Join us for Sunday Worship! 8:30 - First Worship Service. 9:45 am - Sundays School classes for children and adults. 11:00 - Second Worship Service

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1 Barry Good News! Carol Studebaker, Editor March 1, 2018 Church Office: Join us for Sunday Worship! 8:30 - First Worship Service 9:45 am - Sundays School classes for children and adults 11:00 - Second Worship Service Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 pm office@barrychristianchurch.com Barry Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) since 1840 Honor God, Seek Christ, Serve Others Together Staff Senior Minister: Rev. Dr. Dennis Patience dennispatience@gmail.com Family Life Director: Jim Frentrop - Jim.frentrop@gmail.com Director of Music: Andrew Schmidt - andrewpauls@gmail.com Organist:Lenora Remmert - klnremmert@yahoo.com Administrative Secretary: Carol Studebaker - office@barrychristianchurch.com Ponderings of Patience Holy Week Events and Services With the Lenten Underway, Easter is Fast Approaching! Palm Sunday this year will be on Sunday, March 25th and we anticipate that our children in worship will be invited to help usher in Holy Week by bringing forth Palm branches at the beginning of each worship service. This Lenten Season: The Armor of God Series with Lenten Suppers and Meditations On Palm Sunday we will also sponsor our annual Easter Egg Hunt for children of the church I hope everyone has enjoyed our exploration of the various pieces of what the Apostle Paul calls and community, beginning at 3:00 p.m. in the the Armor of God described in Ephesians 6, as fellowship hall. Weather permitting, the hunt we continue to make our way through this year s for eggs will be on the north side grounds of the church s property, followed by storytelling, Lenten Season. crafts and snacks in the fellowship hall once If you are not aware of the present schedule, we d the egg hunt is completed. be delighted to welcome you to join us on Wednesday evenings at 6:00 pm for our light Len- Presently, we are needing donations of candies ten Suppers followed by a brief meditation in the for the plastic Easter Eggs if you would like to Fellowship Hall which is below the church s bring some packages of candy with you to sanctuary and easily accessible from the north parking lot of the church building. These suppers church or bring them by the church office during the week. Please remember to not include and brief meditation services will continue st through Wednesday, March 21. The supper and chocolate (melts), candies with peanuts (allergies for some children) or unpackaged meditation are concluded before the 7:00 p.m. hour in order to afford time for attendance at the candies. On Thursday, March 22nd at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study and Choir practice. (continued on page 2)

2 Page 2 (continued from page 1) you are welcomed to help stuff the plastic Easter Eggs with the candies for the hunt. We meet in the Upper Room Sunday School class in the upper level of the Education Wing. This year s Maundy Thursday Worship Service will be on Thursday, March 29 th at 7:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall. With a display of various types of bread, the service this year will celebrate the Bread of Life described first in the Old Testament and the Passover Event and then by our Lord Jesus throughout his ministry. This service will then conclude with everyone sharing in the cup and bread of the Lord s Supper. Easter Sunday Services We will once again conduct a brief Sunrise Worship Service on the parking lot of the main entrance of the sanctuary this year. With Sunrise anticipated at 7:03 a.m. this year, we ll begin this service at 6:45 a.m. and then at about 7:15 a.m., we will follow the service up with a hearty breakfast sponsored by the Eacret Family and the youth of our congregation in the fellowship hall. The Flowering of the Cross has quickly become a tradition in the 8:30 and 11:00 Worship Services as the children in worship are invited at the beginning of each service to place prepared followers on a cross while the congregation sings Easter hymns. It is a wonderful way for our children to transform the cross from a symbol of death to a symbol of life. Donations in memory and honor of loved ones and friends will begin through a Sunday bulletin flyer on Sunday, March 4 th through Palm Sunday, March 25 th. If you would like to help prepare the cut flowers for the crosses, we anticipate endeavoring in this task on Saturday, March 31 st likely at 10:00 a.m. in the fellowship hall. With the warmer weather and the budding of the Spring season to be upon us in the weeks to come, it is also wonderful for us to have the privilege to celebrate our risen Lord Jesus Christ as the Easter Season unfolds before us! Blessings to each of you as we continue through the remainder of this Lenten Season and as we eagerly anticipate the early arrival of Easter this year! Pastor Dennis The March Board Meeting will be on Sunday, March 4th in the Upper Room after the Noon potluck.

