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:

Sunday, May 24th, Whitsunday (Feast of Pentecost); Divine Service: 10:30 AM

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Collect for Whitsunday:

O God, who didst teach the hearts of Thy faithful people by sending to them the light of Thy Holy Spirit, grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things and evermore to rejoice in His holy comfort; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who with Thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

Monday of Exaudi, May 18th

“‘Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.'”
Psalm for Exaudi: Psalm 27
Today’s Reading: St. John 10:17-21 

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)

May 1st: Feast of St. Philip and St. James, Apostles

May 2nd: Commemoration of Athanasius of Alexandra, Pastor and Confessor

May 4th: Commemoration of Friedrich Wyneken, Pastor and Missionary

May 5th: Commemoration of Frederick the Wise, Christian Ruler

May 7th: Commemoration of C.F.W Walther, Theologian

May 9th: Commemoration of Job

May 11th: Commemoration of Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs

May 21st: Commemoration of Emperor Constantine, Christian Ruler, and Helena, Mother of Constantine

May 24th: Commemoration of Esther

May 25th: Commemoration of Bede the Venerable, Theologian

May 31st: Feast of the Visitation