Rev. Horton J. Scott,  Celebrant          

Frank Waiters Jr., Senior Warden,

Louise Meggett, Junior Warden

Forrest Drennen, Organist 

E-mail stbarnabas1.1@juno.com

  
February 5, Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Fourth Sunday before Lent) :

Psalm 142; 2 Kings 4:(8-17)18-21(22-31)32-37; 1 Corinthians 9:16-23; Mark 1:29-39

It's the Fifth Sunday of Epiphany (Fourth Sunday before Lent), also the first Sunday in February Set aside as Black History Month. Americans have recognized black history annually since 1926, first as "Negro History Week" and later as "Black History Month." We owe the celebration of Black History Month, and more importantly, the study of black history, to Dr. Carter G. Woodson. He was disturbed to find in his studies that history books largely ignored the black American population. Likewise the church has ignored the importance of Black Africans who were a part of Christianity from its very beginning and played a spiritual role in spreading the Word. Black Americans have been part of the American church since colonial times and have long sought to express their spirituality and their African identity through their faith and their songs. Among our hymns this week are “Take My Hand, Precious Lord” and “ Leave it There” by Thomas A. Dorsey and C. A. Tindley. C. A. Tindley is often called a founding father of American gospel music. A host of musicians owe a debt to Charles Tindley—including, by his own admission, Thomas A. Dorsey. One Tindley song, “I’ll Overcome Some Day,” written in 1901, gave rise to the popular civil rights song “We Shall Overcome.

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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