Please see St. Thomas’s 2019 Advent-Christmas schedule. We hope you will join us this joyous season.
Carpenter’s Helper news for week of December 8, 2019
Please see the Carpenter’s Helper news for this week
IT’S BAZAAR TIME! After months and months of planning and behind the scenes work, it’s finally here! Come in Friday, Dec. 6, 2019 from 9-5 and Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 from 9-4 … and bring a friend! Lunch will be available from 11:30-1 p.m. and a breakfast buffet on Saturday from 9-10 a.m.
Here are a few other Save-The-Dates for you:
*Fri., Dec. 6 at 5 p.m.- Poets’ Corner
*Sat., Dec. 7, at 10 a.m. – Altar Guild in-service
*Sun., Dec. 8 at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology in the classroom
*Mon., Dec. 9 – Christmas Flower Dedications are due
*Dec. 1, 8, and 15 at 6 p.m. – Advent Evening Prayers
*Dec. 12 at 1 p.m. – RESCHEDULED Property Meeting
* Dec. 15 – Coffee Hour Speaker Dorothy Thayne
* Dec. 18 – Ladies’ Night Out at Skipjack
* Dec. 22 at noon – Greening of the Sanctuary
* Dec. 22 at 5:30 p.m. – Children’s Christmas Pageant & Advent Prayers
Kind Regards,
Cana Hartman, Parish Administrator
Children’s Ministries news for December 7 and 8, 2019
This Sunday, December 8, 2019, Second Sunday of Advent, Sunday School will begin with Sunday Breakfast Club in the Library of the Undercroft at 9:30 a.m. Thank you to the Quinones family for hosting this week. Don’t forget to sign up for your turn by using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4CAAA62CAB9-sunday
The education and worship part of our children’s program will begin at 9:45 a.m. in the Undercroft. If you can, please join us and/or have your children join us as we begin the journey leading us to mystery of Christmas in the PreK-K classroom and as we explore the message of preparation in the season of Advent and the preaching of John the Baptist in grades 1-6.
A few additional bits of news:
- This week, we will be assigning planning parts and service roles for the Annual Children’s Pageant which will be part pageant/part prayer service as typically happens. Please try to have your children in attendance as much as possible during the month of December as this makes it easier for the grown-ups and the children. We will practice during Sunday school each week and will have extra practices on the morning of Dec. 14, the afternoon of Dec. 15 as well as the evening of Dec. 20. The pageant will be on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. with practice at 3:30 p.m.
- On Saturday, December 7, 2019 as part of the St. Thomas’s Annual Bazaar, I will be hosting a fundraiser Pancake Breakfast Buffet. The buffet will include pancake bar, sausage, eggs, fruit, and drinks. Ticket prices at the door will be $5 per adult/older child and $3 per child under 10, 2 years and younger free. Please come to enjoy good food and fellowship with family and friends. Then, stay to do some shopping at the Bazaar!
- All of St Thomas’s has been invited to attend Faith and Family Day at the UD Basketball game on January 12, 2019. CREW, our youth group, will be attending as our meeting that day. Please let me know as soon as you can via email or the sign up sheet on the Great Hall door if you plan to attend as well. Advance ticket prices will be depend on the size of our group.
I look forward to seeing you all soon!
Blessings,Belinda Young-Payne, Director of Children’s Ministries
Annual Bazaar 2019 – this weekend!
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St. Thomas’s Annual Bazaar to be held on
Friday, December 6 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and
Saturday, December 7 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
You will find unique holiday crafts (many under $10), fresh baked goods, cookie walk (build your own cookie tray!), quarts of homemade soups, St. Thomas’s t-shirts and hoodies, second-hand Christmas decorations, resale shop / white elephant sale, and exclusive new items.
On Saturday there will be a Breakfast Buffet available for purchase from 9 – 10:00 a.m. On Friday and Saturday, join us for lunch, which may be purchased between 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Please share our Annual Bazaar flyer!
