Holy Trinity & St Barnabas Scottish Episcopal Church, Paisley

Welcome to Holy Trinity & St Barnabas Church – an inclusive and welcoming church. A member of of the Scottish Episcopal Church.

SERVICES & CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TIMES:

SUNDAY MORNINGS at 10: 30 am Choral Communion in our Church.

WEDNESDAY MORNINGS we have a said Communion Service at 10: 30 am in our Church Hall that lasts about 30 minutes.

We have a CHORAL EVENSONG on the last Sunday of each month at 4 pm led by our excellent choir (excluding the months of July, August and December).

We have a coffee time of refreshment and fellowship after every Sunday service.

We invite all people to worship with us, and all who have been baptized with water in the name of the Holy Trinity are welcome to take Communion, no matter what age or denomination

GODLY PLAY for children 31 /2 to 13 takes place in our upper halls Sunday mornings at 10: 30 am during the school terms.

We also have a Creche area in the church for toddlers to colour and play during our worship services.

Whether you are a life-long Episcopalian /Anglican seeking a new ‘home’ or someone just beginning to explore what a relationship with God might mean, we hope you will feel at ease with us.

We are part of the Scottish Episcopal Church which traces its history back to the beginnings of Christianity in Scotland and is a member of the world-wide Anglican Communion – a family of some 70 million Christians in more than 160 countries.

There has been an organised Episcopalian presence in Paisley since 1817 when the congregation of Holy Trinity was founded. After the partial repeal of the penal laws in 1792, Episcopalians in Paisley and the surrounding area began to think about having their own clergyman. At that time, to attend church, they had to travel to St Andrew’s by the Green in Glasgow to worship at the only qualified chapel in the area. In 1817, the Reverend William Wade was sent to Paisley by the then Bishop of Edinburgh, Fife and Glasgow and by 1833 a church had been erected and named Holy Trinity. The building was extended in the 1880s with the addition of a large chancel and choir under the patronage of the Earl of Glasgow. Around 1930 a small hall (or Choir Room) was added.

In 2003, the decision was taken to merge the congregation of Paisley’s St Barnabas Church (Castle Street) with that of Holy Trinity. St Barnabas’ building closed on Palm Sunday 2004. The new congregation of Saint Barnabas & Holy Trinity, meeting in the former building of Holy Trinity, was officially launched at the Easter Vigil in 2004 by Bishop Idris Jones.

Our new Bishop Court Halls were constructed in 2009-2010 and include a large main hall with commercial style kitchen along with two smaller upper rooms for meetings.

Our current Rector is the Reverend Dr Tom Wilson, who became our rector in 2012, after immigrating to Scotland with his from Canada.