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Another 2 pager for the rest of the church. Punch - Martha Stewart, pp - Echo Park, stencil - Clear Scraps, ink - Prima, Memento (Tsukineko), die cut - Simple Stories.

Journal: At the laying of the cornerstone for the new sanctuary on November 11, 1964, Mrs. Johnson presented an additional stone from the St. Barnabas Monastery in Cyprus. Taken from the site where St. Barnabas is said to have died a martyr’s death, this limestone rock had been given to her by Archbishop Makarios when she and the President visited Cyprus in 1962. The Johnsons each placed trowels of mortar as the stone was placed on the south wall of the new sanctuary. On December 23, 1964, they attended the first service held in the new worship center.

After the President’s death in 1973, Lady Bird continued to worship at St. Barnabas, transferring her letter of membership from St. David’s in Austin. When asked why she had done this, Lady Bird replied, “Because you treat me just like everyone else.” Parishioners remember her racing into Sunday worship, almost late, and bringing her famous fried chicken and home-made biscuits to the church’s first-Sunday potlucks.
Lady Bird loved St. Barnabas and she especially loved the little chapel. Shortly before her death, Lady Bird made a generous gift to St. Barnabas, in honor of the Rev. Dean Pratt, Rev. Stephen Kinney, and Rev. Dick Elwood, saying, “I feel the time has come for me to repay a part of the debt for the irreplaceable gifts of comfort, strength, and abiding faith I have received.”

After spending time in the chapel, we strolled around the rest of the church grounds. Newer buildings are set in a “U” formation with the church (new) on one side, the parish hall at the bottom of the “U” and the classroom building forming the other side of the “U”. An open courtyard in the center with some benches is a pleasant place to rest.


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