Posts by marcowhite@sbcglobal.net


Our Land Acknowledgement Statement We acknowledge the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Gabrielino-Tongva First Nation on which we are worshipping, praising and loving. We acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the territory of the Gabrielino-Tongva Peoples, who have stewarded this land throughout the generations.  We thank them for their strength and resilience in protecting this land and aspire to uphold our...

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Our Mission Statement – Love, Saint Barnabas Style Saint Barnabas Pasadena is the oldest historically black Episcopal church family in the San Gabriel Valley, 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...

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(from here) Take a self-guided Walking Tour of the African American History of Pasadena. Audio descriptions of the sites visited are available by scanning this code with your cell phone: Or by visiting the link above. Originally conceived by the NAACP Pasadena Branch as a bus tour, this version, as a self-guided walking tour, was co-created by the Pasadena Complete Streets Coalition (PasCSC) and the NAACP for “Walktober 2020.” ...

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The St. Barnabas Pasadena Story


Posted By on Feb 20, 2021

The links below are of the documentary THE BLACK CHURCH: THIS IS OUR STORY, THIS IS OUR SONG by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (with appearances of Bishop Michael Curry).   From Absalom Jones and Richard Allen to Black Lives Matter and Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock of Ebenezer Baptist Church We had a watching party and it was powerful! Use the links or scan the QR code with your smartphone or tablet to watch! The Black Church | Episode 1 | PBS...

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