St. Barnabas Pierrefonds Hi, and welcome back. School has started and we are

now in autumn. The air is cooler; leaves are falling and

changing colour, every day brings us a new canvass of

God’s beautiful work of creation. This new season

brings us new challenges and changes.

“Autumn is a second spring, where every leaf is a

flower.” Author unknown

A Message from Marie-Claire:

Dear St-Barnabas family,

“These words which I command you this day shall be

upon your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to

your children and shall talk of them when you sit in your

house, and when you walk by that way, and when you lie

down and when you rise” (Deut. 6:6,7).

As stated in the passage in Deuteronomy, each of us is

called to teach children about our Lord. With this new

Sunday school year, we are happy to welcome 9 children

from age 4 to 11. Thanks to the faithfulness of Debbie

we are now able to have 2 classes (grade pre-K to 3 and

grade 4 to 6) – Our classes start with prayers followed by

age adapted activities.

Stay tuned for our special activities throughout the year!

Thank you for your continuous support in this ministry

Faithfully

Debbie Shane and Marie-Claire Richer-Callender

What we have done so far! On back

to Church Sunday, we did a

monologue in front of the

congregation titled The Bible in 50 Words it is posted at

the back of the church or you can check it on line at

www.sundayschoolnetwork.com . We also got to take

home the balloons that were decorating the church.

Toilet Paper Turkey Craft - Stuff you will need: toilet

paper roll, scissors, construction paper,

pencil, googly eyes or a black marker. To

begin cut a triangle in your tp roll and pull

up to make the beak. Next trace your hand

on the construction paper and cut it out.

Then Cut out a small J shape (preferably out of red

paper) and place it under the beak. Next glue your hand

print to the back of the tp roll, and your eyes…. Now

you have an awesome decoration for your table!

http://www.busybeekidscraft.com/TP.Turkey.Roll.html

Jokes ……. Why did the police arrest the turkey? –

Because of fowl play!

Why is hard for a ghost to tell a lie? –Because you can

see right through him!

Trick or treat Safety –

Go with an adult or friends

Take a flashlight, wear reflective tape

so motorists can see you.

Visit only houses with a light on.

Do not go in houses.

Wear a fun costume that will not trip you.

If you wear a mask make sure eyeholes are large.

Don’t eat any candy until your parents check it.

Family Stuff to do for October!

Pumkininferno – Thousands of hand-carved pumpkins to

enjoy while strolling through the village at nighttime

uppercanadavillage.com we’ve been, totally awesome.

Oct. 3 to Nov 1

For more ideas, and there are a ton, check this site

www.montrealfamilies.ca/Montreal-Families/Fun/

Recipe: don’t throw out those pumpkin

seeds! After you have gutted your

pumpkin, take out the seeds and rinse

them off in a strainer (they will be slimy!

And it may take a few minutes to clean

them) let them dry, then put them in a

bowl and toss them in either some melted butter or olive

oil. Next, spread them out on a cookie sheet and roast in

oven at 325 for about 10 minutes (don’t over bake).

Lightly salt them and then let cool. Sooooooooooooo

good!

Did you know?

Our modern Sunday school of today was started back in

1780 in Britain, at a time when poor children who could

not read and worked all week in factories. Robert Raikes

started this movement and eventually other

denominations caught on.

The most memorable pumpkin is the chariot in

Cinderella.

The tallest man in the Bible is Goliath who stood 9 ½

feet tall!

There are only two books named after women in the

Bible, Ruth and Esther.

The English navigator Martin Frobisher is linked to the

origins of Canadian Thanksgiving. After a long journey

in which he failed to find a north passage through North

America to the Pacific Ocean he held thanks in 1578 for

surviving the perilous journey. This is considered to be

the first Thanksgiving held in Canada, 43 years before

the pilgrims landed in Plymouth Massachusetts.

http://www.kidzworld.com/article/2614-canadian-

thanksgiving

Poem: www.dltk-holidays.com Gathering Leaves by Robert Frost

Spades take up leaves

No better than spoons,

And bags full of leaves

Are light as balloons.

I make a great noise

Of rustling all day

Like rabbit and deer

Running away.

But the mountains I raise

Elude my embrace,

Flowing over my arms

And into my face.

I may load and unload

Again and again

Till I fill the whole shed,

And what have I then?

Next to nothing for weight,

And since they grew duller

From contact with earth,

Next to nothing for color.

Next to nothing for use.

But a crop is a crop,

And who's to say where

The harvest shall stop

Important dates

October 12th – Thanksgiving

October 25th – Family Potluck Halloween

November 9th – Soup Sunday & Bake Sale

December 13th –Family Breakfast

December 21 – Sunday School Christmas Pageant

December 24th – Creche Service, Carols, Holy

Communion for Christmas Eve

Thanksgiving is today, there are no presents, no

pillowcases full of candy or scary costumes, but a day to

give thanks. To sit at our tables with family and friends

whom we love, and share our blessings, and to say “I

thank you God for…………………”

“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his

courts with praise; be thankful unto him, and bless his

name. For the Lord is good….” Psalm 100:4

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Newsletter created by Debbie Shane