3 Page 3 WORLD DAY OF PRAYER The Northland Church Women United invites members of Barry Christian Church to participate in our World Day of Prayer events on Friday, March 2nd beginning at 10:00 am at Hillside Christian Church, 900 NE Vivion Rd, KC MO Thanks, Ardith Haynes The Disciples Women s Spring Retreat is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, March 9-10th at Tall Oaks Camp. This year s theme is Transformation. Talk to Ardith Haynes for more information. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS time begins on Sunday, March 11th. Please set your clocks forward on Saturday night before you go to bed. The Hand & Foot Club meets on the second Tuesday of the month, which for March will be on March 13th at 1:00 pm. Come enjoy a lively game of Hand & Foot in the Fellowship Hall. WINTER JAM The youth group is going to Winter Jam this year. It is at the Sprint Center on Friday March 16 th Groups performing include Skillet, Kari Jobe, Building 429, John Crist, KB, Newsong, Jordan Feliz plus more with Special Speaking guest Nick Hall. Tickets are $41 which includes a T-shirt, Landyard, Early Entry, Preconcert show and more. Any questions please contact: Anna Eacret

4 Page 4 As we lift our hearts in prayer, dear Lord, may we receive all the benefits of your grace Please Welcome Our New Organist, Lenora Remmert Please welcome Lenora Remmert who begins her service as our organist at Barry Christian Church this month. In our thoughts and prayers Ida Ragan Elizabeth Craig Roger Blakley JoEllen Foreman Brenda Van Hoozer Diane Kiser Sarah Perry Lenora Remmert has served churches of the Northland since graduating from the Conservatory of Music at UMKC. She also enjoys performing as a professional pianist, music director and arranger in the Kansas City area. She has been blessed to perform at many area theaters, play with dance bands, and work as a staff accompanist for North Kansas City School District. She sometimes gets to work with her husband Ken who is a drummer, singer and actor in town. Jesus Jacobo Elizabeth Carroll Luella Scott Grace Kemerling Attendance Sunday Feb. 4 1st service nd service Total Sunday School - 70 Sunday Feb. 11 1st service nd service - 67 Total Sunday School -? Sunday Feb. 18 1st service 60 2nd service 93 Total Sunday School 79 Sunday Feb. 25 1st service nd service - 87 Total Sunday School - 81 They have a son, Nathan who lives with his wife, Ashley in Chicago. She also enjoys teaching piano at her home studio for all ages and levels of talent. Her hobbies include sewing, wood crafting and when she is not playing the piano, she is busy with a custom design stained glass business. She is also presently serving as the accompanist for the musical, Men of Faith, in which our Music Director, Andrew Schmidt is also performing. Welcome Lenora! Lenten Suppers & Meditations will be on Wednesdays from 6:00 7:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall with the suppers hosted by the following Sunday School Classes: March 7th Koinonia Class March 14th Good Neighbors Class March 21st Pathways Class Palm Sunday Services March 25th at 8:30 & 11:00 am Easter Egg Hunt at 3:00 pm Maundy Thursday Service March 29th at 7:00 pm Easter Sunday April 1st: Sunrise service at 6:45 am Breakfast at 7:15 am First service 8:30 am Second service 11:00 am

5 P a ge 5 On Thursday, February 15 th, 21 men of Barry Christian Church met for dinner and fellowship. Our discussion topic centered on the violence that we saw in Florida and around the country and what we as Christians can do to help alleviate the problem. Several ideas were proposed and finally we were able to narrow that down to one idea that will have a positive impact on our life at Barry. We will continue this topic in March at the next dinner. Also, the Gathering has decided to have a Mother s Day brunch on Saturday, May 5 th to honor the women of Barry Christian Church. Watch for updates and additional information for this event. If you would like to be a part of this new adventure, you are invited to attend the next Gathering dinner to be held on March 15 th at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact Phil Myers at or phil1705@aol.com. PREPARING FOR EASTER EGG HUNT We will begin collecting candy for the Egg Hunt please place individually wrapped candy in the basket in the foyer (no chocolate please it melts, also Smarties & Nerds don t fit in the eggs). We need LOTS of candy to fill those eggs! Then, we will also need help to stuff the Easter Eggs, on Thursday, March 22 nd beginning at 5:30 pm in the Upper Room. The Easter Egg Hunt is Palm Sunday, March 25 th at 3:00 pm. We are putting together a group to see Andrew s show, Men of Faith. The date some of us had talked about, April 7, was sold out. The date will now be Saturday, April 21st at 2 p.m. We have reserved 20 seats at a cost of $20 each. If you are interested in going with us, please contact Gayle Gentry at

