Hello faith family! This is the Second Sunday in Advent – December 4, 2022, Year A.
Weekly News:
Here are some of our top news items this week. Also see this week’s Carpenter’s Helper newsletter.
Worship at St. Thomas’s:
Services are held in-person 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.
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).
- Advent Sundays at 5:00 p.m. – see worship program
This week’s Sunday Schedule:
- Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
- Sun., Dec. 4, 2022 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Mini-Bazaar
- Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Adult Education via Zoom or in-person in the Parlor.
- 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).
- Advent Sundays at 5:00 p.m. – see worship program
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
- 2nd Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology
- 3rd Monday of the month – Hope Dining Room
- Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. – 2 Saint Readers
- Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
- Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022 at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology via Zoom
- Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022 at noon – Vestry meeting
- Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. – Youth Activity: Elf movie and dinner party
- Sunday, Dec.18, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, and Children’s Christmas Pageant. Family Holiday Party and Cookie Exchange will be held after the 10:30 a.m. worship service.
- Sun., Dec.18, 2022 at 7 p.m. – Caroling with our St. Nicholas neighbors
- Sun., Dec.18, 2022 – Christmas 2022 Angel Tree gifts due
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