outreach & serviceLoving our Neighbors. Serving our Community.
Our life together extends beyond our church walls. Through meals, community partnerships, advocacy, environmental stewardship, and the sharing of our resources, St. Barnabas seeks to be an active partner in the life of Falmouth.
Serving Our Neighbors
A Place at the Table: Twice each week, volunteers from Saint Barnabas and other faith communities prepare and serve a free lunch in our Great Hall. Partnerships with the Duffy Health Center and local social-service organizations connect guests with additional services. A Place at the Table Details →
The Behrens Fund: Saint Barnabas provides financial support to nonprofit organizations addressing needs in Falmouth and beyond. The Fund reflects a long-standing commitment to using parish resources in service to the wider community. Recent recipients include Falmouth Farming, providing food for those in need, the Brazilian Resource Center “street ministry,” and Bridge Cove Clinic, offering healthcare to the immigrant community.
Belonging to Each Other: A recipient of Behrens Fund support, BTEO provides guidance and practical assistance to individuals transitioning into permanent housing and operates from a parish-owned home on our campus.
Justice & Creation
Social Justice Ministry: Formalized in 2025, this ministry encourages education, advocacy, and community partnerships. Parishioners have participated in the Sacred Ground dialogue series, supported our Drum Majors for Justice speakers program, worked with organizations promoting racial equity, supported local immigrant families, encouraged civic engagement, and established a Social Justice Lending Library in the Parish House. Social Justice Ministry Details →
Creation Care Ministry: As stewards of Planet Earth, our permaculture garden, created by more than sixty volunteers, celebrates biodiversity and provides another way for parishioners to care for the land entrusted to us. Creation Care Ministry Details →
Stewarding Our Shared Resources
Property Ministry: For more than a century, the beauty and serenity of the St Barnabas campus, which includes nearly six acres of land and seven building, has inspired parishioners on their spiritual journey. The Property Ministry manages, maintains, and Ieverages the physical buildings and land as sacred assets. Property Ministry Details →
Parish Archiving Project: Since 2020, parish volunteers have worked to digitize historical records and photographs and share the history of St. Barnabas through exhibitions in the wider community.
Community Use of Our Campus: Preschool, the Upper Cape Chaplaincy, yoga, Al-Anon, AA, and other community organizations regularly use our buildings.
Making St. Barnabas Accessible
Virtual Worship Ministry: Ensuring that all can have access to our wonderful services from the comfort an convenience of their home. Virtual Worship Ministry Details →
These ministries vary widely, but together they reflect something central to St. Barnabas: we do not see ourselves as separate from the community around us. We want to be an active partner in the life of Falmouth.
connectParticipate in Ministries
Being involved in a ministry that speaks to you is a wonderful way to connect with other parishioners and to answer the call that we all have ‘to serve’.
Contact the church administrator who can guide you when you are ready to serve.