Simone Monique Barnes

January 13, 2011

Funda Fest 13 (Black Storytelling Festival in Rhode Island)

The Rhode Island Black Storytellers 13th Annual Funda Fest begins this Sunday, January 16 and ends the following Sunday, January 23. (It’s held every year during the week of the MLKjr holiday). Funda means to teach and to learn in Kiswahili and Zulu. There are free shows, ticketed shows, family shows, school shows, mature audience…

January 10, 2011

Diary of a Wimpy Camp Kid (summer camp for tweeners)

I’ll be serving as Dean for a fun-filled week of summer camp at Silver Lake Camp and Conference Center, in Sharon, Connecticut, July 17-23, 2011. Diary of a Wimpy Camp Kid Grades: 4 and 5 (co-ed) What adventures will befall our fictitious camper? Falling in deer poop, dropping a retainer in the compost toilet, getting loud hiccups…

December 20, 2010

Birthday Party

Another year, another birthday party celebrating the birth of Jesus at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston, Massachusetts. I have the best children’s ministry team in the universe.