Welcome
Welcome to St Barnabas Church, Pimlico Road (between Victoria Coach Station and Sloane Square). contact details and map here
St Barnabas Church is an Anglican Church which is very welcoming: please come and join us! We have a number of services and events each week. We are a small (and growing) inclusive church community - welcoming all.
Our parish has been ‘serving and encouraging’ people living, working and passing through the area since 1850. It is a beautiful Grade 1 listed church - and well worth a visit. We are actively involved in our parish school and we are seeking greater engagement with the local and wider community.
Our Parish Priest, Fr John Pearson-Hicks joined St Barnabas in September 2015 and since becoming the ‘full-time’ priest (Sept 2017) we have been able to be open more regularly and hold more events and services. If you would like to find out more about baptisms and weddings, or if you would just like to have a conversation about what we are doing, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly on john.pearson-hicks@london.anglican.org to arrange a time to meet.
Mission Action Plan 2020-2023
Ultimately we want to share the love of God with as many people as we can through being open and active and in serving the people of the parish; those who live, work, worship or pass through each day, and to encourage people in their faith journey with Jesus Christ and to give opportunity to challenge one another in our thinking.
Key Priorities
What are our three core areas?
Administering Holy Communion - The Archdeacon of London has advised the following in regards to Coronavrius (link).
While it is our faith that the sacraments are means of grace and not of sickness, they are physically ministered, and we should take physical care. As well as the specific concern about Coronavirus, this advice is generally applicable for all infectious disease.
NEW BOOK PUBLISHED Sept 2019
St Barnabas Church Rituals and Riots
By Malcolm Johnson and Alan Taylor
This highly informative and entertaining book has been published and copies are available to purchase from the Parish Priest.
£28.95 each plus postage and packing should you require a copy to be posted to you.
St Barnabas Church is an Anglican Church which is very welcoming: please come and join us! We have a number of services and events each week. We are a small (and growing) inclusive church community - welcoming all.
Our parish has been ‘serving and encouraging’ people living, working and passing through the area since 1850. It is a beautiful Grade 1 listed church - and well worth a visit. We are actively involved in our parish school and we are seeking greater engagement with the local and wider community.
Our Parish Priest, Fr John Pearson-Hicks joined St Barnabas in September 2015 and since becoming the ‘full-time’ priest (Sept 2017) we have been able to be open more regularly and hold more events and services. If you would like to find out more about baptisms and weddings, or if you would just like to have a conversation about what we are doing, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly on john.pearson-hicks@london.anglican.org to arrange a time to meet.
Mission Action Plan 2020-2023
Ultimately we want to share the love of God with as many people as we can through being open and active and in serving the people of the parish; those who live, work, worship or pass through each day, and to encourage people in their faith journey with Jesus Christ and to give opportunity to challenge one another in our thinking.
Key Priorities
- Making church, church activities, church services, more accessible to all
- Ensuring security for future growth and development
- Developing stewardship and resources (time, money, energy, abilities)
What are our three core areas?
- Welcome and Worship
- Outreach and Engagement
- Finance and Buildings
Administering Holy Communion - The Archdeacon of London has advised the following in regards to Coronavrius (link).
While it is our faith that the sacraments are means of grace and not of sickness, they are physically ministered, and we should take physical care. As well as the specific concern about Coronavirus, this advice is generally applicable for all infectious disease.
- Wash hands. Priests presiding at the Eucharist, communion administrators and servers are reminded to wash hands. We strongly advise the use of hand sanitizers immediately before the Preparation of the Table and Eucharistic prayer.
- Do not intinct. Because hands can be as much a source of pathogens as lips, intinction is no safer than drinking and can introduce germs into the cup. Intinction (dipping the bread into the wine) can also threaten those with certain immune or allergic conditions. For instance, those with gluten intolerance for whom traces of gluten can be hazardous are at greater risk when other communicants have dipped their communion wafer into the wine.
