Banner Newsletter | March/April, 2022

BANNER NEWSLETTER
MAR
APR
2022

Rev. Chris Winkler
Senior Pastor
cwinkler@barringtonumc.com
Rev. Matthew Johnson
Associate Pastor
mwhjohnson@barringtonumc.com
Rev. Wendy A. Witt
Senior Pastor
First UMC, West Dundee
wwitt@barringtonumc.com
Pastor Bonnie Bevers
Director of Youth Ministries
bbevers@barringtonumc.com
Luis Vega
Lay Pastor
Comunidad Cristiana
lvega@barringtonumc.com
Susan Acosta
Director of Family Ministries and
Noah’s Ark Christian Academy
sbrown@barringtonumc.com
Lou Ann Gordon
Director of Finance
lgordon@barringtonumc.com
Sharon Orr
Director of Missions and
Multisite Ministries
sorr@barringtonumc.com
Becky Lemna
Director of Communications
blemna@barringtonumc.com
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WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Barrington United Methodist Church
98 Algonquin Road, Barrington, IL 60010
(847) 836-5540
Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Worship online | Services are posted each week on Saturday
Worship in the Sanctuary | Sundays at 9:00 and 10:30 a.m.
Respecting the health and safety of all, masks are recommended in the church
building and required when singing. We will also continue to offer a third service
online through our Do.Be.Live channel or our website, barringtonumc.com.
Join us in worship!
Sunday School is available for children ages 3 through grade 5
during both worship services.
All students, grades 6 through 12, are invited for fun conversation
and fellowship at 10:30 a.m. in the youth room.
God’s Squad meets Sunday evenings from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Students,
grades 6 through 12, are invited to come for dinner, games, fellowship, and fun.
Got homework? Bring those assignments and projects that aren’t quite finished to
Homework Hangs from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Comunidad Cristiana | Christian Community Worship
Sundays at 2:00 p.m. | Bilingual, in-person worship
Trinity Center
1647 Ravine Lane, Carpentersville IL 60110
You and your neighbors are invited to join this emerging worship. Experience
Hispanic-style worship with a mix of traditional and contemporary worship elements.
Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of every month.
First UMC of West Dundee
318 W. Main Street, West Dundee, IL 60118
Classic Worship, Sundays at 10:00 a.m. | Online and In-person
In-person, socially distanced worship is held in the sanctuary.
Masks are recommended.
For much of January and February our worship series was entitled, “God Is
Doing a New Thing!” As the church and our world has suffered through the
pandemic and as we look ahead to the challenges and opportunities we will
encounter as we emerge from the mitigations and restrictions, we believe
that God has great things in store for the Church. We also believe we must
be proactive and faithful in seeking to shape the new reality our country and
our culture will experience. Over the weeks that the series encompassed, we
talked about forging New Memories, New Vocations, and New Relationships all
with other new horizons. As a part of the series I preached a sermon on New
Conversations and more than a few folks reacted positively and some asked
for copies of the sermon. As a result of the feedback, I decided to reformat that
sermon into a column and I offer this to you in the hope that more people will
find some hope and inspiration for the days, weeks and months ahead.
In St. Paul’s letter to the Church at Ephesus, Paul contends that the Ephesians’ new
life in Christ—which he compares to their new baptismal garb—should not just
affect their actions and what they did with their bodies it should also influence the
way they spoke. Paul says that the very words they use in conversing with one another
as members of Christ’s family and the words they speak
to others are important. Their words matter. What I find
interesting is that Paul seems to be not only concerned
with what a new life in Christ looks like, he also wanted
the church to speak in a way that demonstrated how a
new life in Christ sounds. Paul writes:
Let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors for
we are members of one another. . . . Let no evil talk
come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for
building up, as there is need, so that your words may
give grace to those who hear (Excerpted verses from
Ephesians 4).
