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

Hello faith family! This is the Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost – November 19, 2023. This week, we celebrate C. S. Lewis. Clive Staples Lewis, FBA (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian. Lewis wrote more than 30 books which have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold millions of copies. The books that make up The Chronicles of Narnia have sold the most and have been popularized on stage, TV, radio, and cinema, but he is also noted for his other works of fiction, such as The Screwtape Letters and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, including Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain. His philosophical writings are widely cited by Christian scholars from many denominations.

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
Annual Bazaar
Hope Dining Room needs volunteers
Incarceration Reform presentation
St John’s Bible presentation and training
St. Thomas’s ties to Indian culture
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

• Mon., Nov. 20, 2023 – Hope Dining Room needs volunteers
• Fri.-Sun., Nov. 17-19, 2023 – Annual Bazaar
• Sun., Dec. 10, 2023 – Incarceration Reform presentation
• Wed., Dec. 13, 2023 – St. John’s Bible presentation and training
• Thurs., Dec. 21, 2023 – St. Thomas’s ties to Indian culture
• Sun., Dec. 17, 2023 at noon – LIVE nativity. Full faith family cookie exchange.
  From 1-2 p.m. – Children and Youth Christmas party.

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 Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost – November 12, 2023. This week, we celebrate Herman of Alaska. His gentle approach and ascetic life earned him the love and respect of both the native Alaskans and the Russian colonists. He is considered by many Orthodox Christians to be the patron saint of North America.

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
Poets’ Corner Reading Series
2 Saints Readers
Annual Bazaar
Incarceration Reform presentation
St John’s Bible presentation and training
St. Thomas’s ties to Indian culture

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

• Wed., Nov. 15, 2023 – 2 Saints Readers
• Fri.-Sun., Nov. 17-19, 2023 – Annual Bazaar
• Sun., Dec. 10, 2023 – Incarceration Reform presentation
• Wed., Dec. 13, 2023 – St. John’s Bible presentation and training
• 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 Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost – November 5, 2023.

Weekly News

Fall continues to bring exciting fellowship opportunities and FUN. Read about all of the EXCITEMENT headed our way!
Annual Pledge Ingathering continues
Poets’ Corner Reading Series
2 Saints Readers

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

• Wed., Nov. 15, 2023 – 2 Saints Readers
• Nov. 17-19, 2023 – Annual Bazaar

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 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

• 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., Oct. 29 2023 – Annual Giving Ingathering of pledge cards
• Sun., Oct. 29, 2023 – Family Church Sunday – Family Choir
• Sun., Oct. 29, 2023 – Children’s Ministries Truck or Treat
• Tue., Oct. 31, 2023 – candles in the cemetery
• Sat., Nov. 4, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. – All Souls special service
• Wed., Nov. 15, 2023 – 2 Saints Readers
• Nov. 17-19, 2023 – Annual Bazaar

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 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

• 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., 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