All proceeds from the Annual Bazaar go to St. Thomas’s Outreach Ministries. Open to the public.
Greening of the Sanctuary and Christmas flower dedications
Advent makes innkeepers out of all of us, asking each of us to make room for the arrival of the Christ Child. On Sunday, December 22, 2019 following the 10:30 a.m. service, the flower guild will be GREENING the Sanctuary, and they would LOVE your help! If you can, bring a pair of gardening gloves as the sap can be sticky. Everyone can help: tall people are needed to hang boughs up high, but so are eyes below to guide them. Strong hands are needed to carry heavy flowers, and so are gentle hands to carefully arrange them.
Use the Christmas Flower Dedications form to send in your Christmas flower dedications. I’m asking that these be turned in by Monday, December 9, 2019 by placing in the collection plate, dropping off at the Parish office, sending in by mail, or sending me an email. Forms will be in this Sunday’s leaflet, and also by the name tags.
Holly and ivy, along with pine, and fir are called evergreens because they never change color. They are ever-green, ever-alive, even in the midst of winter. Thus they can well symbolize the unchanging nature of our God. This year, as you see the splendor of a Christmas tree or the greens around St Thomas’s, remember that it is a continuing witness to everlasting life as offered to us in Christ Jesus – and that far from a commercial enterprise, it speaks a deeply spiritual message . . . “O Christmas tree, O Christmas Tree, thy leaves are so unchanging” — Just like God’s love.
Kind Regards,
Cana Hartman
Carpenter’s Helper news for week of December 1, 2019
As November comes to a close, we enter into what can be the busiest time of the year. Before your calendar fills up, please take the time to consider, “What activities and traditions help me build positive memories, centered on Christ.” You will see below that there are many opportunities here, at St. Thomas’s, to find those moments this Advent. Thank you to all who are working hard behind the scenes to make these special moments happen!
- On Sunday evenings December 1, 8, and 15 at 6 p.m,: Advent Evening Prayers will be offered. Even if you cannot make it to church to pray in the evenings, look for electronic versions, as well as booklets that you can take home.
- Friday, December 6, 2019: Poets’ Corner
- Friday and Saturday December 6-7, 2019: St Thomas’s Annual Bazaar
- Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 10 a.m.: Altar Guild In-Service
- December 8, at 9:15 a.m.: Novel Theology NOW MEETING IN THE CLASSROOM
- December 15, 2019 from 12-2 p.m.: Artist and teacher Dorothy Thayne will speak about creating iconography
- Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 6 p.m.: Ladies’ Night Out at Skipjack
- December 22, 2019 at 5:30 p.m.: Children’s Christmas Pageant
Carpenter’s Helper link: https://stthomasnewarkde.church/news/2019/20191201.pdf
Kind Regards,
Cana Hartman
Children’s Ministries news for December 1, 2019
On Sunday, December 1 2019, the First Sunday of Advent, Sunday School will begin with Sunday Breakfast Club in the Great Hall classroom at 9:30 a.m. Thank you to the Houghtons for hosting this week. Don’t forget to sign up for your turn by using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4CAAA62CAB9-sunday
The education and worship part of our children’s program will begin at 9:45 a.m. in the Undercroft. If you can, please join us and/or have your children join us as we begin the journey leading us to mystery of Christmas in the PreK-K classroom as we begin our celebration of Advent by exploring the theme of waiting in grades 1-6.
A few additional bits of news:
- This week, we will begin planning parts and service roles for the annual Children’s Pageant which will be part pageant/part prayer service as typically happens. Please try to have your children in attendance as much as possible during the month of December as this makes it easier for the grown-ups and the children.
- On Saturday, December 7, 2019, as part of the St. Thomas’s Annual Bazaar, I will be hosting a fundraiser Pancake Breakfast Buffet. The buffet will include pancake bar, sausage, eggs, fruit, and drinks. Ticket prices at the door will be $5 per adult/older child and $3 per child under 10, 2 years and younger are free. Please come if you can to enjoy good food and fellowship with family and friends and then stay to do some shopping at the bazaar!
