Hello faith family! This is the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost – October 8, 2023. This week, we celebrate Edith Cavell: “Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.” Her strong Anglican beliefs propelled her to help all those who needed it, including both German and Allied soldiers. She is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination and for covertly helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium and return to active service during the First World War, which in wartime was a death penalty offense.

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
Step Up Together campaign update
Blessing of the Animals needs volunteers
Pies by Dana 2023 Outreach Fundraiser

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. 8, 2023 – Blessing of the Animals
• 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

Blessing of the Animals will be more of an EVENT this year with sheep, horses, vendors, and giveaways. Please invite your family and friends to the blessing on October 8, 2023 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at St. Thomas’s.

ALL God’s creatures are invited: please bring your companion on a leash or in a carrier. If your wild one does not travel well, you are welcome to join in the blessing and carry it home with you.

The City of Newark is allowing us to park on Sunset Road between 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., and the University of Delaware lot across the street should be available as well. Looking forward to seeing you there!

This event is open to the public.

Hello faith family! This is the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 17, 2023. This week we celebrate Hildegard of Bingen also known as Saint Hildegard and the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer and practitioner during the High Middle Ages. Although the history of her formal canonization is complicated, regional calendars of the Roman Catholic church have listed her as a saint for centuries. On 10 May 2012, Pope Benedict XVI extended the liturgical cult of Hildegard to the entire Catholic Church in a process known as “equivalent canonization”. On 7 October 2012, he named her a Doctor of the Church, in recognition of “her holiness of life and the originality of her teaching.”

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter. There is quite a bit of news coming up as we roll into the fall. Watch for details about all of the EXCITEMENT headed our way!

Our booth at Newark Community Days on Sunday
Poets’ Corner on Saturday
Adult Education resumes! Check out the schedule for this year.
Children’s Ministries update
Blue Hen Bounty food pantry requests
Monthly Ministry Breakfast

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
• Third Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology.
• 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

• Last Sunday of the month – Family Church Sunday
• Last Sunday of the month – Coffee and Fellowship between services. Resumes in September.
• Third Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology. Resumes September 17, 2023
• 3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room.
• Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.

Other Parish Events

• Sat., Sep. 16, 2023 – Poets’ Corner
• Sun., Sep. 17, 2023 – Newark Community Days. We will have a booth.
• Sun., Sep. 18, 2023 – Hope Dining Room needs volunteers
• Sun., Sep. 24, 2023 – Monthly Ministry Breakfast
• Sun., Oct. 8, 2023 – Blessing of the Animals
• 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

Hello faith family! This is the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 10, 2023. This week we celebrate Alexander Crummell was an American minister and academic. Ordained as an Episcopal priest in the United States, Crummell went to England in the late 1840s to raise money for his church by lecturing about American slavery. Abolitionists supported his three years of study at Cambridge University, where Crummell developed concepts of pan-Africanism and was the school’s first recorded Black student and graduate.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter. And, see info on our Stepping Up Together Campaign August Update.

There is quite a bit of news coming up as we roll into the fall. Watch for details about all of the EXCITEMENT headed our way!

Our fast approaching Health Fair TOMORROW
Children’s Ministries update
Blue Hen Bounty food pantry requests
Our booth at Newark Community Days next week
Poets’ Corner resumes next week
Adult Education resumes! Check out the schedule for this year.

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

• 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. Resumes in September.
• Third Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology. Resumes September 17, 2023
• 3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room.
• Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.

Other Parish Events

• Sat., Sep. 9, 2023 – St. Thomas’s Health Fair
• Sat., Sep. 16, 2023 – Poets’ Corner
• Sun., Sep. 17, 2023 – Newark Community Days. We will have a booth.
• Sun., Oct. 8, 2023 – Blessing of the Animals
• 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

Hello faith family! This is the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 3, 2023.

This week we celebrate David Pendleton Oakerhater: also known as O-kuh-ha-tuh and Making Medicine, was a Cheyenne warrior and spiritual leader. He later became an artist and Episcopal deacon. In 1985, Oakerhater was the first Native American Anglican to be designated by the Episcopal Church as a saint. Captured in the Indian Wars and imprisoned in 1875 at Fort Marion (now Castillo de San Marcos), Florida, Oakerhater became one of the founding figures of modern Native American art. Later he attended college in New York State and was ordained as a deacon in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He returned to the West where he served as a missionary in Oklahoma, serving Native Americans.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter. And, see info on our Stepping Up Together Campaign August Update.

There is quite a bit of news coming up as we roll into the fall. Watch for details about all of the EXCITEMENT headed our way!

Outdoor Worship on September 3, 2023
Our fast approaching Health Fair
Blue Hen Bounty food pantry requests
Adult Education resumes next week! Check out the schedule for this year.
Novel Theology meets on the 3rd Sunday each month.

