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Inside this issue:
CrosswindsCrosswindsCrosswindsCrosswinds
Small Group Opportunities 2-3
March 1 Will be Busy! 3
March “Gift of Love”: Minnesota FoodShare
3
God Gave the Growth: A Sermon
4
March Adult Forum’s on Photography & Madagascar
6
Jazz@St. Barney’s 6
News & Notes 7
The Marks of Discipleship
• Daily prayer
• Weekly worship
• Bible reading
• Service in and beyond the congregation
• Spiritual friendships
• Giving time, talents, and resources
March, 2020 Volume 36, Issue 3
Lent Wednesday Worship Begins Feb. 26
Rather than “giving up” something for Lent, being part of a small group is the alternate tradition of “taking something on” for the season of Lent. One of the “salutary” (promoting health and wholeness) purposes of the season of Lent is to nurture our faith — to cultivate and fertilize it so it will continue to grow. Participating in a small group is one way to do this. Participating in a small group discussion is not only beneficial for one’s personal spiritual health. It has the added benefit of fostering friendships and strengthening the community. If you are relatively new to the community or have been trying to find a connecting point with others, these small groups are especially for you! Our Lenten small groups use a video/ discussion format. The materials are called animate: FAITH. Some of today’s best-known church leaders help us think theologically about
God: Faith is a Quest
Religion: Spirituality is Not Enough
Salvation: Abundant Life Now
Join a Lent Small Group
Cross: Where God Is
Church: An Imperfect Family There is no charge to participate, but participants have the option of purchasing a participant workbook for $15. Here is the current schedule (all are at St. Barnabas unless indicated otherwise). Groups begin the week of March 1. Sign up in the narthex or call the office.
Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Peter Moen
Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Bonnie Welshons
Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Denise Holmquist
Sunday, 4:00 p.m. Mary Wenaas
Kids Welcome! at McGarvey’s 17555 45th Av Monday, 10:45 a.m. Connie Cook
Tuesday, 9:15 a.m. Pastor Wayne
Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Pastor Wayne
Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. Pastor Amber
Wednesday, 5:00 p.m. Glenna Whitmill (FULL)
Wednesday, 5:00 p.m. Bobbi Dering
Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. Tracy Swwed
Saturday, 3:45 p.m. Kat Zaruba
Ash Wednesday February 26, Noon & 6:15 p.m. The St. Barnabas community begins the season of Lent with Ash Wednesday services at noon and 6:15 p.m. on Feb. 26. The noon service also serves as our bi-monthly Seniors & Friends gathering. There are no Wednesday Night Lighthouse classes on Ash Wednesday. All ages — Sailors, Mariners, and Navigators — are to worship with their parents. A simple meal of soup and bread will be provided, served after the noon service and before (5:15-6:10) the 6:15 p.m. worship.
Pastor Wayne Takes Last Turn at Lent Mid-Week Worship The season of Lent is one of Pastor Wayne’s favorite parts of the church year. We often ask members of the congregation to share some part of their faith journey’s at mid-week worship, but since this is Pastor Wayne’s last Lent at St. Barnabas before retirement, he his claiming the honor for himself.
On Lenten Wednesdays, March 4-April 1, St. Barnabas will offer worship at noon and 6:15, with a simple meal following the noon service and preceding the evening service. The evening worship uses Marty Haugen's setting of Holden Evening Prayer. Pastor Wayne’s series will be sort of a “confirmation class review,” taking his best shot at summarizing the catechism:
March 4 It All Starts with God
March 11 So How Shall We Live?
March 18 What Can We Say about God?
March 25 Talking to God
April 1 The Hardest (and Best) Thing
Wednesday Night Lighthouse DOES meet each of these Wednesdays at the
usual time of 6:00. Navigators (grades 6-8), Mariners (grades 3-5), and Sailors (age 3-grade 2) meet in their groups from 6:00-6:15, then attend worship.
See page 3 on need for Lent Supper Servers.
FAITH JOURNEY GROUPS The Word for Women A study group led by Pastor Amber that meets on Thursday mornings from 9:30-11:00. Childcare provided. On February 27 they begin a study of Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the U.S. by Lenny Duncan. [email protected]
Tuesday Evening Bible Study This group is taking a break during Lent to allow people to participate in the Lent Small Groups.
