a service of ‘inreach’, a term I derived by changing the prefix of ‘outreach’. By ‘inreach’, I mean to reach inward, and begin to develop opportunities for the church to support, and minister to, the families within. Many churches have a ‘Family Life’ ministry of some sort—a brief search of the internet will reveal a wide variety of programs, complete with a mission and vision statement. What
should be the mission and vision of a Family Life ministry at Barry? That’s where you come in--you tell me! What are some of the unmet needs of our families? How can the church help? I am here to listen. I need your thoughts. I will be writing more in upcoming newsletters, and starting next week I will share some thoughts that might spark an idea or two. In the meantime, I would like to share, as I did several Sundays ago, one of my favorite scriptures: “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as you are doing” (I Thes 5:11). Please be thinking about some of the needs in your own family, and how Barry Christian Church might help you meet those needs, through a ‘Family Life’ ministry. Breathe peacefully, and please be well… In Christian Love, Jim Frentrop
Kansas City's Youth Bringin' Back the Sounds of
Big Band, Swing, and Jazz
5 Star Jazz Band – October 19th @ 3:00 pm 5 Star Jazz Band is a non-profit community band dedicated to providing Kansas City's top young
musicians, age 12-21, the unique opportunity to perform in a professional-caliber jazz ensemble.
Our high-energy repertoire
of over 100+ charts includes
Big Band, Swing, Jazz, Blues,
Funk and Latin styles
Page 5
Turkey Dinner Dates: Thursday,
November 6 & Friday, November 7.
We prepare and serve over a thousand turkey dinners
with all the fixings to those in the community.
Proceeds from this dinner go to support
programs and projects of the Barry Christian Church.
Sign up sheets are out to
help with the turkey
dinner!!! Sign up on
Sunday mornings or call the church office.
Areas needed: Decorating, ticket sales, seating, parking lot
attendants, rolling silverware, rolls, gravy, dressing, tending the
turkey, side dishes, servers, drink stand, pie cutters, carry out
orders, the all important DISHWASHERS, table busing, garbage
collectors and clean up crews.
As you can see, it takes many volunteers to prepare and serve the
meals! Your help is needed - you can sign up for 2-4 hour increments.
Nov
6 & 7
You can get your Turkey dinner tickets starting this Sunday for
$10 each. ($4 for children ages 6-12 years old)
Reminder: great opportunity to bring other’s to Barry
Christian church by purchasing an extra ticket and giving it to
them.
Youth Groups meet Sundays from 4:00 to 6:00 pm in the youth room
If you have something for the Youth and family page, please email Gail at [email protected]
Page 6
Have you signed up? CROP Walk – October 12th
Walk with us to eliminate hunger
34th Anniversary Heart of America CROP HUNGER WALK We will gather at the conveniently located
Central United Methodist, 5144 Oak, Kansas City, MO
Part of our route includes the historic Trolley Trail and then we will stroll through the beautiful University neighborhood.
Registration begins at 1:00 p.m. Step-off time is 2:00 p.m. (1:50 for runners)
Sign up to help with the Trunk or Treat -
Saturday, October 25, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Bring your donations of individually wrapped candy next Sunday.
Please look on the table at the back of Sanctuary for the sign- up sheets for
Worship:
◊ Acolytes
◊ Scripture Readers
◊ Greeters
◊ Children’s Sermon
Mission Outreach:
CROP Walk
◊ Trunk or Treat
◊ Christmas Child Boxes
Turkey Dinner
◊ Cooking Turkeys
◊ Pulling Turnips
◊ Turkey dinner Prep
What’s new? A class on the Minor Prophets each Wednesday!
Wednesday Night Bible Study on the Minor Prophets
Where: Pathways Class (West End education wing) Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
The prophets were not all of the same personality, stamped out of a cookie cutter. The all had Different personalities and abilities, but as a collective group they were able to relate to
any problem Israel found herself in. Gradually, the Bible unfolds the purpose God had in Christ (cp. Eph. 3:10-11), and
the prophets played a major role in the revealing of that mystery.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Page 7
Hey Kids! Come to Barry on Saturday, October 25, be-
tween the hours of 4:00 -6:00 pm
And have fun trick or treating &
Face Painting Fun Hair Sprays Wash-
able Tattoos Bobbing for Apples
FREE Candy from Decorated Trunks
The children's choir continues to
rehearse every Sunday from 9:30-9:50 (immediately following the first service). Please make sure your children are have this
time to learn and sing and be joyful!
Also, mark your calendars. The children are preparing for their next per-formance: on Sunday, October 26 the children will sing in the service they typically attend. Also, they will begin preparing in the next couple of weeks to sing in the
Family Christmas Eve service.
October 7 , 2014 Barry Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
1500 NW Barry Rd, Kansas City MO 64155
Phone: 816-436-0462
website: BarryChristianChurch.com
What’s Ahead: Wednesday 8
6:00 pm – Bible Study
6:30 pm – Pastoral Search Committee
7:00 pm - Choir Practice
Thursday 9
6:30 pm – Pastoral Search Committee
7:00 pm – Boy scout Leaders – Fellowship Hall
Friday 10
6:30 pm – Tall Oaks Gala
Sunday 12 – CROP Walk/Week of Ministry – Bring old eye glasses
8:30 am Worship
9:30 am – SS Classes for all ages
10:30 am – Worship
11:40 pm - Worship Committee
4:00 pm – Youth Groups
Wednesday 15
6:00 pm – Bible Study
6:30 pm – Fellowship Hall In Use
7:00 pm - Choir Practice
Thursday 16 10:00 am - CWF Hanomi Circle (all women welcome)
6:30 pm – Pastoral Search Committee 7:00 am - CWF Esther Circle (all women welcome)
Pick up your
registration for
the Christian
Church (Disciples
of Christ) of Greater Kansas City
2014 Regional Assembly
November 1, 2014 @ Park Hill
Christian Church
We are collecting eye glasses for those less fortunate. The deadline to drop off glasses is October 12. Ladies are still collecting UPC labels and Best Choice labels.