Hello faith family! This Sunday is the Fourth Sunday in Lent – March 19, 2023, Year A.
Weekly News
See our Carpenter’s Helper Newsletter for this week, which has info on …
Interactive Stations of the Cross,
Philadelphia Museum of Art Trip,
Noisy Sundays – bring your change!,
Many ways to show love to our neighbors,
2 Saints Readers Program April 2023,
Holy Week Worship Schedule,
Good Friday Childrens event, and
Annual Meeting 2023 and Vestry Nominations.
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).
- Sundays in Lent at 7:00 p.m. – worship via YouTube.
- 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 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 9:15 a.m. – Adult Education topic is Growing Up in the Church; what we learned about faith, race, and gender featuring Teri Quinn-Gray, Denise Burgher, and Fr. Howie.
- 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).
- Sundays in Lent at 7:00 p.m. – worship via YouTube.
Growth and Fellowship
- Mondays in Lent at 7 p.m. – adult inquirers class series begins. See Fr. Howie for more info.
- Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. – 2 Saint Readers (April program)
- Monday, March 20, 2023 – Hope Dining Room
- Sunday, March 26, 2023 from 9:15-10:15 a.m. – fellowship breakfast between services with a special guest presenter from the Friendship House
- April 2-9 2023 – Holy Week schedule
- Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 4:00 p.m., 2 Saints Readers resumes via Zoom with “An Invisible Thread” by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski.
- Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:30 p.m. – Annual Meeting and Vestry nominations.
- Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. – Confirmation with Bishop Kevin Brown
- Sat., May 6, 2023 – Train trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art
- 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
- Sundays from 4-6 p.m. – free dinners for ECM students. Eat in or take homemade dinners to go.
- Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
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 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