9 May 2023

Blue Hen Bounty Food Pantry request

by Joy Lynam | posted in: News | 0

Blue Hen Bounty food pantry Thanks to all of you who have been donating items to Blue Hen Bounty (BHB) food pantry provided by Episcopal Camus Ministry (ECM) for University of Delaware students who are food insecure and cannot provide ample nutrition for themselves.

Blue Hen Bounty can use the following items:

potatoes
sweet potatoes
onions
apples
oranges

There is a produce box in the classroom where you can leave these items for our visitors. One week we moved more than 30 pounds of potatoes!

Thank you for your continued support of our community members.

The church building is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. – noon. There is a bin by the name tag station marked for Blue Hen Bounty donations or put donations on the tables or counters in the great hall classroom. For questions, email bluehenbounty@gmail.com. Thank you.

9 May 2023

Hope Dining Room volunteers needed Monday, May 15, 2023

by Joy Lynam | posted in: Outreach, Service | 0

Dear Families of St. Thomas’s and St. Nicholas,

Monday, May 15, 2023, is our opportunity to serve at Hope Dining Room. Guests at Hope are now “dining in” instead of grabbing a lunch and leaving, so we have 2 different short shifts for which you can volunteer. The cooking shift goes from 10 AM – 11:45 and the serving shift goes from 11:45 – 1:30.

If you’d like to help, please bring a ball cap and an apron. We would LOVE to see you! All of this takes place at the Kingswood Methodist Church kitchen on Marrows Road in Brookside Park, Newark. It is a team effort, lots of fun and it makes you feel so good to feed people who really appreciate it.

Please volunteer for the things we need for the meal. IF you are donating one of those items, you can bring it to St. Thomas’s, Monday – Thursday between 9 and noon, OR when you come to church on Sunday. If this doesn’t fit into your schedule, give me a call or text and I will pick it up at your door.

IMPORTANT announcement: Hope Dining Room has been in existence for 40 years and is having a 40th Anniversary Party (picnic) on May 19, 2023, from 4 – 7 p.m. at the home of Shelley Hastings. Anyone who loves Hope is invited. A $10 donation at the door would be great, but not required, as a small fundraiser for Hope. IF you’d like to come, please RSVP to me at mad1240@comcast.net.

BLESSINGS to you ALL,

Madeline Johnson

28 Apr 2023

Worship and weekly news – April 30, 2023

by Joy Lynam | posted in: News, Worship | 0

Hello faith family! This is The Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 30, 2023, Year A.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter for this week.

Fourth Sunday of Easter Our weekly Worship schedule

Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
Wednesday at noon – Intercessory Prayer with Holy Communion in-person. (Intercessory Prayer booklet).
Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline Evening Prayer, live via Zoom. (booklet).

This Sunday’s Worship Schedule

Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries program
Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).

Growth and Fellowship

Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. – 2 Saint Readers (April program) via Zoom on “An Invisible Thread” by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski.
Sat., May 6, 2023 – Train trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sun., May 14, 2023 at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology
Mon., May 15, 2023 – serving at the Hope Dining Room
Sun., May 21, 2023 – WELCOMING our Curate, Fr Clay Brown!!! Special Coffee Hou
1st Sunday of the month – Gospel in Spanish
Last Sunday of the month – Family Church Sunday
Last Sunday of the month – Coffee and Fellowship between services
2nd Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology
3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room
Sundays from 4-6 p.m. – free dinners for ECM students. Eat in or take homemade dinners to go.
Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.

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 our 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

23 Apr 2023

Worship and weekly news – April 23, 2023

by Joy Lynam | posted in: News, Worship | 0

Hello faith family! This is The Third Sunday of Easter, April 23, 2023, Year A. Bishop Kevin is coming for a visit this Sunday: there will be confirmations! there will be a reaffirmation of confirmation! and we will ALL reaffirm our baptismal promises! What an exciting Sunday!

