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Back to Church Sunday at St Barnabas’
on 13th October
with Junior & Youth Church.

Come along and bring a friend, and, if we have not seen you for a while, come along yourself to join the community (and see the new church extension).

And join us afterwards for Bowling!

Meet at 12:00 at the Bowling Centre (Basement floor) in My Mall.

Cost: €4 per person (could be reduced if we have enough people)

Food afterwards at the Food Court – so bring money for food after if you are staying!

For more information contact Annabel 96 523414 or Marcia 99 845528

On Friday 6^th September, church families and friends met in Moni, at the lovely home of Dolly, Patrick and Layla O’Flynn. Some children had already started back at school; for others it was one of the last days of the holidays. The event was entitled Building the future to link in with the church building work. We also hope to encourage other families to become regular worshippers at St Barnabas, particularly as two of our very regular families have moved away for work. We miss them deeply!

Annabel, Rose and Marcia organised games to help people get to know each other and to have fun. The lure of the pool proved too great an attraction, and soon all the young people and some adults were enjoying the water.

Before we ate our “bring and share” meal, we had a short time of worship. Derek quoted 1 Peter Chapter 2, about us being built as living stones on Christ, the chief cornerstone. Brandon (National Director of Youth for Christ Cyprus) spoke from 1 Corinthians 12 about the mutual dependence of the members of the body of Christ. Sue showed the children the old rhyme, with hand actions:

Here is the church,

Here is the steeple,

Turn it upside down

And here are all the people.

The importance of every single person as “the body of Christ” was stressed. The younger children enjoyed praying through prayer bubbles – shake the mixture, put it on the wand, blow and pray. Then watch your prayers rise up to heaven!

During the meal, young and old mixed well and new friendships were formed. The age range was just a few months to seventies, and there were at least two grannies amongst the group. There were thirty nine of us all together, from different church backgrounds, and each one contributed in their own special way.

Now we have started up Junior and Youth Church again, we look forward to welcoming even more families to St Barnabas.

Sue Smith

This latest update on the planned Christian Musical Mission to Cyprus comes from Revd Simon Holloway, the chaplain at Christ Church Ayia Napa .

As many in the diocese, and particularly those in Cyprus, will be aware the Cyprus Musical Mission, led by Roger Jones and a team from Christian Musical Mission from Birmingham, is planned for 14-25 November 2013. In addition to performances of “Two Sisters and a Funeral” there will be a number of seminars and workshops at various locations. Click the button below to download the latest full update.

Some of the choirs have already started rehearsals (such as St Andrew’s in Kyrenia) but most will start in the next few weeks.

We are most thankful for those who have given generously so far towards this mission and pray for the rest of the money needed to come in soon. Do pray that our applications for sponsorship and/or grants will be successful or that God will open up other ways of providing for us.

In a couple of places there has been a change of plan from a full scale musical to a Worship Seminar and an Testimony evening called ‘An Audience with Devon Brown’ (Baritone – Lazarus Soloist). This is something that Roger Jones has done in UK several times with Devon and it has been most fruitful and encouraging. Some of the songs from Two Sisters and a Funeral will be included.

In particular, pray for wisdom about the venue for the Final Night for the Combined Choirs concert. We have made a provisional booking at the Royal Hall, but I have a hunch that it might be too big and costly (it can seat up to 700 and costs 1,200 Euros). Pray that we are guided to the right venue at the right cost and size for the evening of Sunday 24 November.

You can hear the music online on the Christian Musical Mission website (www.cmm.org.uk) or search iTunes for ‘Two Sisters and a Funeral’ – the story of Lazarus, Mary and Martha.

Thank you for praying and giving, and we look forward to a great week in November.

Simon Holloway

Latest Update

Do join us for a fun family time in Moni on Friday 6th September from 5pm.

As we are extending St Barnabas’ church building, we are exploring the theme of

Building the future

through games, worship and fellowship. 

Details of food to bring and directions are on the poster. Activities include: games, obstacle race, charades, short act of worship, sharing food and a swim. All ages welcome. Children will need to come with a parent or other responsible adult.

For further details, contact Sue Smith: scdsmith@gmail.com and click below to download the flyer, information and map.

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