Hello faith family! May the sacrifice of Jesus give strength to your soul and light your way.
This is the Third Sunday of Easter – May 1, 2022, Year A. Services are held in-person with precautions and online via our YouTube channel. Please do not hesitate to contact the office or Fr. Howie with any questions or concerns about these options. We are listening to the experts and considering how to best keep our faith family safe during this pandemic.
See the St. Thomas’s Carpenter’s Helper newsletter for news and events information for this week. This week, we get a check-in of the financial health of our parish.
In just two weeks on May 15, 2022, Bishop Kevin Brown is visiting and it is confirmation Sunday. There will be only one service at 10:30 a.m., followed by a fellowship/coffee hour. Here is the sign-up to contribute to the party. Parking will be available at the University of Delaware lot across the street when our lot fills up. This will be a joyous occasion!
Worship this Week:
- Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person with precautions and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
- Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person with precautions and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
- Wednesday at noon – Intercessory Prayer with Holy Communion in-person with precautions. (Intercessory Prayer booklet).
- Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline Evening Prayer, live via Zoom. (booklet).
This week’s Sunday Schedule:
- Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person with precautions and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
- Sundays at 9 a.m. – Youth Confirmation in the Undercroft.
- Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries in the Undercroft.
- Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person with precautions and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
Other Parish Events:
- Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
- Sunday, May 8, 2022 – Novel Theology meets to discuss “The Hero With a Thousand Faces”
- Confirmation Sunday, May 15, 2022 – Bishop visit – one service at 10:30 a.m.
- Friday, May 20, 2022 – Certified Pet First Aid and CPR. Registration required. Open to the public.
- June 4, 2022 – AHA CPR/AED Course. Open to the public.
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 your 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