Please see the article published by the University of Delaware about Blue Hen Bounty and St. Thomas’ ECM students at https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2019/june/blue-hen-bounty-2019/
This is a wonderful story about the development of the food pantry and our student support of it for other students who are food insecure.
See St. Thomas’s Carpenter’s Helper newsletter for the week of June 9, 2019. See all newsletters and announcements.
Hello St. Thomas Community.
Just a reminder that this Sunday, April 28 is Family Church Sunday at St. Thomas’s and it is also the day we will have our annual St. Thomas’s Children’s Ministries Family Breakfast hosted by St. Thomas’s Children’s Ministries. Everyone in the parish is invited, but especially children, youth and their families. See below (or the flyer attached ) for details and please RSVP if you can with how many are attending and what food items you are bringing, if any. You can RSVP by calling me at 302-388-4017 or emailing belmar43@aol.com or by going to SignUpGenius by copying and pasting the link below:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4CAAA62CAB9-20191.
Thanks!! See you all soon!
Blessings,
Belinda
Annual Children’s Ministries Family Brunch
April 28 is also the day of our annual Family Brunch. On this day, families of children and youth and whoever else would like to join us, will gather in the Great Hall at 9:30 a.m. for a potluck brunch. Each family/person is asked to bring something to share (eggs, breakfast casseroles, meats, bagels, muffins, fruit, etc.) if you are able. Beverages will be provided. The children will then attend the 10:30 a.m. service with their parents.
Family Church Sunday
April 28 is a Family Church Sunday. There is no separate children’s worship time that morning. However, the nursery will be open for children ages birth to 3 years. Children will attend services with their families.
See St. Thomas’s Carpenter’s Helper newsletter for the week of April 28, 2019. See all newsletters and announcements.
See St. Thomas’s Carpenter’s Helper newsletter for the week of April 21, 2019. See all newsletters and announcements.
Cana Hartman, Kelly Tompkins, and Kristin Sausville are planning “Are you smarter than a Sunday school student?” Join us for pizza, ice cream, and a chance to see what you remember from Sunday school alongside Father Howie. Adults can play, and kids can join our classroom panel to assist the adults with what they may have forgotten. This is open to the public so all are welcome and we hope to see a lot of you there!
This event takes place on Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in the Great Hall at St. Thomas’s Parish. Please RSVP to Kristin Sausville at kristin.sausville@gmail.com.
Sue Houghton is going to do some spring cleaning at the St. Thomas’s cemetery on Delaware Avenue tomorrow (Thursday, April 11, 2019) morning from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. If you are available and want to help out, bring some gardening tools and meet Sue there. She expects there are weeds to pull and bushes to trim.
Please join us for Holy Week services as we walk through Holy Week and celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday.
Palm Sunday, April 14th, with Holy Eucharist at 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. services. The Liturgy of the Palms and distribution of palms will take place at both services.
Maundy Thursday, April 18th, for a Parish Supper & Holy Eucharist with foot washing, stripping of the altar, and watch beginning at 6:00 p.m.
Good Friday, April 19th, with Good Friday Liturgy at 12:00 Noon and the Stations of the Cross at 7:00 p.m.
Holy Saturday, April 20th, with Reconciliation (Confession) from 2:00-4:00 p.m. and the Great Vigil of Easter at 7:00 p.m. at St. Nicholas Church at the corner of Old Newark and Chestnut Hill Roads.
Sunday of the Resurrection, April 21st, with Holy Eucharist 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. services with a special coffee hour & and Easter egg hunt!
Please see our Easter 2019 flyer about the egg hunt on Easter Sunday, April 21. Feel free to print, copy and/or pass our flyer along to others in our community.
The Easter egg hunt and special goodies will be available after the 10:30 a.m. service on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019. This event will be hosted by St. Thomas’s Children’s Ministry.
Everyone is welcome to attend!!
Blessings,Belinda