Welcome to Saint Barnabas Lutheran Church!  We are a confessional, liturgical Lutheran church in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, determined to know “nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2).  For more information about our beliefs, please click the About page.

Announcements:

Saturday, August 21st; Evening Communion Service: 7:00 PM

Sunday, August 23rd, The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity; Divine Service: 10:30 AM

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Collect for The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity:

O God, forsamuch as without Thee we are not able to please Thee, mercifully grant that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Our Lord, who liveth and reigneth Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen  

Sunday of Trinity XI, August 16th:

“God, be merciful to me, a sinner”
Psalm for Trinity XI: Psalm 68
Today’s Reading: St. Luke 18: 9-14

This Month’s Feasts, Festivals, & Commemorations:

“Our churches teach that the remembrance of the saints is to be commended in order that we may imitate their faith and good works according to our calling.” – Augsburg Confession XXI (cf. Lutheran Service Book xii-xiii; xxii-xxiii)

August 3rd: Commemoration of Joanna, Mary, and Salome, Myrhhbearers

August 10th: Commemoration of Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr

August 15th: Feast of St. Mary, Mother of Our Lord

August 16th: Commemoration of Isaac

August 17th: Commemoration Johann Gerhard, Theologian

August 19th: Commemoration of Bernard of Clairvaux, Hymnwriter and Theologian

August 20th: Commemoration of Samuel

August 24th: Feast of St. Bartholomew, Apostle

August 27th: Commemoration of Monica, Mother of Augustine

August 28th: Commemoration of Augustine of Hippo, Pastor and Theologian

August 29th: Feast of the The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist