Albert & Julie have been married since 1992 and Albert has been the Lead Pastor since June of 2008. He volunteers as the lead pastor and works as a full time Pastor at the New Castle PA City Rescue Mission. He is retired from being the Manager of the CAD/CAM Department at Ellwood Crankshaft & Machine Co. He loves pastoring this congregation & ministering to & teaching all those who attend.
Julie has been the Administrative Assistant since March of 2008. She was formally a Registered Nurse & Medical Supervisor at a Pulmonary Practice in Boardman, OH. She left nursing as the Lord moved her into the position of Administrative Assistant when the founding pastors retired.
Albert & Julie have 2 fur babies (cats, Mittens & Louie) & enjoy spending time together & with their families, (both biological & church!!). They have lived together in New Bedford since 1992 (Julie grew up here).
Bill had a vision for Barnstone to be a church where those whom other churches had disregarded could find Jesus. In this dream for this church the faces of those people who he knew the church had failed to reach were on the barnstones being used to build the church.
"Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. " - Eph 2:19-Eph 2:22 NIV
Barnstones are rough cut stones, often hand cut, used to build walls, barns and other structures. They are each unique in shape and size and might even be different kinds of stone. However they are all worked by the maker to fit together to His creation.