Hello faith family! This is the Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost – October 29, 2023.
This week, we will celebrate All Saints’ Day, on November 1, 2023. All Saints’ Day, also known as All Hallows’ Day, the Feast of All Saints, the Feast of All Hallows, the Solemnity of All Saints, and Hallowmas, is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honor of all the saints of the Church, whether they are known or unknown. This is not to be confused with All Souls’ Day, a day of prayer and remembrance for the faithful departed, which is on November 2, 2023 and which we will mark on Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 10 a.m. in the St. Thomas’s Cemetery. ALL are Welcome!
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 Ingathering this Sunday
Truck or Treat needs volunteers
Adult Education continues this week
Family Church Sunday – Family Choir
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. 29 2023 – Annual Giving Ingathering of pledge cards
- Sun., Oct. 29, 2023 – Family Church Sunday – Family Choir
- Sun., Oct. 29, 2023 – Children’s Ministries Truck or Treat
- Tue., Oct. 31, 2023 – candles in the cemetery
- Sat., Nov. 4, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. – All Souls special service
- Wed., Nov. 15, 2023 – 2 Saints Readers
- Nov. 17-19, 2023 – Annual Bazaar
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