Sunday Scripture Texts This new group meets on Wednesday morning at 10:30. Pastor Amber leads a study of the Bible readings for the upcoming Sunday. During the season of Lent the group will use the Lent Animate: Faith series. Come whenever your schedule allows. [email protected]
Pastor’s Class Pastor Wayne leads a study each Tuesday morning from 9:15-10:30. During the season of Lent the group will use the Lent Animate: Faith series. New participants are welcome at any time.
ART & HANDIWORK GROUPS Quilters First Friday of each month at 9:30 a.m. Make quilts for local children’s nurseries. All skill levels are welcome. Audrey Johnson 763-559-4459.
LWR Quilters Second, Third and Fourth Fridays of each month at 9:30 a.m., making tie quilts for Lutheran World Relief. All skill levels are welcome. Rose Ann Parks, 763-476-7959.
Yarn & Coffee People who love to knit or crochet meet the 4th Thursday at 9:30 a.m., working on prayer shawls, baptismal shawls, or personal projects. Next meeting is Mar. 26. Mary Pestel, 763-559-9138.
FELLOWSHIP GROUPS Men’s Breakfast Fellowship This new group is for men of all ages to get together for fellowship once a month. They meet the 2nd Saturday of the month at church from 8-9 a.m. Next breakfast is Mar. 14. Wayne Frederickson, [email protected]
Solo Sisters A fellowship group for women of all ages who enjoy the opportunity to “go and do.” Meets first Mondays at 10:30 a.m. for “First Monday Coffee”, plus other outings. Connie Cook, [email protected].
Daytime Parents A group for parents who are home during the day. Meets on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. for a weekly play date in the church nursery. Jessica Gaedke, [email protected]
OWLs (Older & Wiser Lutherans) A fellowship group for all who self-identify as Older & Wiser. Rose Umland, 763-553-1239.
Sticky Families Plus This group for families with young children has a 3-month rotation of family activity gathering, Moms’ Night Out, and Dads’ Night Out. The March event is a Dads’ Night Out on Sat., March 14 at Lucky 13 at 6:30 p.m. Justin Hibbits, [email protected]
Tome Explorers (non-fiction reading group) This group discusses works of non-fiction (history, biography, etc.) Usually meets the 1st Sunday of the month at 6 p.m. in homes of participants. Next meet March 1 - Minnesota 1918 When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State by Curt Brown Host: Kay Barhite
Book Discussion Group Meets the third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. to discuss a novel. March 19 - America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray Host: Betsy Asher
PHYSICAL WELLNESS GROUPS Senior Stretch A chair yoga program offered by SilverSneakers, Tuesday mornings at 11:10 a.m. Certified instructor: Denise Schaaf, 612-804-7087.
Walking Group Meets at 9:00 a.m. Saturday mornings at various sites to walk for about an hour. Contact Connie Cook, [email protected], to get on the email list.
Meditation in Motion: Move and Breathe in the Scriptures This group meets on second Wednesdays from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Valerie Nielsen, [email protected]
CARING GROUPS Mental Health Support Group A NAMI support group for people who have a family member with mental illness. 3rd Thursdays from 7:00-8:30 p.m. Elizabeth Chaigne, 612-432-0471 or [email protected]
SERVICE GROUPS Interfaith Outreach Food Shelf Help staff the IOCP food shelf the first Wednesday of each month from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Next night is March 4. Come as your schedule allows. Sharon Sawyer, [email protected]
The Gathering This group volunteers 5 hours on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays at Calvary Lutheran Church in Golden Valley to help provide group care for people with memory loss so that their care givers get a break. Rose Umland, 763-553-1239.
Seniors & Friends A bi-monthly ministry for ALL seniors in the community. We begin with a brief worship service and conclude with lunch and fellowship. Volunteers pick up members who have mobility issues and bring them so that we can help them continue to feel part of the St. Barnabas community. The next S&F is Ash Wednesday, Feb. 26 at noon.
