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BARNABAS PROJECT HOW TO GUIDE
A manual designed to help other ministries and churches have a Barnabas distribution.

Barnabas Fla City 11/23/03 (1 MB)

Barnabas Homestead 12/8/07

Barnabas Parkway United Methodist Church 6/21/08

Barnabas Loxahatchee 12/6/08

Barnabas Worldwide Christian Ctr 6/27/09

Barnabas Loxahatchee 2 12/5/09

Barnabas Coral Springs 6/4/11

   Barnabas Project - Belle Glade outreach 12/3/11

Barnabas Belle Glade 12/3/11 (648k pdf)

Barnabas Project - Grant Chapel, Lake Worth outreach photo 6/13
Barnabas Grant Chapel, Lake Worth 6/2/13 (100k pdf)

Barnabas Project - St Luke's outreach in W Palm 12/12
Barnabas St Luke's, W. Palm 12/1/12 (109k pdf)



Barnabas St Luke's, W. Palm 12/6/12 (186k pdf)

Barnabas El Sol, Jupiter 6/6/15 (365k pdf)

Immokalee 12/5/15 (1.1 MB)
This Barnabas distribution is a God story from beginning to end. It began with one pastor referring us to another until we were set up for the Allen Chapel AME Church under Rev. Lori Snell in Immokalee, Florida. Immokalee is big farm country in the middle of Florida below Lake Okeechobee and with the Everglades all around....

Belle Glade 5/21/16 (284 KB)
"The Privilege of Serving Christ"

Putting on a Barnabas Project Distribution takes a lot of work on the part of many, many people. It seems like our workers just show up with a big Budget Rental Truck packed with all the goods, but in fact this truck loaded from top to bottom, front to back, is the result of six months of collecting, sorting, and even cleaning items given for donation. Look...

West Palm Beach 12/3/16 (714 KB)
Just before the distribution was opened to those coming, we gathered to pray....

Extraordinary blessings occurred this day in so many ways for so many families, including having Light Club Ministries come to share the Gospel using the “wordless book” and providing other activities for children. (not just children!)

Barnabas Project Expands December 2017

This December 2nd marked an expansion of the MCM Barnabas Project. A Manual designed to help other ministries and churches have a Barnabas distribution had its very first run as Rev. Jacqueline Clanton of the New Bethel AME Church in Vero Beach (Gifford), Florida, decided to launch out and do it.

The purpose of the Barnabas Distribution Project is to bless communities in South Florida such as this one in Vero Beach (Gifford), Florida, as a demonstration of the free Grace of God in honor of God's greatest gift, Jesus Christ, so that families might be encouraged and given a little boost....

Barnabas outreach 6/1/18 The Barnabas Project: Blessing Indiantown June 1, 2018

Barnabas outreach 12/1/18 The Witness of Barnabas December 1, 2018

Barnabas Project Fellsmere -- God Answers Prayer June, 2019

Mary Craig and Rev. Kimberly Tobias Barnabas Project Pompano -- Christmas Surprise Supplies December, 2019

Our distribution at St. John A.M.E. Church in Pompano Beach, FL was formed in prayer, held together by prayer, and became a huge success because of prayer. Obstacles and spiritual opposition could not stop the Christmas surprise supplies the LORD had in mind for this community. The Living God always desires to bless; we must be in a position where God can receive all that He has for us, especially in Jesus Christ....

Barnabas Project 2020 Barnabas Project Pompano -- "Leaving the 'How' to the Living God" December, 2020

COVID-19 has not stopped the work of the LORD, but it did hamper efforts in 2020 due to many restrictions on what we could do, where and when. Nevertheless, the Living God is never restricted as to fulfilling His purposes and plans; so we leave the "how" to Him.

The purpose of the Barnabas Distribution Project is to bless distressed communities in the South Florida area. Since 2003, the Barnabas Project has held distributions from Fellsmere/Vero Beach to Florida City/Homestead and west from Fort Lauderdale to Immokalee and Belle Glade as a demonstration of the free Grace and goodness of the Living God in honor of His greatest gift, Jesus Christ. Our intent is that families might be encouraged and given a little boost, a tangible expression of God's love, that they might have hope....

Barnabas Project Pompano, December 2020
at Philadelphia Church of God Independent, Lauderhill FL

The Barnabas Project Distribution Report December, 2021

COVID-19 has continued to try to stop and discourage the work of the LORD, but it fails. Masks or no masks, the Living God is never restricted as to fulfilling His purposes and plans. We leave the "how" to Him. This time, through continued prayer and seeking God's guidance, He did direct our steps. Having been doing this since 2003, we remained flexible to change as God led us.

We were not deterred, but determined. We persevered even as the Holy Spirit provided His preserving power. People streamed in steadily though not in a deluge kind of way. The Lord prospered those who participated, either receiving what was freely given or helping others find good things (since most of the donations we receive are new).

