Quaker Spirituality by Dr. Annemarie Carr
The Religious Society of Friends (also known as the Quakers) has a rich history of encouraging personal faith and engagement with the world. Professor Annemarie Carr, a scholar and practicing Quaker, will speak about her own personal experiences and the gifts that the Friends Movement offers to Christians of every denomination.
ALL are welcome- bring a friend!
Dear Friends,
This past Sunday, we launched a new monthly newsletter called the Angle. The name comes from the shape of the builder’s square (a symbol of St Thomas), and might also (a bit fancifully) suggest a place where ideas collect and are “squared up.” In any case, it is intended to be a spiritual companion to the Carpenter’s Helper, a way to connect the events and occasions of our life together to our life in Christ. I hope you will find it useful. Please let me know what you think, and what you would like to see in it! Here is the September 2019 newsletter.
Peace
Howie+
Please find all the latest news from St. Thomas’s Children’s Ministries – see our September 2019 newsletter and information on our September Pizza Party. We are looking forward to great year with lots of fun, fellowship, and exploration with friends, old and new!
See you soon!
Blessings,Belinda Young-Payne
Director of Children’s Ministries
St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church
Did you miss coming to St. Thomas’s on Sunday? If you were able to attend, did you wish to listen to the sermon again? Many of us were away for the Labor Day weekend. You may see the sermon for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost – September 1, 2019 / Year C on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC3y6ZZg8Wo
Other sermons for Liturgical Year 2018-19, Year C, are available.
Novel Theology is a lively discussion group that meets at 9:15 a.m. in the Deacon’s office. Meetings are the second Sunday of September through May. April’s date falls on Easter and May’s date falls on Mother’s Day so those two months will meet on the third Sunday.
The reading list for the 2019-20 is:
Sept. 8 – The Chilbury Ladies Choir by Jennifer Ryan
Oct. 13 – Love Heals by Becca Stevens
Nov. 10 – The Walk by Richard Paul Evans
Dec. 8 – Gabriel’s Angel by Nora Roberts
Jan. 12 – An Irish Country Love Story by Patrick Taylor
Feb. 9 – Miles to Go by Richard Paul Evans
March 8 – Miracle at St. Andrews by James Patterson & Peter de Jonge
April 19 – Third Sunday Lamb by Christopher Moore
May 17 – Third Sunday Orphan Train by Christina Bakeskline
Please join us! Reading the book is not a requirement. For more information, contact Susan Hechter at susanahechter@gmail.com.
Good morning friends! Please find the link for this week’s Carpenter’s Helper newsletter:
https://stthomasnewarkde.church/news/2019/20190825.pdf
I’d like to bring two things to your attention: the first is a meeting that takes place tomorrow, Saturday, August 24, and you can read about it on the front page of the Helper. The second is that this Sunday, August 25, 2019 we will do a blessing of the garden in the Grove. Please join us for this special blessing during the 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. services.
Pacem,Cana
Hello friends! Please find a link for the most recent Helper below. It
features Becca Stevens and Thistle Farms, who Fr Howie spoke about in
last week’s sermon. You guys…I’m obsessed! I encourage you to visit
their page if you are sparked as I have been:
https://thistlefarms.org/. The
story is uplifting, there are 10 good looking books (ooolala), and a lip
balm for $4 among other natural and nourishing looking products.
https://stthomasnewarkde.church/news/2019/20190818.pdf
As
always, your contributions are needed for OUR newsletter. What is your
good news? What are you interested in reading about?
Kind Regards,
Cana Hartman
As
part of our activities in God’s Big Backyard this summer, the children
are making ToGo bags which will be donated to Newark Empowerment Center.
We hope that our church community will join us in serving our larger
community by helping us gather supplies. If you are able to contribute
our project, please use the link below to let us know.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4CAAA62CAB9-stthomas1
Thank you so much for your support!
Blessings,Belinda
Please join us on Sunday, September 8, 2019, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. for a picnic and sing-along in the Grove with our new Rector, The Rev. Dr. Howell C. Sasser. This evening provides an opportunity to get to know Father Howie and spend time as a parish. Signup sheets will be posted in the Great Hall shortly. Food and drinks will be provided. We hope to see you there!
The Finance Committee
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.