St. Barnabas Small Groups All of these groups welcome new participants. For more information, contact the person listed.
IOCP Volunteers Needed March 4 and April 1 St. Barnabas continues to support the work of Interfaith Outreach & Community Partners by providing volunteers at the food shelf and retail store on the first Wednesday of the month. The next service nights are March 4 and April 1 Volunteers meet at IOCP (County Road 6 and Hwy 101) at 5:30 p.m. and work until 8:00 pm. Training is always given for first-time volunteers. Sign up at the Welcome Center or send an email to Julie Hoyme if you can help.
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Book Discussion Group The next books being discussed by the Book Discussion Group are:
March 19 - America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray Host: Betsy Asher
April 16 -.Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Host: Margaret Wold & Kay Barhite at St. Barnabas
May 21 - Virgil Wander by Leif Enger
June 18 - Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Tome Explorers Tome Explorers read and discuss works of non-fiction on the 1st Sunday of the month at 6:00 p.m. The next books being discussed by the Tome Explorers group are:
March 1 - Minnesota 1918 When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State by Curt Brown Host: Kay Barhite
April 5– A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold
May 3– The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede,
June 7– Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World by Linda Hirshman
July 5– Bad Blood by John Carryrou
Lent Devotions Will Come by Daily Email Rather than print a devotional book and mail it to every household, we will distribute our
Lenten devotions by a daily email. We are still in need of more writers. The devotions will be based on the Sunday readings. If you would be willing to write one or more, sign up on the list is in the narthex or send an email to
Pastor Wayne at [email protected].
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Three Activities on Sunday, March 1
March “Gift of Love” for Minnesota FoodShare Minnesota FoodShare coordinates an annual campaign each year during the month of March, involving over 4,000 congregations, businesses, civic groups and schools who raise food and cash donations for over 300 food shelves across the state of Minnesota. At St. Barnabas, all donations go directly to Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners. Based on March donations, Minnesota FoodShare will allocate funds that IOCP can use to purchase additional food. The greater our March donation to IOCP, the greater the dollar allocation it will receive from Minnesota FoodShare. IOCP’s 2020 goal is to raise $200,000 and collect 100,000 pounds of food, personal/household and cleaning donations during the month of March.
• Hunger is all around us. The primary cause of hunger in our resource-abundant community is not a lack of food. Instead, it is a lack of access to food due to poverty. Poverty in the Twin Cities suburbs has grown three times faster than poverty in Minneapolis and St. Paul over the past 10 years. 14% of people in the Interfaith Outreach service area live in poverty. While the unemployment rate is low,
the lack of available living wage jobs means that many working families are struggling with incomes that can scarcely cover basic needs like food, housing, child care and transportation. (Source: Wilder Research) In 2017, Minnesotans visited food shelves the highest number of times in recorded history. (Source: Hunger Solutions.org)
• For every $1 donated, Interfaith Outreach can source $9 worth of food through partnerships in the community. The food shelf support stretches lean budgets so families can pay for housing and other basic needs.
You can contribute to Minnesota FoodShare in one of two ways:
1) by making a financial gift through our “Gift of Love” offering or
2) by bringing non-perishable food items to the food cart in our narthex. Protein items like canned tuna, salmon, and chicken are appreciated as well as complete meals.
St. Barnabas’ goal for the “Gift of Love” is that every member give something each month. When we all give a little, it adds up to a lot!
Most-Needed Items Flour, sugar, cooking oil,
broth, tuna, cereal, canned beans, hearty soups, diapers,
toilet paper, feminine products, dish soap, paper towels, laundry detergent, toothpaste, shampoo and
conditioner
Teens and Tech Did you get a new handheld device for Christmas and have struggled to figure out all the great features? Bring your phone or tablet with to church on Sunday, March 1 and one of our teens will help you figure out your questions during coffee hour from 10-10:30 a.m. We also need teens who are willing to help people learn more about their device. Let Sue Megrund know if you would like to help!
