Barry Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) since 1840

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1 Barry Good News Barry Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) since 1840 Sunday Worship 8:30 - First Worship Service 9:30 am - Sundays School classes for children and adults 10:30 - Second Worship Service Youth Groups meet from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm October 7, 2014 Gail Roller, Editor Honor God, Serve Others, Seek Christ; Together Staff Transformational Minister: Dr. Robert Magee - rwmagee@hotmail.com Family Life Director: Jim Frentrop - Jim.frentrop@gmail.com Choir Director: Vigthor Zophoniasson - vigthor@gmail.com Organist: Hon Ki Cheung - violachk@gmail.com Administrative Secretary: Gail Roller - groller@barrychristianchurch.com T hings are looking up at Barry Christian! Our mission is to be a beacon of God s love in our world by fully honoring God in all we do, humbly serving others however we are able and to seek to grow and share our faith in Jesus Christ, together. Last Sunday, October 5, we started our new early 8:30 am service with 57 attending, including 2 or 3 new folks. Our second service (10:30 am) had nearly 100. Combined this was as much as last Easter. Our new Family Life Director, Jim Frentrop, began working with the Christian Education Committee. He reveals many exciting plans and activities for our church. Sunday evening I was so excited to experience the Fall Festival and Picnic at Don and Judy Thomas farm. What fun to ride in a hay wagon to the picnic area and to see all the interesting antique autos, tractors and old fire trucks. I can see why so many children and families turned out for the event. The food was marvelous and the outdoor setting was perfect. Thanks to the Thomas and everyone for a delightful evening. The evening was topped with the Royals winning a sweep over the Angels 8 to 3. Two other special fall events include the Jazz Concert and Annual Turkey Dinner. Our church will host the Northland 5 Star Jazz Band on Sunday afternoon, October 19 at 3:00 pm. The well known Jazz band is directed by Bob Drummond and has 30 young people from ages 12 to 21. The public and visitors are welcome to this premium event. The event is free, however a free will offering will be taken with proceeds going to help purchase a Personal Energy Transportation for a child without legs. Our big special fall event is the Annual Turkey Dinner which goes back to 1940 tradition. That was the year that a few young adults stepped forward and saved Barry Christian Church from closing during the war years. Having lived in the Northland the past 25 years, I have heard of this Annual Turkey Dinner. It will be November 6 th & 7 th from 4 to 8 pm. The proceeds will be used to help Barry with it s projects and ministries. This year, buy a Turkey Dinner Ticket and GIVE to a friend or family member as a gift. By your example and action, your witness to our faith and church, things are looking up at Barry. Sincerely, Pastor Bob

2 P a g e 2 In our thoughts and prayers John Adams Mike Barns Robin Benson Ada & Bill Blowers Dennis Butler Dave Dyer Howard Gettel Michael & CJ Green Yvonne Hilton Paul Hood Frank Lantz Iva Mae Milbourn Kay Murry Freddie Nichols Raylene Noreen Carroll O Neal Nancy Plumb Bill Roberts Chris Roberts Harold Roberts Don Scott Betty Sillin Billy Stevens Bill Turner Cheryl Williams If you or a loved one is hospitalized and would like the minister to call on you, please call the church office, Dear Church Family, From the bottom of my heart I thank you for your prayers, kind words, beautiful cards, and love and support through my father's final days. It meant so very much to me and I am thankful for the wonderfulness of Barry Christian Church. Love, Dian McClymond Thanks to all for participating in the blood drive. We had 36 people register and collected 30 units of blood. What a wonderful turnout to honor 2 of our long term members, Carroll O'Neal and Bill Turner. Barry is just the best!! If you are homebound and would like communion, contact David Tarver at or the church office at Please join me on Monday, October 20 th at 6:00 pm in the church library for another 175 th Anniversary celebration meeting. If you cannot join us but have any ideas, please Kimberly Pukay at kpukay@yahoo.com or call/text at Thank you! Attendance September 28th October 5 1st service nd service - 96 Total Sunday School 28th - 44 Oct 5 56 Northland Church Women United Fall Forum October 3, 2014 Time: 9:30 registration; 10:00 program Senior Scams recent telephone, mail, , and internet scams will be covered. Avondale Methodist Church, 3101 NE Winn Road, Kansas City MO Order your Barry Christian Church polo style T- Shirt TODAY by calling Barbara Mayberry at Shirts are only $15.00 a piece and come in light blue and dark blue. Children s sizes are available. ORDERS MUST BE RECEIVED BY OCTOBER 15.

