The St. Bart's Haiti mission team - Kelli Richardson, Heather Liggins, Geraldo Garcia, Allen Adams, and Kate McKone-Sweet - arrived in Port-au-Prince bright and early Saturday morning. They shared lunch with Fr. Noe and his wife Shirley. We then arrived traveled to Hinche in the evening. The...
February’s monthly Choral Evensong service will focus on the musical tradition of African-American Spirituals, and the liturgical elements will reflect an emphasis on celebrating the heritage of Black history and its importance in our society. February is Black History Month in the United...
‘Contemporary Worship’ is a loaded term, as it implies that our normal methods for worship are backward, old-fashioned, and ‘Traditional’. That may be true to an extent, as we use familiar liturgical elements such as creeds, readings, and prayers, but so much of our...
We come to church to pray, to worship, to learn, and to be in community. We leave church to do the work God is calling us to do – to continue breaking bread and praying as the apostles have handed down; to resist evil; to proclaim the Good News; to seek and serve Christ in all persons; and...
“Welcome. No, really, it’s a blessing to meet you. Is this your first time at St. Bart’s?” My friends, first impressions are everything. St. Bart’s has developed a reputation for radical hospitality—and it depends on you to make it real and tangible. Join...
You may have noticed that the Peace Pole, which was in the garden outside the church offices, is missing. That Peace Pole now resides at the Temple Adat Shalom. On October 30, members of the St. Bart’s congregation participated in a vigil at Temple Adat Shalom to remember the victims of...
These first few weeks of food distribution have been amazing! We've distributed over 1,500 pounds of food to our community so far and meeting the guests each week has truly been a blessing. There have been so many good suggestions and lots of questions about the program these past few weeks and...
When I was in “design mode” for my first year of Director of Music, I knew I wanted to establish a framework for events to further amplify our Sunday liturgies, to reach a broader community and offer ‘against-the-grain’ ideas that perhaps wouldn’t work in a...
“And the angel came to Mary and said, ‘Greetings, favoured one! The Lord is with you.’ But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.” Luke 1:28-29 Patience, waiting, stillness. We often experience Advent as a time to remind...
When we hear our favorite hymns, songs, anthems, motets, postludes, and other musical offerings in church, we are often so moved with emotion that we instinctively want to show our appreciation—through our hearts, voices, and bodies. Often this will manifest in a resounding...