Hello faith family! I hope this finds you well. Sunday, October 25, 2020 is the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost. Here is the service program, and the service program in large print for your preview. There are paper copies available to be mailed. If you would like one, please let me know. We will be streaming LIVE from St. Thomas’s at 9 a.m. On Sunday, connect to our worship service at St. Thomas’s YouTube channel – this is the same link each week. Please subscribe and ring the notification bell (twice) so you never miss a service. All are welcome; please worship in whatever way is comfortable for you.
Following the service, Novel Theology will be discussing “A New Song” by Jan Karon, via ZOOM. Reading the book is never a requirement for joining in the lively discussion. All are WELCOME.
Please see our parish prayer list. These names are read aloud and prayed for each Wednesday at the service of intercessory prayer and sharing this list each week in the Sunday leaflet gives us all the opportunity to participate. Please take a moment to look over this list, and send me any updates or additions.
Yesterday, I emailed an invitation to in-person worship for this Sunday, with a link to a sign-up genius. Here is the FAQ about the precautions and procedures for doing so safely. Please do not hesitate to contact the office or Fr. Howie with any questions or concerns about this option. Each service will continue to be streamed, and I suspect many of us will still be participating from home. Regardless of whether we are together in-person or virtually, we are connected by the Holy Spirit: Always together; never apart…maybe in distance, but never in heart.
In this strange time, the church is aware that some of its members are struggling to make ends meet. If you are in this situation, please let the clergy know of your needs, pray for the church, and feel no guilt about your giving. But if you are able to give, options for giving include mailing a check to your church or online giving. See our Giving page.
See past sermons or bulletins on our Recent Sermons page.
I look forward to worshiping together on Sunday!
Kind Regards,
Cana Hartman, Parish Administrator
StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com or (302) 368-4644