30 Aug 2023

Worship and weekly news for September 3, 2023

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Fourteenth Sunday after PentecostHello faith family! This is the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 3, 2023.

This week we celebrate David Pendleton Oakerhater: also known as O-kuh-ha-tuh and Making Medicine, was a Cheyenne warrior and spiritual leader. He later became an artist and Episcopal deacon. In 1985, Oakerhater was the first Native American Anglican to be designated by the Episcopal Church as a saint. Captured in the Indian Wars and imprisoned in 1875 at Fort Marion (now Castillo de San Marcos), Florida, Oakerhater became one of the founding figures of modern Native American art. Later he attended college in New York State and was ordained as a deacon in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He returned to the West where he served as a missionary in Oklahoma, serving Native Americans.

Weekly News

See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter. And, see info on our Stepping Up Together Campaign August Update.

There is quite a bit of news coming up as we roll into the fall. Watch for details about all of the EXCITEMENT headed our way!

Outdoor Worship on September 3, 2023
Our fast approaching Health Fair
Blue Hen Bounty food pantry requests
Adult Education resumes next week! Check out the schedule for this year.
Novel Theology meets on the 3rd Sunday each month.

Our weekly Worship schedule

Outdoor Worship Sep. 3This Sunday’s Schedule

Today we will enjoy musical guests: THE CAPITOL BRASS (founded 1985 by Donald Baunschbach, Dover, DE) is delighted to return to St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church for this festive event. They recall several uplifting collaborations here for services in the early 2000s. Current members serve on faculties at UD, DE State U, West Chester U (PA) and area orchestras. Please welcome Patrick Hoffman and Will Gregory, trumpets; Heidi Lucas, horn; Frank Gazda, trombone; and Jonathan Fowler, tuba.

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.
  • Third Sundays at 9:15 a.m. – Novel Theology. Resumes September 17, 2023
  • 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 Sep. 10, 2023.
  • Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries. Resumes in September.

Other Parish Events

  • 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