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Here are just a few highlights of upcoming events. Don't forget to check our Parish Calendar
+ St. Bart's Sunday School
+ St. Bart's Youth and Young Adults
+ Penny Ribnik's Ministry for CASA
+ Operation Diaper Drop Until Sunday, January 29
+ Extra Miles to Donate?
+ Music Lessons at St. Bartholomew's Academy
of Music and the Arts
+ Regular Meetings, Groups and Activities
St. Bart's Sunday School - Sunday, January 29
Sunday School this Sunday will be filled with FUN, FELLOWSHIP, and a great LESSON. We have some really neat things planned. Be there at 9:30 with your offering and be ready to have a FANTASTIC morning with your Sunday School Friends.
More about Maria — Through the Sunday School's weekly offerings we are able to sponsor Maria (St. Bart's World Vision Sponsor child) who lives in the mountains of Ecuador. She is almost 10 now, has a pet called Chiripa and her best friend is Daniela. Your money helps provide Maria with medical checkups, helps with her math (which she struggles with) and allows her to be taught good values.
Thanks to all of you who brought your offering this week. It makes such a difference in how much we can support our World Vision Sponsor Child from Ecuador, Maria. Every penny/quarter/dollar counts!
Don't forget to check out our website: www.stbartssundayschool.org every now and then for updates on the Sunday School program.
Oh...and also...while you are at it...LIKE us on Facebook...Keyword: St Barts Sunday School
St. Bart's Youth and Young Adults
Sunday Mornings
9:30 Mischief with Greg in the Youth Room Grades 6 -10
11:00 High School Time with Kelly in the Youth Room
Tuesdays 6:00 - 8:00 pm when we explore our faith together
Wednesdays 5:00 - 8:00 pm when we relax together *NEW*
Tuesday evening, we'll finish the Parish Family Slide Show for our annual meeting on January 29. Wednesday continues to be a blessing for homework, fellowship, musicianship, and relaxation.
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What a blessing to gather as a parish family for the first of our monthly dinners. Some hiked to the cross, some played games, and everyone smiled. Please join us next time, February 12 in our Parish Hall
More info at StBartsChurch.org/youth
Penny Ribnik's Ministry for Casa
Volunteer as a Court Appointed Special Advocate
I started my training as a CASA last February and became the advocate for a young girl in March. I knew that she had had a tough time when I went to read her court file and found that she had four binders full of court documents and she was only 10 years old!
She had been taken away from her mother and returned to her three times. She had been in six or seven placements, including foster homes and group homes, not including the Polinsky Center and other temporary placements, while her social worker looked for a more permanent home for her. I visit with her every two weeks. I spent the first couple of visits at her foster home, getting to know her and her family. Now we go and find adventures--the zoo, feeding the ducks, meeting Santa Claus, going to the aquarium.
I hold educational rights for her which means that I act as her guardian with respect to educational issues. I have attended her school conference with her foster mom, her I.E.P. meeting with her special education team, and my first court hearing on her behalf. I advocated for a medical screening that had been recommended but overlooked in the transition between old and new doctors, social workers, and foster parents. The CASA is often the one supportive constant in the child's life. She is a great kid, but she has a lot to overcome. I am planning to be with her through her long journey through the foster care system and out into the world. If, God forbid, she has to leave the good foster home she is in, I will still be with her.
At my child's parent-teacher conference, the teacher showed me a sample of her writing. The topic was "One of My Favorite Memories". She wrote about our trip to the zoo saying, "My friend, Penny, took me."
I hope that you will consider becoming a CASA and helping a foster child build new memories.
Next Information meeting on January 28 from 10:00 - 11:30 am at the Bonita-Sunnyside Branch Library 4375 Bonita Road, Bonita, CA 91902. Visit www.speakupnow.org or call 858-598-2235.