- All of St Thomas’s has been invited to attend Faith and Family Day at the UD Basketball game on January 12, 2020. CREW, our youth group, will be attending as our meeting that day. Please let me know as soon as you can if you plan to attend as well. Advance ticket prices will be depend on the size of our group.
I look forward to seeing you all soon!
Blessings,Belinda Young-Payne, Director of Children’s Ministries
Youth CREW news for December 1, 2019
Hi Everyone,
Our next Youth CREW (“Christians Ready, Equipped, and Willing”) meeting will be Sunday, December 1, at noon. We will be having a potluck post-Thansgiving lunch for all CREW members (which is anyone who are able to attend. Turkey will be provided. Each youth/family is asked to bring a side dish or dessert to share. If anyone else cares to attend, this would be a great time to meet our group members if you haven’t already. just let Kelly or I know so we can plan for seating and plates.
A few other things:
- Please return any registration forms you have not returned.
- Please remember friends are invited to all CREW activities.
- All of St Thomas’s has been invited to attend Faith and Family Day at the UD Basketball game on January 12, 2020. CREW will be attending as our meeting that day. Friends and family are invited to attend as well. Please let me know as soon as you can if you plan to attend as well. Advance ticket prices will be depend on the size of our group.
Blessings,
Belinda Young-Payne
Adult Education on Sunday, December 1, 2019
Dear Friends,
In adult education tomorrow, we will begin reading and talking about an important new book, Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility. Why It’s so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism, a dense and meaty short book about something that involves us all. WWJS (What would Jesus say)? “Read it, and weep!” We gather in the parlor at 9:15 a.m., but latecomers are always, always welcome. At 6 p.m. tomorrow evening, we will begin a new, regular prayer service, which hopefully will become a regular service on Sunday evenings (and perhaps at other times as well). We all have people and causes to pray for, and it is good, very good, to develop the regular habit of praying for them. We rarely know whether our prayers seem to do “any good” for others; but what has been long known and appreciated is that the act of regular prayer for others does change us, and always for the better. Think about that–and act on it.
Pax,Larry Duggan
Carpenter’s Helper newsletter for November 10, 2019
Happy Friday everyone! Who’s excited for the hayride and bonfire tomorrow night? Please see this week’s Carpenter’s Helper newsletter. We continue to be lively, engaged, and busy in a good way. Here are just a few reminders:
- Heeey- the hayride and bonfire at Milburn Orchards is tomorrow night! Please arrive at 5:30 p.m.; hayride leaves promptly at 6 p.m.
- Novel Theology is having a guest author this Sunday. They will meet in the classroom (previously in the business office, but concerned about limited space). Come and meet Michele Chynoweth, even if you haven’t read the book yet, 9:15 a.m.
- This is the last week for the Anglican Way. “Normal” adult education will pick up next week in the Parlor.
- Mark Burchess will be presenting this Sunday at both the 8 and 10:30 a.m. services. He will be sharing his #BrownsvilleLove ? experience.
- Creation Care has a great display in the great hall, and we want YOU to be a part of it. I will be looking for volunteers to strike a pose for the earth. The get together Home Energy Forum is Wednesday at 10 a.m. – coffee, tea, and conversation about creation care.
- CREW will be running a winter clothes drive starting Sunday. There will be a collection box in the great hall. Gently used coats, scarves, and gloves, and new hats and socks are requested.
- Next Saturday, 11/16 at 4 p.m. in the Nave, poet Claire McCabe will be sharing some of her favorites as a continuation of the Poets’ Corner Series.
- Wow- that is a lot, and I know there is more. If you want to see your event or note here, or on any form of communication, please let me know. We are a VIBRANT parish!
See past Carpenter’s Helper newsletters and announcements.
Kind Regards,
Cana Hartman / Parish Administrator