Welcome! St. Barnabas, Toronto

Sunday February 14, 2010 - Last Sunday after Epiphany

9:00 am Spoken Eucharist
10:30 am Choral Eucharist
Details on worship webpage here »

We invite you to join the people in our community to celebrate Jesus among us. All are welcome!
Haiti Relief - The Anglican Church of Canada has partners on the ground in Haiti - your donation through the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) at Church House (the National Office) will be matched by the federal government. See pwrdf.org »
Outreach Letters now available -Members of our Outreach ministry have preprinted letters available to be sent to Minister Duncan urging our Ontario government to take action on poverty, housing, and child care issues as outlined in the brief, Standing Together, by Archbishop Colin Johnson and our diocesan Child Poverty Subcommittee. Copies of the Archbishop's brief are available on our Outreach Table at the back of the church. Please take some time to check this out. Download a copy here »

Our confirmation will begin on Wednesday, February 17 4:30-5:30 pm in Rev. Deb's Study. Please come in the Chester entrance and ring the top door bell. There will be 5 classes in total throughout Lent. The Confirmation service will take place at St. James Cathedral on Sunday, April 18 at 4:30 pm. Please speak to Rev. Deb if you are interested or have any questions.

February 24: Baptism and its meaning
March 3: Jesus- a real person?
March 10: Sacraments
March 17: The Lord’s Prayer
March 24: What is church?
April 7: Why I want to be confirmed?
Sunday April 18: Confirmation Service at St. James Cathedra l- 4:30pm

Our Lenten retreat will be held on Saturday, February 20, beginning at 10 am at the back of the church. We are very happy to announce that Rev. Ann Crosthwaite from Contemplative Fire [website »] will be our retreat leader for the day. Please mark this date now in your calendars and invite a friend to join you.

Our series, Mission Impossible’ a diocesan Lenten program begins after our Sunday morning 10:30 am worship with a light lunch in Debby’s study.

February 21: Introduction
March 7: The work of Jesus
March 14: Sightedness
March 21: God at work in the world
March 28: God’s mission awaits if we choose to accept it

April 2 - This year the Good Friday Walk will begin at Riverdale Presbyterian Church at 10:00 am. We walk together, as the body of Christ, each church will present the Stations of the Cross thru music, dance, drama, readings and prayers.

Good Friday 2:00 pm service of prayers and reflections will be held at St. Barnabas

The Sisterhood of St. John the Divine is a religious community of the Anglican Church of Canada located in Willowdale. Visit the sisters' website here » SSJD has an ongoing program of retreats & quiet days for groups and individuals - even a space to stay and enjoy rest and quietness. See their schedule here » .

On Friday nights until March 26, 2010, volunteers from the “Out Of The Cold” program are busy setting up in the Eastminster United Church kitchen. Almost 150 people line up on the steps of this church every Friday night during these chilly months. Out of the Cold offers shelter – not judgement – a nourishing meal and access to a nurse, a hot shower and decent used clothing. Many will choose to stay the night. It is a mat on the floor and a blanket – far from ideal – but at least our church hall is secure and out of the elements. After a hot breakfast in the morning, they are on their way. Since the winter of 1992-1993, volunteers from all walks of life have put their faith into action, serving over 65,000 meals (dinners and breakfasts) and providing more than twenty thousand beds. If you would like to volunteer, please contact the Eastminster Church Office (416) 463- 2179. Out of the Cold is supported by an ecumenical cooperation of the neighbourhood churches through the facilities at Eastminster. For more info, see here »

St. Barnabas, Chester celebrated the parish's 150th Anniversary in 2008. In conjunction with Special Memorial Service on Sunday, November 9 was an Exhibition of Artifacts collected from the extensive research project still currently underway.

This research project is being conducted by several members of the congregation who have collected the names from the church’s many memorial plaques and dedications representing those who fought in past world conflicts. By using the Canadian National Archives and old newspaper clippings available on the Internet, they have already uncovered over 90 enlistment or casualty records. It is their great hope that, with the assistance of the wider community, they will be able to discover even more information on the over 60 remaining names.

Anyone wishing to participate in this project, either to find out more information on a relative or particular individual or to offer additional details to the project, should contact Sheila Cram of the 150th Anniversary Committee through the parish office at (416) 463-1344 or email »