Poets’ Corner Reading Series November 2023

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Poets' Corner Reading SeriesPoets’ Corner Reading Series presents Caroline N. Simpson on Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. at St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church, 276 S College Avenue, Newark, Delaware. See the flyer.

ALL ARE WELCOME. Her book is so funny, heart-warming and has a message EVERYbody should hear!

This event is co-sponsored by St. Thomas’s Parish and the University of Delaware Department of English.

Open to the public.

Worship and weekly news for October 29, 2023

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Hello faith family! This is the Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost – October 29, 2023.

This week, we will celebrate All Saints’ Day, on November 1, 2023. All Saints’ Day, also known as All Hallows’ Day, the Feast of All Saints, the Feast of All Hallows, the Solemnity of All Saints, and Hallowmas, is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honor of all the saints of the Church, whether they are known or unknown. This is not to be confused with All Souls’ Day, a day of prayer and remembrance for the faithful departed, which is on November 2, 2023 and which we will mark on Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 10 a.m. in the St. Thomas’s Cemetery. ALL are Welcome!

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter. Fall continues to bring exciting fellowship opportunities and FUN. Read about all of the EXCITEMENT headed our way!

Annual Giving Ingathering this Sunday
Truck or Treat needs volunteers
Adult Education continues this week
Family Church Sunday – Family Choir

Our weekly Worship schedule

This Sunday’s Schedule

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

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 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

Worship and weekly news for October 22, 2023

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Hello faith family! This is the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost – October 22, 2023. This week, pray for Peace in the Middle East. Please join us for a candle-lit community prayer vigil this Sunday evening, 7-8 p.m.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter. Fall continues to bring exciting fellowship opportunities and FUN. Read about all of the EXCITEMENT headed our way!

Step Up Together celebration this Sunday
Annual Giving Campaign underway
Poets’ Corner presents Caleb Curtiss
Truck or Treat needs volunteers

Our weekly Worship schedule

Twenty-first Sunday after PentecostThis Sunday’s Schedule

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

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

Annual Giving for 2024 October 21, 2023 update

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AG gifts Oct 21

Throughout October 2023, we are sharing thanksgivings of our blessings and ask how we might share our gifts with our church and others. We hope you will use these to pray about your annual gift to our church and how our church might serve in our community.

And, you have been responding! We are already making progress toward our $290,000 goal with 33 parishioners pledging over $106,000 in just the first two weeks of the campaign. Thank you to those of you who have provided your pledge card and thanks to those of you praying about the gift you may give.

Won’t you please pledge your financial gifts on your pledge card and return it by October 29, 2023? We will present and give thanks for these gifts during both services.

Wish for more information? See all Annual Giving for 2024 updates.

In thanksgiving,
Annual Giving Ministry

Gracious God, we thank you for creating and recreating us to do your good works in the world. Pour into our hearts the spirit of your abundance. Remind us that what we have is only and always for your glory, and that what we give for the work of your church is our testimony to the blessings we have already received. Guide us as we make the choices that will help build your kingdom now and in the future. And sustain us always with the promise of the gift beyond price, your presence among us. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Family Church Sunday – October 29, 2023

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Family Church ChoirSince October 2023 has 5 Sundays, Family Choir will be Sunday, October 29, 2023 so that anyone in Sunday School can participate. Please arrive no later than 9:45 a.m. to the front choir area of the church.  Anyone who is interested will be welcomed; we are all part of this wonderful faith family.

No worries about your voice…come have a wonderful experience using it in worship!

See you at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday!

Thank you!
Marc Cheban, Organist and Choir Director

Poets’ Corner Reading Series October 2023

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October Poets CornerPoets’ Corner Reading Series presents Caleb Curtiss (www.cdcurtiss.com) reading from his new book “Age of Forgiveness” on Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. at St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church, 276 S College Avenue, Newark, Delaware.

ALL ARE WELCOME

This event is co-sponsored by St. Thomas’s Parish and the University of Delaware Department of English.

Open to the public.

Step Up Together 2023 Campaign – WE DID IT!

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Hello faith family. We have some very good news. We have exceeded our Step Up Together 2023 Campaign goals again!

Step Up Together - we did itWe gave gifts of $25,000 and will receive a $25,000 matching grant from our Diocese. Then, we raised an additional $5,000 where the Diocese will match $.75 to the dollar so we received another $3,750 matching grant. On top of that, we gave gifts in the amount of $7,991 which will reduce the $40,000 loan that we will have to acquire. To date we have received $37,991 in gifts! Thank you, thank you.

Our hearts are full and it is time to express the thanks and love that we have shown for our parish.

Won’t you join us on Sunday, October 22, 2023, after each service for treats and to sign a thank you card for the Diocese?

In thanksgiving,

The Step Up Together Committee

Worship and weekly news for October 15, 2023

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Hello faith family! This is the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost – October 15, 2023. This week, we celebrate Luke the Evangelist: The New Testament mentions Luke briefly a few times, and the Epistle to the Colossians refers to him as a physician (from Greek for ‘one who heals’); thus he is thought to have been both a physician and a disciple of Paul. Luke is one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of the canonical gospels. The Early Church Fathers ascribed to him authorship of both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter. Fall continues to bring exciting fellowship opportunities and FUN. Read about all of the EXCITEMENT headed our way!

Annual Giving Campaign underway
Hope Dining Room volunteers needed
Truck or Treat needs volunteers

Our weekly Worship schedule

Twentieth Sunday after PentecostThis Sunday’s Schedule

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., Oct. 29 2023 – Annual Giving Ingathering of pledge cards
  • Sun., Oct. 29, 2023 – Children’s Ministries Truck or Treat
  • Tue., Oct. 31, 2023 – candles in the cemetery
  • Sat., Nov. 4, 2023 – All Souls special service

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

Trunk or Treat 2023

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Children’s Ministries will sponsor TRUNK OR TREAT 2023 on October 29, 2023 from approximately noon-2 p.m.. Families with children and/or youth of St. Thomas’s, St. Nicholas, and the surrounding community are invited to share an afternoon of fun and fellowship.

Parishioners are invited to decorate their cars, share treats, play games and do a craft or two for an afternoon. Parishioners with no children, who do not want to decorate a car can still get in on the fun by donating goodies or decorations for the event, by running a game or craft table, or by helping with set up or clean up!

Please sign up to indicate that you will attend, to reserve your parking spot (so you can park your decorated car), to donate edible or non-edible goodies, to run a craft or game table, and/or to help clean up or setup.

Blessings,
Belinda Young-Payne