6 P a ge 6 The Koinonia Dinner Out - Monday, March 19th, 2018 will be at Asian Buffet, 511 NW Barry Road, Kansas City, Mo near Metro North. Meet there at 6:30 pm. The Koinonia Sunday School Class invites you to join them on this fun outing. It is a great way to meet people from church. Next Newsletter Deadline - Monday, March 19th - Noon CHECK OUT THE NEW DISPLAY CASE IN THE HISTORY ALCOVE IN THE CHURCH FOYER We express our thanks to our church historian, Kathie Connell, for setting up the new display case with items of historical significance for Barry Christian Church. We also appreciate Ron Wolfe for installing new electrical wiring to accommodate the lighting for the case. Funds from the Virginia Woodard Memorial paid for the cost of the new case and electrical work. Please take time to stop by the history alcove and enjoy learning about days gone by from Barry Christian Church. The CHURCH OFFICE will be CLOSED on Friday, March 30th for Good Friday.

7 Page 7 Ladies Spring Tea Announcement All ladies and their (female) friends and relatives age 8 and above are invited to attend the Ladies Spring Tea on Saturday, April 14, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the BCC Fellowship Hall. We will be ser ving teas, sandwiches, scones, cookies, fruit and other treats. We will also have a local speaker who most certainly will be entertaining and inspiring. Tickets will be on sale Sundays, March 25, April 1 and April 8 before and after services. Cost is $10 adult; $8 for a child age 8 14 years. If you will be needing a babysitter for younger children, please let us know at the ticket table. Also, we will be looking for women to sign up to host a table i.e., decorate the table in any fashion you want (use your imagination!) and provide your own teapot(s), teacups and plates, etc. If you would like to host and decorate a table but do not have place settings, the church can provide plates and teacups, etc. for you. We will also be asking for volunteer teapots to be used at the event. It is fun to see all the different teapots and to share their histories and stories, so if you have a teapot(s) to share, please let us know at the ticket table. We have much more information to share, but most of all, we know this will be a fun event for everyone. If you have questions, you may contact Joy Myers ( ), Barbara Mayberry ( ), Lana Whitton ( ) or Cathy Gorman ( ). Northland Assistance Center invites you to join us on April 14, 2018 for the Northland Assistance Center s Recognition Dinner - A Celebration of Giving to our Northland Community at the Embassy Suites Hotel at Tiffany Springs from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. We will be honoring our Faith and Community partners of the year, our guest speaker will share their story of how our partners in giving have affected their life, and The Five Star Jazz Band will provide the evening s entertainment. The cost is $ per table of 8 or $75.00 per individual. Please forward payment to Northland Assistance Center 2018 Gentry, North Kansas City, MO. By April 10th. Please call me, Rita Pearce, at with any questions. We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you at this event. WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY? If you haven t seen your birthday listed on the monthly birthdays page of the Barry Good Newsletter, chances are we don t have it in our records. We would LOVE to wish you Happy Birthday but we need to know when it is! Please send an to: office@barrychristianchurch.com or call the office at and update our records with your birth date!

8 Page 8 Those Serving in March 2018: Sign up on 8:30 am Elders Ruth Ann Solomon, Kimberly Pukay Deacons - Grace Miller, Steven Miller Teresa Simpson, Michael Wall (Communion Prep) 11:00 am Elders - Wanda Eacret, Lana Whitton (Communion to Hospitalized) Deacons - Lynn Bratney, Jeri Chester Connie Stark, Claus Stark (Communion Clean Up) Children s Sermon 8:30 - Allen Phipps 11:00 - Allen Phipps Acolytes 8:30 - SIGN UP 11:00 - SIGN UP Happy Birthday to you! If you have a March birthday or know of someone from Barry who does and is not on this list, please let me know so I can be sure to include them. Call Carol in the church office at or her at office@barrychristianchurch.com Scripture Readers 8:30 - Kimberly Pukay 11:00 - Joy Myers Dennis Davidson - 01 Brock Pehl - 02 Jennifer Songer - 04 Michelle Jacobo - 05 Mike Berry - 06 Roscoe Shipley - 06 Sue Effie - 07 Shannon Mahzoon - 07 Leonard Rogers - 07 Ashlee Lindsay - 12 Dave Dyer - 14 Alec Shelby - 14 Saralyn McFarland - 16 Jordan Sexton - 16 Josh Sexton - 16 Sunday Mornings or call Carol at to be: Readers, Acolytes, Greeters and to do the Children s Sermon. Greeters 8:30 - Kimberly Pukay 11:00 - Angela Ralston - 17 Faith Ralston - 19 Carolyn Phipps - 19 Sylvester Arubaleze - 20 Tom Bosworth - 20 Skylar Roberts - 20 Sonya George - 23 Saily Eacret - 25 Wyatt Eacret - 26 Savanah Warren - 26 Dennis Patience - 27 Halie Nichols - 28 Gavin Eacret - 30 Katie Schaer - 31 Dwain Christophersen - 31

