St.
Barnabas is a welcoming Episcopal church of about 100 members. It was
founded on April 23, 1975 by retirees who settled in Borrego Springs as
part-time residents.
For the first 10 years the St Barnabas
community did not have a house of worship. As Frances Brainerd wrote on the first 20 years of our history, beginning
on “April 23, 1975 the first 11 committed members met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Fletcher III... On June 11, 1975 the first service in a church was
the Holy Eucharist, celebrated on St. Barnabas day, in the Methodist Community
Church at the invitation of the Reverend Albert E. Jansen, pastor... In April of
1976, at the invitation of Father Lawrence Gatt, worship in St. Richard’s
Catholic Church began” which lasted until 1986.
Our beautiful church and parish hall were built
in 1986.
