May 13   Rev. Kimberly Barnes Assumes New Pastorate

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Rev. Kimberly BarnesCongratulations to our own Rev. Kimberly Barnes who has been named the pastor of Gethsemane AME Church. We will miss her!

From the Washington Informer:

The Reverend Kimberly Brown Barnes was appointed pastor of Gethsemane African Methodist Episcopal  Church in Landover, Md., during the 60th Session of the Washington Annual Conference, April 20-24 at  Reid Temple AME Church in Glen Dale, Md. She joins the ranks of nearly a dozen women who pastor AME churches in the Washington conference of the Second Episcopal District.

“This is my first pastorate  and it is very humbling but at the same time very exciting,” Barnes told the small congregation as she led her first service Sun., April 25.

“We have come open, excited,  and a little nervous, but we are so excited about what God is going to do here at Gethsemane,” she said.

Family members and friends joined Barnes and nearly 30 members of the Gethsemane congregation at the worship service currently held in the auditorium at Kenmoor Elementary School, 3211 82nd Avenue in Landover. Among them was the Rev. Marie Braxton, of Metropolitan AME Church in the District, where she co-pastors with her husband the Rev. Ronald Braxton. Read more . . .

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  • By Delores Zimmerman-Jeter on 19 May 2010 at 7:16 PM

    Congratulations Reverend Kimberly Barnes!
    I will never forget during the Wednesday afternoon service – just before Christmas of 2009 – that I responded to your invitation to join Metropolitan A.M.E. Church of Washington, DC. A few months earlier and after attending several Sunday services at the church, I considered joining.

    One Sunday, during my period of consideration, I invited one of my dear friends (Father Darryl F. James, Priest-In-Charge of “The Parish of Grace Church,” Jamaica, New York) to attend service with me at Metropolitan AME. Father James was aware of my desire to find just the right church to join. After engaging in the service, he whispered to me, “This is the church for you!” On the following Wednesday, I attended the afternoon service where you delivered such a very inspirational sermon that I found myself standing to join. I was in the right place at the right time! Thank you!

    Sister Delores Zimmerman-Jeter

  • By nickie martin on 31 July 2010 at 3:17 PM

    love and miss you Rev Kimberly.

    Will be out to see you soon–Nickie Martin

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