Lectionary Bible Study is a relaxed and friendly group that meets in the classroom at the church on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. to discuss the lessons for the following Sunday. Come every week or drop in when you can for some new perspectives on familiar stories and maybe some speculation about where the sermon will go! For more information, contact Carol Palermo at cpalermo625@gmail.com.
Blessing of the Animals
It is time for one of our favorite St. Thomas’s traditions! And, this year St. Francis’s feast day is actually on Sunday, October 2, 2022, making this one extra special. Join us on Sunday, October 2, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. in the Grove next to the church.
Please bring your companion(s) on a leash or in a carrier. If your wild one does not travel well, you are welcome to join in the blessing and carry it home with you. Human friends and their pets are also invited, so share this date with yours!
All of God’s creatures are welcome!
Kind Regards,
Cana Hartman, Parish Administrator
StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com or (302) 368-4644
Flu and Covid clinic at St. Thomas’s
On Sunday, September 25, 2022, from 9:15-10:15 a.m. and after the 10:30 a.m. service around 11:30 a.m., flu and Covid shots will be available by appointment.
- Flu shots for children through seniors
- “updated” Moderna and Pfizer Bivalent Covid boosters and shots, 12 years old and up
To receive a Covid booster, you may not have had any boosters in the last 2 month or had Covid in the last 3 months.
Please review the available slots on the Sign-Up Genius and choose any of the options that interest you. We need 20 people signed up to make this a success.
Stocking Blue Hen Bounty Food Pantry
Episcopal Camus Ministry (ECM) has asked for help stocking the Blue Hen Bounty (BHB) food pantry that they manage for University of Delaware students who are food insecure and cannot provide ample nutrition for themselves.
There has been a significant uptick in the number of guests visiting since the new school year began. There are special requests written on the dry erase board next to the BHB cabinets with the number one request being for rice donations. Thank you for any assistance.
BHB Donation wish list:
#1 request- RICE
• Diaper wipes
• Lunch baggies
• Plant based milks- oat, almond, soy
• Cooling oil
• Bleach
• Mouth wash
• Cookies
• Fabric softner
• Sugar
• Pinto beans
• Gluten-free foods
• Snack bars- belvita, nature valley, etc.
• Canned fish- tuna, marcel, etc.
Worship and weekly news – September 15, 2022
Hello faith family! This is the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 18, 2022, Year C.
News for this week:
See the news this week the Carpenter’s Helper regarding volunteering for Hope Dining Room, stocking Blue Hen Bounty food pantry, attending our fellowship breakfast, and getting your Covid and flu shots.
Worship this Week:
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.
Our weekly Worship 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 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).
- Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline Evening Prayer, live via Zoom. (booklet).
This week’s 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).
- Sun., Sep. 11, 2022 at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries program
- 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).
Other Parish Events:
- Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
- Mon., Sep. 19, 2022 – Hope Dining Room volunteers
- Sun., Sep. 25, 2022 – Family Church Sunday
- Sun., Sep. 25, 2022 – fellowship breakfast and Flu and Covid clinic
- Sun., Oct. 2, 2022 – Blessing of the Animals
- Tue., Oct. 4, 2022 – 2 Saints Readers
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
Hope Dining Room volunteers needed Monday, September 19, 2022
Dear Families of St. Thomas’s and St. Nicholas,
Next Monday, September 19, 2022, 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 that you can volunteer for! The cooking shift goes from 10 – 11:45 a.m. and the serving and cleanup shift goes from 11:45 – 1:30 p.m.
If you’d like to help, please bring a ball cap and apron. We would LOVE to see you! All of this takes place at the Kingswood Methodist Church kitchen on Marrows Road in Brookside Park. I, Newark, Delaware. 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 or help. 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. I can’t pick anything up this month but our Hope team is in the good hands of Marilyn Prime and Cathy Wojewodzki, who have volunteered to co-lead this month!
BLESSINGS to you all,
Madeline Johnson
Worship and weekly news – September 8, 2022
Hello faith family! This is the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 11, 2022, Year A.
News for this week:
This week, Sunday School resumes! The FUN kicks off at 10:15 a.m.! Also, get a tid-bit from the finance committee about Master Fund A. And lastly, today the rein of Queen Elizabeth II came to an end. Read Bishop Curry’s statement. See details in this week’s Carpenter’s Helper.
Worship this Week:
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.
Our weekly Worship 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 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).
- Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline Evening Prayer, live via Zoom. (booklet).
This week’s 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).
- Sun., Sep. 11, 2022 at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology
- Sun., Sep. 11, 2022 at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries program begins
- 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).
Other Parish Events:
- Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
- Mon., Sep. 19, 2022 – Hope Dining Room volunteers
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
“First Sunday” Loose Plate donation
This Sunday is the first Sunday of the month and all of the loose cash in the plate will be directed to Friendship House. Friendship House sponsors many outreach programs such as the Newark Empowerment Center, Code Purple, and Transitional Housing. Additional program details can be found on their website.
If you’re in church on Sunday, please consider making a contribution to our friends in need by placing cash in the plate at the on the table at the back of the nave. You can also write a check to St. Thomas’s and specify “Friendship House” in the memo line. At any time, you can give directly to Friendship House at their website. Regardless of your financial contribution, please keep those in need in your prayers.
Thank you for your consideration.
Amy Keach, St. Thomas’s Treasurer
Worship and weekly news – September 1, 2022
Hello faith family! This is the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 4, 2022, Year A.
Worship this Week:
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.
Our weekly Worship 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 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).
- Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline Evening Prayer, live via Zoom. (booklet).
This week’s 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 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person with precautions and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
Other Parish Events:
- Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
- Sun., Sep. 11, 2022 at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology
- Sun., Sep. 11, 2022 at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries program begins
- Mon., Sep. 19, 2022 – Hope Dining Room volunteers
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
Children’s Ministries on Last Sunday of Month
On the last Sunday of each month, children are encouraged to participate in the 10:30 a.m. worship service in a variety of ways: flower arranging, reading, ushering, coffee hour hosting, or however they wish to contribute. We can’t wait to see what the children offer this year!
See information about St. Thomas’s Children’s Ministries program and our calendar of activities.