Welcome to St.Barnabas Church, Danesmoor.

St. Barnabas Church is part of the North Wingfield Team Ministry

This consists of 5 churches: St. Lawrence, North Wingfield, St. Bartholomew's, Clay Cross, St. Mary's, Pilsley and St. John's, Tupton. All the churches are committed to the New Wine visions and values. There are some aspects of ministry which are best done within a community by the local church and some aspects are best done as a team. We actively seek opportunities to work together.

St Barnabas Centre was opened in November 2007

It is a modern purpose built community hub and church. The Centre was built upon the site of the Victorian-built church. A number of original features where incorporated into the new building, including an original stained glass window depicting Saint Barnabas and a font which is now located in the peace garden. Two new stained glass windows were commissioned by the congregation and designed by David Pilkington.

The St Barnabas Centre's aim is to allow the local community to flourish by providing a modern state of the art venue.

The Centre houses St Barnabas Church and St Barnabas Nursery as well as being home to many local community groups including the Darby and Joan Club and Danesmoor Youth Club. The Centre is used by the community for birthday parties, functions, weddings, meetings and conferences.

“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 says: But how can we be still, what does it mean to be still? Is it to stop dashing around, doing this and that and the other. Always in hurry, always busy, never stopping to listen to God and be still. I confess that I am a naturally active person, I sit and read my Bible and pray every morning wherever I may be. I will often listen to music whilst doing a jigsaw puzzle, I do rest when watching a film from my DVD collection and be still, when reading a book. I love group prayers and discussion of the scriptures, but when do I stop, shut up and listen. There is a line in the first animated Shrek film where the princess points out that the Donkey speaks. Shrek says “The trick is to get him to shut up.” Lord help me to listen to you and to others, properly.
Leaving space for God to speak to us is one of the hardest things ever and allowing others to speak can be equally hard at times. We like to make our voice and point of view paramount in conversation; as if no one or any-thing else really matters, not even God, if we are not careful. He understands, of course he does. We tell ourselves. He knows me, he knows what I’m like. He’ll forgive my rudeness. “Be still and know that I am God.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1 Reminds us “To everything there is a season.”...then it goes on to state a long list of situations and their opposites. Verse 7b speaks of “a time to be silent and a time to speak.” Notice the “silent” comes first. James the Lord’s older brother reminds us in his letter chapter 1: 26 about those who seem religious among us “If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.” NKJV Lord help me to be wise.
Let us all be wise and not foolish in how we present ourselves to others. When one looks in a mirror, you see a reflection of yourself. You can carry on talking, the mirror will reflect your mouth moving but no sound will come out of the reflection. That can sometimes be like us when listening to others, we see their lips moving, but don’t hear what comes out of their mouths. The more we speak the less we hear.
Is it not our honour and privilege in life, to reflect the goodness of God and not ourselves? To be still, is to be quiet before God and let him speak into your heart. We should practice that in our gatherings too, like in our Sunday services and when we meet for pray. Listen to God, listen to one another. Listen to the small still voice. Then share what you have learnt and listen again.
As we go through this lovely Summer month of July, let us practice being still before God in all that we do. Be reflective of his goodness to us and all the many blessings we receive daily. Let us be kind and generous with our time and energy to others. Let us wait upon the Lord and renew our strength. Amen