WHO WE ARE

St. Barnabas is an Episcopal church where you can be real, meet God, and follow Jesus as your living Lord.

We think there are four things you need to know about us.
We love kids. It’s hard and holy work to raise children in our fast-paced and confusing world. We strive to come alongside parents to share with kids enduring values capable of sustaining them throughout their lives, foremost the knowledge of God’s unconditional love for them in Christ. We have lots of fun programming for kids on Sundays and throughout the year. We don’t mind if they make noise or break out of the pew to run laps around the altar.
We love beauty. One of the readiest ways to experience God for yourself in our secular age is through beauty, and we pack as much of it as we can into our life together. We worship in a beautiful midcentury modern church whose every stone was chosen and placed by its architect. We have a long tradition of extraordinary music, supported by our world-class organ, director of music, and choir. Beautiful music in a beautiful space can leave you awe-struck. And it’s loads of fun to sing in our super-resonant sanctuary.
We love each other. If you are looking to make friends, you have found the right place. We are a close-knit community of friends who are there for one another when times are good and when times are hard. We live in a culture that is so divided and siloed, and we also value the fact that our friends at St. Barnabas are all over the political and ideological map. We have something bigger than all of us in common here—indeed, something bigger than our world.
We love the Lord. We seek to know him and to love him with all our hearts, minds, souls, and strength. We cherish preaching that connects the Gospel to our lives in ways that are relevant to a world in which little can be taken for granted, including faith. We then try to chase our Lord into our day-to-day lives and vocations, serving God as we work and play. We also try to chase our Lord into our community, tucking in behind the ways he is already bringing new life to people who are hurting. We don’t do all this because we think we have to serve him to please him. We do all this because we’re just so overjoyed by his grace we can’t get enough of him.

WHEN WE WORSHIP

We regularly worship at two services on Sundays, 8AM and 10AM. At each, we gather around the preaching of the Word and the sharing of the sacrament of Holy Communion.

Our 8AM service is a quiet, shorter service without choir or music, and uses the traditional language of the Book of Common Prayer.

Our 10AM service features a full choir and music and uses more contemporary language. Our regular Sunday School programs for children and youth also take place during this service, and a fifteen-minute party called "Coffee Hour" follows in the parish hall. The 10AM service is also livestreamed on our website.

During the 10AM service, we offer two Sunday School programs for children and youth. Children's Church is for kids pre-K through 3rd grade and meets in the Children's Chapel during the first half of the 10AM service. Youth Church is for kids 4th through 8th grade and meets in the Youth Room during the first half of the 9AM service. Families can follow the signs for "Children & Youth" as they enter the church. Teachers and ushers will bring children and youth to the church to rejoin their families for Holy Communion, which is the second half of the 10AM service.

Childcare for ages 0-3 is available in our Nursery from 9AM on Sunday mornings.

WHAT WE BELIEVE

We believe in the God revealed in Jesus Christ, whose business is mercy and forgiveness. This God is not in the business of making a list and checking it twice in order to find out who’s naughty or nice. The God of Jesus Christ frees us from the burdens of sin and death so that we can live lives of hope and joy in the world. The business of God is forgiveness, and the business of Christians is to enjoy it.

We are all seeking better to know and to love the mystery of this God. We don’t think we need to have all the answers to every question we may have about God. Jesus has been a puzzle to those who encountered him from the very beginning. His disciples didn’t always know what he was up to, and they rarely, if ever, realized completely who he was. Likewise, we should not expect always to know what to do with him. What matters is that he always knows what to do with us.

We trust that this God is at work in and through the church, and through our community at St. Barnabas, to renew our lives and heal our world. Regardless of our age, race, gender, sexuality, marital status, physical or mental ability, poverty, wealth, political affiliation, education, job history, nationality, or favorite sports team, we are all sinners in need of God's mercy, all forgiven by the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, and all in need of a place where we can approach the throne of grace with boldness. St. Barnabas wants to be that place. We seek to do so by nurturing families, championing Biblical teaching, and embracing Christ-centered living. We hope you'll join us.
We pray that wherever you are on your spiritual journey, God will give you new hope and strength for your life through our common prayer.