Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church, Pasadena California
You are hereby formally, officially and cordially invited to please join us during this our centennial year and beyond (in-person, online, offline and/or Pastoral Care), on our continuing journey of Love, Saint Barnabas Style 🖤
Who We Are
Saint Barnabas Pasadena is the oldest historically black Episcopal church family in the San Gabriel Valley (2023 is our centennial year, Saint Barnabas 100 – Still We Rise), which celebrates our diversity as a community of love, serving Jesus Christ through radical acceptance, beautiful worship, generous spirit, and biblically based study while making a difference in the world through serving as a community hub with spokes in the greater community of Northwest Pasadena and West Altadena. ALL are welcome! Please come join us!
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The Love, Saint Barnabas Style Blog
June 2023 Blog Priest In Charge Weekly Newsletter 6/5/-6/11/2023 – Mo. Marianne CENTENNIAL THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 11! DON’T MISS THIS ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EVENT The service begins at 10 am in the sanctuary, followed by a special program on the lawn with remarks by Bp. Taylor, several local, state and national elected officials and other luminaries followed by a celebratory meal. Parking in the lot and on the street in front of the church will be reserved for speakers, visitors, and those with special needs. Parishioners are urged to take public transportation or be dropped off by a ride share, etc, or carpool and park a few blocks away. If you need to reserve a parking spot for that day, or need assistance arranging transportation, please speak to or email MarcoWhite@sbcglobal.net LIVESTREAM on facebook.com/stbarnabaspasadena We plan to broadcast both the service and the centennial program, so if you can’t be there in person, stay tuned! VOLUNTEERS We need multiple volunteers to help with a variety of tasks, both Saturday, June 10...
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Our 100 Year Story
The Saint Barnabas Church Family 100 Year Story They Thought They Buried Us, But God Actually Planted Us The history of the Episcopal Church in the Los Angeles area goes back to 1864, but the background to the founding of Saint Barnabas Pasadena was the “Great Migration” of African Americans from the South, which started at the beginning of the twentieth century. In more recent years a significant number of Afro-Caribbean immigrants to California from Latin America (especially Costa Rica and Panama) have joined Saint Barnabas. The African Americans who came to Pasadena were confronted with Jim Crow and forbidden from worshiping at All Saints Church in Pasadena. Not to be denied, on June 16, 1909, a meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Georgia Weatherton on South Fair Oaks Avenue, “to organize an Episcopal mission”, soon known as Saint Barnabas Guild, according to handwritten minutes in the diocesan archives. The fledgling members supported their ministry by holding food sales. By 1911, services were being held in...
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