On Sunday, we welcome the Rev. Bryan Beveridge who is officiating at our services in Kersi’s absence. Bryan is celebrating the 49^th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood – congratulations, Bryan!

Kersi returns on November 30. The Wednesday service is on hiatus until December 3.

Advent begins Sunday, November 30! Would you like to light a candle on the Advent wreath and say a brief reading? Children, accompanied by an adult, are most welcome! (Adults are welcome, too - child not necessary!) We also need readers for the Advent Lessons & Carols service on November 30, the First Sunday of Advent. Please email office@stbarnabas.ca if you are interested.

Children of all ages are invited to join us for a fun and engaging time of learning, singing, and growing in faith. If you are interested in volunteering with Sunday School please talk to Abra after the service!

Sunday School will be held on November 30th and December 7th.

The children are encouraged to participate in the Christmas pageant on December 14.

The 6^th Calgary St. Barnabas Venturers and the St. Barnabas Outreach committee are running a Christmas food drive for the Calgary Food Bank for our December project. Starting November 23, there will be a decorated box in the narthex for the community to drop off non-perishable items. The need is great and we are thankful for all donations received and for this partnership with our scouting community.

In this year’s Alongside Hope Advent resource, the Rev. Dr. Ray Aldred (Cree, Swan River Band, Treaty 8), invites you to consider what it means to heal yourself, to heal others, and to heal God’s creation so we might live into right relationships. Through powerful and personal storytelling and theological reflection, he offers both challenge and hope for our Advent journey. And while “truth, healing, reconciliation, right relationships” can often seem like words and concepts too big to handle, Ray invites us to think about them in the everyday of our lives.

Throughout Advent, you can receive a daily message in your inbox with a scripture reading, a reflection from Dr. Aldred, a prayer and an Alongside Hope story. 

This service is on hiatus until December 3.

From the Alongside Hope World of Gifts brochure, we have chosen to support women in rural Colombia to buy beehives. There will be a poster in the church soon and envelopes available for your donation.

To sponsor altar flowers, sign up on the flower calendar posted on the bulletin board in the narthex. As there is room for only one set of flowers on the altar, if someone has already signed up for the date you wish, we request that you choose another date. Cost of flower sponsorship is $60 and is included in the calculation of your tax receipt.

Please contact the office by Tuesday of the week before your sponsorship date to provide your dedication to be printed in the bulletin. 

This link is used for every St. Barnabas activity on Zoom.

To join with a landline, dial 587-328-1099 at the appointed time, enter meeting ID 782 563 7683 followed by #; you will then be asked for your own ID – press # to bypass this message and you will be connected to the call.

Please contact the office so that we can stay in touch! Call Gloria at 403-283-3035 or email office@stbarnabas.ca