According to this letter, not only were their bodies and
their actions to be transformed and made new in the
waters of baptism, but also their speech. Whenever they
spoke they were called to only use words of grace and
to resist using words of malice or division; to only speak
Bamberg Apocalypse: “John Writes to the
Churches in Ephesus and Smyrna” (AD 1000)
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in a way that built up the body and to refrain from speaking in a way that intended
to harm or tear down.
This is a difficult lens through which to view so much of our public and private
discourse these days when a caustic tone seems to permeate just about everything
we read or hear. It is hard not to be discouraged by the rhetoric adopted by so
many people who are setting the tone—for the church, for our communities and
for our nations. When was the last time you heard a politician in this country
say something about the opposition party that was not framed in hyperbole,
cynicism and just plain mean-spiritedness. It makes you wonder, doesn’t it, how
we, as church, could fight against that, could bear a different kind of witness. It
makes you wonder what could happen if—beginning with us, we only used words
that give grace, only make comments that build up. It makes me wonder if such a
commitment to civility, compassion and compromise could spread and spread until
we began to model real transformation because of our own baptism.
These words from Ephesians offer us a way of living and being in community
with one another that is starkly different than what we experience living in a
culture steeped too much in cynicism and just plain meanness. These words from
Ephesians challenge us to not only think about our discipleship—our response
to God’s immense grace—in terms of what we do or don’t do, but also in terms
of what we say and how we say it. Only use words that give grace. Only make
comments that build up. Be kind, be kind. Be forgiving and compassionate and
intentional. Again I say, what if we, Christ’s church, actively practiced living out this
grace? And what if movement grew out of the resolve of a large, suburban, diverse
congregation to always speak grace. What if a church with people who cherish our
diversity decided that our life together was going to be distinctively marked by
offering only life-giving, grace-giving habits of speech and action? What if the
new thing that God is doing in this church included our full and total commitment
to living as a grace-filled, grace-talking and grace-acting community of faith.
Can you imagine that? I can. But, let us more than merely imagine it, let us live it…
Starting now.
Rev. Chris Winkler
We are grateful for our youth serving as acolytes once a month at the
BUMC 10:30 worship. Thanks to Opal Davies and Kay Williams for making
new acolyte vests, modeled here by Caity McKay and Liberty Johnson.
PRAYER REQUESTS We believe in the power of prayer and have a
dedicated prayer team committed to praying your requests. If you have a
prayer request, please contact the church office, (847) 836-5540, Paula Gordon
(pgordon@barringtonumc.com), or Julia Hooper (2juliahooper@gmail.com). Please
also indicate if you would like your request to be printed in the Sunday bulletin.
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Spiritual Formation Renewal
by Rev. Matthew Johnson
I am grateful to share that I have requested and been granted a nine-week
Spiritual Formation leave which will begin following the Memorial Day
holiday. The practice of leave taking is prescribed by The Book of Discipline
in order that clergy in The United Methodist Church might be renewed for
leadership and the work of making disciples of Jesus Christ.
To be clear, this time won’t be a vacation or extended sabbath. It will be
work that serves to renew my way of doing ministry with and for you. I have
created a regimented plan to follow: reengage with scripture, restore my
writing habits, and ultimately craft a year’s-worth of materials intended to be
used by the church.
After two years of pandemic-driven change, this focused period of spiritual
work is much needed. In 2020, my home became a makeshift studio for
recording and editing online services. I learned new software, built hardware
to best use it, and spent months documenting and coaching staff on how to
best utilize the resources they had to do the same. All of this was necessary.
It has allowed our multi-site ministry partnership to survive the virus and be
prepared to thrive in a post-pandemic reality.
Now, it is necessary for me to reset my pastoral rhythms. I need time with
God to grieve all that has been lost. I yearn to discover what the scriptures
are saying about where we are going. And, I want to renew my devotional life;
one that has always been nurtured by curiosity and journalistic instinct.
This summer, you’ll probably only see me in recorded form. You’ll be hearing
from a variety of new voices in the pulpit. My engagement with standing
committees and teams will be limited, and I won’t be delving into ministry
minutia much until the fall.
