A personal welcome from our Parish Priest
"Welcome to Saint Barnabas. I hope to welcome you in person at our beautiful church in the near future. We are a friendly, multi-cultural bunch of people committed to sharing God's love with all. Our worship is in the catholic tradition of the Church of England. Our relaxed style means that people of various church backgrounds feel at home here. I hope you will find this website useful. I really look forward to meeting you soon."
Father Steven Saxby.
News stories - future, present and past!
Bible Studies
are taking place on Tuesday evening from 7pm-8.30pm in the vicarage.
Cultural Event
Our much anticipated cultural event (St Barnabas's Got Talent) was a great success, a real celebration of our wonderfully multi-cultural church!
Children's Work Launch - "Turnaround Tuesday"
We launched our children's work (Sunday School) on Shrove Tuesday (16th February) with a Pancake Party and Children's activity afternoon led by Deanery Jean (from 3pm-6pm) in the Foster Hall. It was a tremendous success. The children chose from a number of potential names to call the new Sunday School "The Barnabarians!". The group begins on Sunday 21st February, with the children leaving for the group from church after the start of the 10am mass.
Go to the Facebook group to see and comment on suggested names for the Sunday School!
Carol singing in the parish
Bell rings for climate justice
St Barnabas Church, Walthamstow will be taking part in a bell-ringing campaign across the country on Sunday the 13th December. This is the Sunday in the middle of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen , which runs from the 7th to the 18th December.
Lee Lovelock-Jemmott, a politics student who attends St Barnabas Church, will be in Copenhagen for the Conference, as part of a youth delegation from the Church of England Diocese of Chelmsford.
An international service is being held in Copenhagen Cathedral at which the preacher will be the Archbishop of Canterbury. The World Council of Churches invites churches around the world to use their bells to call people to prayer and action in the face of climate change.
It is suggested that bells be rung 350 times – to symbolise the 350 parts per million that mark the safe upper limit for CO2 in the atmosphere according to many scientists.
Father Steven Saxby, Parish Priest of St Barnabas, said, "We will be ringing our church bell to mark our support for action on climate change as we pray for those at the Copenhagen Conference and all those currently affected by the negative consequences of global warming in some of the poorest countries of our world."
Further information may be obtained at www.bellringing350.org .
Walsingham Pilgrimage - a great blessing!
75 members of St Barnabas made a pilgrimage to Walthamstow. We were joined by our former parish priest, Fr Anthony Couchman, and were richly blessed by the worship, beautiful surrondings and our co-pilgrims. Thanks be to God! Photos are on the Facebook group.
Facebook group launched
We are now on Facebook with a "Friends of Saint Barnabas, Walthamstow" group. Do feel free to join us!
Temporary Art at St Barnabas till end of Sept 09
We are exhibiting 19 paintings by Henry Shelton.
Opening Times - after services or by appointment with Fr Steven
See these links for more information http://networkedblogs.com/p10893841?a=share&ref=nf
http://commissionformission.blogspot.com/2009/09/spiritual-home.html