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Bring the whole family for

Rally Day Explore God's good crea�ons with:

Live Rabbits and Goats

Playdoh Sta�on

Bake Sale

Pet Blessings (bring yours!)

Grandparent Recogni�on

Free event

Sunday Sept 8th 9:15 to 10:15 am

Learn more about our

Chris�an Educa�on programs

. . . 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

Rally Day

September 8

Church Picnic with Ribs on the grill after 2nd

service!

Bring a side dish to share.

Youth will be having a Bake Sale as well!

Articles for the October

Newsletter are due

September 15.

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Message from Pastor Sarah

In God’s Peace, I

pray that every-

one had some

good re-creation

this summer. I’ve

always liked how

that word works. We think of

recreation as something the park

district does, but it really is about

taking time to create ourselves

again. Maybe we go camping or

“up north.” Maybe we reconnect

with family or take some day

adventures to a new place.

Whatever re-creation was for

you this summer, I pray it was a

time of rest, renewal, and recon-

nection.

For many of us, now that the

school year is back in swing, so

are our usual activities. The kids

go back to school; we close up

the cabin or the pool; we put our

summer clothes away. In the

church, the Sunday after Labor

Day has traditionally been

named Rally Day. Earliest refer-

ences to Rally Day are from the

early 1900s when churches

would rally members back to

church and Sunday school after

summer vacations. They would

have picnics and games and all

kinds of special programs to cel-

ebrate the beginning of the

school year. Rally Day for us this

year is September 8, and we are

We’re also excited to dedi-

cate our newly painted wor-

ship space that day since it’s

had its own re-creation over

the summer. Many, many

thanks to our amazing De-

sign and Property Teams

and especially to Scott

Hamann who managed the

entire project as well as eve-

ryone who’s helped with it.

So many hours were devot-

ed to planning it, scheduling

the workers and touching

base with them, moving

chairs and speakers and

candles and sanctuary and

narthex stuff back and forth,

and everything else that

went into freshening up the

space and making it more

welcoming!

If you find that you need

more opportunities to re-

create, please don’t wait for

next summer. Let God cre-

ate you anew—just as Jesus

promises to do for us when

we live our lives in him: “So

if anyone is in Christ,

there is a new creation:

everything old has

passed away; see, every-

thing has become

new!” (2 Corinthians

5:17)

In God’s Unfailing Grace and

Good Creation, Pastor Sarah

excited at all we’ve got

planned. After the 8:00am

service, everyone is invited

down to the Family Life

Center where we’ll learn

about creation (like, the

very first one) and take

part in some fun and mean-

ingful activities: a pet bless-

ing, a visit from some furry

animals, a play dough sta-

tion, and a family tree sta-

tion to celebrate grandpar-

ents (and great-aunts and

great-uncles) and to plant

actual trees!

After the 10:30am service,

we’ll have a good, old-

fashion church picnic. The

Stewardship Team is

providing ribs (We are talk-

ing about creation, after

all!), the Fellowship Team

is providing hot dogs, the

high schoolers are holding

a bake sale fundraiser, and

we’re asking everyone to

bring their favorite side

dishes to pass. You can still

get your pet blessed, and

the furry friends should be

there, too. This would be a

great day to invite friends

and family to join you, es-

pecially those who don’t

have a church home and

could use one.

Upcoming Events Page 3

Junior High Youth Overnight Event Mark your calendars for Friday,

September 13th from 7pm to 7am

when several McHenry County Lutheran

churches will join forces in a lock-in event for 6th-8th grade students. Fun,

food, worship and service activities will be held at Shepherd of the Hills Church

in McHenry. The cost is $25 per student. Friends are welcome!

Adult chaperones are needed.

Talk to Pastor Sarah or Denise Ulaszek with any questions.

Race day for World Vision to bring

clean water to children in Africa is ap-

proaching fast, September 28to be ex-

act. Our runners have put a lot of time

into training. Won’t you please support

then by logging onto Team-

WorldVision.org and make a donation

their behalf. Just search their names. $50 supports clean water for one child. Our

runners are: Andy & Patti Hill, Jenny Liautaud, Sally Skalany and Denise Ulaszek. Will

you invest in the future and provide clean water for these children?

With sincere gratitude, Patti, Jenny, Sally, Denise & Andy.

Can We Imagine? Sept 8th

Kick off of this year’s Stewardship

Program will be with a good old fash-

ion BBQ & ribs! The Pony Express will

start on Sept. 29 followed by a Celebra-

tion dinner. on October 20th.

