22nd March 2026
Welcome to St Barnabas, especially if you are here for the first time! Please introduce yourself to our host team so we can welcome you personally.
This Sunday we continue our Lent series “Open Hands, Open Heart”. Lent is a period to make special time to be in God’s presence and to listen to him, allowing our lives to be reshaped by his presence and his word to us. Different practices can help us do this: fasting creates space for God, Bible meditation and prayer soaks us in his presence, generous service allows us to give out what we have received. As a church let’s commit to making space for God: both stepping into God’s presence (open heart) and stepping out in generous action (open hands).
TODAY'S SERVICES
Open Hands, Open Heart
Lent 5 - Sowing Seeds, Bearing Fruit
Luke 8:1-15
9am Holy Communion
Lead: Grace Bally Balogun
Preach: Amedee Ruey
Hymns: 277, 154, 432
10.30am Morning Worship
Lead: Andy Buckler
Preach: Amedee Ruey
5pm French Connect
Lead: Andy Buckler
Preach: Corinne Chellemobrom
7pm Create
More than Words: Who runs the world?
Lead: Paul Thomas
Preach: Juliette Colas
FARSI TRANSLATION ON SUNDAYS
Each Sunday we aim to offer live translation of the 10.30 am service into Farsi.
To access this, please follow this link at the time of the service:
عزيزانى كه در كليسا حضور ندارند مى توانند از لينك زوم استفاده كنند و به زوم وصل شوند و ترجمه مراسم را گوش كنند با
سپاس كليساى سنت بارناباس
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85271717355?pwd=Z2svWG9pYWRlSmdjMjJXV0NIejhrQT09
Meeting ID: 852 7171 7355
Passcode: 270176
THIS WEEK
Each morning at 8am – Morning Prayer on Zoom (link on Prayer Page)
Tuesday 7am – Early Morning Prayer
Tuesday 10am - Barnies Soft Play
Saturday 10am - Family Fun Day
Sunday 29th March
9am Holy Communion
10:30am Morning Worship
5pm French Connect
7pm Create
NOTICES
GIFT DAY
A huge thank you to everyone who has given so far to our annual Gift Day. So far around £30,000 has been given! This is wonderful, but there is still a long way to go. If you have not yet contributed, please take time to pray about how much you can give.
For more information about Gift Day and to give online, go to: stbk.org.uk/giftday2026 . You may also give using the forms available in church with the Sunday news sheet. Every gift will be gratefully received.
WildLife Patterns: Live Life with God - FASTING
It is our final week of WildLife Patterns: Live Life with God and we will be exploring fasting with the children. We will be reading and learning about Jesus' example of fasting in Matthew Chapter 4 and also some of what Isaiah shares in Chapter 58 about 'True Fasting'. During WildLife, rather than focusing on fasting from food (although there will be a small challenge for the children to overcome!), we will think about fasting in terms of letting go/giving up something to take up something else. Fasting from something to feast on time with God. To help to capture this, the children will be making and then playing their own version of a well known board game - with a bit of a twist! More to be revealed on Sunday morning at our 10:30am service... Do come and join us!
PCC AND DEANERY SYNOD
This year we will be electing a number of new members of the PCC (church council), and representatives to the Deanery synod (gathering of local churches). Anyone who is on the electoral roll is eligible to stand. If you feel God might be calling you to serve in either capacity, please let us know by contacting tania@stbk.org.uk
SAYING GOODBYE
David and Alison Sola will sadly be leaving London at the end of March in order to return to the US. They have been a part of the St Barnabas family for many years, and for the last few years David has been at the heart of church life as a member of the PCC and church warden. We will be taking special time during the 10.30am service on Sunday 22nd March to pray for God’s blessing on them as they step into the next chapter of God’s plans.
TESTIMONIES
As a follow on from our series ‘From God with Love’ we want to be more intentional in sharing testimonies of what God is or has been doing in our lives, what he is saying to us, how he has opened up doors of opportunity and shown us his love… If you have a story to share, please send it to us using this new email address: testimonies@stbk.org.uk. Thank you!
HOUSE SITTER
Are you looking for an honest, responsible and mature person to take care of your home while you are away for extended periods? Angela McGahan (member of STBK, former teacher and artist designer) is looking for lodgings. She has 15 years of house and pet sitting and would be delighted to chat about how you might work together. Please contact the church office for more details info@stbk.org.uk. [Contact: angela@angelamcgahan.com or 07794 148835].
EASTER AT STBK
We warmly invite you to join us this Easter! Please note the dates of our Holy Week and Easter services and pray about those you might invite to come on Easter Sunday. Publicity will be available for distribution shortly. More details on stbk.org.uk/easter
Family Fun Day: Saturday 28th March 10am-12pm
You are warmly invited to our next St Barnabas Family Fun Day on Saturday 28th March from 10am. As always, there will be fun for all of the family with soft play, bouncy castle, games and activities, special Spring inspired arts and crafts, and refreshments! Please extend an invitation to families and friends to join us. We look forward to seeing you there!
At St Barnabas, we are a vibrant and diverse community, passionate about
WELCOMING all in Jesus’ name, GROWING TOGETHER as his disciples,
and STEPPING OUT in God’s mission to all nations.