Hello faith family! This is the First Sunday after Epiphany – January 7, 2024, Year B. Epiphany, also known as “Theophany” in Eastern Christian tradition, is a Christian feast day commemorating the visit of the Magi, the baptism of Jesus, and the wedding at Cana.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Weekly Newsletter. on Sat., Jan. 6, 2024 at 6 p.m., we will have an Epiphany 2024 Compline and Potluck Dinner.

Our weekly Worship schedule

• Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
• Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
• Wednesday at noon – Intercessory Prayer with Holy Communion in-person. (Intercessory Prayer booklet).
• Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline Evening Prayer, live via Zoom. (booklet).

This Sunday’s Schedule

• Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
• Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Adult Education
• Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries program
• Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).

Growth and Fellowship

• Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
• Third Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology
• 3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room
• Last Sunday of the month – Family Church Sunday
• Last Sunday of the month – Coffee and Fellowship between services

Other Parish Events

• Sat., Jan. 6, 2024 at 6 p.m. – Epiphany Compline and Potluck
• Wed., Feb. 14, 2024 – Valentines Day and Ash Wednesday
• Sun., March 10, 2024 – Annual Meeting and Daylight Savings Time
• March 25-30, 2024 Holy Week
• Sun., March 31, 2024 – Easter Sunday

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

Hello faith family! This is the First Sunday after Christmas Day – December 31, 2023, Year B. This week, we remember the Massacre of the Innocents. The Gospel of Matthew tells how the Magi visit Jerusalem to seek guidance as to where the king of the Jews has been born; King Herod directs them to Bethlehem and asks them to return to him and report, but they are warned in a dream that Herod wishes to find the child and kill him, and do not do so. Matthew continues: When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. — Matthew 2:16

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Weekly Newsletter.

Our weekly Worship schedule

• Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
• Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
• Wednesday at noon – Intercessory Prayer with Holy Communion in-person. (Intercessory Prayer booklet).
• Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline Evening Prayer, live via Zoom. (booklet).

This Sunday’s Schedule

• Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
• Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Adult Education
• Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries program
• Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).

Growth and Fellowship

• Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
• Third Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology
• 3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room
• Last Sunday of the month – Family Church Sunday
• Last Sunday of the month – Coffee and Fellowship between services

Other Parish Events

• Sat., Jan. 6, 2024 at 6 p.m. – Epiphany Compline and Potluck

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

Hello faith family! This is the Fourth Sunday of Advent – December 24, 2023, Year B. To help us prepare for Christmas, Fr Howie has prepared a wonderful series of devotional recordings, following along with “Preparing the Way; Christian Practices for Advent” published by Forward Movement. This series will be released daily via a YouTube link emailed each morning, beginning this Sunday. A generous parishioner has purchased many copies of this book for us all to enjoy. Please pick up a copy in the back of the church, to follow along.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Weekly Newsletter. This Advent season, there will be opportunities for everyone to fellowship together and get involved! So, stay abreast of everything happening at St. Thomas’s this season!
Advent Devotional Recordings
Christmas 2023 Letter from the Rector
Christmas 2023 Gift Invitation
Annual Giving for 2024 Thank You

Our weekly Worship schedule

• Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
• Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
• Wednesday at noon – Intercessory Prayer with Holy Communion in-person. (Intercessory Prayer booklet).
• Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline Evening Prayer, live via Zoom. (booklet).

This Sunday’s Schedule

• Dec. 24, 2023 – CHRISTMAS EVE worship at 9 a.m., 4 p.m., 8 p.m. See worship booklets.
• Dec. 25, 2023 – CHRISTMAS DAY – 10 a.m., one service only. See worship booklet.

