Acts of the Apostles readings

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Have you been enjoying the daily Acts of the Apostles readings? They are available to listen at on our YouTube channel, on our podcast called Graceful Waves, in the daily email, and posted in the Facebook discussion group. Speaking of which … have you joined in the Facebook discussion group? If not, please join in the conversation! Additionally, each Thursday evening at 7 p.m., tune into Zoom for Compline evening prayer (usually about 10 minutes) and then a live Acts of the Apostles discussion led by Fr. Howie.

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

2 Saints Book Discussion Group 2024

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The 2 Saints Book Discussion Group will be reading, How To Know A Person by David Brooks. Our discussion dates are Mar 6 at 10 a.m., Mar 20 at 10 a.m. and April 3, 2024 at 10 a.m.

Two Saints Readers is the book discussion group for Sts. Thomas’s and Nicholas parishioners. Everyone is welcome to attend. This is another way the extended families of St. Nicholas and St. Thomas’s can stay in touch and get to know each other too! This is a joint book reading with discussion.

The book is divided into 3 Parts, each about 70 pages apiece, so we will do 1 part at each discussion. We do these discussions by Zoom, so if you are at St. Nicholas, please let Cana Hartman (cana.hartman@gmail.com) know and she will send you the Zoom link. It will go out to all in the St. Thomas’s Google Group as well.

Many Blessings,
Madeline Johnson

Adult Education Series – The Rule of Saint Benedict

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The Rule of Saint Benedict series will be held on January 14, 21, 28th, and February 4, 2024 from 9-10 a.m.

In the 6th Century, Benedict of Nursia founded a religious community and wrote for it set of guidelines on how Christians (monks in his case) ought to live a godly and peaceable life together, “The Rule of St Benedict.”

It strikes a balance between the needs and goals of the individual and the community, and is known especially for its emphasis on moderation in all things. In 15 centuries since it was written, it has influenced the lives of countless Christians, those living in religious communities and those living in the secular world.

Join us as we read “Rule”, as it was at its birth and as it is lived today. For source material, we will draw on the Rule as originally written and on “St Benedict’s Toolbox: The Nuts and Bolts of Everyday Benedictine Living,” by Jane Tomaine (an Episcopal priest).Whenever possible, we will offer all our programs in person and virtually. Please make plans to attend in whatever format best fits your circumstances.

Please email the office if you need a zoom link: StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com

See our brochure for Offerings for the 2023-2024 Christian Education Season.

2 Saints Readers – November 2023

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2 Saints Readers November 20232 Saints Readers include Parishioners of St. Nicholas and St. Thomas’s for a book discussion virtually over Zoom on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. This is another way the extended families of St. Nicholas and St. Thomas’s stay in touch and get to know each other too! This is a joint book reading with discussion. You are invited.

We will discuss “Tattoos on the Heart” by Father Gregory Boyle on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. live via Zoom.

For the Zoom link, please email the office at StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com

Adult Education continues – October 2023

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Adult EducationAs Americans, we take pride in the fact that in our religious faith we are free to believe anything or nothing. This has led to a multiplying of denominations in Christianity and other faiths, but also to new kinds of religious expression. And even when these have been born in or borrowed from the past, they say important things about what is means to see the world and God through American eyes.

The Christian life is an adventure. As we go through our lives, there is always something new to learn, something new to discover. This year we will continue to explore our roots, who we are now, and the places where our faith and the world intersect.

Whenever possible, we will offer all our programs in person and virtually. Please make plans to attend in whatever format best fits your circumstances.

Please email the office if you need a zoom link: StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com

See our brochure for Offerings for the 2023-2024 Christian Education Season.

Adult Education for 2023-24

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The Christian life is an adventure. As we go through our lives, there is always something new to learn, something new to discover. This year we will continue to explore our roots, who we are now, and the places where our faith and the world intersect.

Whenever possible, we will offer all our programs in person and virtually. Please make plans to attend in whatever format best fits your circumstances.

See our brochure for Offerings for the 2023-2024 Christian Education Season.

Novel Theology for 2023-24

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Novel TheologyNovel Theology is a lively discussion group. Meetings are held the third Sunday of the month from September through May at 9:15 a.m. in the Great Hall Classroom. There will be coffee, snacks, fellowship, and conversation!

September 17, 2023 – A Place Called Hope, by Philip Gulley
October 15, 2023 – News of the World, by Paulette Jiles
November 19, 2023 – – Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown
December 17, 2023 – The Twelve Days of Christmas, by James Patterson and Tad Safran
January 21, 2024 – Aunt Dimity and the Enchanted Cottage, by Nancy Atherton
February 18, 2024 – – A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles
March 17, 2024 – – Murder in an English Village, by Jessica Ellicot
April 21, 2-24 – The Falconer’s Quest, by T Davis Bunn and Isabella Bunn

Adult Education for February 2023

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There are three upcoming opportunities for AWESOME spiritual growth.

THIS SUNDAY, February 19, 2023 at 9:15 a.m. Learn about the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. We will meet in the Great Hall classroom in-person or LIVE via Zoom. ALL are welcome.

NEXT SUNDAY, February 26, 2023 at 9:15 a.m. Growing up in the Church – what we learned about faith, race, and gender featuring Teri Quinn-Gray, Denise Burgher, and Fr Howie. We will meet in the Great Hall classroom in-person or LIVE via ZOOM. ALL are Welcome!

INQUIRERS CLASS on Mondays in Lent at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Are you looking for a general refresher on the Christian faith and the Anglican / Episcopal way of approaching it? Do you have questions you have always wanted answers to? Do you wonder what makes us, us? Attend one class or several! ALL are Welcome!

Adult Education to begin for Fall 2022

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Adult Education Fall 2022ALL are welcome to participate in St. Thomas’s adult education, via Zoom or in-person in the Great Hall classroom.

For the next few weeks, Larry Duggan will be leading us in an exploration of Liturgical Language – why do we say what we do and what does it even mean?

Please save the following Sunday dates at 9:15 a.m.:
October 18, 2022
October 25, 2022
November 1, 2022