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. . . 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

These 9 young adults will be celebrating and affirming their faith on Sunday, October 27 at our 10:30am worship.

Arianna Dennis

Anna Haakenson

Lauren Haakenson

Kyle Kuffel

Bradley Libert

Jessica Kemnitz

Seth Neifing

Jaxon Schwab

Allison Whyte

Articles for the November

Newsletter are due

October 15

If you are interested in participating

and decorating your trunk give the church office a call!

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Message from Pastor Sarah

Dear People of

God at St.

Barnabas, Can we imagine?

At September’s

Ministry Night, I

began our closing

prayer with those words, and

they took away my breath.

Standing there with all those

hard working leaders, people

God has called into ministry, I

was overwhelmed by how much

imagination has gone into each

person there and into each per-

son before us who brought us to

that night. My mind raced as I

imagined how God has coordi-

nated so much for each of us,

and how much more God is cre-

ating for our futures.

This year the Stewardship Team

spent a lot of time and thought

on the stewardship campaign.

We decided to do the Pony Ex-

press means of collecting pledg-

es because that was the most

successful campaign in the past;

more people returned their

pledges through that trailbag.

And we know that next year is a

critical year for our congregation.

We won’t have the same surplus

that we’ve had this year, so our

giving has to match our expens-

es.

But even more than the financial

pressure we’ll face, the Steward-

ship Team also thought about

that we picked the right

theme for this year. It seems

like it’s the right time to start

imagining who God is calling

us to be and what God is

calling us to do so that we

can create that.

There’s no doubt this con-

gregation has created a lot

of great things. We have

strong ministry teams, and

we’ve done a lot of good in

this world. But the Steward-

ship Team agreed that it’s

time for us to be more inten-

tional about what we’re go-

ing to create. So it’s time to

imagine.

Take some time to fill out

one of those big white

clouds with what you’d like

to see happening here at St.

Barnabas. What can you

imagine for this congrega-

tion? Put it out there and

let’s see who else is imagin-

ing that. What seeds of

creation is God putting in

our hearts? Where is God

calling you to serve?

Where can you imagine

yourself doing the life-

changing work God has for

St. Barnabas to do? Can we

imagine? We already have,

and I do believe we are!

In God’s Great Peace,

Pastor Sarah

how important it is to be

good stewards of all that

God has entrusted us

with—this building, the

community of St. Barnabas,

the community of Cary and

beyond. Part of being good

stewards is how we use the

material resources God has

so generously given us, but

the other part is how we

use the time and talent God

has given us to serve in

God’s world.

This is how we came to

this year’s theme:

Can We Imagine?

Can we imagine how God is

calling us to serve in 2020?

Can we imagine what pro-

grams or small groups or

events God is calling us to

provide? Can we imagine

who God needs us to be in

this community? Can we

imagine in what ways our

community needs to hear

about or experience the life

-changing love of God? Can

we imagine beyond what

we know to what God

knows?

Lucille Clifton is an Ameri-

can poet who once said,

“We cannot create what

we can’t imagine.” I ran

across that quote the week

before our campaign start-

ed, and it solidified for me

Opportunities Page 3

College Care Packages

Take a tag or donate towards postage to send a care packages to our kids at college!

Drop off box in the narthex!

They love getting a package from their church family!!

Thank you for supporting the

Confirmation Class on their week-

end retreat at Lutherdale in October.

Please pick a “leaf” off the tree,

fill it, and drop it in the offering

plate!

Women’s Book Group

Meets on the 2nd Thursday at 6:30pm

at the Starbucks on Rt. 31

Currently reading “Voice in the Wilderness”

by Francine Rivers

Women’s Bible Study

Meets weekly on Thursday at Noon. Bring a lunch.

“Life Principals from Women of the Bible”

All are Welcome!