Make a Lent Spiral Individuals and/or families are invited to make a Lenten spiral on Sunday, March 1 between services. The spirals are used at home as a spiritual practice for the Lenten journey We will provide the instruction and supplies. Each day your family can read scripture together, say a prayer, and then put a small stone in each little handmade pot. The stones function as a calendar through Lent, bringing you to the center cross on Good Friday.
Servers needed for Lent suppers For our Lenten Wednesdays evenings we need multiple volunteers each week:
• a soup chef to heat the soup (frozen or made from scratch)
• a kid-friendly option chef to prepare something for those kids who do not enjoy soup
• 3-5 people to serve and clean up each evening
If you enjoy the meals and are physically able to help, please take a turn to help serve or clean up. Clean up can be done after the worship service.
Sign up at the Welcome Center, call the church office (763-553-1239) or send an email to Julie Hoyme, [email protected]. Thanks!
Cindy LaChance-Lindberg MA, LMFT, RPT 612-564-3620
Melissa Weinhandl MA-MA
Family Resource Center at St. Barnabas
The Family Resource Center at St. Barnabas (FRC) is a community-based counseling and therapy
resource to serve the surrounding community. Sliding fee scale.
More information at www.frcstbarnabas.org
Postcards Advocate for Affordable Housing The Beacon Leadership Team will be setting up a table between services on March 1 for the purpose of signing postcards in support of Beacon’s 2020 Bold Action Campaign. We have set a goal of getting at least 60 postcards signed, to be delivered in person to our legislators on March 11 at Homeless Day on the Hill. Our team will be attending, and we invite you to join us. If you would like more information on Beacon’s advocacy efforts, please stop by the table and talk to our team members (Krista Boyd, Bobbi Dering, Clint Faust, Julie Hanson, and Kim Moen). Information will be available to inform you about Beacon’s campaign for housing bonds, filling the funding gap for family supportive housing, and statewide rent subsidies for every low-income Minnesotan who qualifies. These postcards are important! Our legislators need to know that we are serious about our concern for solving the problem of homelessness in our state. It is a small way that we respond to God’s call to turn our faith to action.
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A long time ago a pastor/developer started a new congregation. Things started kind of slowly—just a small group of people meeting in a house. After eighteen months the pastor moved on to another city to start another congregation. The congregation had grown some during these eighteen months. Several new families had joined the community and visitors came just about every week to check out what was going on, but even with this growth they continued to be a house church, meeting in each other’s homes. When the first pastor left they called a new pastor, and he also did a fine job. It’s always dangerous to make comparisons, but it’s also kind of natural for people to do so, and some felt that this new pastor was definitely a better preacher than their first pastor. This made for some hard feelings, for some of the charter members believed that no one could ever compare with the first pastor. A couple of them wrote the first pastor a letter to fill him in on what was going on and tell him how much they missed him.
You might think that this letter would have made that pastor/developer feel pretty good. After all, it’s always a boost to one’s ego when someone tells you how much they like you. But the letter didn’t make the pastor feel good. It made him feel sad. He was sad because he recognized that the congregation’s attention was focused in the wrong place. So Paul, that was the first pastor’s name, wrote a letter to the congregation in Corinth to address the split that had developed in the two years since he had left and Apollos became their pastor.
We read part of that letter this morning. It’s called the First Letter to the Corinthians. Paul tells the congregation that by focusing on the pastors, they are forgetting what it means to be the Body of Christ. Corinth was a large city at this time, so it could be considered an urban congregation. But Paul first uses an agricultural image to make his point, something any farmer or gardener would identify with. When a person plants a seed and then does all the things necessary to help it grow – water it, make sure it gets enough light, pull the weeds, add the fertilizer – who receives the credit for the plant when it matures and bears fruit? The credit shouldn’t go to the farmer or gardener says Paul, but to the one who created the seed and instilled within that seed the possibility of growth. The credit goes to God, for God gave the growth.
Five years ago I had the pleasure of visiting Ludlow, England, a small town of 11,000 close to the border with Wales. In the photo you can see the majestic tower of the Church of St. Laurence, which has stood in the center of town since 1199. (Information about the saint for whom the congregation is named is on the next page.) It was a much smaller building back in 1199, but the building was expanded in the 15th century and has had its present form for 600 years.