But this also means there will be a plethora of opportunities for any one
of you to try something new. In order that online services can continue
uninterrupted, volunteers will be needed to do the technical things. There
will be more moments for laity to speak, read and pray in worship. And, there
will be plenty of chances, too, for you to call on (and check in with) those in
the community who need an emissary of God to be present.
Holy Week & Easter Schedule
Palm Sunday Service | April 10
9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and online at Barrington UMC
10:00 a.m. and online at First UMC West Dundee
2:00 p.m. at Trinity Center (bilingual service)
Holy Thursday Service | April 14
7:00 p.m. and online at both Barrington UMC and First UMC West Dundee
Walk with Jesus, a Good Friday Family Event | April 15
10:00 a.m.–noon at Barrington UMC
Register at barringtonumc.com or scan this barcode with your smartphone.
Good Friday Tenebrea Service | April 15
2:00 p.m. “Seven Last Words” | “El Culto de Siete Palabras” at Trinity Center
7:00 p.m. Joint service with First UMC West Dundee at Barrington UMC
At this service, our multi-site choir will present Tenebrae: A Service of Darkness,
accompanied by organ, string quartet and winds. The moving hour-long service
will include congregational singing on classic Lenten hymns like O Sacred Head,
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross and Ah, Holy Jesus. Tenebrae is Latin for
“shadows” or “darkness.”
The Tenebrae service is an ancient Christian tradition commemorating the somber
events that occurred in Jesus’ life from the exuberant entrance into Jerusalem on
Palm Sunday through the night of Jesus’ burial on Good Friday.
During the service, fourteen candles are extinguished one by one as Scripture
readings tell the story of Holy Week. This gradual descent into gloom represents
Jesus’ increasing sorrow as the events of Passion Week unfold. As the last candle
is extinguished, a soloist will sing Were You There?, and after the final prayer, the
congregation leaves in contemplative silence.
Easter Service | April 17
7:30 a.m. (outside), 9:00 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and online at Barrington UMC
Registration is required, visit barringtonumc.com or scan this barcode with your smartphone.
10:00 a.m. and online at First UMC West Dundee
2:00 p.m. at Trinity Center (bilingual service)
Thank you for allowing me this chance to better serve God and the church. I
welcome your questions as my leave grows closer, and seek your prayers for
the whole of it.
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GET INVOLVED | MISSIONS
Your support of our Twin Rivers Barrington
Growing Project is changing lives!
In 2021, our growing project raised $24,162, nearly all of which supported
a Presbyterian Church USA program in Sierra Leone and Liberia. This
program engages the youth in 18 villages in learning ecologically sound and
sustainable farming practices.
In 2020, our growing project raised $26,732, nearly all of which supported
a Church World Services program in Nicaragua. The Carazo Diariamba
program promotes conservation agriculture, plants fruit trees and patio
gardens, and helps villages gain access to clean water. continued on page 8
Nicaragua Carazo Diriamba program update: Life Is Better In So Many Ways
“This program has
been crucial to our
survival in so many
ways, thank you!”
Now that they have a tank to store
rainwater in, Maribel and her family are
no longer completely limited to producing
food in the unpredictable rainy season.
She says, “Through training activities with
[local partner] CIEETS, we can now grow
and harvest more because we’ve learned
about farming with irrigation. Since what
we grow is the basis of our livelihood, any
extra we can produce is welcome.”
Guaranteeing access to safe water for
irrigation, sanitation and hygiene is just
one of the goals and strategies of CIEETS
and 292 participant families. They are
working together toward diversifying
livelihoods and finding ways to reduce risks
and adapt to climate change.
At the time the program came to the
municipality of Diriamba, where Maribel
and her family live, the only crop they grew
was corn, or sometimes beans. Now they
are harvesting many different fruits and
vegetables and enjoying greater yields and
a healthier diet.
