Hello faith family! This is the Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 22, 2022, Year A, and Rogation Sunday. This week, we return to two Sunday services.
See St. Thomas’s Carpenter’s Helper newsletter for news and events information for this week. This week, get excited for Deacon Cecily’s retirement celebration, you can learn a bit about Rogation Sunday, mark your calendar for our upcoming Immunization and Health Fair, and sign up for a CPR/AED class. TOMORROW, Saturday, May 21, 2022, is the Pancake breakfast hosted by Girl Scout Troop 513 as a benefit for St. Thomas’s. These young ladies are working towards their Silver award, and this event is a part of that work.
Worship this Week:
Services are held in-person with precautions and online via our YouTube channel. Please do not hesitate to contact the office or Fr. Howie with any questions or concerns about these options. We are listening to the experts and considering how to best keep our faith family safe.
- Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person with precautions and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
- Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person with precautions and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
- Wednesday at noon – Intercessory Prayer with Holy Communion in-person with precautions. (Intercessory Prayer booklet).
- Thursday at 7 p.m. – Compline Evening Prayer, live via Zoom. (booklet).
This week’s Sunday Schedule:
- Sundays at 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite I spoken, in-person with precautions and online at our YouTube channel (8:00 booklet).
- Sundays at 9 a.m. – Youth Confirmation in the Undercroft.
- Sundays at 10:15 a.m. – Children’s Ministries in the Undercroft.
- Sundays at 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music, in-person with precautions and online at our YouTube channel (10:30 booklet).
Other Parish Events:
- Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – lectionary bible study in the classroom.
- Friday, May 20, 2022 – Certified Pet First Aid and CPR. Registration required. Open to the public.
- Saturday, May 21, 2022 – Pancake breakfast hosted by Girl Scout Troop 513
- Sunday, May 22, 2022 – Novel Theology meets – rescheduled from May 8.
- June 4, 2022 – AHA CPR/AED Course. Open to the public.
- June 5, 2022 – Pentecost Sunday, get your red outfit ready!
- Saturday, June 11, 2022 – Retirement Celebration honoring Deacon Cecily
- August 27, 2022 – St. Thomas’s Immunization and Health Fair
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 your 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