- Consider receiving Holy Communion in one kind. It is Anglican teaching that to receive the sacrament in one kind only (ie. just the bread) is to receive the sacrament in its entirety. The celebrant should always receive from the Chalice. Should a communicant feel ill or not wish to drink from the chalice then he or she ought to receive the consecrated bread alone. There is no need at this stage to cease offering the chalice to the congregation.
- The Peace. At this time there is no need to refrain from sharing the Peace. Possibly further advice will need to be given were the virus to spread widely in the UK.
- Visiting. Pastoral visitors to homes and hospitals should observe all precautions in personal hygiene before and after such visits.
NEW BOOK PUBLISHED Sept 2019
St Barnabas Church Rituals and Riots
By Malcolm Johnson and Alan Taylor
This highly informative and entertaining book has been published and copies are available to purchase from the Parish Priest.
£28.95 each plus postage and packing should you require a copy to be posted to you.
Regular Services, Events and Opening TimesThursday 27th February
Church Closed until 3:00pm 09:00a,m School Collective Worship 3:00pm -4:30pm T@3 5:00pm Evening Prayer Friday 28th February 09:00am Morning prayer 2:45pm School Collective Worship Saturday 29th February 09:30 - 12:30 open during the morning 10:00am Morning Prayer Sunday 1st March 10:00 Sung Mass Monday 2nd March Church Closed 09:00am School Collective Worship Tuesday 3rd March Church Closed 09:00am School Collective Worship 6:30pm Bible Study in the Church Wednesday 4th March 0830am Morning prayer 09:00am School Collective Worship 12:45pm Said Mass 5:00pm Evening Prayer Thursday 5th March Church Closed until 2:30pm 09:00am School Collective Worship 3:00pm T@3 5:00pm Evening Prayer 6:00pm Standing Committee in Church 8:00pm Compline Friday 6th March 09:00am Morning prayer 2:45pm School Collective Worship Saturday 7th March Church Closed to the public No bell ringing today Sunday 8th March 10:00 Sung Mass |
Looking Ahead - EventsPatronal Festival - St Barnabas Day 2020
Thursday 11th June - 6pm Guest Preacher, The Revd Roderick Leece, Rector of St George's Hanover Square Bell Ringing
We have a active bell-ringing team in our area who ring regularly at St Barnabas (and other local churches). All ringers are welcome. The practice usually starts at 12 noon on the first Saturday of the month. If you are interested in becoming a bell-ringer please contact Alan on 07941 218225. Our bells will usually be rung on the first Saturday of each month. Every Thursday - T@3 - 3:00pm-4.30pm A community social occasion which is open to everybody. We gather at the back of church for cake and tea and a great deal of laughter. Saturday Mornings We open for people to come for a quiet time or prayer. On the first of the month, you may wish to lend a hand with those who meet to clean the church: there is tea and biscuits. Barnabas Bible Study - First Tuesday of the Month - 7:00pm til 9:00pm On one evening each month we come together to break bread (a simple supper of bread and cheese/pate etc) and study a section of the Bible. This usually takes place in the church. 3rd March 2020 7th April 2020 5th May 2020 2nd June 2020 7th July 2020 We welcome new members, whether as a one off or on a regular basis. If you would like to find out more, please email our parish priest: john.pearson-hicks@london.anglican.org St Barnabas Supper Club St Barnabas has a Supper Club which meets around 6 times a year. Next date: To be confirmed...l Please tell the parish priest john.pearson-hicks@london.anglican.org If you would like to attend. The price per person is around £27. Councillors' Advice Surgery (Labour) is held in St Barnabas' Community Church Hall - 7:00pm-8:00pm. Surgery dates for 2020 are: 12th March; 14th May; 9th July,; 10th Sept; 12th Nov. We have parish tea-towels and cards for sale as well as the new book 'Rituals and Riots' already mentioned above. Cash or card payments are very welcome. Faith Focus - date and times will appear here Parish News
We were very happy to have a talk about he excellent work that "OutBreak" do. Please take a look at their website and support this important work if you can. School Worship - contact School for details Link to school here. The Pew Sheet This Sunday's Pew sheet is available via the link below.
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