Journey through Lent
The Journey through Lent is a journey with Jesus.
We are invited to walk in the way of love, turning our hearts and lives back to God and inviting God to transform and renew us.
As we move through the Lenten season, we invite you to join us in worship and Lenten gatherings or in finding your own way to draw near to God in prayer and community.
The Season of Lent
We are in the season of Lent (from an Old English word meaning “spring,” the time of lengthening days).
Lent is the season of preparation as we journey with Jesus toward the cross and prepare for his death and resurrection.
This is a time to lay bare all that separates us from God and one another.
Traditionally, Christians commit to devotional practices, engaging in self-examination, prayer, fasting and meditating on God’s word as we seek transformation.
The season of Lent is an invitation to change our hearts and our ways, and to participate in God’s work of redemption.
We are called to respond afresh to God’s presence in our lives and in our world.
We seek to place our needs, our fears, our failures, our hopes, our very lives in God’s hands, allowing God’s transforming grace to renew us once more.
Journey with Us
Ash Wednesday Services
Wednesday, February 22
12 p.m. - Imposition of Ashes & Eucharist
7 p.m. - Ashes & Holy Eucharist with Music
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day season of Lent. Join us as we seek to turn our hearts back to God.
Created in Dust:
A Children & Family Lenten Experience
Tuesday, February 21st at 5:30 p.m.
Henri Matisse and
the Colors of Lent
Sundays during Lent
9 a.m. in the Great Hall
From the gray of Ash Wednesday to the brilliant dawn of Easter Sunday, the season of Lent is a journey through color. We will use the art of Henri Matisse paired with Scripture passages to enlighten our Lenten practices.
A Wrinkle in Time:
A Journey through Time, Space and Lent
Sundays March 5, 12, 19 & 26
5 - 7 p.m.
Join us for an intergenerational Lenten study on Madeline L'Engle's book A Wrinkle in Time. We'll deepen our relationship with Christ and take an adventure through space to discover that love is the most powerful force in the universe.
St. Barnabas
Book Group
Wednesday, March 8th
7 p.m. in the Library or on Zoom
Join our book club to us to discuss Madeline L'Engle's award winning book, A Wrinkle in Time.
This book has been beloved for over 50 years and continues to speak to us today.
Episcopal Church Resources
Lent Madness
Learn all about the saints in the best bracket in Town: Lent Madness! Pick up your own Saintly Scorecard in the Great Hall & follow the Saintly Matchups on the big bracket poster in the Great Hall and at lentmadness.org.
Way of Love Calendar
This Lent, communities are invited to walk with Jesus in his Way of Love and into the experience of transformed life. Together, we will reflect anew on the loving actions of God as recounted in the Easter Vigil readings.
Holy Week at St. Barnabas
Journey with Jesus through these sacred days.
Palm Sunday
Sunday, April 2
Services
8 & 10 a.m.
Thursday, April 6
These Holy Days -
An Intergenerational
Experience
5:30 p.m.
Agape Dinner
6 p.m.
Eucharist Service
with Foot-Washing
7 p.m.
Friday, April 7
Stations of the Cross
12 p.m.
Good Friday Liturgy
7 p.m.
Easter Sunday
Sunday, April 9
Services
8 & 10 a.m.
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Holy Week is the most solemn and sacred time of the Christian year, when we are invited by our liturgical tradition to contemplate the events leading up to Jesus' crucifixion, death and resurrection.
We are also invited to take these ancient liturgies into our own hearts and consider what they might mean for us in this moment, opening ourselves to the possibility of grace and transformation.
We will hear about Jesus' final days in Jerusalem, the story of his Last Supper with friends and his Passion and death on the cross.
As we experience his love and commitment to being with us even unto the point of death, we remember that we are not alone. Jesus is with us even now.