“Thank God CIEETS came to my
community and helped me improve my
family’s life,” Maribel says warmly. In
addition to the training, she’s grateful for
the program’s help with the water tank and
replacing a latrine that had reached the
end of its useful life. Maribel says that her
husband tries to find work in construction,
but opportunities are rare. Their income
has always been low, even more so after
the impact that COVID and hurricanes Eta
and Iota have had on the economy and
public health.
Nicaragua Carazo Diriamba Program
Led by Church World Service
and Local Partner CIEETS
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Your support helped bring 925 people out of poverty for life just in the last
two years! In the 18 years we have been in partnership with Twin Rivers
Growing Project, we raised a little over $640,000. It only takes $55 to
move a person out of poverty for a lifetime. Because of your generosity,
Barrington UMC has helped change the lives of over 11,600 people.
Think about the impact we can make in 2022!
Watch your mailbox for your 2022 pledge card – help
support our farmer partners as together we change the
lives of subsistence farmers around the world. Or make a
gift right now at barringtonumc.com/giving
Sierra Leone Liberian Youth
This program is working to improve
the food security status of 18 villages
by the end of 2023 by developing
locally controlled and resilient food
systems. The focus is on three villages
per year in Sierra Leone and three
in Liberia. Youth are being provided
with livelihood opportunities and
ecologically sound and sustainable
farming practices are being promoted.
The basic strategy is to build a one year
food reserve, to be replenished each
year, by engaging the youth in the local
production and storage of food staples.
This reserve will be used to provide
food in times of high food insecurity
and will serve as a seed bank.
Over three years this program will work
in 18 communities to train 360 farmers
which will benefit 2520 people.
The youth of a farmers group in one
village set up a kuu to build a food
storage facility in their community. And
just what is a kuu, you ask?
Anyone who’s participated in (or heard
about) a barn raising, quilting bee
or Habitat for Humanity project will
immediately understand the concept of
the Liberian kuu. It’s a group of people who take
turns working together on each other’s farms or
other projects requiring physical labor such as
building homes.
The goal of the program – supporting rural
community groups engaged in food production
and marketing – draws its strength from the
traditional kuu, since people are already used
to working together. The focus is on young
people, providing livelihood opportunities in
farming for the youth of the communities. They
work toward developing locally-controlled
and resilient food systems to improve the food
security and economic and social well-being in
their communities.
As he worked on the roof of the building, a
member of the Youth Agriculture Program
named Mulbah said, “We had already organized
a kuu to work on each other’s farms, but this
one is specifically to build the storehouse. The
nice thing is that, while we are working, many
members of the community come out to help
even though they are not part of the kuu.”
Sierra Leone Liberia Youth Program
Led by Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Local
Partner Agricultural Missions, West Africa
Initiative of Liberia, Village to Village Federation
(Sierra Leone)
Daniel, the leader of the kuu,
explains why people are so
enthusiastic about the storehouse.
“Our daily staple food is rice, and
we earn money from growing and
selling vegetables. Now that we’ll
have a place to keep the rice and
vegetables, we can grow more
and our harvests will be protected
against pests, mold, and the heavy
rains we’re experiencing more
often. We will have more to eat
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GET INVOLVED | MISSIONS
We are on our Way to Becoming a Good Neighbor Team
What’s that you ask? It is a group of 3 to 8 church members who commit to
support an Afghan refugee family for six months as they rebuild their lives
in our local area. The team agrees that some of their members will make a
neighborly visit to the family at least twice a week to welcome them.
A core group has met and agreed to move forward — we welcome you to
join us! The first step is to view the one-hour general orientation video and
to complete the World Relief application and background check for Dupage
by March 11. A two hour in-person training exclusive to our team and led by our
World Relief Coordinator will then happen at Barrington UMC.
You can support this ministry with an online donation to Afghan Refugee
Resettlement on the Barrington UMC Giving page OR by joining the team –
express your interest, visit barringtonumc.com/get-involved. And thank you!
Are you looking forward to an Adult Mission Trip?
The Missions Committee is looking into our first mission trip since 2019.
