The Saint Barnabas Church Family is celebrating our 100-year centennial this year 2023 – inspired by Queen Dr. Maya Angelou’s Masterpiece, Still I Rise
Saint Barnabas 100 – Still We Wise
We’re planning a series of celebrations befitting of 100 years of surviving and thriving
Save the date for events below:
- Sunday June 11, 2023 – Saint Barnabas Day/100th Year Celebration/Inaugural Church Family Reunion & Homecoming – Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church, 1062 N. Fair Oaks, Pasadena, CA 91103
- 10AM Sunday Service and Fellowship with the Bishop – Home Coming, BBQ, peach cobbler, open house, music, and the most “BEAUTIFULEST” thing you’ll ever see, not just a 100-year birthday cake but a centennial BLESSING cake!
Please HOLD THE DATE of Sunday June 11 for our Saint Barnabas Day/100th Year Celebration/Inaugural Church Family Reunion & Homecoming. It’s in the planning stages and if you would like to join our planning effort, please contact us.
We’re inviting many many dignitaries, including our Bishop, all of our past Servant Leaders and their families, Government Officials local and beyond, but our true VIP’s are the generations of the Saint Barnabas Church Family and our families! So it should be a wonderful event, but it wouldn’t be the same without you and yours! Please spread the word!
OUR SAINT BARNABAS 100 – “STILL WE RISE” CENTENNIAL T-SHIRT FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN HAS ENDED AS A COMPLETE SUCCESS!
Thank you to our ENTIRE Saint Barnabas Church Family and our Extended Church Family for your support in our first t-shirt fundraiser campaign!
(Your orders should arrive around Apr 04)
We exceeded our goals for this fundraiser campaign with over $500 raised!
That’s LOVE, Saint Barnabas Style!
Now the real work begins as we ramp up the planning of our Saint Barnabas Day/100th Year Celebration/Inaugural Church Family Reunion & Homecoming on Sunday, June 11, 2023.
SPREAD THE WORD!
Still I Rise
By Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops, Weakened by my soulful cries? Does my haughtiness offend you? Don't you take it awful hard ’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin’ in my own backyard. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise. Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? Out of the huts of history’s shame I rise Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.
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You are hereby formally, officially and cordially invited to please join us during this our centennial year and beyond (in-person, online, offline and/or Pastoral Care), on our continuing journey of Love, Saint Barnabas Style 🖤