Hello faith family! This is the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 23, 2023, Year A.
Weekly News
See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter for this week. This week we celebrate James the Great: The son of Zebedee and Salome, James is styled “the Greater” to distinguish him from the Apostle James “the Less,” with “greater” meaning older or taller, rather than more important. James the Great was the brother of John the Apostle.
This Sunday is a “Family Church Sunday”, so in addition to seeing some of our youth participating in our service, we will enjoy a gradual anthem by the “Family Choir”. The Family Choir will meet promptly at 9:45 a.m. in church. The anthem will be Revive Us Again. We all are a part of this faith family and so ALL are most welcomed to participate.
Also, there are flower dedications available for the next 2 Sundays. Please let the office know if you have anything you’d like to celebrate or memorialize.
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
- 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
- Sunday, July 23, 2023 – St. Thomas’s Blood Drive
- Saturday, Sep. 9, 2023 – St. Thomas’s Health Fair
- Sunday, Sep. 17, 2023 – Newark Community Day. We will have a booth.
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