We could serve on the Rosebud Reservation in Mission, South Dakota or in
Louisiana or at a (non-local) Illinois Habitat for Humanity build. Where would
you like to serve? When can you travel? Are you able to provide financial
support even if you can’t join us?
Brown Bags for 40 Days of Lent
First UMC West Dundee will continue our Brown Bag Lenten discipline in 2022.
The missions team asks everyone to find a brown bag or box and mark it with an
inspiration scripture or prayer for contemplation as you add an item into the bag
each day. Among the items requested by our missions partners: hygiene items and
diapers, canned goods and groceries, laundry soap and socks of all sizes, small toys
and books, and lightly used medical equipment. You are also encouraged to collect
funds for UMCOR.
Please drop your container(s) off at First United Methodist Church West Dundee,
318 West Main Street, West Dundee on Friday April 8 between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00
p.m. or Saturday April 9 between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Let us find a sense of
comfort that we are all still able to serve God’s world by simply collecting 40 items
and some change. For more information, contact Marcia Buchs, mkbuchs@sbcglobal.
net or call, (331) 276-7979
Member Care Outreach
This month we visited 6 people and all enjoyed the visits. The next Tea Party is
scheduled for Tuesday, March 16. Let the church office or Elaine Anderson know if
you would like to be a part of this event. If we have more volunteers we could visit
even more people.
Head to barringtonumc.com/get-involved and let us know!
UMCOR Sunday - A Methodist Response
UMCOR Sunday always falls on the Fourth Sunday of Lent – March 27, 2022.
On this Sunday, United Methodist Churches take a special offering to cover
the general operating expenses of the United Methodist Committee on Relief
for the year. In this way, UMCOR guarantees that all monies designated for
disaster relief go only to disaster relief. United Methodists are often the first
to respond to disasters and the last to leave the recovery effort. Join with
United Methodists around the world to help!
Mark your gift UMCOR and include it with your operating gift to BUMC or
FUMCWD or give online at barringtonumc.com/giveing or FUMCWD/Giving.
Please be generous.
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GET CONNECTED | FELLOWSHIP & FAITH DEVELOPMENT
FAQs
Join the BUMC Garden Team
Spring is coming! We are making plans! In order for the church garden to
continue to supply fresh vegetables to families who are in need we want you to
be a member of the team. Your help is essential for success.
In the last 9 years the garden has provided 223,500 pounds of fresh vegetables.
Last year we supported 9 area food pantries as well as our own Community
Meal. Our hope is to provide the same or slightly more than last year’s total of
25,600 pounds.
This year we are planning to grow several varieties of zucchini, tomatoes, sweet
and hot peppers and pumpkins. We also will grow winter squash, yellow squash,
and brussel sprouts. Oops, can’t forget the cucumbers.
The main tasks are (weather permitting):
• plant seeds in the greenhouse – April
• deploy the irrigation system – May
• repair or modify the irrigation systems- May
• transplant young plants into the garden – late May, early June
• place tomato cages around young tomato plants - June
• weed, weed, weed – on and ever going
• rototilling – June thru September
• weed, weed, weed – on and ever going
• harvesting – late July through September
Why weed, weed, weed? Experience has taught us that the more effective our
weeding program the more produce we harvest to share. If you have questions,
please contact Bill West, wlwest@att.net, Ron Schneider or Lou Schairer.
1. When are most of the people there to work? Most folks come in the
morning as that is the most comfortable time to work. However, you can
come when you have time available especially to weed.
2. Can I come whenever I want? Yes, as long as you are aware of what needs to
be done and how to do it
3. Can I work as much as I want? Yes, with grateful thanks.
4. If I don’t know what to do, who do I contact? Bill West at wlwest@att.net
Practical Christianity for Men
Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. fellowship, 9:00–11:00 a.m. bible study and discussion,
both virtual and in-person in BUMC Room 111
Open to men of all ages, Practical Christianity for Men is a Saturday morning study
group that offers opportunities for faith development, meaningful outreach and lasting
fellowship. Contact John Maxson, jsmaxson@aol.com, for more information.
