MEET THE BARROWS

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by Jameson and Courtney Barrow

Jameson and Courtney are first generation Texans who have lived in and around the Metroplex their whole lives. They met in Dallas in 2006 and were married on the beach in Pawley’s Island, South Carolina, in April 2010.

Courtney is the former Graphic Designer and Director of Communications for Church of the Incarnation and the new Director of Communications for Wonderland Montessori, a collection of several Montessori schools around the country. She also holds prominent board positions on both a local chapter of her sorority (Gamma Phi Beta) and the local branch of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). Jameson is a former chef, but spends these days as a REALTOR working with Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate. He enjoys helping people through the home-buying process and especially likes working with first-time home-buyers.

Jameson is an avid fan of slow cooked meats and spends entirely too much time using his smoker and sous vide circulator to create meals that his children don’t really care about and his wife won’t eat anyway (she’s a vegetarian). He is also a die-hard Dallas Stars fan, self-proclaimed beer aficionado, and an audiophile. Courtney is a HUGE animal lover and also enjoys spending much of her time urban homesteading – working in their pollinator and vegetable garden, vermicomposting, and spending time with her flock of chickens. They share their home with their two children, Dechlan (10), and Adelaide (5), as well as a cat, three dogs, three lizards, and twenty chickens. Dechlan enjoys Legos, coding, and playing the piano. Adelaide enjoys crafting, singing, and all things pink. Both children also enjoy helping in the garden and chicken coop, and assisting their parents with creating homesteading themed videos for the Barrow Family Homestead Instagram page. They are both students at Alcuin School. As for many others, the pandemic of 2020 marked a major upheaval in the lives of the Barrows. Having multiple family members who were high risk, they opted to take their children out of school, a change that would continue for nearly two semesters. Courtney spent much of her time working to teach their children; Jameson put most of his work on hold as well. During this time they also redirected their spiritual life to one based online. Months later and armed with vaccinations, they began discussing a return to “church normalcy” and found that they were feeling somewhat unfulfilled with their spiritual lives. Having heard about the Sturdy family moving to a new church and being quite enamored with it, they decided to look into some digital worship services at Transfiguration. In-person services followed closely behind. Soon after, they made the change official, and have been happily attending since.

What initially attracted the Barrows to their new home of worship was the unprecedented inclusivity. Having attended Episcopal churches for many years, they were interested in keeping with a church that felt “universal”. They had no idea that a church could feel so inclusive and universally accepting as Transfiguration, though. In a time when it felt that the world was divide, and that many of those claiming to follow the example of Christ’s love were quite unaccepting of any people who were remotely different, it was refreshing to find a community who truly strives to live up to the example and message of Jesus. The Barrows are settling in to their new spiritual home; everyone is excited to find new ways to volunteer and give back to their church community. They hope to make fast friends with you all in the coming years.

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You are invited to join High Tea, Wednesday afternoons at 3:30! Reach out to Pastor Nancy NDeStefano@transfiguration.net

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