16th November 2025
Welcome to St Barnabas, especially if you are here for the first time! Please introduce yourself to our host team so we can welcome you personally.
This Sunday we continue our autumn series “Life in his name”, looking at the overflowing life that Jesus offers. We will also be taking a special Thanksgiving Offering at all our services - an opportunity to give thanks to God for his faithfulness and to respond with joyful generosity!
TODAY'S SERVICES
Overflowing Life
John 7:37-39 & 10:10
9am Holy Communion
Lead: Basir Amini
Preach: Andy Buckler
Hymns: 277, 354, 27
5pm French Connect
Lead: Andy Buckler
Preach: Corinne Chellembrom
10:30am Morning Worship
Lead: Grace Bally Balogun
Preach: Andy Buckler
7pm Create
Lead: Andy Buckler
Preach: Audrey Linton
FARSI TRANSLATION ON SUNDAYS
Each Sunday we aim to offer live translation of the 10.30 am service into Farsi.
To access this, please follow this link at the time of the service:
عزيزانى كه در كليسا حضور ندارند مى توانند از لينك زوم استفاده كنند و به زوم وصل شوند و ترجمه مراسم را گوش كنند با
سپاس كليساى سنت بارناباس
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85271717355?pwd=Z2svWG9pYWRlSmdjMjJXV0NIejhrQT09
Meeting ID: 852 7171 7355
Passcode: 270176
THIS WEEK
Each morning at 8am – Morning Prayer on Zoom (link on Prayer Page)
Tuesday 7am – Early Morning Prayer
Tuesday 10am - Barnies Soft Play
Tuesday 7:15pm - Alpha
Wednesday 10am - Women on Wednesday
Sunday 16th November
10.30am Morning Worship with Holy Communion, saying thank you to H and Carol
Followed by a church lunch
PLEASE NOTE THAT ON THIS SUNDAY THERE WILL BE ONE SPECIAL SERVICE FOR THE WHOLE CHURCH
NOTICES
THANKSGIVING OFFERING
This Sunday we will be taking a special thanksgiving offering at all our services. We often say that we are a Barnabas church - not just because of our name, but also because like him we want to be people of encouragement, marked out by our generous character and full of the Holy Spirit and faith (Acts 11:24). This thanksgiving offering gives us a practical way to show generosity and to invest in God’s kingdom work here at STBK. Please take time to pray about how much you can give. We particularly encourage all our members to commit to regular giving - if you don’t yet give this way, perhaps now is the time to start! Above all, let’s remember that God loves a cheerful giver!
Details of how to give, together with Andy's letter about the Thanksgiving Offering, can be found at stbk.org.uk/giving or by following the QR code.
Wildlife: Celebrating the Light
As our Team Barnabas activities draw to a close and in the lead up to Advent, we will have three weeks in Wildlife of Celebrating God's Light. We start this week - as a link between Team Barnabas and Celebrating the Light - by exploring two of the three St Barnabas stained glass windows in the church. After exploring this week’s Bible reading from John 12:35-36, the children will have the opportunity to think about light ‘shining through’ by making their own stained 'glass' windows.
Our memory verse this week is: 'As you have the light believe in the light. Then the light will be within you and shining through your lives. You’ll be children of light.’ - John 12:35-36
SUNDAY 23RD NOVEMBER
Next Sunday we will be having one special united service at 10.30am to thank H as he steps down as Associate Vicar here at STBK in order to focus on his new role as CEO of the Gregory Centre for Church Multiplication (CCX). We are deeply grateful to him for everything he has brought us over the last 10 years, and will be taking time during the service to thank and pray for him and Carol. The service will be followed by a church lunch to which everyone is invited. For anyone wanting to contribute to a collection for them, please follow the link or QR code. Please give generously! - https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/hthankyou
JAZZIFIED THEATRE NIGHT
Join us on Sunday, 23rd November for a Jazz and Musical Theatre Cabaret featuring an amazing mix of West End performers and friends from the Royal Academy of Music.
If you love jazz, musical theatre, and live music, come join us for a beautiful evening of performances with a live band!
For more information and to buy tickets please follow this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jazzified-theatre-night-tickets-1940284797059
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
Invitation cards for our Christmas services are now available at the back of church. Christmas is a wonderful opportunity to share the Good News of Jesus - so please use them to invite those around you to come to with you to church! More details at stbk.org.uk/christmas
CHRISTMAS CHOIR
We will be forming an ad-hoc choir for our special Carols by Candlelight service on 14th December. This doesn’t require any particular skill, other than singing in tune! Rehearsals will take place on Sundays 30th November and 7th December after the 10.30am service (lunch provided). Anyone interested, please see Chris Cole or let Heather know at info@stbk.org.uk
CHRISTMAS LUNCH
This year we want to organise a special Christmas lunch following the morning service on Christmas Day for all who would like to celebrate the joy of Christmas together. We will enjoy a full Christmas meal, with lots of fun and laughter. If you are interested in joining the fun and sharing in this special time with others, please let Andy or Uta know! We would also be delighted to hear of anyone who can offer practical help with this.
WOMEN OF STBK, Save The Date!
Join us for a weekend away from the to-do list at St. Columba's retreat centre in Woking, 6-8 February, 2026. This is a wonderful opportunity to get to know other women at STBK and be restored in a relaxed environment. Our speaker, author and editor Claire Musters, has written widely for women and describes herself as "a lover of words and music-and the way that God has worked his grace in my life." There will be time and space for prayer, contemplation, singing, walking, creating, playing and resting.
The full cost for the weekend will be £245 for a single en-suite room, with all meals included, £215 if you are happy to share a twin room. Partial bursaries may be available if cost is a barrier. Spaces will be limited due to venue size; hold your spot with a £50 deposit. Please contact Carolyn Green or Dana Irons for more information. Please register in advance here.
At St Barnabas, we are a vibrant and diverse community, passionate about
WELCOMING all in Jesus’ name, GROWING TOGETHER as his disciples,
and STEPPING OUT in God’s mission to all nations.