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