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9/01 Kendall Teer

9/01 Kate Siedel

0/02 Sean Vogt

9/03 Barb Jackson

0/03 Rhonda Powalowski

9/03 Keith Rozolis

9?04 Jessica Kuffel

9/07 Maggie Dorn

9/09 Matthew Drozt

9/13 Debra Frezza

9/14 Lin Roehrig

9/14 Kris Dreves

9/15 David Hostman

9/16 Peter Drozt

9/16 Matthew Bussan

9/16 Becky Liautaud

9/16 Mollie Shabino

9/20 Mark Gates

9/20 Jim Cotsiopoulos

9/23 Ben Haakenson

9/24 Natalie Tokarz

9/26 Kyle Drews

9/28 Brian Haglund

Karen & Charles Evans

September 14

Debbie & Eric Haglund

September 18

Catherine & Alan Cox

September 23

April & Fred Libert

September 28

Linda & Keith Rozolis

September 29

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.

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 Most.

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). Friends are always welcome!

Our next time together is September 8 at 5pm at St. B.

Just a few more School Supplies are needed to complete the school kits before the Sunday School students pack them for shipping on September 15th during the Sunday School time. If you can provide any of the items pic-tured please bring them to church and place in the box in the narthex that would be great!! Thank you for your support of this project.

The Women’s Network of LSSI invites you to the 38th Annual AMICUS CERTUS Celebration

Saturday, October 12, 2019.

Union League of Chicago, 65 Jackson Blvd.

6pm Cocktails 7pm Dinner & Program

Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth Vargas

Info: 847.635.4656, Mariah.Heinz@LSSI.org

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Youth News My people hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old – things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us. We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his pow-

er, and the wonders he has done. He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to teach their children, so the next genera-tion would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children. Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands. Psalm 78:1-7 NIV

Our Sunday School curriculum will follow the Narrative Lectionary bringing hidden stories to life. Kids will hear, see, and engage in the lessons. Our new format will include volunteer services, spiritual videos, games and activities. Registration is open online or in the

church office. Please join us! Scan to Register

The Middle School Youth Group is gearing up for another great year. Begin-ning on Friday, September 13th, we will participate in the SOAKED Overnight Event at Shepherd of the Hills in McHenry. All 6th, 7th and 8th grade students are invited for carnival games, food, worship and service activities. Registration is $25 per student. Friends are welcome! Adult chaperones are needed. Talk to Pastor Sarah or Denise Ulaszek with any questions.

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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

Ministry Night September 17

Ministry Night is the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7pm when all our min-istry teams meet to do their work and all the teams communicate with each other. We begin in the Family Life

Center with a group devotion, teams do their work, and then we end with a

1-minute recap from each team about what decisions they made. Want to join

a team? Come to Ministry Night!

St. Barnabas Christine Preschool

We are looking for-ward to another fun

filled year! We have been blessed to enroll 74 students for the 2019-2020 school year. However; we still have openings in our

classes and also the Terrific Two's. If you have any questions or interest please con-tact me at 847-516-4171 or by email at

khedgepath8901@gmail.com. We welcome two new teachers this year.

Lauren Fruscione & Andrea Tuszynski They will both be teaching in the 3 year old classes.

We have our Yankee Candle

fundraiser this month. It begins

Thursday, Au-gust 29th and runs through Monday, September 16th. Order forms are in the

church office.

The staff, board members, and I are thank-ful to God for giving us the opportunity to teach and share, God's love with our stu-

dents and their families. We are also thankful for all the prayers and support that we continually receive from the mem-

bers of St. Barnabas Lutheran Church. Thank you for supporting us and always lending a helpful hand.

We look forward to another wonderful year! Blessings, Kathy

Got old or broken Barbie’s?

We'll take them and give them new life

and a new home. Bring them

to church and place them in

the box in the narthex.

Thanks!

Seeking early morning volunteers to

pick up food items from local

markets. Please call the Food Pantry

if you are interested & for more

details. 847.516.3602

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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.

Mission Trip Group 2019

Cary Cruise Night

Poor Pastor!!!

The picture speaks for itself!

God speed to Rebecca Selby

St Barnabas was asked

to hold a prayer station at the Overdose Aware-

ness Event in Wood-stock. Prayer patches

and prayers, hearing the

names of those who have died from over-

dose, and the rev for awareness. What a

privilege to be involved.

Youth Mission Team

tell of their experience and their

“God Moments!

Blessing of our College bound students!

Blessings of the Backpacks

Pastor Tolzmann shows butterflies

during the Children’s message.

Pastor Sarah, Jenny Liautaud, Andy

Taylor, sally Skalany & Kay Schulte.

And check out his vestments!

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- Treasurer, Patti Hill

Co-Treasurer, Dawna Gates

Church Council

Executive Team

President, Sally Skalany

Vice President, Mark Gates

Secretary,

Marianne Barstow

Caring, Karole Vogel

Fellowship, Barb Kreutzmann

Finance, Linda Hamann

Property, Bob Eccker

Stewardship, Janet Dorn

Worship & Music,

Steve Jaenicke

Youth, Julia Vogt

St. B Supper Club

Thursday, Sept. 5, at 6 pm

All are welcome to join in the fun.

Good food & fellowship!

Self Pay

BULLDOG ALE HOUSE

1501 STATE RT. 31, MCHENRY