Following the 10:30 a.m. service, we will celebrate all of promises and all of this JOY at a Super Coffee Hour! Please reach out to the office or Belinda if you are interested in helping, please sign up.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter for this week.

Third Sunday of Easter Our weekly Worship schedule

Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
Wednesday at noon – Intercessory Prayer with Holy Communion in-person. (Intercessory Prayer booklet).
Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline Evening Prayer, live via Zoom. (booklet).

This Sunday’s Worship Schedule

Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries program
Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet). AND, Confirmation with Bishop Kevin Brown.

Growth and Fellowship

Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. – 2 Saint Readers (April program) via Zoom on “An Invisible Thread” by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski.
Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. – Confirmation with Bishop Kevin Brown
Sat., May 6, 2023 – Train trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art
1st Sunday of the month – Gospel in Spanish
Last Sunday of the month – Family Church Sunday
Last Sunday of the month – Coffee and Fellowship between services
2nd Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology
3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room
Sundays from 4-6 p.m. – free dinners for ECM students. Eat in or take homemade dinners to go.
Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.

If you have anything to add to the Parish calendar or the Carpenter’s Helper newsletter, please email the office at StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com.

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

14 Apr 2023

Worship and weekly news – April 16, 2023

by Joy Lynam | posted in: News, Worship | 0

Hello faith family! This is The Second Sunday of Easter, April 16, 2023, Year A.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter for this week, which has info on our Annual Meeting 2023 and Vestry Nominations.

Our weekly Worship schedule

Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
Wednesday at noon – Intercessory Prayer with Holy Communion in-person. (Intercessory Prayer booklet).
Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline Evening Prayer, live via Zoom. (booklet).

This Sunday’s Worship Schedule

Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries program
Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).

Growth and Fellowship

Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. – 2 Saint Readers (April program) via Zoom on “An Invisible Thread” by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski.
Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:30 p.m. – Annual Meeting and Vestry nominations.
Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. – Confirmation with Bishop Kevin Brown
Sat., May 6, 2023 – Train trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art
1st Sunday of the month – Gospel in Spanish
Last Sunday of the month – Family Church Sunday
Last Sunday of the month – Coffee and Fellowship between services
2nd Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology
3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room
Sundays from 4-6 p.m. – free dinners for ECM students. Eat in or take homemade dinners to go.
Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.

If you have anything to add to the Parish calendar or the Carpenter’s Helper newsletter, please email the office at StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com.

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

11 Apr 2023

Hope Dining Room volunteers needed Monday, April 17, 2023

by Joy Lynam | posted in: Outreach, Service | 0

Dear Families of St. Thomas’s and St. Nicholas,

Monday, April 17, 2023, is our opportunity to serve at Hope Dining Room. Guests at Hope are now “dining in” instead of grabbing a lunch and leaving, so we have 2 different short shifts from which to choose. The cooking shift (10 – 11:45 a.m.) and the serving and cleanup shift (11:45 – 1:30 p.m.).

If you’d like to help, please bring an apron and a ball cap. We would LOVE to see you! All of this takes place at the Kingswood Methodist Church kitchen on Marrows Road in Brookside Park. It is a team effort, lots of fun and it makes you feel so good to feed people who REALLY appreciate it.

Please sign up to donate things we need for the meal. If you are donating one of those items, you can bring it to St. Thomas, Tuesday – Thursday between 9 and noon, OR when you come to church on Sunday. If that doesn’t work for you, shoot me an email and I will pick it up at your house.

MANY Blessings to you ALL,

Madeline Johnson mad1240@comcast.net

3 Apr 2023

Worship and weekly news – April 2, 2023

by Joy Lynam | posted in: News, Worship | 0

Hello faith family! This is Palm Sunday and The Sunday of the Passion, April 2, 2023, Year A.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter for this week, which has info on …
Rector’s Call to Holy Week,
Interactive Stations of the Cross,
Philadelphia Museum of Art Trip,
Noisy Sundays – bring your change!,
Many ways to show love to our neighbors,
2 Saints Readers Program April 2023,
Holy Week Worship Schedule,
Good Friday Children’s event, Easter Sunday scavenger hunt and egg scramble
Easter 2023 Flower Donations, and
Annual Meeting 2023 and Vestry Nominations.