What I really want you to look at is this photo. I’m sorry I didn’t get a better quality photo. This listing of the Rectors of Ludlow is on one of the pillars in the sanctuary and is protected with glass, so on the top you see two reflections of the stained glass windows. And the print isn’t as legible as I would like, but it is adequate for my purpose.
My purpose is to show you that from the listing of the first known rector, William de Rumilly, in (I think it says) 1247 to Colin Henry Williams in 2010, this parish church has been served by over fifty pastors. Looking at this list had a salutary effect on me. I realized that some of the eldest in Ludlow might have a dim memory of eight pastors, going back to Alfred Ernest Lloyd Kenyon, who served from 1908-1930. But that meant there were 45 other pastors who had served the parish of whom no one had any memory. I’m sure each had their strengths – some were effective preachers, some excelled at parish visitation, some were great administrators or teachers. Some were extroverts and others were introverts. One was there for 41 years, another only for a single year. Some were paragons of virtue, and there were likely a few whose time in Ludlow was touched by scandal of one sort or another.
God Gave the Growth A sermon by Pastor Wayne, Feb. 16, 2020
1 Corinthians 3: And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready, for you are still of the flesh. For as long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving according to human inclinations? For when one says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not merely human? What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each. For we are God’s servants, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building… Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple…So let no one boast about human leaders. For all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all belong to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
The Parish Church of St. Laurence Ludlow, England (original church built 1199)
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What we can say with confidence about this parade of pastors is that no two of them were exactly alike, and yet, despite going through over 50 pastoral transitions, the congregation continues providing Christian ministry in Ludlow over 800 years after it started. The Parish Church of St. Laurence in Ludlow is a great example of the point Paul is trying to make to the community at Corinth with the image of the gardener. When a person plants a seed and then does all the things necessary to help it grow – water it, make sure it gets enough light, pull the weeds, add the fertilizer – who receives the credit for the plant when it matures and bears fruit? The credit shouldn’t go to the gardener (any of the over fifty pastors who have served St. Laurence) says Paul, but to the one who created the seed and instilled within that seed the possibility of growth. The credit goes to God, for God gave the growth.
Then Paul shift metaphors from gardening to construction. He writes, “You (all of you together) are God’s building. According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Each builder must choose with care how to build on it. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ.”
As the pastor/developer, Paul doesn’t say that he is the foundation. He says that he laid the foundation, and the foundation is Jesus Christ. Each of the fifty-some pastors who served Ludlow added something to the work of their predecessors, but the foundation is what continues to keep the congregation rooted and strong, holding it in place and enabling it to weather whatever storms come its way.
There are a few of you whose memories of St. Barnabas go back to 1996. That was the year before we built this sanctuary and we were still worshiping in a 40x40 foot room where the Ministry Center stands today. That spring we had a capital appeal with the goal of building this sanctuary. And the theme of that capital appeal was “God Gave the Growth.” We used this text from 1 Corinthians 3 as the theme to remind ourselves that we were not expanding the building because we wanted a nicer sanctuary, but because it would be a tool that would enable us to do our Christian mission more effectively.
It was just before that appeal started that my family took a vacation to Cozumel. It was there that I bought this crucifix. At the bottom of the crucifix, the cross becomes an anchor. On the one hand, this caught my eye because of the ship logo we use for St. Barnabas, and an anchor is, of course, something that is part of a ship. But at another level, an anchor is a metaphor for something that holds something else firmly in place. If something is anchored well, it doesn’t drift way or move, but stays in the proper place. In addition to the metaphor of the growth of a plant and the foundation of a building, Paul could have added the image of an anchor.
Earlier in this letter to Corinth, Paul lays out the core message--the anchor, the foundation--of his preaching. He writes, “For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
The St. Barnabas community has grown in the past and it will grow in the future. There will some day be a long list of the many pastors who served the congregation and tended its growth, but the growth comes from God and the cross of Christ, the source of our life and faith. This anchor crucifix helps me remember that basic truth, and it is one of the traditions that I hope St. Barnabas will continue. Pastor Chris, Pastor Jacqui, Pastor Amber and I have worn this cross, and we have given it to three of our community who have been ordained: Michelle Abbott, Aaron Fuller, and Nissa Peterson.
