Rev. Horton J. Scott,  Celebrant          

Frank Waiters Jr., Senior Warden,

Louise Meggett, Junior Warden

Forrest Drennen, Organist 

E-mail stbarnabas1.1@juno.com

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 13), July 31

“Can God set a table in the wilderness?”

PSALM 78:1-4, 12-16 ;
Nehemiah 9:16-20; Romans 8:35-39; Matthew 14:13-21

It’s the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost and all are welcome!

Like the disciples in today's reading, it is easy for us to be overwhelmed by the massive human need we witness in our communities, our nation, and the world. But today's Gospel tells us that in the face of overwhelming need, if we give a little, God will do a lot. A state of emergency has been declared by the government of Niger due to general shortage of food in the country. The crisis in the south of the country has been caused by a drought and a plague of locusts which destroyed much of last year's harvest. Niger is a vast desert country and one of the poorest on earth. Millions of people, a third of the population, face food shortages. With a BBC film crew in Niger broadcasting images of starving children to the world, food aid shipments to the country are starting to pick up. But UN under secretary-general for humanitarian affairs Jan Egeland, who, told reporters that for many it is too late. With 3.6 million people in Niger facing malnutrition and the international response being "totally insufficient," the United Nations expert on the right to food today said that under international human rights treaties States Parties were obliged to provide urgent assistance to any UN Member State threatened by famine.

Some Christian organizations working in Niger

Episcopal Relief and Development

World Vision

SIM

CRS

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