Welcome!The Barrington United Methodist Church serves the Barrington, Illinois area, a group of villages 30 miles northwest of Chicago. Our church is located at 98 Algonquin Road, Barrington, IL 60010. The office phone number is (847) 836-5540.
There may have been a wind chill of 25 below, but for the Two Year Old class at Noah's Ark Christian Preschool it was A Summer's Day! Dressed in their favorite summer clothes, these two and three year olds celebrated the day by bouncing beach balls and dancing to Carribean music! It was a super "HOT" fun day! Sunday Worship Schedule
Narrative BudgetThe narrative budget slide show shares the story of BUMC -- where we've been, and where we want to go. The slide show was produced in conjunction with the 2008 stewardship drive, Every Member's Commitment.
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This Week at BUMCMay 4, 2008 - May 11, 2008 This week's announcements "Speculation gives way to mission, calculation to demonstration, restoration of the past to transformation of the present. Luke is telling us there is something cosmic going on here, something beyond our earth-bound categories. Ascension means Jesus is not a prisoner of time or space, history or geography. He is Lord of the whole created order. There is no time or place beyond his presence and his liberating love. To this, we are called to witness." Read Pastor Jim's sermon from May 4th. Scripture Lesson: Acts 1:6-14 Hymn 154: All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name Hymn 145: Morning Has Broken Hymn 178: Hope of the World Points of Interest
Looking AheadCentering ThoughtPentecost is the third major festival of the Christian year. It is less well known and less well celebrated that the other two, Christmas and Easter. Each feast marks a significant moment in the faith: Christmas marks the birth of Jesus among us and his promise to come again; Easter marks the resurrection of Jesus and God's victory over the powers of sin and death; Pentecost marks the giving of the Spirit and the birth of the Church. The story of Pentecost is told in Acts 2. Here we are told God keeps his promise and pours out his Spirit on the disciples on the Day of Pentecost. The Spirit empowers the disciples to tell the story of God's mighty acts in the languages of the world. This is a reversal of Babel when the languages of the human family were confused. Pentecost reverses this division and allows a conversation to begin, a conversation that tells the story of a God who is faithful to his promises and is with us now to bring his gift of salvation to the whole human family. It also calls us to join the conversation, to participate in this chapter of the story as we witness to God in Christ with us using the gifts the Spirit pours out upon us. Pentecost reminds us that the Christian Faith is a narrative, a story about a God who loves us so much that he comes to us as one of us to die that we may be made whole. The story about this god now continues in the work of the Spirit and our sharing the Good News. It is as we enter the story that we know its truth and experience its power. Pentecost is indeed a feast worth celebrating. May 11th Scripture Reading |
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