Book Discussion Group
Wednesdays via Zoom, led by Pastor Wendy Witt
Beginning in March, we will be meeting on the third Wednesday of each month
at 7:00 p.m. We will still meet via zoom. We hope that this will allow more people
to join in these discussions.
This month we will be reading (or maybe re-reading) the classic book Man’s Search for
Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. From the back cover of the most recent edition:
Man’s Search for Meaning has riveted
generations of readers with its descriptions
of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for
spiritual survival. In the decades since its first
publication, it has become one of the most
influential books in America; it continues to inspire
us all to find significance in the very act of living.
Given all that is going on in our world right now, this
is a timely read. Also it is appropriate for our Lenten
journey as well, as we seek ways to deepen our faith
during these troubled times.
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3128986804
5. Is training available? Yes, contact Bill West at wlwest@att.net
To start your involvement, go to barringtonumc.com/get-involved to indicate
your interest, what kinds of tasks you can help with and leave your name and
phone number.
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Barrington United Methodist Women Thursday at 10:00 a.m. through Zoom
Barrington United Methodist Women are staying connected while avoiding
venturing out into the cold via weekly Zoom meetings. Anyone who would like
a chance to “visit” with old or new friends is welcome to join. We “gather” at
10:00 on Thursday mornings. In March, we will acknowledge that March is
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month with a program based on Luke 13:10-
21 and Lenten devotional programs. If you would like to join us, please email Linda
Osikowicz, Lmosikowicz@comcast.net to receive the weekly meeting link.
Save the Dates!
United Methodist Women Prairie Central will have a Day of Spiritual Renewal on
Saturday, April 30. More information to follow.
Mission u: Who Can We Be Together? Building Communities of Hope and Joy
Friday and Saturday, August 19-20:
TURN IT UP! United Methodist Women Assembly 2022
Orlando, FL May 20-22, 2022
United Methodist Women Assembly provides a time to reflect on today’s challenges
and build new ways for faith-filled women to make a difference in our communities
and the world. It is a time for spiritual healing and renewal, rebirth, and to learn
ways to work for justice for women, children, and youth.
Have a Heart Pillow Project
The “Have a Heart Pillow Project” continues. Since 2009, when we began tying
pillows, Norma Jung-Stein (founder of this project) estimates that we have donated
over 3,800 pillows to Good Shepherd Hospital. Almost all the pillows are given to
women who have had a mastectomy and/or lumpectomy which has tested positive
for breast cancer. About 70% of the patients have lumpectomies—the women age
from 24 to 90 years old. About 5-8 pillows are distributed each week, totaling
approximately 25 a month. The nurses report there is just something “magical” and
“special” about the pillows, and while it may seem like “just a pillow,” they make a
huge impact. Norma has become a legend at the hospital! If you would like to help
with this project (the pillows are tied), contact Linda Osikowicz, Lmosikowicz@
comcast.net. A recent recipient sent the following:
“Thank you so much for the heart pillow. I used it extensively after my lumpectomy.
It helped relieve the pain a the surgical site when my arm nestled on it. Plus—blue is
my favorite color and paisley my favorite design. What a piece of serendipity.”
Women’s Retreat 2022
The Women’s Retreat Committee has started planning the 2022 Fall Weekend
Woman’s Retreat, which will be held Friday, September 23, Saturday, September 24
and end Sunday, September 25th. More details will follow.
There is also a virtual option, join from your living room! Virtual attendees receive
access to all five Community Gatherings, one workshop on Friday and Saturday,
exclusive behind-the-scenes speaker interviews, sisterhood networking, and more.
For more information, contact Linda Osikowicz, Lmosikowicz@comcast.net.
The 88th Annual Rummage Sale is scheduled for October 7-8, 2022!
Mark your calendars, we’d love for you to be a volunteer! Set up will be the week
of October 2.
