St. Barnabas has A LOT happening in the next few weeks and we hope that you will join us for some or all of these special events. Sunday, November 2nd, we will mark All Saints' Day with a remembrance of all of our friends and family who have passed away between November 3, 2024 and now. That will be at our regular 11am service.

We're participating in the annual South Georgia Pride event at John W. Saunders Park, 1151 River Street, next Saturday. The even runs from 11am-4pm but we could use help with setting up at 10am. Please come by our "Episcotent" and say hi to us, get a bottle of water, and some swag. And learn a little bit more about what it means to attend a church where we welcome you just as you are and have a seat for you to be in the presence of the Holy without any worries.

We will be hosting South Georgia Pride's annual LGBTea Time in our parish hall on Saturday, June 7th. You're invited to bring a dish to share. Come and enjoy some time visiting with old friends and making some new ones as we celebrate Pride month and "spill the tea" about what's happening in the world around us.

When all the Easter eggs are found, the chocolate bunnies consumed, and the Easter baskets are put away...and all these items go on sale at the supermarket...the world moves on from Easter and gets ready for the patriotic holidays. Not so for us in the church! After our 40 days of Lent and our journey with Jesus through Holy Week, the empty tomb and Jesus' victory over sin and death is one very long celebratory party that we call "The Great Fifty Days."

A little less than a year ago a small group began meeting at St. Barnabas for a Bible Study on Creation Care. During this study a dream to do more grew. That desire led to a plan to hold a workshop on Creation Care and involve the other Episcopal Church in Valdosta. The group met monthly making community contacts and fine tuning their plan.