The conclusion of this sermon comes in this next hymn. Before you look at it in your bulletin, listen to the last stanza. It is a prayer that is especially fitting as we journey through a time of transition:
As each far horizon beckons, may it challenge us anew:
children of creative purpose, serving others, hon’ring you.
May our dreams prove rich with promise; each endeavor well begun;
Great Creator, give us guidance till our goals and yours are one.
The story of St. Laurence "These are the treasures of the Church". So, reputedly, said St. Laurence to the prefect of Rome when he was commanded to hand over the riches of the Church to the authorities. In fact he was referring to the poor of the city whom he had assembled together. He had asked for three days to gather the Church's wealth, during which time he worked swiftly to distribute it to the poor of the city to prevent it being seized. This act of defiance led to Laurence's martyrdom on August 10, 258. For this reason we celebrate St Laurence's feast day on August 10 each year. The traditional account of his death says that he was roasted on a gridiron, which has become his symbol, and can be seen in St Laurence's Church on the end of one of the churchwarden's staves. During his torture he is supposed to have cried out "I am already roasted on one side and, if you would have me well cooked, it is time to turn me on the other." The famous comments of St. Laurence about the "treasures of the Church" surely remind us all in this materialistic age that the true treasures of the Church and the world are indeed its people, all made in the image of God, and not jewels, gold and silver, which are really of no lasting value.
- from the Church of St. Laurence website
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Music Together® classes for children
8 months-age 5
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The SBCA has several openings for students.
Adults can take lessons, too! Call Jeff at the number
above for more information.
Admission is $12 adults, $8 Twin City Jazz Society members and $5 students
(SBCA students admitted free).
Jazz@St. Barney’s
Saturday, March 14, 7:00 p.m.
Sam Miltich and the Clearwater Hotclub Trio
(hot club jazz) Bassist Chris Bates and drummer Jay
Epstein round out this A-List band taking us for a spin through the nightclubs of Paris.
In the Gardenview Gallery in March
Nature Photography by
Julie Bonde
Saturday, April 4, 7:00 p.m.
Luther College Jazz Orchestra (big band)
Saturday, February 29, 7:00 p.m.
Laura Caviani Quartet “Laura Caviani…could waltz into any New York
nightclub and tear up the joint” –
Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
Photo © Andrea Canter
March 22 - Contemplative Photography Julie Bonde, the artist whose work is displayed in the Gardenview Gallery this month, will share her experience of how photography came to be a prayer practice for her. Learn how the camera lens can help you learn to
• Listen with your eyes • Become more fully present in the moment • Rediscover God’s amazing gifts
By reflecting on what we see, we will accept the invitation to see what the lens has to show us and ponder what wisdom and beauty we find. No photography experience is necessary. Just by coincidence following Sandra Halvorson’s presentation on March 8, Julie was born in Madagascar where her parents served as Lutheran missionaries.
Discovery & Growth (D&G) is an adult education opportunity that meets some Sunday mornings at 10:30 in the Gardenview Room.
March 8 - Madagascar Sandra Halvorson volunteered as a medical missionary to Madagascar in 1971 and was privileged to have the opportunity to return to Madagascar this past October with Global Health Ministries. GHM partners with medical missions, in developing countries, to improve health care which directly affects over 1 million people yearly. Where the heck is Madagascar? It’s an island country off the east coast of Africa and one of the poorest nations in the world. In her presentation of her experiences in Madagascar, you will be exposed to the realities of poverty of a very poor nation and the challenges of it. You will learn about the health care system and the many, many challenges they face and how they are meeting those challenges. You will have a chance to see first-hand the explosive growth of the Christian church and the Good News of Jesus Christ and how it transforms lives. Yes, you will
D&G Opportunities Set for March 8 & March 22 also meet and see Lemurs, but no hissing cockroaches. Sandra left those there. Come and experience the amazing Madagascar. You will be changed as she was. You will come away with a new and different perspective.
