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Welcome to St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church of the Deaf.  St. Barnabas' serves the deaf and hard-of-hearing community in the District of Columbia and nearby Maryland.  Our worship services are in American Sign Language.  Holy Eucharist is given weekly at St. John's Norwood in Bethesda, Md.  St. Barnabas' also provides a campus ministry at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. 

New: 2010 ECD Video Ministry Overview and ECD Materials Order Form (print and mail)

New: 2010 ECD Convention Photos!

Photos of St. Barnabas 150th Anniversary Celebration on August 30, 2009

Also new: we have now have a Facebook group named "St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church of the Deaf".  (The Facebook group does not replace the website; both will be maintained.)

View Church Photo Album

View Photo Album of 2008 Episcopal Conference of the Deaf Convention (at NTID in Rochester NY -- photos courtesy of the Rev. Roy Brown)

 


Streaming videos above: 
November 22, 2009 Holy Eucharist Service 
Ecumenical Deaf Children's Bible Story Group Christmas Pageant of December 14, 2008 meeting at St. John's Norwood Episcopal Church
Ecumenical Deaf Children's Bible Story Group of November 23 2008 meeting at St. John's Norwood Episcopal Church
Announcements from Palm Sunday Service 2008 during visitation by our Bishop John Bryson Chane, followed by a Morning Prayer Service in June 2008 led by Lay Eucharistic Minister Tom Hattaway
Palm Sunday Service 2007
with guest priest the Rev. Dr. Roger Pickering.
 Advent Service on December 10 2006 including short clips of members working in the sacristy and then attending an Advent Study led by the Rev. Barbara Allen.
Coffee Hour study on October 1 2006 led in American Sign Language by Dr. Mary Malzkuhn, who is a retired Gallaudet professor.   
a Holy Eucharistservice on August 27, 2006 led by the Rev. Barbara Allen including historic reenactment speeches by the Rev. Thomas Gallaudet (played by Jim Lindsay) and the first deaf priest, the Rev. Henry Winter Syle (played by Steve Holst.)   Gallaudet and Syle share a feast day on August 27.  See video archives for more streaming videos.





 

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