3 From a newspaper article of 1950: FROM ALLAN HURST Turkey Dinner of 1950 P a g e 3 The 2-day turkey dinner and bazaar at Barry Christian church culmination of nearly a year s work by the Ladies Aid of the church will be held Wednesday, November 15, and Thursday, November 16. Four hundred and twenty-five pounds of turkey have been ordered to provide a typical Thanksgiving feast for the annual affair. Serving will begin at 4 p.m. to continue until 9:30 or 10 p.m. daily. The Ladies Aid hopes that the attendance of 700 last year will be exceeded. The bazaar will feature a wide variety of items, made at Ladies Aid meetings and at the home of the members. There will be three quilts, embroidered pillow cases, crocheted scarves, a quantity of decorated dish towels and pot holders. A food table will feature baked goods of every kind, candies, canned goods and preserves. A crocheted tablecloth by Mrs. Nonnie Elam of the community also will be sold. The dinner will be held in the basement and the bazaar on the upper floor of the church. To facilitate parking, the space back of the church has been graveled. Other room in the church yard and at the curbs will be available. A follow-up article appeared in the same newspaper after the event: A total of 975 persons attended the tenth annual 2-night dinner and bazaar at the Christian church of the Barry community. About 550 person attended Wednesday and 425 last night. History of Barry Christian Church as Remembered by Lois Berry In the early 1940 the old white church stood tall and proud even if she was old she was beautiful. Her doors were always open to anyone to come in, look around and sit awhile. In 1940 they were about to close her doors for the last time there was only about $2.72 in general funds. A light bill was due, heating oil bill to be paid and the minister s salary to be met. The ladies of the Lady Aid got together to see what they could do to save the church. They decided to have a dinner and charge for it. Most of them had chicken, green beans, cabbage for slaw, potatoes and all could make pies. They brought their everyday dishes, silverware, pots and pans from home. Church benches were used for chairs, men made tables out of boards. Water was carried from across the road from the Public Well for coffee, tea and to wash dishes. Men washed dishes in the belfry. It was such a big success they decided to do it the next year. They paid all the bills and had some money left over. The next year they added a bazaar. The ladies embroidered pillowcases, tea towels, dresser scarves, made aprons, pot holders and so on. That s how the Turkey Dinner and Bazaar got started. The fellowship was good, people started coming back to church, new ones started coming. About 1948 the Ladies Aid gave the church $300 for a basement. The men got together to put a basement under the church. Some machines were used but most was dug by hand. A big job, but with work and planning they did it. With the new basement, the church now had a dining hall, a kitchen with a stove, oven, refrigerator and a deep fridge as well as running water and even two restrooms. Dishes, a coffee pit, silverware and pots and pans were purchased in preparation for a lot of Turkey Dinners to come. In 1950, Memie Henderson died and left the church $16,000. It was time for the old white church to go as she had served the community well. A new brick church was built over the foundation of the old church. One day at turkey dinner time a farmer came by the church with 5 or 6 bushels of turnips and asked if they could use them. The ladies decided to cook and serve them at the turkey dinner. The turnips were such a big hit that they have been served every year since. The brick church was taken down around 1986 to make room for a bigger better church.

4 P a g e 4 A message from our Family Life Director Jim Frentrop What an honor to serve the families of Barry Christian Church! Growing up here at Barry was an awesome experience, and to give back to my church in such a meaningful way is a true joy. A few Sundays ago I said a few words about this mission, and I would like to reiterate them here. My role is not only to support the current youth and children s ministries it is also to begin a service of inreach, a term I derived by changing the prefix of outreach. By inreach, I mean to reach inward, and begin to develop opportunities for the church to support, and minister to, the families within. Many churches have a Family Life ministry of some sort a brief search of the internet will reveal a wide variety of programs, complete with a mission and vision statement. What should be the mission and vision of a Family Life ministry at Barry? That s where you come in--you tell me! What are some of the unmet needs of our families? How can the church help? I am here to listen. I need your thoughts. I will be writing more in upcoming newsletters, and starting next week I will share some thoughts that might spark an idea or two. In the meantime, I would like to share, as I did several Sundays ago, one of my favorite scriptures: Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as you are doing (I Thes 5:11). Please be thinking about some of the needs in your own family, and how Barry Christian Church might help you meet those needs, through a Family Life ministry. Breathe peacefully, and please be well In Christian Love, Jim Frentrop Kansas City's Youth Bringin' Back the Sounds of Big Band, Swing, and Jazz 5 Star Jazz Band October 3:00 pm 5 Star Jazz Band is a non-profit community band dedicated to providing Kansas City's top young musicians, age 12-21, the unique opportunity to perform in a professional-caliber jazz ensemble. Our high-energy repertoire of over 100+ charts includes Big Band, Swing, Jazz, Blues, Funk and Latin styles