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March Birthdays
1 Sharon Larson Ted Pestel Carolyn Torp 3 Jonah Meissner 6 Mark Noordsy 7 Kirsten Busse 8 Steve Oelfke 9 Barry Bergh 11 Sonja Oelfke 13 Wayne Peterson 15 Shelly Davis 20 Julie Anderson-
Simonson Joan Linnell 23 Darin Troftgruben
24 Mara Wenaas 25 Ashley Parker 26 Susan Hoornstra Marion Huar Lisa Scott Sarah Spilde 27 David Sather 28 Grace Reynolds Barbara Zell 30 Vidal Biancardi Anna Johnson Sally Kelby 31 Emily Knoop Alexis Oelfke
March Baptismal Anniversaries
2 Connor Loop
Ian Novak
Karen Ohm
Adelaide Senne
3 Gary Boehler
Stacy Cook
Cindy Dogan
Carey Sinykin
Alexa Walters
4 Emily Hibbits
Alexis Oelfke
5 Kathy Burkett
Heidi Mandt
7 Darryn McGarvey
Catherine Walthers
8 Shannon Breimhurst
Susan Hagen
Sonja Mandt
9 Abigail Reynolds
10 Brigham Buell
11 Olive Dornfeld
Kenneth Root
Ellaria Smith
Addison Thoennes
13 Kirstin Bernau
Marsha Gronneberg
Ansley Johnson
Lynn Walters
15 Georgia Bennett
Beth Meissner
16 Jacob Busse
Phillip Larke
17 Heidi Eilderts
Emily Knoop
18 Kathlynn Johnson
19 Elizabeth Parks
20 Janet Austin
22 Donald Johnson
23 Mary Hahn
24 Twyla Bergh
Matthew Cossette
Kaitlyn Eilderts
Martha Wells
25 Jean Berg
Joseph Bernau
News & Notes • The St. Barnabas community is grieving the
deaths of two of its saints this week.
Bob Clauson died on Feb. 12 at the age of 95. Bob and his wife, Fern (who died in 2016) became part of the St. Barnabas community in 2001. Bob’s funeral will be at St. Barnabas on Saturday, March 7 at noon.
Earl Hebeisen died on Feb. 14 at the age of 88. Earl and Clara have been part of the St. Barnabas community since 1994 and for almost 20 years were faithful volunteers in assembling and mailing this Crosswinds newsletter. Earl’s funeral was held at St. Barnabas on Feb. 22.
One thing Bob and Earl shared was a great sense of humor. We will miss their puns and jokes.
• We also extend our sympathy to Bonnie Davis on the death of her brother, Loren, on Feb. 14.
• The quilters are looking for fabric which can be used for quilt backs. Donate your used top sheets when you are replacing your bedding. Colored fabrics are preferred, white does not work well for quilts for LWR.
• A spring Women’s Day Retreat is being planned for Saturday, May 2. Save the Date!
Have Questions About the Transition/Call Process?
Transition Project Manager Lisa Pole
Church Council President Lisa Turnquist
Call Committee Chairperson Emily McGarvey
Celebrations Chairperson Holly Bayer
Prayer Group Chairperson Glenna Whitmill
• We say farewell and godspeed to Peter & Cathy Walthers as they move to Huntley, Illinois (about halfway between Rockford & Chicago) at the end of February. Their last Sunday with us is Feb. 23.
• Herbert Chilstrom, the first presiding bishop of the newly formed ELCA from 1987-1995, died on January 19. Bishop Chilstrom played an important role in the life both of Pastor Wayne and St. Barnabas. As Bishop of the Minnesota Synod of the LCA, he ordained Wayne in 1981 and in 1985 recommended Wayne to be the pastor/developer for a new congregation in NW Plymouth. He gave the official approval of the name “St. Barnabas” to the new congregation. Because of his election as the new presiding bishop of the ELCA in 1987, he was not able to be present for the Organization Day of St. Barnabas in October, 1987, but he graciously came to preside at the dedication of St. Barnabas’ new sanctuary in September, 1997. (Notice that there are no organ pipes above the reredos.) Bishop Chilstrom’s funeral was held at Christ Chapel at Gustavus on Feb. 15. Attending from St. Barnabas were Charles Austin, David Baumann, Bob & Nancy Bjornlund, John Chell, and Pastor Wayne & Jackie Peterson.
