St. Barnabas Episcopal Church

St. Barnabas Episcopal Church We are an Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Chicago and members of the Worldwide Anglican Communion. We include Democrats, Republicans and Independents.

We are a Progressive Episcopal Church that offers contemplative, liturgical worship in the Episcopal Tradition and strives to be of service in our local community. We are a Christian community that is focused on Jesus Christ, centered in worship and prayer, and committed to participating in God’s mission of reconciliation in the world. We live out our mission in several ways.

• We seek to bear w

itness in word and action to the mercy of God revealed in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

• We seek to observe spiritual practices that make space in our hearts for more of God’s mercy and enable us to better live that mercy with others.

• We seek to be agents of that mercy to a hurting world. We embody that mercy as a community of generous orthodoxy.

• We are an interesting mix of people. Some of us are “cradle Episcopalians” while other of us grew up in other Christian traditions or unchurched. We have Evangelicals, High Church/Catholics, Liberals, and Charismatics. Some of us are more or less committed to Christian nonviolence and others of us are more or less supportive of the possibility of a just war. We have people all over the map on any number of contentious issues. In spite of these differences, we are bound together by the Holy Spirit and seek to live as members of one another on a community of mercy. We are bound together by:

• a shared commitment to the basic faith of the Christian creed.
• a determination to wrestle with scripture together
• a common desire to worship God in the beauty of holiness
• a mutual desire to be drawn deeper into God's life through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit

As someone here once said, "Some of us see it this way. Some of us see it that way. But we bring it all together at the foot of the cross.”

Of course, at the foot of the cross we are all challenged by the transforming forgiveness, healing, and teaching we know through Jesus. All are welcome. All will be encouraged. All will be challenged. All will be transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit. If you are in the area, we would be glad to have you join us.

This Sunday at St. Barnabas is a special one! Our Kids & Youth will help lead worship, and we’ll also celebrate our annu...
08/29/2026

This Sunday at St. Barnabas is a special one! Our Kids & Youth will help lead worship, and we’ll also celebrate our annual Blessing of the Backpacks as we head into a new school year.

Come worship with us, bring your backpack, and help us celebrate the kids and youth of our church!

9:30am Sunday morning at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. All are welcome!

This Sunday at St. Barnabas is a special one! Our Kids & Youth will help lead worship, and we’ll also celebrate our annu...
08/29/2026

This Sunday at St. Barnabas is a special one! Our Kids & Youth will help lead worship, and we’ll also celebrate our annual Blessing of the Backpacks as we head into a new school year.

Come worship with us, bring your backpack, and help us celebrate the kids and youth of our church!

9:30am Sunday morning at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. All are welcome

08/23/2026

Thank you St. Barnabas Musicians for the beautiful Prelude this morning. They played the Mozart String Quartet #1 in G Major: Menuetto on Oboe, EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument), viola, and cello.

08/23/2026

Thank you Fr. John Rumple for introducing us to Thecla. For the full sermon, click here starting at minute 23: https://youtu.be/8duOIeNkRKY

08/22/2026

Thank you Musicians for more lovely music at St. Barnabas.

08/21/2026

Join us tonight at 7:30pm for Taize.

08/15/2026

O Lord, You have Search Me Intro

08/14/2026
08/12/2026

We especially love this version of The Lord’s Prayer
At St. Barnabas.

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22W415 Butterfield Road
Glen Ellyn, IL
60137

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