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GET CONNECTED | YOUTH MINISTRY at BUMC
Hello and Happy Spring(ish)! Supposedly it’s on its way!
The Spring semester is well underway in the youth room and we have had
an exciting couple of months so far. We came back together in January and
picked up right where we left off, having fun, supporting one another, and
learning about our faith. February arrived with a trip to Pinstripes to go
bowling and eat some yummy food. We had nine students and two adults. A
great time was had by all, and the general consensus is that bowling should
never be attempted without the bumpers down!
We also began a new series in both Sunday School and God’s Squad in
February. On Sunday mornings we explored the Apologetics and how the
big, hard questions of our faith impact our day-to-day lives. We have had
some GREAT conversations! In God’s Squad we embarked on a series of
discussions based on Crimes in the Bible. You might have noticed some
caution and danger tape around the youth room. There were even a couple
of chalk-lined crime scenes around the room. It has been great fun getting
to look at the Bible in this new light, and reading into the stories that aren’t
always brought forth. The students have really enjoyed delving deeper into
the harder stories to grapple with in our times together.
As we embark on Lent we will explore different places we see direct
messages from God in God’s Squad. For Sunday School we are working
through a series known as the Renegade Gospel that looks more deeply at
Jesus’ ministry.
Sunday Mornings
All students, grades 6 through 12, are invited for fun conversation
and fellowship at 10:30 a.m. in the youth room.
God’s Squad and Homework Hangs
Sundays, March 13, April 3 and April 10
Please note, there will be no God’s Squad or Homework Hangs on
March 20, March 27 or April 17
God’s Squad meets 6-7:30 p.m. for dinner, games, fellowship, and fun.
Homework Hangs meets 4–6 p.m. Bring those homework assignments and
projects that aren’t quite finished. We’ll have coffee, cocoa, and extra pencils.
UPCOMING
Feed My Starving Children
Saturday, April 9, 4:30–6:15 p.m.
Youth in grades 6 through 12 are invited to join us at Feed My
Starving Children. This is a fun, high energy experience that allows
us to help individuals all over the world. Registration is limited and
required, barringtonumc.com/get-involved.
In April we look forward to spending a Saturday afternoon volunteering at
Feed My Starving Children.
There is a lot going on in the youth room, and that is how we love it!
We are always looking for new people to come hang out with these
awesome students. Getting to know them and be a part of their faith
journey is the blessing of my life. If you are interested in joining us for an
evening or an event, please let me know, (bonnie@barringtonumc.com)!
We would love to have you, and you, too, can experience the joy and
laughter that these awesome tweens and teens bring into our lives!
Blessings,
Pastor Bonnie
Following my graduation from Garrett in May, I will return to Texas to complete my
ordination process in the Rio Texas Conference. I look forward to the next few months
of serving alongside each of you and the memories we will continue to make together.
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Rest assured, the process to identify a new Youth Director is a top priority at BUMC.
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GET CONNECTED | FAMILY MINISTRY
Walk withJesus, a Good Friday Event
Sunday School with a Twist! Alll children (ages 3 through grade 5) are
invited to Sunday School during either worship service!
March is Building our Foundation with God….Some Assembly Required
April is New Growth, rooted and grounded in Love
May is We are wild about Jesus
April 15, 10 a.m.—noon
Join us for a family-focused Good Friday event
centered around Jesus’ final days.
Families of all ages are welcome;
advanced registration is highly recommended,
We (En)canto wait to see you!
Saturday, March 12 at 5:00 p.m.
Registratin required, barringtonumc.com/get-connected
June 20-24, 9:00–12:00 p.m.
Children age 3 through 5th grade
are invited to climb aboard
for a mountain of fun at
Rocky Railway VBS!
A faith-filled adventure where
kids discover that trusting Jesus
pulls them through life’s ups and downs!
Cost: $25/child, register today!
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NOAH’S ARK CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
Registration for the 2022/23 school year is open.
For more information, don’t hesitate to contact Susan Acosta,
sbrown@barringtonumc.com.
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