31 May 2023

Spring Bush / Vine Trimming at St. Thomas’s Cemetery

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As a beautiful spring starts to wind down, a couple of us are gathering at the cemetery to do some bush (and perhaps some vine) trimming following a beautiful season of blooms. We would love some extra help if you can join us.

Where: St. Thomas’s Cemetery next to Bayard Sharp Hall on the west end of Delaware Ave.

When: Friday June 2, 2023, Starting at 9:30 a.m. and going until we get tired or the bins are full.

What to bring: gloves, clippers, loppers, hedge trimmers. We’ll have some extras if you do not have your own. Water/drinks.

Sue Houghton

31 May 2023

Pastoral Care Committee May 2023

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St. Thomas’s has a Pastoral Care Committee to take care of our church family. Here are some of the things we can do:
• Give rides to PT, chemo or Dr. appointments
• Make meals for people who are just home from the hospital or need some temporary help
• Provide respite for a caretaker who just needs a little break • Visit with those who may be lonely

SO, if you or your loved one are going to the hospital, call the office – otherwise, we won’t know. HIPA laws prevent hospitals from telling us you are there.

Call the office if you think you could use anything we might be able to provide. Jesus said, “Feed my lambs”

Blessing of the Eucharistic Visitors

Day by day, we send out Eucharistic visitors to take the Sacrament to those who cannot be with us in church. This good work may take place on Sunday afternoon, but it may also be on Tuesday evening or Friday morning. To keep it in our hearts, on the first Sunday of the month, we pray for this holy work and those who serve in it.

In the name of God and of this congregation, we send out Eucharistic ministers bearing the bread and wine of the Holy Eucharist. We pray that those who bear it and those who receive it will know the presence of Christ and the love and
concern that we send with it. May God bless this ministry and all who are touched by it. Amen.

21 May 2023

Worship and weekly news for May 21, 2023

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Pentecost 2023Hello faith family! This is The Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 21, 2023, Year A. Next Sunday is Pentecost Sunday, so get your RED outfits ready! Please be reminded, the City of Newark’s Memorial Day Parade is this Sunday. This is the parade that goes backwards down Main Street. The ceremony on the green begins at 1 p.m., but streets will be blocked off a littler earlier. You are welcome to park at the church and walk down. The weather should be nice!

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter for this week.

Our weekly Worship schedule

This Sunday’s Schedule

Growth and Fellowship

  • Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. – 2 Saint Readers (April program) via Zoom on “An Invisible Thread” by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski.
  • Sun., May 21, 2023 – WELCOMING our Curate, Fr Clay Brown! Special Coffee Hour
  • 1st Sunday of the month – Gospel in Spanish
  • Last Sunday of the month – Family Church Sunday
  • Last Sunday of the month – Coffee and Fellowship between services
  • 2nd Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology
  • 3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room
  • Sundays from 4-6 p.m. – free dinners for ECM students. Eat in or take homemade dinners to go.
  • Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.

In this strange pandemic 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 our church or online giving.

If you have anything to add to the Parish calendar or the Carpenter’s Helper newsletter, please email the office at StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com.

To see worship, events or news, see our website, FaceBook, InstaGram, YouTube, or the posted events on the board next to the name tag station. Recent Newsletters, Sermons, or Announcements are also available.

Regardless of whether we are together in-person or virtually, we are connected by the Holy Spirit:  Always together; never apart…maybe in distance, but never in heart.

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

13 May 2023

Worship and weekly news for May 14, 2023

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Hello faith family! This is The Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 14, 2023, Year A.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter for this week, which includes Children’s Ministries May 2023 Update, Property Care Volunteer Tree, Blue Hen Bounty Food Pantry request, and, Hope Dining Room volunteers needed.

Sixth Sunday of EasterOur weekly Worship schedule

This Sunday’s Schedule

Growth and Fellowship

In this strange pandemic 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 our church or online giving.

If you have anything to add to the Parish calendar or the Carpenter’s Helper newsletter, please email the office at StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com.

To see worship, events or news, see our website, FaceBook, InstaGram, YouTube, or the posted events on the board next to the name tag station. Recent Newsletters, Sermons, or Announcements are also available.

Regardless of whether we are together in-person or virtually, we are connected by the Holy Spirit:  Always together; never apart…maybe in distance, but never in heart.

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

9 May 2023

Blue Hen Bounty Food Pantry request

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Blue Hen Bounty food pantryThanks to all of you who have been donating items to Blue Hen Bounty (BHB) food pantry provided by Episcopal Camus Ministry (ECM) for University of Delaware students who are food insecure and cannot provide ample nutrition for themselves.

Blue Hen Bounty can use the following items:

  • potatoes
  • sweet potatoes
  • onions
  • apples
  • oranges

There is a produce box in the classroom where you can leave these items for our visitors.  One week we moved more than 30 pounds of potatoes!  

Thank you for your continued support of our community members.  

The church building is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. – noon. There is a bin by the name tag station marked for Blue Hen Bounty donations or put donations on the tables or counters in the great hall classroom. For questions, email bluehenbounty@gmail.com. Thank you.