Our weekly Worship schedule

Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
Wednesday at noon – Intercessory Prayer with Holy Communion in-person. (Intercessory Prayer booklet).
Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline Evening Prayer, live via Zoom. (booklet).

This Sunday’s Worship Schedule

Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries program
Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).

Growth and Fellowship

Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. – 2 Saint Readers (April program)
April 2-9 2023 – Holy Week schedule
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 4:00 p.m., 2 Saints Readers resumes via Zoom with “An Invisible Thread” by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski.
Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:30 p.m. – Annual Meeting and Vestry nominations.
Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. – Confirmation with Bishop Kevin Brown
Sat., May 6, 2023 – Train trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art
1st Sunday of the month – Gospel in Spanish
Last Sunday of the month – Family Church Sunday
Last Sunday of the month – Coffee and Fellowship between services
2nd Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology
3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room
Sundays from 4-6 p.m. – free dinners for ECM students. Eat in or take homemade dinners to go.
Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.

If you have anything to add to the Parish calendar or the Carpenter’s Helper newsletter, please email the office at StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com.

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

3 Apr 2023

Easter Sunday 2023 scavenger hunt and egg scramble

by Joy Lynam | posted in: Children's Ministries | 0

ALL children and youth are welcome to join St. Thomas’s Easter Sunday 2023 scavenger hunt and egg scramble! Meet in the Great Hall after the 10:30 a.m. worship service on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023.

Donations for a snack would be appreciated.

2 Apr 2023

Call to Holy Week 2023

by Joy Lynam | posted in: Worship | 0

Dear friends,

We come now to the time in the church’s year – eight great days – when the story of God’s love for humanity is played out with power and drama. From the ominous celebration on Palm Sunday, to the command to love on Maundy Thursday, the solemn quiet of Good Friday, and the surprise and joy of Easter, the foundations of our faith are laid. In the words and actions of worship, we bring those great events into our present reality. The stories inspire our minds and hearts; the palms procession and foot washing and kneeling at the cross put us – body and soul – into the most important moments of our faith.

I urge you to join us, and to bring family and friends, for the worship of Holy Week and Easter. Let it be a challenge to yourself to attend at least three services between Palm Sunday and Good Friday. You will be fed by what you hear and see!

The experience of worship is most powerful if you can be “in the room,” but all services will also be live streamed on YouTube. In whatever way you join us, I hope that this Holy Week will be a blessing to you.

Peace, Howie+
The Reverend Dr. Howell C. Sasser, Jr.
Rector

2 Apr 2023

Loose change and loose plate cash

by Joy Lynam | posted in: Children's Ministries, News, Outreach | 0

Sunday, April 2, 2023, is the First Sunday of the month and the loose (non-pledge) cash in the plate is directed to Friendship House. Last Sunday, Kim Eppehimer from Friendship House joined us between the 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. services to tell us more about Friendship House and answer questions. It was a treat to have her with us!

Additionally, Noisy Sundays continue. Throughout Lent, the Sunday school children will have a noisy collection in all Sunday services. Members are encouraged to find your spare change at home and bring it in. During the week, the change bucket will be available for rattling and donations in the lobby. The more “noise” the change makes the better! (They will even accept money that is not so noisy!) The proceeds will go to a charity to be selected. Some of their ideas include:

• A local school’s Donors’ Choice

• School lunch debt

• Medical debt

• Micro-loans

You will be updated as this project progresses. Please let Fr. Howie know if any of these choices jump out to you or if you have another suggestion to give Children’s Ministries.

Thank you for your continued support of these ministries. Regardless of your ability to give we are grateful to have you with us – in person or online!