Mark your calendar for Sunday, May 18 at 4:00 p.m.
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Celebrate the close of the season with the Chamber Singers Spring Concert on Sunday, May 18, as they present an afternoon of musical highlights from this year at St. B’s.
Enjoy a rich blend of choral favorites along with special vocal and instrumental performances from across the St. B’s Music Ministry. Following the concert, we invite you to gather in the garden for a reception.
Childcare for children age 4 and under is available with RSVP to nursery@stbs.net by May 15.
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| Holy Eucharist at 8:30 and
11:00 a.m. |
Please join us this Sunday for Holy Eucharist at 8:30 or 11:00 a.m. The 8:30 service will be live-streamed and available on demand for later viewing.
❤️ Visit the 456 Love in Action fair between services (see more below).
🗓️ And, please note, starting Sunday, May 25, we will move to one Sunday morning service at 9:30 a.m. for the summer.
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| This Sunday between services |
Stop by and talk to our amazing 4th, 5th, and 6th graders about our St. B’s Mission Partners. In the way of Jesus, we long to care for our neighbors in need of healthcare, food, shelter, spiritual care, and justice and also long to care for God’s Creation!
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| Adult formation continues |
Our adult formation class "Loving Our Neighbors" continues this week – we'll hear from parishioner and school principal Seth Swihart. Seth became executive principal at Bellevue Middle School – his neighborhood middle school – in 2019 and is in his 22nd year in MNPS. Prior to joining Bellevue, he worked at at J.T. Moore Middle school and Hillsboro High School.
We continue looking more deeply look into the realities students face and how we can walk alongside them.
Come learn, reflect, and explore how we can live out our faith through meaningful community connection.
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Honoring Meredith's Ministry
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🌷 Please mark your calendars for Sunday, May 18 at 9:30 a.m. in the garden to thank Meredith Flynn for her years of ministry at St. B's. We’ll gather with donuts and share our thanks as we honor her ministry and bless her on the path ahead. |
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Natalie Rapp will be concluding her ministry at St. B's this month. For nearly two years, she has served as our part-time Family Formation Assistant. In this role, she has been a consistent second adult presence in youth programming—supporting events, trips, and small groups—while also managing key administrative work. She has prepared Catechesis materials, maintained the atria, assisted with events, and handled numerous behind-the-scenes tasks.
From leading a Sunday morning small group to managing the logistics of youth events, Natalie’s care for our young people and attention to detail have helped the program thrive. Natalie brings a deep compassion for others—especially youth.
This fall, she will begin her studies at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities and launch her own Spiritual Companioning with Children practice here in Nashville.
We will miss Natalie and are cheering her on as she steps into this exciting new chapter.
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We’re excited to welcome the Smiths to our church community! Ed and Ed III will be moving into the rectory soon, with Kinya joining them a few weeks later. As a way to extend our hospitality, we’re helping stock their new home with some household essentials.
You can support them by signing up to provide one or more items from the list found here. Please bring your donations to the church by May 21.
🧻 Non-refrigerated items can be placed in the labeled bins outside the gym.
🧊 Refrigerated items should be labeled "Ed Smith" and placed in the church refrigerator between May 11–21.
💰 Prefer to give financially? Send donations via Venmo @StBsNashville with “Stocking the Smiths” in the comment.
Thank you for helping us warmly welcome the Smith family into our St. B’s community!
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Members of St. B's traveled to NYC this past weekend for a wonderful time at the Annual Mockingbird Conference. From left to right: Jill Zook-Jones, Tim Jones, Sarah Condon, Josh Condon. Sam Boyd, Katherine Wright, Jeff Wright, Sara Getsay, Olivia Orendorff
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| Art installation in the nave |
You may have noticed a new art piece in the nave on Sunday. The mixed-media piece titled "Jesus Wept" is by artist Wayne Brezinka and will be on display during the month of May.
"Jesus Wept" is a moving and evocative portrait that invites us to consider Christ’s compassionate humanity in a broken world. Created in response to the ways Jesus' image has been misused in modern culture, this mixed-media piece offers a tender and honest glimpse into a Savior who not only loved but also grieved. Inspired by John 11:35—“Jesus wept”—the shortest verse in Scripture, the portrait captures a moment of sorrow as Jesus mourns the death of his friend Lazarus. The artist reminds us that though Jesus believed resurrection was coming, he still wept. He grieved with others because sorrow and suffering are part of being human.
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🚿 The next opportunity to volunteer with fellow members of your St. B's family is Sunday, May 18 at 1:30 p.m. This is a great experience to engage with those experiencing homelessness and provide them with an essential service. Jobs include managing the shower wait-list, handing out toiletries, general and shower clean-up, and providing beverages and food. Click here to sign up.
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🍲 Let’s support Emily and Casey Stanley as they welcome baby number four! With their family growing to six, a meal will go a long way in making this transition a little easier. There are two adults and three kids to feed, and while they don’t have any dietary restrictions, they love takeout from Chipotle! Click here to sign up.
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Let us pray that volunteer non-profit and human development organizations may find people willing to commit themselves to the common good and ceaselessly seek out new paths of international cooperation. |
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If you have a prayer request or would like to add a name to the prayers, please send an email.
Receive prayer on Sundays after communion at the prayer desk nearest the pulpit or on Wednesdays after the 12:15 p.m. Holy Eucharist.
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| Wednesday
Holy Eucharist with Healing Prayers in the Nave, 12:15 p.m.
Sunday
Holy Eucharist in the Nave, 8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
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ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
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