Hello faith family! May the sacrifice of Jesus give strength to your soul and light your way. Wishing you a Holy Good Friday!
Sunday is Easter Sunday – April 17, 2022, Year A. Services are held in-person with precautions and online via our YouTube channel. Please do not hesitate to contact the office or Fr. Howie with any questions or concerns about these options. We are listening to the experts and considering how to best keep our faith family safe during this pandemic.
Worship this Week:
- Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person with precautions and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
- Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person with precautions and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
- Wednesday at noon – Intercessory Prayer with Holy Communion in-person with precautions. (Intercessory Prayer booklet). Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at noon – there will be no Wednesday service.
- Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline Evening Prayer, live via Zoom. (booklet).
This week’s Easter Sunday Schedule:
- Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person with precautions and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
- Sundays at 9 a.m. – Youth Confirmation in the Undercroft.
- Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries in the Undercroft.
- Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person with precautions and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
Holy Week Worship Schedule:
- Monday, April 11, 2022 at 5 p.m. (booklet)
- Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 5 p.m. (booklet)
- Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at noon (Intercessory Prayer booklet)
- Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 5 p.m., Evensong (booklet)
- Maundy Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 7 p.m. (booklet)
- Good Friday, April 15, 2022 at noon at St. Nicholas (booklet)
- Good Friday, April 15, 2022 at 7 p.m. Stations of the Cross in-person with precautions.
- Holy Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 8 p.m. Great Vigil of Easter. (booklet)
- Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 8 a.m. (8:00 a.m. booklet)
- Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. (10:30 a.m. booklet)
Other Parish Events:
- Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
- Monday, April 18, 2022 – Hope Dining Room volunteer outreach.
- Monday, April 18, 2022 – the church building will be CLOSED.
- Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at noon – there will be no Wednesday service.
- Sundays, April 24 and May 1, 2022 – Baptisms the next two Sundays!
- Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. – Poets’ Corner in-person with precautions.
- Friday, May 20, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. – pet first aid and CPR. Registration required.
News – The Wine-to-Water fundraiser for Ukraine succulent sale runs Friday-Easter Sunday. The suggested minimum donation is $5 per plant. 100% of the donations will go towards clean drinking water for the people of Ukraine through WineToWater.org. Please reach out to the office or Fr. Howie with any questions.
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.
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 worship, events or news, see our website, FaceBook, InstaGram, YouTube, or 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.
Kind Regards,
Cana Hartman, Parish Administrator
StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com or (302) 368-4644