Hello faith family! Sunday, May 23, 2021 is Pentecost! Get your RED outfits ready. We will be streaming LIVE from St. Thomas’s at 9 a.m. via our YouTube channel and here are the accompanying service program and the service program in large print. There are paper copies available to be mailed. If you would like one, please let me know.
Services will also be open to in-person worship with all precautions in place and with sign-ups. However, please do not feel pressure to return until you are ready; all services will still be available on our YouTube channel. Please do not hesitate to contact the office or Fr. Howie with any questions or concerns about these options.
See this week’s “The Sermon” topic in the Praying Shapes Believing series. Also, please note that we have updated our web address to StThomasNewarkDE.church. The former address stthomasparish.org redirects you to the new address of StThomasNewarkDE.church.
- Sunday, May 23, 2021 from 10-11 a.m., Communion at the Curb will be offered for those who have not received the Sacrament in-person during the service. You do not need to sign up for this. ALL are WELCOME!
- Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 10:30 a.m., Novel Theology will meet via Zoom to discuss Fly Girls by Keith O’Brien. Reading the book is not required to participate in the discussion.
- Wednesday at noon: Intercessory Prayer with Holy Communion, live on YouTube and in-person with precautions. Here is the accompanying worship program.
- Thursday at 7 p.m.: Compline Evening Prayer with Deacon Cecily, live via Zoom. Here is the accompanying worship program.
- Sunday, May 30, 2021 will be one service at 9 a.m., live on YouTube and in-person with precautions.
- Sunday, June 6, 2021 begins our new summer schedule of 2 Sunday services:
- 8 a.m., Rite I spoken
- 9:30 a.m., Rite II with music
- 10:30-11 a.m., Communion at the Curb
The new Forward Day by Day booklets are available. Please feel free to stop into the lobby for a copy, or let me know if you’d like one mailed out to you! There are plenty in both large and small print.
In this strange pandemic 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 information.
If you have anything to add to the Parish calendar or the Carpenter’s Helper newsletter, please email the office at StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com.
To see all events or news, visit our website, check FaceBook, or check out the posted events on the board next to the name tag station. Recent Newsletters, Sermons, or Announcements are also available.
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.
I look forward to worshiping together on Sunday!
Kind Regards,
Cana Hartman, Parish Administrator
StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com or (302) 368-4644