Facilities and features
Accessibility
We have separate toilets for men and women. We also have a toilet for the disabled with a disabled entrance. All of these are in the Parish Hall which was refurbished to comply with the Disability Discrimation Act 2010.
Our car park can accommodate 24 cars on a first-come-first-serve basis during services.
We have a disabled toilet with disabled entrance in the Parish Hall.
There is a public telephone outside the church near the entrance to the car park.
The church entrance has a ramp for wheelchair users. The Hall is accessible to wheelchair users.
The church is equipped with a hearing loop system.
Large print Mass booklets and Hymbooks are available.
Hearing dogs and assistance dogs are allowed. We have Pets Service on the First Sunday of October to bless pets and their owners.
We are a dementia friendly church.
Our Building
Our Parish War Memorial is a Grade II listed building.
Music and Worship
The 9:30 Sunday Sung Mass is accompanied by an accomplished organist who plays an organ voluntary at the end of the Mass.
St Barnabas is a favourite venue for the ABRSM Exams because of its very good acoustics.
In 1946 an organ was purchased from a bombed out church in Walthamstow. It was rebuilt and was used until 1968 when it came to the end of its useful life. Its parts were used to build the present organ. A separate console was added with two manuals and radial pedals. The tracker was replaced with the electro-pneumatic action.
The BCP is used in our 8:00 am Morning Prayer and 6:00 pm Evening Prayers daily.
Groups, Courses and Activities
Catechism - instructions to be learned before Baptism and Confirmation. Scheduled when there are 4 or more Candidates.
They meet in our Scout Hut on Tuesdays.
Beavers Colony - Tuesday 5pm - 6pm.
Fund Raising events are advertised when they occur.
They meet in our Scout Hut on Tuesdays.
Cub Scouts - Tuesday 6pm - 7:30pm.
This is an ongoing course based on the Catechism (BCP) leading to Baptism and or Confirmation. We do this in a one to one or in a group setting.
We have the Senior Citizens' Luncheon Club which meet every Friday at 12:30 pm when hot lunch is served for just £4 per person in the Parish Hall. There is no membership fee.
We have a Scout Hut which is used by Uniformed organisations on Tuesdays:
46th Epping Forest South Scouts - Tuesday 7:30pm.
Help for Visitors
9:00 am - 10:00 am
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm (The church will be closed in the evening from 17 July 2022).
Other Features
We have a small scale Mercy Ministry (Food Bank) where we help the homeless and the needy with some food stuff.
Hall bookings for Weekdays, please contact Jane Davies on 02085015413.
Hall bookings for Weekends, please call Patricia Obedoza on 02036594023.