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

Today we will enjoy musical guests: THE CAPITOL BRASS (founded 1985 by Donald Baunschbach, Dover, DE) is delighted to return to St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church for this festive event. They recall several uplifting collaborations here for services in the early 2000s. Current members serve on faculties at UD, DE State U, West Chester U (PA) and area orchestras. Please welcome Patrick Hoffman and Will Gregory, trumpets; Heidi Lucas, horn; Frank Gazda, trombone; and Jonathan Fowler, tuba.

• Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet). Outdoor Worship today!
• Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet). Outdoor Worship today!

Growth and Fellowship

• Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. – 2 Saint Readers
• 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. Resumes in September.
• Third Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology. Resumes September 17, 2023
• 3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room.
• Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
• Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries program. Program suspended during summer and resumes Sep. 10, 2023.
• Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – adult education. Resumes Sep. 10, 2023.
• Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries. Resumes in September.

Other Parish Events

• Sat., Sep. 9, 2023 – St. Thomas’s Health Fair
• Sun., Sep. 17, 2023 – Newark Community Day. We will have a booth.
• Sun., Oct. 8, 2023 – Blessing of the Animals
• 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

Hello faith family! This is the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 27, 2023. This week we celebrate John the Baptist: s revered as a major religious figure in Christianity, Islam, the Baháʼí faith, the Druze faith, and Mandaeism, the latter in which he is considered to be the final and most vital prophet. He is considered to be a prophet of God by all of the aforementioned faiths and is honored as a saint in many Christian denominations. According to the New Testament, John anticipated a messianic figure greater than himself, and the Gospels portray John as the precursor or forerunner of Jesus. Jesus himself identifies John as “Elijah who is to come”, which is a direct reference to the Book of Malachi (Malachi 4:5).

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter. And, see info on our Stepping Up Together Campaign August Update.

There is quite a bit of news coming up as we roll into the fall. Watch for details about all of the EXCITEMENT headed our way!

Outdoor Worship on September 3, 2023
Blue Hen Bounty food pantry requests
Our fast approaching Health Fair

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 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet). This Sunday is Family Church Sunday

Growth and Fellowship

• Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. – 2 Saint Readers
• 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. Resumes in September.
• Third Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology. Resumes in September.
• 3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room. Volunteers needed for Mon., Aug. 21, 2023.
• Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
• Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries program. Program suspended during summer and resumes Sep. 10, 2023.
• Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – adult education. Resumes Sep. 10, 2023.
• Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries. Resumes in September.

Other Parish Events

• Sun., Sep. 3, 2023 – outdoor worship
• Sat., Sep. 9, 2023 – St. Thomas’s Health Fair
• Sun., Sep. 17, 2023 – Newark Community Day. We will have a booth.
• Sun., Oct. 8, 2023 – Blessing of the Animals
• 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

Both 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services will be outdoors, but the musicians will only be performing at the 10:30 a.m. service. There will be special guest musicians — Capitol Brass!

This is going to be a FUN occasion! In the event of overwhelming weather, we will move indoors.

We will attempt to live stream with an outdoor camera, so you can still join us online!

We will be kicking off the new season with a Blessing of the Backpacks. Students, teachers, and all those in education: bring your backpack (suitcase, satchel, etc.) for a special blessing, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services.

Please bring your camp/lawn chairs and/or picnic blankets if you are able. We will also have plenty of our folding chairs available for casual seating. We recommend comfortable clothes and shoes. And, maybe bug spray?

Fr. Clay will be grilling hotdogs and hamburgers. Please pack any other food for yourself, and maybe bring a dish to share. We are a FUN community – let’s play lawn games at the picnic! Bring your favorite game or some friends to join in!
Friends and neighbors are welcome to come to the picnic, for the service, or both!

If you have any questions or suggestions for this day, please reply to this email, or reach out to Fr. Howie. Wouldn’t worship in the grove be a wonderful new St Thomas tradition? What would make this day special for you?

Hello faith family! This is the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost – August 20, 2023. This week we celebrate Henry Winter Style: the first deaf person to be ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in the United States. He is commemorated along with his teacher, Thomas Gallaudet on the Episcopal calendar of saints.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter. And, see info on our Stepping Up Together Campaign.

There is quite a bit of news coming up as we roll into the fall. Watch for emails about all of the EXCITEMENT headed our way!

• Outdoor Worship on September 3, 2023
• Recruiting delegates for diocesan convention
• Serving at Hope Dining Room
• Blue Hen Bounty food pantry requests
• Our fast approaching Health Fair
• Looking for a transportation ministry dispatcher

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 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet). This Sunday is Family Church Sunday

Growth and Fellowship

• Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. – 2 Saint Readers
• 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. Resumes in September.
• 2nd Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology. Resumes in September.
• 3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room. Volunteers needed for Mon., Aug. 21, 2023.
• Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
• Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries program. Program suspended during summer and resumes Sep. 10, 2023.
• Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – adult education. Resumes in September.
• Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries. Resumes in September.

Other Parish Events

• Sun., Sep. 3, 2023 – outdoor worship
• Sat., Sep. 9, 2023 – St. Thomas’s Health Fair
• Sun., Sep. 17, 2023 – Newark Community Day. We will have a booth.
• Sun., Oct. 8, 2023 – Blessing of the Animals
• 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