The purpose of the Barnabas Distribution Project is to bless distressed communities in the South Florida area. Since 2003, the Barnabas Project has held distributions from Fellsmere/Vero Beach to Florida City/Homestead and west from Fort Lauderdale to Immokalee and Belle Glade as a demonstration of the free Grace and goodness of the Living God in honor of His greatest gift, Jesus Christ. Our intent is that families might be encouraged and given a little boost, a tangible expression of God's love, that they might have hope....

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works,
Which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 KJV

Mary Craig, D. Min.
David Patten, Barnabas Project Director
Mary Craig Ministries, Inc.

We were slim but strategic this time, and it took a determined an experienced team, all year collecting, Stephen loading the truck, Jackie driving the truck, and members of MCM being on site. Much time and prayer went into this "mission." Distribution day was the culmination of many people's efforts, from donating goods to sorting and Stephen stacking, to meeting with donors like Lilliana, Wanda, Mary E., and Jim & Maureen to name a few along with home ministry, and bunches of time before we had a settled location. David and Pastor Claudy helped greatly as God guided our steps to His will. All this plus Publix!

Once again, Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Clanton agreed and purposed to have the December distribution at New Bethel A.M.E. Church in Vero Beach (Gifford), Florida. Her determined perseverance made all the difference as she drove from Port St. Lucie to Fort Lauderdale to rent a 16-foot Budget truck. I met her there and then we drove to where we had stored at least 100 boxes of items, including clothing, toys, school supplies, household items, linens, walking canes, and just all kinds of things. After Stephen loaded the truck, Dr. Clanton headed to the church in Vero Beach. Helpers met her to offload the truck.

Saturday morning (Dec. 4), helpers came to set up the distribution. There were fewer people, but all were experienced.

See the full Barnabas Report here (2 pages)

Barnabas outreach pics

Doesn't it feel great when someone pays attention to you? Isn't it wonderful when someone really cares enough to invest in your life by taking time to listen to you and share their lives and resources with you? Christ's love is made real by such love and care.

Here in South Florida, hundreds struggle to survive. Maybe it's because of losing a job or because of a mortgage foreclosure or because of health problems or because there simply is not enough.

Barnabas outreach pics

The purpose of the Barnabas Project is to bless communities in South Florida in demonstration of the free grace of God in honor of God’ s greatest gift, Jesus Christ, so that families might be encouraged and given a little boost.

What is The Barnabas Project?

In March of 2003, we began working to establish the Barnabas Project: Blessing others through encouragement and HOPE. We felt the Holy Spirit’s leading to work out passages like Matthew 25, Luke 14, Romans 12, and 2 Timothy 2.2. We knew that God wanted us to begin to "break the strongholds of the curse" and would help us develop a strategy to do that.

We began by asking, "Who is Barnabas?" We thought of Hebrews 13.7, which says, "Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the Word of God; consider the outcome of their life, and imitate their faith." It’s good to learn from the truth of the gospel, the doctrine aspect, but sometimes it really helps us to consider the examples/portraits of men and women living out the truth of the Word....more

The purpose of the Barnabas Project is to bless communities in South Florida as a demonstration of the free grace of God in honor of God's greatest gift, Jesus Christ, so that families might be encouraged and given a little boost.

Barnabas Project Outline

Blessing Others Through Encouragement and H.O.P.E.

Purpose

To glorify God by displaying His goodness and graciousness to all
To advance the Christian faith through representation and recommendation
To minister to Jesus by serving His people
To be in a position of being blessed by God by being a blessing to others

Goal

To break the strongholds of the curse and remove barriers to the blessing of God by serving as a "paraclete" to those in need of a Barnabas through symbolic, strategic, and specific acts of good done in Jesus' Name and for His glory

(Strongholds of the curse: things that devour, destroy, and/or divide; poverty, sickness, uprooted and vagabond lifestyles, shut-down/up/out/in, bitterness, prison, things aborted, iniquity-related and life-dominating sins, things/people standing in/before God's face (Ex. 20:3 Heb.), pride leading to a lack in the means of grace, idolatries)

Objectives

To help recipients in achieving their potential in the Christian life and faith by sharing God-given resources and investing in their life potential
To offer appropriate encouragement, consolation, and means of edification to targeted people groups as led by the Holy Spirit
To provide recipients with Barnabas boxes containing assistance suitable to them and their situation
To empower recipients by inspiring them with courage or confidence and by giving assistance or approval in order to stimulate love and good works and aid them in fulfilling their God-given purpose

Means

Barnabas boxes
Visitation
Communication
Investigation
Offering and encouraging the means of grace: gospel of Jesus Christ, prayer, scripture, fellowship, testimonies, the sacraments

The Barnabas Project has been discontinued as of 2022

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Mary Craig Ministries, Inc.
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Email: mary@marycraig.org

The Barnabas Project is an outreach of
Mary Craig Ministries, Inc.
Going forth…in His Name, by His grace, for His glory

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	Barnabas Fla City 11/23/03 (1 MB)
Barnabas Homestead 12/8/07	Barnabas Parkway United Methodist Church 6/21/08	Barnabas Loxahatchee 12/6/08
Barnabas Worldwide Christian Ctr 6/27/09	Barnabas Loxahatchee 2 12/5/09	Barnabas Coral Springs 6/4/11