5 P a g e 5 Nov Sign up sheets are out to help with the turkey dinner!!! Sign up on Sunday mornings or call the church office. 6 & 7 Areas needed: Decorating, ticket sales, seating, parking lot attendants, rolling silverware, rolls, gravy, dressing, tending the turkey, side dishes, servers, drink stand, pie cutters, carry out orders, the all important DISHWASHERS, table busing, garbage collectors and clean up crews. Turkey Dinner Dates: Thursday, November 6 & Friday, November 7. We prepare and serve over a thousand turkey dinners with all the fixings to those in the community. Proceeds from this dinner go to support programs and projects of the Barry Christian Church. As you can see, it takes many volunteers to prepare and serve the meals! Your help is needed - you can sign up for 2-4 hour increments. You can get your Turkey dinner tickets starting this Sunday for $10 each. ($4 for children ages 6-12 years old) Reminder: great opportunity to bring other s to Barry Christian church by purchasing an extra ticket and giving it to them. Youth Groups meet Sundays from 4:00 to 6:00 pm in the youth room If you have something for the Youth and family page, please Gail at groller@barrychristianchurch.com

6 P a g e 6 Have you signed up? CROP Walk October 12 th Walk with us to eliminate hunger 34th Anniversary Heart of America CROP HUNGER WALK We will gather at the conveniently located Central United Methodist, 5144 Oak, Kansas City, MO Part of our route includes the historic Trolley Trail and then we will stroll through the beautiful University neighborhood. Registration begins at 1:00 p.m. Step-off time is 2:00 p.m. (1:50 for runners) Sign up to help with the Trunk or Treat - Saturday, October 25, 4:00 pm 6:00 pm Bring your donations of individually wrapped candy next Sunday. Worship: Acolytes Scripture Readers Greeters Children s Sermon Mission Outreach: CROP Walk Trunk or Treat Christmas Child Boxes Turkey Dinner Cooking Turkeys Pulling Turnips Turkey dinner Prep Please look on the table at the back of Sanctuary for the sign- up sheets for What s new? A class on the Minor Prophets each Wednesday! Wednesday Night Bible Study on the Minor Prophets Where: Pathways Class (West End education wing) Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. The prophets were not all of the same personality, stamped out of a cookie cutter. The all had Different personalities and abilities, but as a collective group they were able to relate to any problem Israel found herself in. Gradually, the Bible unfolds the purpose God had in Christ (cp. Eph. 3:10-11), and the prophets played a major role in the revealing of that mystery. We look forward to seeing you there!

7 P a g e 7 The children's choir continues to rehearse every Sunday from 9:30-9:50 (immediately following the first service). Please make sure your children are have this time to learn and sing and be joyful! Also, mark your calendars. The children are preparing for their next performance: on Sunday, October 26 the children will sing in the service they typically attend. Also, they will begin preparing in the next couple of weeks to sing in the Family Christmas Eve service. be- Hey Kids! Come to Barry on Saturday, October 25, tween the hours of 4:00-6:00 pm And have fun trick or treating & Face Painting Fun Hair Sprays Washable Tattoos Bobbing for Apples FREE Candy from Decorated Trunks

8 Barry Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 1500 NW Barry Rd, Kansas City MO Phone: website: BarryChristianChurch.com October 7, 2014 What s Ahead: Wednesday 8 6:00 pm Bible Study 6:30 pm Pastoral Search Committee 7:00 pm - Choir Practice Thursday 9 6:30 pm Pastoral Search Committee 7:00 pm Boy scout Leaders Fellowship Hall Friday 10 6:30 pm Tall Oaks Gala Sunday 12 CROP Walk/Week of Ministry Bring old eye glasses 8:30 am Worship 9:30 am SS Classes for all ages 10:30 am Worship 11:40 pm - Worship Committee 4:00 pm Youth Groups Wednesday 15 6:00 pm Bible Study 6:30 pm Fellowship Hall In Use 7:00 pm - Choir Practice Thursday 16 10:00 am - CWF Hanomi Circle (all women welcome) 6:30 pm Pastoral Search Committee 7:00 am - CWF Esther Circle (all women welcome) Pick up your registration for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Greater Kansas City 2014 Regional Assembly November 1, Park Hill Christian Church We are collecting eye glasses for those less fortunate. The deadline to drop off glasses is October 12. Ladies are still collecting UPC labels and Best Choice labels.