St. Barnabas Episcopal Church

St. Barnabas Episcopal Church We live to learn, experience and share God's transforming love in Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. Welcome to St. Barnabas Episcopal Church!

Services: 10:30 on Sunday, live here on Facebook! We are located in the heart of New Jersey in South Brunswick Township and serving nearby communities, including South Brunswick Monmouth Junction, Dayton, Cranbury, Monroe, East Windsor, West Windsor, and other townships in Mercer county.

06/25/2026

Things Go Wrong All the Time

There is something wrong with everything. — TYLER COWEN

Things go wrong all the time. Plans fail, troubles arise unexpectedly, each day brings unpleasant surprises. The Ignatian remedy for trouble is, first, to get rid of the idea that difficulties are an aberration. They are normal. We should expect them and prepare for them. Second, we should learn from failure. Don’t “move on” when a project collapses. Understand what went wrong so you can do it better the next time. Finally, seize the opportunity to grow in virtue. “I sympathize with you in your trials,” Ignatius wrote to a friend, “but I consider this a special gift. It’s an occasion to practice patience, as well as faith and hope in Him.” It’s also an occasion for humility. If there’s something wrong with everything, there’s something wrong with everything you do. Your understanding of anything is imperfect. There are things you don’t know. Be cautious in your conclusions and hold your judgments lightly.
-Jim Manney

06/24/2026

The World as It Really Is
Joseph A. Tetlow, SJ
Those who really do know and love Jesus will ... see the suffering of all the people whom God puts in their life and world, and strive with great effort to grieve with them and do whatever they can to alleviate their suffering. Right here is the deepest spiritual root of the impulse to work for peace and justice.
Anything less would be an unworthy motive for those who love Jesus Christ.
Jesus' passion brings us to embrace the world as it really is: full of violence and pain. We refuse to let religion and grace become an easy analgesic, buffering us from the real sufferings around us. Instead, we embrace whatever suffering comes into our lives as no longer senseless. Our suffering has a meaning in "the language of the cross" (1 Corinthians 1:18). We join the sufferings of the crucified Christ, the sufferings of humankind that he chose to embrace. We cling to Jesus, to "a Christ who is the power and the wisdom of God" (1 Corinthians 1:24). When we do less, we are using our faith in Christ as a pain pill.

06/23/2026

THE PRIVILEGE IS OURS TO SHARE
IN THE LOVING

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, the privilege is ours to share in the loving, healing, reconciling mission of your Son Jesus Christ, our Lord, in this age and wherever we are. Since without you we can do no good thing.
May your Spirit make us wise;
May your Spirit guide us;
May your Spirit renew us;
May your Spirit strengthen us;
So that we will be:
Strong in faith,
Discerning in proclamation, Courageous in witness, Persistent in good deeds.
This we ask through the name of the Father.
CHURCH OF THE PROVINCE OF THE WEST INDIES

06/22/2026

O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving-kindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

06/21/2026

Join us for our worship today

This week’s reflection questions:

1) What do your actions say about you when you are not speaking?

2) How do you listen with your heart to what God is saying?

3) How does your life testify to your beliefs?

4) How do your actions demonstrate your belief in Christ?

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06/20/2026

In You through whom all things speak, use me please to sing your song.
—Kate Robinson

06/19/2026

Holy and righteous God, you created us in your image. Grant us grace to contend fearlessly against evil and to make no peace with oppression. Help us, like those of generations before us, resist the evil of slavery and human bo***ge in any form and any manner of oppression. Help us to use our freedoms to bring justice among people and nations everywhere, to the glory of your Holy name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
—The Rt. Rev. Deon Johnson

06/18/2026

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. —Albert Einstein

06/17/2026

GRANT ME To WALK ALL ROADS

My God, grant me to walk all roads.
My God, cover me with your cloak.
My God, make me be covered by the black cloak softened by oil.
My God, hold me tight when I walk and when I stand still.
My God, do not throw me out of you.
My God, keep me in your stomach.
My God, guard me; God, answer me.
My God, do not throw me away.
Listen, that we may agree on what I am telling you.
Grant us a life that never ends, like the one we live.
God, answer with favor to what we told you.
—SAMBURU, KENYA

06/16/2026

Father, there are days when the work seems just impossible, the mission field too broad.
There is so much suffering: communities without clean water, families without access to health care, people struggling with mental illness, both diagnosed and undiagnosed.
There is so much poverty: people living in food deserts, living without running water, living one missed paycheck away from homelessness.
There is so much despair: people feeling unwanted, unseen, unloved because of the color of their skin, their history, their personal demons.
We see neighbor against neighbor, friend against friend, families torn apart.
When we look out and see what needs to be done, our spirits fall because there is no way that we can possibly help everyone.
We are called to be your hands and your feet and we do not work alone.
When I chose to walk with you, sweet Jesus, I became part of a larger community, a larger family; I became part of your Church.
Your Church does not and should not work in isolation.
When we all come together to do our little part, the impossible becomes possible because "with God all things are possible" (Mt 19:26). Amen.
—Thea Bowman, FSPA
Servant of God

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142 Sand Hills Road
Monmouth Junction, NJ
08852

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