28 Apr 2023

Worship and weekly news – April 30, 2023

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Hello faith family! This is The Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 30, 2023, Year A.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter for this week.

Fourth Sunday of EasterOur weekly Worship schedule

This Sunday’s Worship Schedule

Growth and Fellowship

In this strange pandemic 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 our church or online giving.

If you have anything to add to the Parish calendar or the Carpenter’s Helper newsletter, please email the office at StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com.

To see worship, events or news, see our website, FaceBook, InstaGram, YouTube, or the posted events on the board next to the name tag station. Recent Newsletters, Sermons, or Announcements are also available.

Regardless of whether we are together in-person or virtually, we are connected by the Holy Spirit:  Always together; never apart…maybe in distance, but never in heart.

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

23 Apr 2023

Worship and weekly news – April 23, 2023

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Hello faith family! This is The Third Sunday of Easter, April 23, 2023, Year A. Bishop Kevin is coming for a visit this Sunday: there will be confirmations! there will be a reaffirmation of confirmation! and we will ALL reaffirm our baptismal promises! What an exciting Sunday!

Following the 10:30 a.m. service, we will celebrate all of promises and all of this JOY at a Super Coffee Hour! Please reach out to the office or Belinda if you are interested in helping, please sign up.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter for this week.

Third Sunday of EasterOur weekly Worship schedule

This Sunday’s Worship Schedule

Growth and Fellowship

In this strange pandemic 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 our church or online giving.

If you have anything to add to the Parish calendar or the Carpenter’s Helper newsletter, please email the office at StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com.

To see worship, events or news, see our website, FaceBook, InstaGram, YouTube, or the posted events on the board next to the name tag station. Recent Newsletters, Sermons, or Announcements are also available.

Regardless of whether we are together in-person or virtually, we are connected by the Holy Spirit:  Always together; never apart…maybe in distance, but never in heart.

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

14 Apr 2023

Worship and weekly news – April 16, 2023

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Hello faith family! This is The Second Sunday of Easter, April 16, 2023, Year A.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter for this week, which has info on our Annual Meeting 2023 and Vestry Nominations.

Our weekly Worship schedule

This Sunday’s Worship Schedule

Growth and Fellowship

In this strange pandemic 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 our church or online giving.

If you have anything to add to the Parish calendar or the Carpenter’s Helper newsletter, please email the office at StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com.

To see worship, events or news, see our website, FaceBook, InstaGram, YouTube, or the posted events on the board next to the name tag station. Recent Newsletters, Sermons, or Announcements are also available.

Regardless of whether we are together in-person or virtually, we are connected by the Holy Spirit:  Always together; never apart…maybe in distance, but never in heart.

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

3 Apr 2023

Worship and weekly news – April 2, 2023

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Hello faith family! This is Palm Sunday and The Sunday of the Passion, April 2, 2023, Year A.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter for this week, which has info on …
Rector’s Call to Holy Week,
Interactive Stations of the Cross,
Philadelphia Museum of Art Trip,
Noisy Sundays – bring your change!,
Many ways to show love to our neighbors,
2 Saints Readers Program April 2023,
Holy Week Worship Schedule,
Good Friday Children’s event, Easter Sunday scavenger hunt and egg scramble
Easter 2023 Flower Donations, and
Annual Meeting 2023 and Vestry Nominations.

Our weekly Worship schedule

This Sunday’s Worship Schedule

Growth and Fellowship

In this strange pandemic 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 our church or online giving.

If you have anything to add to the Parish calendar or the Carpenter’s Helper newsletter, please email the office at StThomassOffice@googlegroups.com.

To see worship, events or news, see our website, FaceBook, InstaGram, YouTube, or the posted events on the board next to the name tag station. Recent Newsletters, Sermons, or Announcements are also available.

Regardless of whether we are together in-person or virtually, we are connected by the Holy Spirit:  Always together; never apart…maybe in distance, but never in heart.

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

2 Apr 2023

Loose change and loose plate cash

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Sunday, April 2, 2023, is the First Sunday of the month and the loose (non-pledge) cash in the plate is directed to Friendship House.  Last Sunday, Kim Eppehimer from Friendship House joined us between the 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. services to tell us more about Friendship House and answer questions.  It was a treat to have her with us!

Additionally, Noisy Sundays continue.  Throughout Lent, the Sunday school children will have a noisy collection in all Sunday services. Members are encouraged to find your spare change at home and bring it in. During the week, the change bucket will be available for rattling and donations in the lobby. The more “noise” the change makes the better! (They will even accept money that is not so noisy!) The proceeds will go to a charity to be selected. Some of their ideas include: 

• A local school’s Donors’ Choice 

• School lunch debt 

• Medical debt 

• Micro-loans 

You will be updated as this project progresses. Please let Fr. Howie know if any of these choices jump out to you or if you have another suggestion to give Children’s Ministries.

Thank you for your continued support of these ministries.  Regardless of your ability to give we are grateful to have you with us – in person or online!