Transition Update
26 Lisa Oelfke
Julie Snell
27 Valerie Nielsen
29 Marilyn Miller
30 Preston Bring
Michael Umland
31 Elias Hoff
Denise Holmquist
Jay Koepsell
Carole Mills
Rose Umland
The Call Committee continues their work during the quiet period to identify the Lead Pastor candidate who best fits St. Barnabas. The congregation will learn the results of their faithful work when they recommend, and Church Council approves, a final candidate. The final candidate will be brought to a congregational vote sometime between spring and early summer, depending on whether the Call Committee is following the short track or long track. (More information about the short and long tracks in the Lead Pastor Transition Update
email from Feb. 12, 2020. Copies are also available at the Welcome Center.) Praying While we Journey Through Change will be hosting Prayer Stations in the Fireside Room on Feb. 27 and March 26. Come anytime 11 a.m.-1 p.m. or 6-8 p.m. to walk the guided prayer stations and pray for Pastor Wayne, Pastor Amber, the Call Committee, and the St. Barnabas congregation to support the transition to our new Lead Pastor. Contact Glenna Whitmill with questions, or if you’d like to join the email prayer group.
ST. BARNABAS IDENTITY
STATEMENT
St. Barnabas Lutheran Church is a part of the Body
of Christ and a member congregation of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
The source of our life together is the Word and Sacraments, celebrated in our worship.
We name ourselves after St. Barnabas, a New
Testament apostle. He was called “Barnabas”, meaning
“son of encouragement”, because he joyfully shared the “good news” of our Savior, Jesus Christ. He faithfully supported the work of the Church with his talents, prayers, and offerings.
MISSION STATEMENT
Sent by Jesus, we set our sails to be filled by God’s Spirit,
inspiring us to praise, grow and serve.
Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage
PAID Twin Cities, MN Permit No. 2595
Phone: 763-553-1239 Fax: 763-553-7839 Website: www.stbarnabaslutheran.org
Ministry Team Wayne Peterson, Pastor Amber Ingalsbe, Pastor Dr. Sue Megrund, Dir. of Children, Youth & Family Rose Umland, Parish Nurse Karl Smith, Lay Minister for Property Julie Hoyme, Parish Assistant Jeff Whitmill, SB Center for the Arts Mark Rodriguez, Parish Musician Cheryl Oie, Handbell Choir
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A zealous, newly ordained minister was assigned to a small, rural parish. In his first sermon he condemned gambling and horse racing. The sermon went over poorly. After the service a deacon cautioned, “Pastor, you should be aware that this area is known for its fine horses and many members of this congregation make their living off horses.” The next week the new pastor came down hard on the evils of smoking. Again, the sermon fell flat. He was made aware that many of his members grew tobacco as a cash crop. On the third Sunday the preacher condemned whiskey and drunkenness, only to discover that there was a big distillery less than five miles from the church that employed several members. The perplexed preacher called a board meeting and cried out, “What CAN I preach about?” The answer came immediately from a woman in back: “Preach against those evil cannibals. There ain’t one of them within two thousand miles of here!”
15600 Old Rockford Road
Plymouth, MN 55446
Return Service Requested
Barney’s Blarney Worship Schedule Saturday 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 9:00 & 10:30 a.m.
Ash Wednesday February 26
Noon & 6:15 p.m. Soup supper served 5:15-6:10
Lenten Wednesdays March 4 - April 1 Noon & 6:15 p.m.
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 8. Set your clocks ahead an hour that
Saturday night.
“Intro to St. Barnabas” Offered March 8 New to St. Barnabas and want to learn more about the congregation, its ministries, and opportunities for you to get involved in this community? Come and have a free lunch with Pastor Wayne and Pastor Amber on Sunday, March 8, from 11:45-1:15 and they will fill you in on all of those things. St. Barnabas will next welcome new members on Sunday, March 15.