9 P a g e 9 THANK YOU We just wanted to express a big THANK YOU to all our friends at Barry who were able to join us in celebrating our 50 th Year anniversary. It was great seeing all of you. By your support we are once again reminded that we are truly blessed to be a part of the congregation at Barry. Thanks again Jerry and Peggy Treece Thank you for all your prayers and concerns for my sister, Mary Triplett during her long ordeal with cancer. She will have to have follow up treatments the rest of her life. Thank you and God Bless you! Phill & Arleta White Dear Friends, Thank you for your contribution to the 2018 AGO National Convention in KC. The steering committee is excited to showcase and share the wonderful music and all that the city offers. Your gift will help us to deliver a wonderful convention experience. We hope to have you join us in July. Mike Maideu (American Guild of Organist) Out with the Old and in with the Newer...Piano for the Fellowship Hall Lynn Bratney has a spinet piano she wishes to donate to the church for use in the fellowship hall. To make room for this newer piano, the old player piano (which no longer held its tune) has been removed. The cost for this removal was $200 and the cost to have the newer piano placed in the fellowship hall by a reliable piano moving company, whose employees can negotiate stairs is: $220. With this endeavor at hand, we therefore have a cost to the church of $420 of which $150 has been gratefully received. Donations to help us defer the additional expense of $270 are most appreciated in order to keep this expense out of the congregation s general fund which has been tight through these winter months. If you would like to make a contribution, please write a check with the memo: piano moving expense and this will be a great benefit as we welcome the use of a piano. Is your giving to the support of Barry Christian Church up to date? The month of February had 4 Sundays. Financial Update Expected Expenses for March General Fund: $21,713 Funds received February 4: $6,215 Funds received February 11: $5,181 Funds received February 18: $4,515 Funds received February 25: $3,557 February Total so far : $19,468

10 Barry Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 1500 NW Barry Rd, Kansas City MO Phone: website: BarryChristianChurch.com Return Service Requested Church Calendar for upcoming weeks Friday March 2 10:00 am CWU World Day of Prayer at Hillside Christian Saturday March 3 8:30am 10:30 am Fellowship Hall in use Sunday March 4 8:30 am -- Worship 9:45 am-- Sunday School Classes 11:00 am -- Worship Noon Potluck in Fellowship Hall After Potluck Board Meeting in Upper Room Monday March 5 6:30 pm Cub Scouts in Fellowship Hall Tuesday March 6 1:00 pm Hospitality Committee Meeting in Library 6:30 pm Financial Peace Class #9 in Upper Room Wednesday March 7 6:00 pm Lenten Supper & Meditation 7:00 pm Choir Practice Thursday March 8 6:30 pm Daisy Troop Meeting in Fellowship Hall Friday & Saturday March 9-10 Ladies Spring Retreat at Tall Oaks Camp Sunday March 11 Day Light Savings Time Begins 8:30 am -- Worship 9:45 am-- Sunday School Classes 11:00 am -- Worship Monday March 12 5:30 pm Girl Scouts Meeting Tuesday March 13 1:00 pm Hand & Foot Club Wednesday March 14 6:00 pm Lenten Supper & Meditation 7:00 pm Choir Practice Thursday March 15 10:00 am CWF Hanomi Circle Group Meeting 6:30 8:00 pm Men s Fellowship Supper in Fellowship 7:00 pm CWF Esther Circle Group Meeting Friday March 16 5:00 pm Winter Jam at the Sprint Center Sunday March 18 8:30 am -- Worship 9:45 am-- Sunday School Classes 11:00 am -- Worship Monday March 19 NEWSLETTER DEADLINE: NOON 6:30 pm Koinonia Dinner Out: Asian Buffet FLOWERING OF THE CROSS Flowering of the Cross on Easter Sunday Donation Yes, I would like to make a contribution for the purchase of cut flowers for The Flowering of the Cross Celebration that our children will share with us on Easter Sunday, April 1, I would like this donation (check one and fill out the following information): To be anonymous To be in memory of: To be in honor of: My Name: Address: Telephone Number: Please place this form with your check in the offering plate or mail to the church office at: Barry Christian Church, 1500 NW Barry Road, Kansas City, MO Thanks for your support of the Flowering of the Cross Celebration for Easter Sunday morning.