If you are looking for a place that feels like home, a place where friends remember your name and become excited when they see you across the patio... If this is the kind of place you’ve been searching for, welcome home. We are truly glad you are here.

Our Sunday mornings begin with a traditional Rite One Eucharist from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. The service includes a full sermon, some choir music and the occasional hymn to sing.

Our largest service of the day is our 10:15am service which utilizes the Rite Two worship. The language is more contemporary, the music surrounds us from our full parish choir from start to finish, acolytes assist in the worship along with Lay Readers & LEMs and we all gather to rejoice in God's love for us and our fath as a community.

Join us each 3rd Thursday of the month at 6:30pm in the church to chant Evensong. The Evensongs last only 40 minutes and we will enjoy the Parish Choir's participation as well.

Choirs and Instrumental Ensembles
Parish Choir – The Saint Barnabas Choir contributes choral music ranging from Gregorian chant to newly composed anthems at our Sunday morning services. The choir also performs major choral works at concerts during the year.

Youth Choir – The St. Barnabas Youth Choir - sings monthly at the Sunday morning service and leads the music for children’s chapel. Children also perform in the annual St. Barnabas Youth Spring Musical.

Handbells - The Saint Barnabas Intergenerational Handbell Choir adds significantly to the worship services of the parish as well as creating a strong sense of community within the members of the group.

Musical Instruments

The Church Organ was built by Casavant Frers of St. Hyacinthe, Canada.

3 manuals/37 ranks
Electro-pneumatic chest action
61 note keyboards
32 note pedalboard (concave and radiating)

The Chapel Organ was built in 2000 by Jan van Daalen of Prescott, Arizona.

2 manuals/11 ranks
Mechanical Key action
Mechanical Stop action
56 note keyboards
30 note pedalboard (flat)

The Carillon
The 25-bell carillon was dedicated October 7, 2006 with a concert by one of America’s foremost carillonneurs, James Welch. The 4,074 pounds of bells, forged by a Dutch foundry, now play electronically on the hour from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., but there are plans for manually performed carillon recitals from time to time.

St. Barnabas’ set features a dozen bells distributed on four levels facing the northwest and 13 bells on four levels facing the southwest. Cables lead down to the tower’s tiny room where the carillonneur performs at the console. For automatic or programmed music, a computerized system uses pneumatics to force air through tubes to move the batons so they pull the cables.

Audio of our services is available on our web site along with information on our Concert Series.

Are you new to St. Barnabas? New to the Valley? We hope that you'll come and experience the warmth, hospitality and joy that is our life in Christ here at St. Barnabas. We look forward to the opportunity to get to know you better.

Visit ... saintbarnabas.org

The Episcopal Parish of
Saint Barnabas on the Desert
6715 North Mockingbird Lane
Scottsdale, Arizona 85253
Phone: 480-948-5560

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