Happy Friday faith family!  I hope this finds you all well. See the Carpenter’s Helper newsletter for the week of August 30, 2020. In it is a write up about our Solar Panels installation!  Also, the 2020-21 Adult Christian Education Program has been announced!  This looks to be an absolutely stellar program with interesting 2-4 week series, as well as some excellent special events with guest presenters.  This year, you can explore topics ranging from world religions to The Lord of the Rings to the history of our own St. Thomas’s Parish.  All of these offerings will be available in person as well as online at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays. 

This week, we will have three services.  ALL are Welcome; contact the office to have the leaflet mailed to you.

• Sunday, August 30, 2020 at 9 a.m. – Worship Service, Rite II with music LIVE from St. Nicholas on YouTube.
• Wednesday noon – intercessory prayer LIVE on YouTube a leaflet for Pentecost.
• Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline evening prayers with Deacon Cecily.  ALL are Welcome.  Let me know if you need a Zoom link for this calming and prayerful end to the day.
• Sunday, September 6, 2020 at 9 a.m. – Worship Service, Rite II with music LIVE from St. Thomas’s on YouTube.

In this strange 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. See our Giving page. 

Please let me know if you have any meetings – virtual or otherwise – that you would like to have included on the Parish calendar.   

To see all events or news, visit our website, check FaceBook, or check out the posted events on the board next to the name tag station. Recent Newsletters, Sermons, or Announcements are also available.

Kind Regards,
Cana Hartman, Parish Administrator
StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com or (302) 368-4644

See the Carpenter’s Helper newsletter for the week of August 23, 2020. In it, you read a message of thanksgiving.  See the most recent edition of our Diocese weekly newsletter titled The Net, as well as the quarterly magazine, The Communion. And, here is a link to the Diocese’s “regathering” guide.  

This week, we will have three services.  ALL are Welcome; contact the office to have the leaflet mailed to you.

• Sunday, August 23, 2020 at 9 a.m. – Worship Service, Rite II with music LIVE from St. Nicholas on YouTube.
• Wednesday noon – intercessory prayer LIVE on YouTube a leaflet for Pentecost.
• Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline evening prayers with Deacon Cecily.  ALL are Welcome.  Let me know if you need a Zoom link for this calming and prayerful end to the day.
• Sunday, August 30, 2020 at 9 a.m. – Worship Service, Rite II with music LIVE from St. Thomas’s on YouTube.

This Tuesday, August 25, 2020, is Ladies’ Night OUT on the front lawn at 6 p.m.  Bring your own snacks, beverage, and chair.  This is going to be FUN!  Please contact me if you have any questions.

The 21 Day Racial Equity Challenge has begun, but you can still participate.  Learn more, and sign up!

In this strange 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. See our Giving page. 

Please let me know if you have any meetings – virtual or otherwise – that you would like to have included on the Parish calendar.   

To see all events or news, visit our website, check FaceBook, or check out the posted events on the board next to the name tag station. Recent Newsletters, Sermons, or Announcements are also available.

Kind Regards,
Cana Hartman, Parish Administrator
StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com or (302) 368-4644

See the Carpenter’s Helper newsletter for the week of August 16, 2020.  In it, you will find a recap of the Great EpisGOpal Race, as well as information on our next challenge from Bishop Kevin- to become more effective disciples in the quest for equity and justice through the 21-day challenge.   See the most recent edition of our Diocese weekly newsletter titled The Net, as well as the quarterly magazine, The Communion. 

This week, we will have three services.  ALL are Welcome; contact the office to have the leaflet mailed to you.

• Sunday, August 16, 2020 at 9 a.m. – Worship Service, Rite II with music LIVE from St. Thomas’s on YouTube.
• Wednesday noon – intercessory prayer LIVE on YouTube a leaflet for Pentecost.
• Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline evening prayers with Deacon Cecily.  ALL are Welcome.  Let me know if you need a Zoom link for this calming and prayerful end to the day.
• Sunday, August 23, 2020 at 9 a.m. – Worship Service, Rite II with music LIVE from St. Nichols on YouTube.

In this strange 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. See our Giving page. 

Please let me know if you have any meetings – virtual or otherwise – that you would like to have included on the Parish calendar.   

To see all events or news, visit our website, check FaceBook, or check out the posted events on the board next to the name tag station. Recent Newsletters, Sermons, or Announcements are also available.

Kind Regards,
Cana Hartman, Parish Administrator
StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com or (302) 368-4644

As you know, the pandemic forced Camp Arrowhead to cancel its 2020 spring retreat groups and 2020 summer camp. Some of you were personally affected and many more of you shared in our grief. Over the years, many of you have expressed how camp feels like home or that camp is your happy place. Show your support and Arrowhead pride with a special edition acrostic design shirt — C.A.M.P. Camp Arrowhead’s My Place. You can choose from six colors and up to 12 sizes. These are limited edition and shirt orders will close August 26, 2020, and should arrive at your door by September 14, 2020. All proceeds go directly towards relieving the impact of Covid-19 on camp’s operating budget. Order your shirt today!

Hello faith family!  2020 continues to throw us curve balls.  This week, we experienced some severe weather.  I pray that everyone came through it unscathed. A large tree to the right of the entrance came uprooted, and a few sizable branches in the grove came down. These issues were already being addressed when I arrived at the church building on Wednesday morning. THANK YOU to all the helpers involved. The phone lines were also damaged during the storm. This problem is also being worked on, but may take until some time on Monday to be resolved.  If you need anything from the office in the meantime, feel free to call or text me (302.354.3277) or shoot me an email, or for pastoral requests, call Fr Howie on 704.578.4724.  I am unable to retrieve messages left to the office phone at this time.

See the Carpenter’s Helper newsletter for the week of August 9, 2020. In the newsletter, you will find a poem found on the Episcopal Church Women (ECW) website, as well as some ECW history. Please see the August 2020 issue of Proclaim!, their occasional newsletter.

See the most recent edition of our Diocese weekly newsletter titled The Net, as well as the quarterly magazine, The Communion.  In the weekly Net, you will see not one, but two invitations from Bishop Kevin. One invitation is to the online forum, “Speaking of Freedom in Delaware”.  And, the other invitation is to participate in 21-day Racial Equity Challenge.  Check it out! I’ll be giving more information about this challenge in next week’s Carpenter’s Helper newsletter.

The EpisGOpal race has wrapped up, but the donations are still coming in.  THANK YOU!  If you have not yet sent in your donation, please do so this week.  We actually completed way more than one marathon; can you believe it?!  Together, we can do CRAZY good things.  Next week, we will be mailing our Soul Surrenderers donation to The Episcopal Church’s United Thank Offering (UTO).  I will share that total with you.

This week, we will have three services.  ALL are Welcome; contact the office to have the leaflet mailed to you.

• Sunday, August 9, 2020 at 9 a.m. – Worship Service, Rite II with music LIVE from St. Thomas’s on YouTube.
• Wednesday noon – intercessory prayer LIVE on YouTube a leaflet for Pentecost.
• Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline evening prayers with Deacon Cecily.  ALL are Welcome.  Let me know if you need a Zoom link for this calming and prayerful end to the day.
• Sunday, August 16, 2020 at 9 a.m. – Worship Service, Rite II with music LIVE from St. Thomas’s on YouTube.

Kind Regards,
Cana Hartman, Parish Administrator
StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com