Growth and Fellowship

• Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
• Third Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology
• 3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room
• Last Sunday of the month – Family Church Sunday
• Last Sunday of the month – Coffee and Fellowship between services

Other Parish Events

• Sat., Jan. 6, 2024 at 6 p.m. – Epiphany Compline and Potluck

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

Hello faith family! This is the Third Sunday of Advent – December 17, 2023, Year B. To help us prepare for Christmas, Fr Howie has prepared a wonderful series of devotional recordings, following along with “Preparing the Way; Christian Practices for Advent” published by Forward Movement. This series will be released daily via a YouTube link emailed each morning, beginning this Sunday. A generous parishioner has purchased many copies of this book for us all to enjoy. Please pick up a copy in the back of the church, to follow along.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Weekly Newsletter. This Advent season, there will be opportunities for everyone to fellowship together and get involved! So, stay abreast of everything happening at St. Thomas’s this season!
Advent Devotional Recordings
Christmas 2023 Letter from the Rector
St John’s Bible presentation and training
St. Thomas’s ties to Indian culture
Children’s and Youth Sponsored Holiday 2023 Celebrations
Annual Giving for 2024 Thank You

Our weekly Worship schedule

• Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
• Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
• Wednesday at noon – Intercessory Prayer with Holy Communion in-person. (Intercessory Prayer booklet).
• Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline Evening Prayer, live via Zoom. (booklet).

This Sunday’s Schedule

• Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
• Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Adult Education
• Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries program
• Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
• Sun., Dec. 17, 2023 at noon – LIVE nativity. Full faith family cookie exchange. From 1-2 p.m. – Children and Youth Christmas party.

Growth and Fellowship

• Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
• Third Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology
• 3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room
• Last Sunday of the month – Family Church Sunday
• Last Sunday of the month – Coffee and Fellowship between services

Other Parish Events

• Mon., Dec. 18, 2023 – Hope Dining Room needs volunteers
• Thurs., Dec. 21, 2023 – St. Thomas’s ties to Indian culture
• Dec. 24, 2023 – CHRISTMAS EVE worship at 9 a.m., 4 p.m., 8 p.m.
• Dec. 25, 2023 – CHRISTMAS DAY – 10 a.m., one service only
• Sat., Jan. 6, 2024 at 6 p.m. – Epiphany Compline and Potluck

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

Hello faith family! This is the Second Sunday of Advent – December 10, 2023, Year B. To help us prepare for Christmas, Fr Howie has prepared a wonderful series of devotional recordings, following along with “Preparing the Way; Christian Practices for Advent” published by Forward Movement. This series will be released daily via a YouTube link emailed each morning, beginning this Sunday. A generous parishioner has purchased many copies of this book for us all to enjoy. Please pick up a copy in the back of the church, to follow along.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Weekly Newsletter. This Advent season, there will be opportunities for everyone to fellowship together and get involved! So, stay abreast of everything happening at St. Thomas’s this season!
Advent Devotional Recordings
Christmas 2023 Letter from the Rector
Incarceration Reform presentation
St John’s Bible presentation and training
St. Thomas’s ties to Indian culture
Children’s and Youth Sponsored Holiday 2023 Celebrations
Annual Giving for 2024 Thank You

Our weekly Worship schedule

• Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
• Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
• Wednesday at noon – Intercessory Prayer with Holy Communion in-person. (Intercessory Prayer booklet).
• Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline Evening Prayer, live via Zoom. (booklet).

This Sunday’s Schedule

• Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
• Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Adult Education
• Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries program
• Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
• Sun., Dec. 10, 2023 – Incarceration Reform presentation

Growth and Fellowship

• Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
• Third Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology
• 3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room
• Last Sunday of the month – Family Church Sunday
• Last Sunday of the month – Coffee and Fellowship between services

Other Parish Events

• Wed., Dec. 13, 2023 – 2 Saints Readers
• Wed., Dec. 13, 2023 – St. John’s Bible presentation and training
• Sun., Dec. 17, 2023 at noon – LIVE nativity. Full faith family cookie exchange. From 1-2 p.m. – Children and Youth Christmas party.
• Mon., Dec. 18, 2023 – Hope Dining Room needs volunteers
• Thurs., Dec. 21, 2023 – St. Thomas’s ties to Indian culture

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

Hello faith family! This is the First Sunday of Advent – December 3, 2023, Year B. This is the first Sunday in the season of Advent. To help us prepare for Christmas, Fr Howie has prepared a wonderful series of devotional recordings, following along with “Preparing the Way; Christian Practices for Advent” published by Forward Movement. This series will be released daily via a YouTube link emailed each morning, beginning this Sunday. A generous parishioner has purchased many copies of this book for us all to enjoy. Please pick up a copy in the back of the church, to follow along.

