More about Eldrbarry!

a.k.a. Barry McWilliams,
has worked for Safeway Stores, Inc. as a Grocery Checker since 1979.

Barry has taught Bible classes (he is an ordained Teaching Elder) at Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church a congregation in the Presbyterian Church in America, where he served as Associate Pastor (1979-1995), and as Assistant Pastor for Equipping Ministries (1998-2003). The McWilliams currently attend Green Lake Presbyterian Church in Seattle, Wa.

Some of the more recent classes he has taught have included Making the Good Confession: Reformers of the Sixteenth Century; What does the Bible say about Being Married?; Ecclesiastes: A Reality Check; another study odyssey: Encounters: How do Christians relate to Contemporary Thought; and Stewardship 101: For the third world and the rest of us.. Barry also enjoys preaching whenever he gets the opportunity.

Barry and Marianne are involved in Short Term Missions in Hungary and Uganda. He made a missions trip to Hungary and Uganda in the Spring of 2001, and two more trips to Uganda in March, 2003, and May, 2005 and is looking forward to more trips. Missions related pages on this site include links for Hungary, and Uganda and an extensive Missions Reading List. He has quite a list of Northwest Presbyterian and Reformed and other Christian Links.

Barry started telling stories in Reach Out Summer Vacation Bible Schools, has developed six VBS Curriculums available on this site, and often uses storytelling in his teaching and preaching the Gospel. His curriculum, Wanted! Children after God's Own Heart! © has been used by many churches since 2000. He has a useful Christian Teacher's Manual.

Barry lives in Everett, Wa. in Snohomish County near Seattle.

He is married to Marianne, a avid quilter and Bible student. She works at Sno- Isle Natural Foods Co-op in Everett, Wa. She and group of other Northwest women made a two week quilting ministry trip to Hungary and Poland in the Spring of 2002, and Marianne made her fourth trip to Kaposvár in March, 2004

They have a son Paul e-mail: pamcwill [at] gmail.com - who works for IBM in San Jose, California at IBM's Laboratory in the Santa Teresa Hills. Paul was married to miss Brianne O'Fallon of San Jose in August, 2006 and they live in Fremont, Ca.. They will probably continue doing some Bay Area biking or hiking or searching out the many parks there. Paul is a 2004 graduate of the University of Washington with a degree in Technical Communication. Before College and the University, He served for four years in the United States Navy aboard the U.S.S. Salvor, one of the USS Navy's "high tech" salvage ships. Graduating with High Honors from Everett Community College in the winter of 2001, Paul was called back for an additional year of active duty at Naval Station Everett in September of 2001 before beginning his studies at the UW. Paul served in the U.S. Naval Reserve during his college and university years.

Their daughter, Sarah Balogh, who is an International Messengers missionary in Kaposvár, Hungary. Her monthly Prayer Letters are also on this website. She was married in the late summer of 2002 to Bruno Balogh of Mende, Hungary. Sarah continues her ministry in Kaposvár, Hungary, and Bruno works with a company that sells tile there, and Sarah has also done some teaching ESL/EFL on the side. Barry and Marianne have two grandsons there as well. Robert Norman Balogh (Robi) was born October 21st, 2004, and Benjamin David Balogh (Benji) was born on August 3rd, 2007.

Besides Browsing the Web, Building Web pages, and doing Bible study, Barry also enjoys collecting Chess sets; Cooking, building Wood Ship Models, solving Sudoku, and playing table games including Carcassonne and Mancala; Reading both fiction and non-fiction, especially history and listening to Jazz and Classical Music. Barry is interested in Graphic Design (using CorelDraw8 and Paint Shop Pro 5 to do his computer artwork) and has aspirations to learn Watercolor.