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Oct 4 Patrick McKune

Oct 4 Alan Cox

Oct 4 Grant Dreves

Oct 4 Anna Haakenson

Oct 4 Lauren Haakenson

Oct 6 Bill Rochford

Oct 6 Grayson Flach

Oct 6 Carley Frezza

Oct 6 Bradley Libert

Oct 9 Rich Lamberti

Oct 11 Ed Finnegan

Oct 12 Allison Mathesius

Oct 15 Joe Tokarz

Oct 19 Mary Meaume

Oct 20 Stephanie Flach

Oct 22 Andy Taylor

Oct 24 Marianne Barstow

Oct 25 Jake Hill

Oct 26 Hank Gut

Oct 26 Phil Brennen

Oct 26 Sean Rochford

Oct 31 Andrea Dodge

Mike & Ellen Valentine

Oct 3

Chuck & Marianne Barstow

Oct 3

Peter & Jennifer Drozt

Oct 10

Scott & Linda Hamann

Oct 11

Andy & Patti Hill

Oct 12

Jim & Diane Tooke

Oct 12

David & Susan Hostman

Oct 24

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. On October 8 we welcome a speaker from Elderwerks who will talk to us about life transitions and how to age with grace. Bring a lunch, bring a friend,

and join us in the Family Life Center!

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!

October 13 Richardson’s Corn Maze, time TBA October 27 Halloween Party, Bethany Lutheran, 5-7:30pm November 10 Trip to Chicago to share socks with the homeless November 22 Feed My Starving Children

Soup for the Soul: Learning Together in the Midst of Grief St. Barnabas, Bethany Lutheran in Crystal Lake, and Good Shepherd Hospital are offering a 4-part educational series on grief. Our second meeting will be on Sunday, November 17, from 5-7pm at St. Barnabas where we’ll eat soup together and learn from Maggie Moore, “The Widow Coach” about “Making it through the Holidays.” Maggie will talk about how to manage and own the holidays and about how to find peace and joy during a time that can be hard. There’s no cost to attend, but please RSVP by November 14 either by signing up or by calling the church office so we have enough food. We’re also looking for help to set up before and to clean up afterwards. Please invite friends and family to what is sure to be a helpful time of learning and support.

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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: October 15

Ministry Night is the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7pm when all our ministry 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 Christian Preschool

School is back in session with 75 preschoolers

and 8 Terrific Two’s.

We welcome new students and families as well

as our existing families.

Our fundraiser for the month of October

is Rite Brite Cookie Dough. Cookie orders

are being taken from

Thursday, October 3rd-

Thursday, October 17th.

Delivery will be Wednesday,

November 6th between 11:30-1:30. Looking

ahead for some Holiday cookies? Rite Brite has

it all. Please see church office for an order

form. Thank you in advance for your support!

The children and the staff are eagerly

anticipating our annual Open House on

Thursday, October 3rd from 5-7PM. The

children are looking forward to sharing with

their families their school,

beautiful creations, dinner,

and a Basket Raffle.

Blessings,

Kathy

The Worship and Music Team

is looking for Assisting Ministers, Ushers,

and Altar Guild members (the folks who

get communion ready and clean up

afterwards). If you are interested, please

contact Marianne Barstow at marianne-

barstow@gmail.com

Clients Served:

July: 163 families 518 individuals

August 174 families 574 individuals

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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!

Confirmation kids at Trinity Church in Chicago!.

Property Work Day!

Easter Event!

Pre-

Allie Whyte addresses Assembly! Nick

Mission Trip Group 2019

Cary Cruise Night

Poor

Pas-

God speed to Rebecca Selby

Blessing of the Preschhol Backpacks!

Caring Team and Sunday School...packed school kits!

Rally Day Ribs were finger licking good! Rally day activity booths

Makensie & her backpack!

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

Witness, Adeline Zimmer

Youth, Julia Vogt

St. B Supper Club

Thursday, October 5, at 6 pm

All are welcome to join in the fun.

Good food & fellowship!

Self Pay

NICK’S PIZZA

856 Pyott Rd

(Let Denise Kubas know you’re coming.)