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.

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Wednesday, February 18th, Ash Wednesday; Evening Prayer: 7:00 PM.

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Lord Jesus Christ, Your kingdom is not of this world, and You command us to trust not in princes. Keep us always mindful that our citizenship is in heaven, from which we eagerly wait for You, our Savior. Keep us from being conformed to the ways of this world so that we look to You for all good, and find refuge in Your protection. Strengthen our faith in Your promise of the new heaven and earth, where the righteous dwell, so that our hope, being set in You, would set us free to truly love, serve, bless, care for, and have compassion on our neighbors. Amen. 

(prayer is by Rev. Brian Wolfmueller)

Collect for Ash Wednesday:

Almighty and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that Thou hast made and dost forgive the sins of all those who are penitent, create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of Thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

Upcoming 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)

February 13: Commemoration of Aquila, Priscilla, Apollos

February 14: Commemoration of Valentine, Martyr

February 15: Commemoration of Philemon and Onesimus

February 16: Commemoration of the birth of Philipp Melanchthon, Confessor

February 18: Commemoration of Martin Luther, Doctor and Confessor

February 23: Commemoration of Polycarp of Smyrna, Pastor and Martyr

February 24: Feast of St. Matthias, Apostle