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The Barnabas Group started in 2019 as a way to encourage the congregation, one person at a time.  Meeting monthly, we lift up life’s moments through celebrating, supporting, and offering comfort to church members through letter writing.  The groups we send cards to include birthdays, home bound/shut ins, persons needing extra care since COVID, and those with life changing situations.  We strive to make everybody count.  We are as blessed as those that we support through this outreach ministry.

We send out between 45-55 cards monthly, not including special occasions such as Veteran’s Day.  In the 4.5 years we have been together, we have sent out over 3,000 cards.  All materials and supplies, as well as stamps, are furnished through donation.  To date that is over $1,650.00 in stamp donations!  We get thank you notes on occasion for the support or encouragement we gave when it was needed.  We try to share a message of peace and joy.

Our Scriptural Support


1 Thess. 5:11 So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.

Eph. 4:11-12  We are asked to use our gifts for the edification of the body of Christ.

 

Who was Barnabus?  Saint Barnabas was a Jewish man from Cyprus who was a key figure in the early Christian church. He was known as the "Son of Encouragement" and was a model of generosity, leadership, and reconciliation.

 

Barnabas encouraged believers to stay true to the Lord.  He taught that the Lord would judge the world without respect of persons.  Barnabas is an example of Christian fellowship and grace.  He is a model of how to live a life of faith.  He is a model of how to encourage others in their faith.

 

Prayer of Saint Barnabas

 

Grant, O God, that we may follow the example of your faithful servant Barnabas, who seeking not his own renown but the wellbeing of your Church, gave generously of his life and substance for the relief of the poor and the spread of the Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen.