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St. Barnabas Anglican Church celebrates Easter this Sunday

Friday, March 29, 2013


St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Shoreline will celebrate the joy of Christ’s Resurrection on Easter Sunday, March 31.

There will be just one service beginning at 9am. An Easter brunch will follow the celebration of Holy Communion.

A service of New Light with Holy Community at 7pm on Holy Saturday, April 7, celebrates the transition from the darkness of Jesus in the tomb to the miracle of his Easter Resurrection.

Our Shoreline neighbors are invited to join us for these special services.

St. Barnabas is located at 2340 N. 155th St. For more information, please call Fr. Harley Crain at 206-365-6565.


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St. Barnabas Anglican Church begins observance of Lent on Ash Wednesday

Monday, February 11, 2013



Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent - the season of penitence before Good Friday and Easter – with a service of imposition of ashes.

St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Shoreline will have two Ash Wednesday services February 13 at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

The annual Shrove Tuesday pancake supper at 6 p.m. today will mark the end of the pre-Lenten season.

From Feb. 19 to March 19, soup suppers with a time of fellowship with prayer, devotions, and discussion will be held Tuesdays at 6 p.m.

Our Shoreline neighbors are invited to join us – and for Holy Week and Easter services that will follow in late March.

St. Barnabas is located at 2340  N. 155th St. For more information, call Fr. Harley Crain at 206-365-6565.





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St. Barnabas celebrates 40 years in the community

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Rev. John Pafford at a
home worship service
Parishioners at St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Shoreline celebrated the 40th anniversary of the parish at 2340 N 155th St this fall.


St. Barnabas Anglican Church was established in 1972 by local residents who attended St. Paul’s Anglican Catholic Church in Bellevue, but wanted a parish that was closer to them.

Fr. John Hamers in 1976 in the newly constructed
church in Shoreline
Their goal – today still a primary focus at St. Barnabas – was a parish that perpetuates the best of the rich Anglican theological and liturgical traditions, including use of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.

Rev. (later Bishop) John Pafford, rector of St. Paul’s, visited once a month to celebrate Holy Communion. Deacon Enright Lorenz conducted weekly worship services.

The nave of the newly constructed church. 1976

Later that year, John Hamers, one of the original six, was ordained to the Diaconate and promptly called as minister-in-charge of St. Barnabas. (Deacon Hamers would become a priest and then bishop.)

Services were initially held in the chapels of two local mortuaries and, in 1974, the Vestry began looking for a permanent location north of the Ship Canal and west of Lake Washington.

Fr. Hamers drove several times past by a vacant lot on N. 155th St. –  overgrown by blackberry brambles, with a horse kept by children in a makeshift stall well in the back – before considering this location.

Bishop Kevin Bond Allen, Diocese of Cascadia;
Anglican Archbishop Stephen of Myanmar;
 Fr. Harley Crain, Rector of St. Barnabas Anglican Church;
unidentified parishioner

The Vestry negotiated a price of $10,500. But after a $500 earnest money deposit, Providence intervened and they were able to offer the property owner $9,000 in cash, which he accepted – saving the church $1,000.

Odgers Construction Co. of Lake City built the church shell for $42,000 after St. Barnabas got a $30,000 loan at a time most lenders were loaning to churches. The congregation committed to do all interior finish work.

Bishop Richard Boyce
retired in 2011
Photo by Barbara Kinney
The land was cleared and, after a groundbreaking ceremony, construction began immediately. The necessary additional funds materialized in the form of internal bonds to parishioners and friends of the church.

Once the walls were erected, a concrete cornerstone was laid under the floor where the altar currently stands. The stone encased a Bible, a 1928 Prayer Book, and a membership roster.

The first service in St. Barnabas was held on Trinity Sunday, 1976.

Fr. Harley Crain was installed as rector in 2005 under the Bishop Richard Boyce. Bp. Boyce retired last year and was succeeded by the Rev. Kevin Bond Allen as bishop of the newly formed Diocese of Cascadia, Anglican Church of North America.

“Over the last seven years we have, as a congregation, grown more committed to our traditional liturgy and practice as the secular incursion into religious practice has become more pressing,” says Fr. Crain. 
“Our 1928 Book of Common Prayer heritage is important to our core identity, along with organ-based 1940-hymnal congregational singing, and our Matins (Morning Prayer)/Eucharist service."

A parishioner at Nigerian Sunday
St. Barnabas has had missionary ties with Nigeria and The Philippines. Nigerian Sunday at St. Barnabas each summer celebrates the rich traditions of Nigerian Anglicans in the Seattle area.

A local church mission has reached out to the memory care dementia facility near the church, and the congregation provides Thanksgiving meals to five families at Parkwood Elementary School every year.

Archbishop Stephen of Myanmar
Bishop Kevin Bond Allen
2012

Another outreach adopted by the congregation is an annual caravan to Mary's Place in downtown Seattle to join them for Santa's visit and their Christmas party, bringing gifts for the children and cosmetics, and personal care items for all members of Mary's Place.

And a new outreach mission is being planned at St. Barnabas to serve “a population often forgotten by the organized church,” Fr. Harley adds, “to meet the spiritual and community needs of physically and mentally ‘differently abled’ members of our community.”


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Blessing of the Animals at St. Barnabas Anglican Church this Sunday

Friday, October 5, 2012

People and pets gathering for the Blessing of the Animals
Photo by Barbara Kinney


The annual Blessing of the Animals at St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Shoreline will be held immediately following the 10:30 a.m. service – about noon – this Sunday, Oct. 7.

Shoreline-area residents are invited to bring their pets to St. Barnabas for a blessing, or to have their pets at home prayed for by name.

Cats and other small animals should be in carriers and dogs on leash.

Fr. Crain
Photo by Barbara Kinney

This special event is held on the Sunday on or near the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi – the patron saint of animals – which is Oct. 4.

St. Francis is identified as a humble servant of Christ who took a vow of poverty and is known for his great love and concern for all of God’s creatures.

“It is fitting that on his feast day we would give God thanks for the blessings of His creation,” said Fr. Harley Crain, rector. 
“This is a time when we can pray for the care and safety of God’s creatures, who are a gift from God. We recognize the blessings that our animals bring to us and pray for God’s care over His creatures.”

The day is a time to celebrate not only our pets but also “the Lord’s magnificent handiwork,” Fr. Crain added.

St. Barnabas Anglican Church is located at 2340 N. 155th St. For more information, please call Fr. Crain at 206-365-6565.


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St. Barnabas annual rummage sale this Saturday

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

St. Barnabas Anglican Church Annual Rummage Sale is this Saturday


It is early fall again – time for the annual rummage sale this Saturday, Sept. 29, at St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Shoreline.

Community residents are invited to this parish “garage sale” from 9am to 4pm. The church is at 2340 N 155th St in Shoreline, across from Twin Ponds Park.

For more information, call Fr. Harley Crain, Rector, 206-365-6565.


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St. Barnabas Anglican Church “Better Than Junk” Sale Saturday

Friday, August 3, 2012

Shoreline residents wanting to shop for bargains and avoid Seafair traffic downtown are invited to a “Better Than Junk Trunk Sale” at St. Barnabas Anglican Church Saturday, August 4, 2012.

The event will run from 9am to 4pm in the parking lot and north lot of the church at 2340 N 155th St. There is no fee to participate.

Beyond finding “treasures” that others no longer want, the trunk sale offers a day of summer fun with opportunities for to meet your neighbors. 

For more information, call Fr. Harley Crain, Rector, 206-365-6565.


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Nigerian Sunday Celebration is July 29 at St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Shoreline

Saturday, July 28, 2012

All are welcome
Photo by Barbara Kinney
Nigerians from the greater Seattle area together with Shoreline residents are invited to the annual Nigerian Sunday celebration at St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Shoreline July 29.

Fr. Godson Ofoegbu will preach at the single 10:30 a.m. service. The Rt. Rev. Kevin Bond Allen, bishop of the Diocese of Cascadia, will celebrate Holy Eucharist.

Nigerian choruses and drumming again will be highlights of this special service. 

Photo by Barbara Kinney
A special meal featuring authentic Nigerian dishes will be served in the Fellowship Hall following the service.

St. Barnabas is located at 2340 N 155th St. For more information, call Fr. Harley Crain, Rector, 206-365-6565.



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Anglican Archbishop of Myanmar to preach at St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Shoreline Tuesday

Sunday, May 20, 2012


St. Barnabas in Shoreline is across from Twin Ponds Park at 1st Ave NE


Archbishop Stephen Than Myint Oo, leader of the Anglican Province of Myanmar, will preach at a special celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, at St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Shoreline.

The service will follow a private meeting with clergy from the Diocese of Cascadia, Anglican Church of North America. The Rt. Rev. Kevin Bond Allen, Bishop of Cascadia, will be the celebrant.

“Archbishop Stephen has a compelling story of faith and perseverance and faith,” said Fr. Harley Crain, rector of St. Barnabas. This will be Archbishop Stephen’s second visit to St. Barnabas. 
“Myanmar [formerly Burma] is at the crossroads of big change,” Archbishop Stephen said recently, according to the Anglican Communion News Service. “It is more important than ever that people remember us in prayer."

He said the church must hold onto Christian ethics and values – especially love, unity and community – in the midst of this change. 

“Together we must be more active and more conscious, and there must be more learning and more cooperation."

St. Barnabas is located at 2340 N 155th St. For more information, call Fr. Crain, 206.365.6565.



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Holy Week services at St. Barnabas Anglican

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

White Lilies. Photo by
Steven H. Robinson
St. Barnabas Anglican Church Celebrates Easter after Holy Week Services

St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Shoreline will celebrate the joy of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday, April 8.

There will be only one service at 9 a.m. Easter brunch will follow the celebration of Holy Communion.

Our Shoreline neighbors are invited to join us then, and for all services during Holy Week – as the passion of the Christ and His death are remembered – leading to Easter morning.

Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday services at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on April 1, which start with the blessing of the palms and the procession recalling Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

On Maundy Thursday, April 5, a service of Holy Communion at 7 p.m. will commemorate the Last Supper of Jesus and the apostles before His crucifixion.

A silent prayer vigil at the Alter of Repose will follow this service and continue until noon Good Friday, April 6.

Two services of the Stations of the Cross, when the steps of Jesus on the way to his death are retraced, will be at noon and 7 p.m. on Good Friday.

A service of New Light with Holy Community at 7 p.m. on Holy Saturday, April 7, celebrates the transition from the darkness of Jesus in the tomb to the miracle of his Easter Resurrection.




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Ash Wednesday services begin Lent at St. Barnabas Anglican Church

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Ash Wednesday services (Feb. 22) at St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Shoreline, with the liturgy of the Imposition of Ashes, will begin the observance of Lent.

Services will be at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. St. Barnabas is located at 2340 N. 155th St.

Weekly soup suppers including a Lenten devotional and service of Compline will be at 6 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 28 and March 6,13, 20 and 27.

Tonight’s (Feb. 21) annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at 6 p.m. marks the transition to the Lenten period of penitence – the 40 days from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, the day before Easter. (Sundays are not included in this number.)

Our Shoreline neighbors are welcome to the Pancake Supper and all our observances of Lent. Sunday Holy Communion services are at 8 and 10:30 a.m.



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Nigerian Sunday at St. Barnabas

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Updated 9-9-2011 12:52am




Annual Nigerian Sunday Will be September 11 at St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Shoreline 

St. Barnabas Anglican Church invites the Shoreline community – especially Nigerians who live in the surrounding area – to join us for our Annual Nigerian Sunday September 11. 

This special service and celebration of faith starts at 10:30 a.m. at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 2340 N 155th St. 

Fr. Godson Ofoegbu of Olympia will be a special guest. The service will include Nigerian choruses and drumming, prayers and intercession, thanksgiving and Holy Community. 

Nigerian dishes will be served following the service. 

Fr. Harley Crain is rector of St. Barnabas, which is part of the Anglican Church of North America.





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St. Barnabas Anglican Invites community to Annual Church Picnic

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Fr. Harley Crain helps with a treasure hunt at the 2010 picnic
Summer is the time to celebrate friendship and community at a neighborhood picnic.

St. Barnabas Anglican Church invites our Shoreline neighbors to the Annual Church Picnic this Sunday, July 17, following the 10:30 am service.

Join us at Noon for hamburgers, hotdogs, summer salads, and desserts – and games and other outdoor fun, especially for the kids.

Games at the 2010 picnic.
St. Barnabas, located at 2340 N 155th Street, is a caring community, grounded in scripture and the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. 

We are part of the Anglican Church of North America.

Visitors are always welcome.

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St. Barnabas Anglican Church will celebrate Pentecost Sunday

Friday, June 10, 2011

St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Shoreline will celebrate Pentecost Sunday (June 12) at both the 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services.

Pentecost – one of the most ancient feasts of the Christian Church – commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ after his Resurrection and Ascension.

Sometimes called the birthday of the Church, it was on the first Pentecost Sunday, 50 days after Easter, when the Church began to grow.

St. Barnabas, located at 2340 N. 155th Street, is part of the Anglican Church of North America. Visitors are always welcome.

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St. Barnabas Anglican Church will observe Rogation Sunday and Ascension Day

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Services at St. Barnabas Anglican Church in Shoreline will observe two special days on the Christian liturgical calendar this week.

May 29 is Rogation Sunday. The 10:30 am service will begin with a traditional “beat the bounds” procession around the parish grounds and prayers for its protection in the coming year.

The observance of Rogation Sunday – a time to invoke God’s mercy – dates to the early church. Its name comes from the Latin verb rogare, “to ask.”

Ascension Day on Thursday, June 2, will be observed at 6 pm with the liturgy that commemorates Jesus ascending into heaven 40 days after his resurrection.

St. Barnabas is at 2340 N 155th Street, Shoreline WA 98133. Visitors are welcome at all services.


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