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COMING UP AT ST. BARNABAS
Saturday, May 16
Confirmation
at St. Mark's New Canaan
10:00AM
at St. Mark's New Canaan
10:00AM
Sunday, May 17
The Seventh Sunday of Easter
Father Justin - preacher
Rev. Phoebe - celebrant
8:00AM Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:00AM Sunday Seminar
10:00AM Holy Eucharist Rite II
Father Justin - preacher
Rev. Phoebe - celebrant
8:00AM Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:00AM Sunday Seminar
10:00AM Holy Eucharist Rite II
COMING UP AT ST. BARNABAS
Saturday, May 16
Confirmation
at St. Mark's New Canaan
10:00AM
at St. Mark's New Canaan
10:00AM
Sunday, May 17
The Seventh Sunday of Easter
Father Justin - preacher
Rev. Phoebe - celebrant
8:00AM Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:00AM Sunday Seminar
10:00AM Holy Eucharist Rite II
Father Justin - preacher
Rev. Phoebe - celebrant
8:00AM Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:00AM Sunday Seminar
10:00AM Holy Eucharist Rite II
What I love about St. Barnabas!
I love the sense of peace and homecoming that I always find at St. Barnabas - a feeling of true sanctuary. But even more important is the way our community embodies family and belonging. What I love best is our mutual determination to be our best for one another.
- Sarah Bleasdale
When we moved here a year and half ago, we knew we wanted to find an Episcopal church and we tried several in the area and we kept coming back to St. Barnabas because it is just so full of spirit and the worship is fantastic. There's a great rector and a lot of activity going on. So, we're hooked!
- Cleve Callison
When I was asked what I loved about Saint Barnabas, I thought, “Well that’s easy.” The music, the people, the liturgy, the music, the sermons, the pastoral leadership, the feeling of family, the music, and the list goes on!
- Pam Bye
We love the community of St. Barnabas. We have made new friends and deepened existing friendships. Justin's weekly sermons center and uplift us. And we leave each Sunday feeling hopeful. We feel so blessed to be part of such a wonderful and welcoming place.
- Sally and Kirk Bedell
We love coming to St. Barnabas because the people in the church make us feel welcome and included as a part of the community. The music is beautiful, and the sermons are engaging, relevant, and full of encouragement.
- Brett and Elizabeth Wheeler
I’ve been a part of the weekly service at St. Barnabas for 30 years. My granddaughter Skylar has joined me every week the last 4 years. Sunday mornings rejuvenates my faith in God. The kindness throughout the congregation and staff is a gift from God. All this adds to the ease of living in Peace by the grace of God!
The beauty and tranquillity at St. Barnabas we really enjoy!
- Bruce Kelly
What I love about St. Barnabas!
I love the sense of peace and homecoming that I always find at St. Barnabas - a feeling of true sanctuary. But even more important is the way our community embodies family and belonging. What I love best is our mutual determination to be our best for one another.
- Sarah Bleasdale
When we moved here a year and half ago, we knew we wanted to find an Episcopal church and we tried several in the area and we kept coming back to St. Barnabas because it is just so full of spirit and the worship is fantastic. There's a great rector and a lot of activity going on. So, we're hooked!
- Cleve Callison
When I was asked what I loved about Saint Barnabas, I thought, “Well that’s easy.” The music, the people, the liturgy, the music, the sermons, the pastoral leadership, the feeling of family, the music, and the list goes on!
- Pam Bye
We love the community of St. Barnabas. We have made new friends and deepened existing friendships. Justin's weekly sermons center and uplift us. And we leave each Sunday feeling hopeful. We feel so blessed to be part of such a wonderful and welcoming place.
- Sally and Kirk Bedell
We love coming to St. Barnabas because the people in the church make us feel welcome and included as a part of the community. The music is beautiful, and the sermons are engaging, relevant, and full of encouragement.
- Brett and Elizabeth Wheeler
I’ve been a part of the weekly service at St. Barnabas for 30 years. My granddaughter Skylar has joined me every week the last 4 years. Sunday mornings rejuvenates my faith in God. The kindness throughout the congregation and staff is a gift from God. All this adds to the ease of living in Peace by the grace of God! The beauty and tranquillity at St. Barnabas we really enjoy!
- Bruce Kelly
LATEST SERMON
Awesome with Such Intimacy
Susan Jackson
This powerful message invites us to reconsider one of the most quoted yet potentially misunderstood passages in Scripture: Jesus' declaration that He is the way, the truth, and the life, and that no one comes to the Father except through Him. Rather than being a statement of exclusion, we discover this is Jesus establishing His identity as part of the Trinity during an intimate conversation with His disciples. The context matters deeply. Thomas was confused about where Jesus was going, and Jesus responded by revealing His divine nature and relationship with the Father. We are reminded that Jesus was not comparing religions or determining who gets into heaven, but rather introducing His followers to the revolutionary concept of the Trinity. The message challenges us to recognize that God's grace extends far beyond our human categories and theological boxes. Through the story of a good man who lived righteously but never made a formal profession of faith, we see that God knows the whole person. Our actions reveal who we truly are, and a life lived loving our neighbors, seeking righteousness, and repenting when needed creates a genuine bond with God. This understanding frees us from the burden of judging others' eternal destinies and invites us into a more expansive view of divine love.
FOR BETTER, FOR VERSE PODCAST
Power, Projections, and Providence
Fr. J & Dr. J
In this episode on Judges and Ruth, Justin and Jewelle explore how the Biblical writers are gradually becoming aware that God works in the world in many varied and complicated ways. In Judges, we see God rewarding holiness and punishing wrongdoing, but we also see God partnering with flawed people, striving to rack up little wins even in the midst of big failures, and conspiring to help good people to whom bad things happen. At one point, God clearly has nothing to do with something the characters in the story think God has everything to do with. By the end, Israel has failed in its attempt to govern itself through judges, setting up the story of monarchy. But there's no easy triumphalism: Israel needs a king to keep going, but only because they've shown they don't want God himself to be their king.