“During this time of year and always, let us bring glad tidings of great joy into our homes and communities, transforming our traditions with prayer, intention, and devotion.”- Richelle Thompson, Editor

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter. This Advent season, there will be opportunities for everyone to fellowship together and get involved! So, stay abreast of everything happening at St. Thomas’s this season!
Advent Devotional
2 Saints Readers
Incarceration Reform presentation
St John’s Bible presentation and training
St. Thomas’s ties to Indian culture
Children’s and Youth Sponsored Holiday 2023 Celebrations
Annual Giving for 2024 Thank You

Our weekly Worship schedule

• Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
• Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
• Wednesday at noon – Intercessory Prayer with Holy Communion in-person. (Intercessory Prayer booklet).
• Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline Evening Prayer, live via Zoom. (booklet).

This Sunday’s Schedule

• Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
• Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Adult Education
• Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries program
• Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).

Growth and Fellowship

• Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
• Third Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology
• 3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room
• Last Sunday of the month – Family Church Sunday
• Last Sunday of the month – Coffee and Fellowship between services

Other Parish Events

• Sun., Dec. 10, 2023 – Incarceration Reform presentation
• Wed., Dec. 13, 2023 – 2 Saints Readers
• Wed., Dec. 13, 2023 – St. John’s Bible presentation and training
• Sun., Dec. 17, 2023 at noon – LIVE nativity. Full faith family cookie exchange. From 1-2 p.m. – Children and Youth Christmas party.
• Thurs., Dec. 21, 2023 – St. Thomas’s ties to Indian culture

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

Hello faith family! This is the Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King – November 26, 2023. Christ the King Sunday is celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church on the last Sunday of the liturgical year. It celebrates Christ’s messianic kingship and sovereign rule over all creation. The feast is unofficially celebrated in some Episcopal parishes, but it is not mentioned in the Episcopal calendar of the church year. Marion Hatchett notes that the Prayer Book collect for Proper 29, the last Sunday of the church year, is a “somewhat free” translation of the collect of the Feast of Christ the King in the Roman Missal. This collect prays that God, “whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords,” will “Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule” (BCP, p. 236). The feast was originally instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925 and celebrated on the last Sunday in Oct. It has been observed on the last Sunday before Advent since 1970.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter. We are just beginning to gear up for a busy December. There will be opportunities for everyone to fellowship together and get involved!
Annual Pledge Ingathering continues
Incarceration Reform presentation
St John’s Bible presentation and training
St. Thomas’s ties to Indian culture
Children’s and Youth Sponsored Holiday 2023 Celebrations
Code Purple returns this winter

Our weekly Worship schedule

• Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
• Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
• Wednesday at noon – Intercessory Prayer with Holy Communion in-person. (Intercessory Prayer booklet).
• Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline Evening Prayer, live via Zoom. (booklet).

This Sunday’s Schedule

• Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
• Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Adult Education
• Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries program
• Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).

Growth and Fellowship

• Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
• Third Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology
• 3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room
• Last Sunday of the month – Family Church Sunday
• Last Sunday of the month – Coffee and Fellowship between services

Other Parish Events

• Sun., Dec. 10, 2023 – Incarceration Reform presentation
• Wed., Dec. 13, 2023 – St. John’s Bible presentation and training
• Sun., Dec. 17, 2023 at noon – LIVE nativity. Full faith family cookie exchange.
  From 1-2 p.m. – Children and Youth Christmas party.
• Thurs., Dec. 21, 2023 – St. Thomas’s ties to Indian culture

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