Rev. Horton J. Scott,  Celebrant          

Frank Waiters Jr., Senior Warden,

Louise Meggett, Junior Warden

Forrest Drennen, Organist 

E-mail stbarnabas1.1@juno.com

January 29 , Fourth Sunday of Epiphany :

Psalm 111;  Deuteronomy 18:15-20; 1 Corinthians 8:1b-13; Mark 1:21-28

This Sunday is the third Sunday of Epiphany,(3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)and the lectionary lessons reveal that Jesus Christ is not merely the greatest of the prophets but is the eternal Son of God, made man. February 2nd celebrates the Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple. It is known as Candlemas from the candles carried at that ceremony (once people said that Candlemas was the day the goundhog poked his head out); it is the last festival in the Christian year that is dated by reference to Christmas; subsequent holidays are calculated with reference to Easter, so Candlemas marks the end of the Christmas and Epiphany season.  Next week Begins our celebration of Black History Month, our Music will reflect this.

Let us pray for: peace in our world. The members of Christian Peacemaker Teams who are being held hostage in Iraq The famine stricken African countries of Niger, Mali, Mauritania and Burkina Faso, the troubled lands of Africa (especially Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire [former : Ivory Coast ] and Sudan) and the people of Guyana. We also pray for The Archbishop of York John Sentamu, Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold, Diocesan Bishop John Croneberger, his wife, and assistant Bishop Carol Gallagher. We remember in prayer Hazel Carter, Francis Coleman, Carolyn Goodwin, Eula Jefferson, Louise Meggett, Janice Nugent, Rudolph Perry, Tony Pina, Victoria Sawyer, Amanda Scott, Rev. Mildred J. Solomon, and Aquinda Toppins. Finally, with the Church throughout the ages we pray: “Maranatha! Come, Lord Jesus!”

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