Operation Diaper Drop Begins
St. Bart's is joining other Episcopal churches this month in collecting diapers and "pull-ups" of all sizes to help struggling families served by Episcopal Community Services. Please "drop" your donations in the boxes in the narthex of the church between January 15 and 29 or at the Sunday Night Family Supper on January 15 (see above event). This is a great diocesan-wide collaborative outreach project to support. If you receive the Sunday paper or coupon inserts, be sure to look for some diaper coupons. If you're not going to use them, bring them to St. Bart's to share with others. For more information, please contact: Jill Henderson jfh@cox.net.
Extra Miles to Donate?
If you have some stray frequent flyer miles that you do not anticipate using, there is a site for donation, that then contributes your miles for those who need medical treatment.
MIRACLE MILES FOR KIDS (and adults too). The address is:
2764 North Green Valley Parkway, Suite #115 Las Vegas, NV 89014. Click www.MiracleFlightsforKids.org to visit their web site.
Contact:
Rebecca Boyce: (702) 261-0494
Music Lessons
Give your child the gift of Music ... it lasts a lifetime.
St. Bartholmew's Academy of Music and the Arts offers instruction in piano, guitar, cello and electric bass. A digital piano lab is available as well as private lessons. Call 858-487-2159 and ask for the Music Department.
Regular Meetings, Groups and Activities
ICS - Merle's Place: 5-8 people prepare and serve dinner for residents of Merle's Place from 4:30 to 7:00 pm on the first and third Sunday of the month. Call Jill Henderson at 760-807-8445 for more information.
Health and Wellness Ministry meets the first Monday of the month at 6:30 pm in the Education Building, Room 3A.
Alcoholics Anonymous meets Tuesday and Friday at 12 noon in the Youth Room. Women only – Monday at 9:30 am in the Youth Room. For more information go to AA ministry page under A to Z Ministries.
Al-Anon meets Monday at 12:00 pm in the Youth Room.
Boy Scouts meet Mondays at 7:00 pm in the Parish Hall. For more information go to the under A to Z Ministries.
St. Bart's Youth meets on Tuesdays from 6 - 8 pm and Sundays 9:30 am in the Youth and Conference Rooms.
The Prayers and Squares Ministry of St. Bart's meets in the Quilting Room on Tuesdays at 6:30 pm except the fifth Tuesday of the month. You can help make prayer quilts even if you don't sew! For more information call Holly Grey at (858) 586-1554 or email hollygray@san.rr.com or go to Prayers and Squares Ministry under A to Z Ministries.
Centering Prayer meets on Tuesdays at 5:00 pm iin the Education Building, Room 3E. Centering Prayer is a simple method of Christ-centered silent prayer.
Daughters of the King meet the third Sunday of each month in the Education Building, Room 3E at 10:45 am. We hope you will consider joining us in prayer and study and learning more about D.O.K. For more information call Carolyn Armstrong at 858-451-5637.
Thrift Shop Work Night - We are looking for volunteers to help us on Work Night which is 4:00 pm on the last Wednesday of each month at the Thrift Shop.
Interfaith Community Services (ICS)...Feed the Homeless and Needy. A group from St. Bart's will serve breakfast at ICS on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:00 am. For more infromation, contact Denny Walters at 760-432-8518.
Thrift Shop Sorting Night is the second Tuesday of the month at 4:00 pm. Please come and help sort through the donations we receive. The last Wednesday of each month is WORK NIGHT.
Book Guild meets monthly on the fourth Thursday of each month at members' homes. For more information, contact Joan Van Horne at 858-674-6055.
The local chapter of Bereaved Parents of the USA meets the fourth Thursday of the month at 7 pm at St. Bart's in the Conference Room. Let them know you are coming by calling 858-966-8400 or email bereavedparentsusa@yahoo.com or kstark@rchsd.org. For information on this organization click www.bereavedparentsusa.org.
P.A.S.S.: Parent Advocates Seeking Solutions, a support group for parents of children ages 15 and older who have developmental disabilities, meets from 7:00-9:00 pm, the third Thursday of the month in the Education Building, Room 3E. Please refer to our web site for details www.powaypass.com