News Sheet for Sunday 15th March 2015 – Mothering Sunday

Please use the link below to view the news hseet for our Family Eucharist on Sunday 15th March which is Mothering Sunday:

15th March 2015 news sheet PDF Mothering Sunday v1.1

We also published the latest information on our Centenary Year celebrations:

2015 our Centenary Year PDF flyer 3

Breaking News – Egyptian Response to Slaughter.

Coptic martyrs icon

“Dear friends,
This is a very sad time in Egypt where we are in seven days of official mourning for the 21 young Christian men who were brutally slaughtered by ISIS in Libya on Sunday (22 February)…..”

So begins a letter from Ramez Atallah, General Director of The Bible Society of Egypt. If you do not know about this atrocity, please read the attached letter, and hopefully you too will be moved and strengthened by its contents.

Two-Lines-English – Egyptian Martyrs

Egyptian Response to 2 rows walking

SOMA Mission to Uganda

In May, four members of St Barnabas Church will be going on a Mission to Uganda, with SOMA (Sharing of Ministries Abroad). Stephen Dinsmore, National Director of SOMA UK, preached at St Barnabas on 15th February, sharing the vision of SOMA and praying for the team members.
Rev Canon Derek Smith is the team leader, who has led a number of other teams in Nigeria and Kenya. Please use the link below to view the leaflet for further information.
Please pray for this Mission and give towards the costs if you are moved to do so. Thank you.

Women’s World Day of Prayer, March 6th 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

The Day of Prayer service for 2015 has been written by the Christian women of The Bahamas. Although written by women, all are invited. Increasingly men and children are  participating. Over 36 hours, 170 countries will have taken part. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland over 5,000 services will be held, focusing on the theme of:

‘Jesus said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?”’

For more details please read:

Press-Release-A5-1pp-x-WWDP 2015               Background-info-WWDO 2015                   WWDP-Leaflet

A press release about the event this year     Background information on the Bahamas       A leaflet about the event

Below are some photographs from the Cyprus Women’s World Day of Prayer in 2014 organised by the Women of Egypt.  Last year it was held in St Catherine’s Church, Limassol

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