Renewal of Ministry

Everyone is invited to a Renewal of Ministry with the Welcoming of the Reverend Todd Foster as Rector of St. Thomas’ on Sunday, 18 November at 3pm. The Right Reverend William H. Stokes, presiding.

 

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Ham & Oyster 2018


Ham & Oyster 2018 was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen! Thank you, especially, to Linda Kinsley for her extraordinary organizational work this year. Our guests raved about the food, proclaiming the oysters the best ever (with our new breading mix!). The hours and effort that St. Thomas’ puts into making this event happen cause the vitality of our parish to shine for every person who walks in our doors every Election Day!

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Pepper Hash Sunday!

Thanks to all who helped last Sunday to make 32 gallons of pepper hash for the Oyster & Ham Supper! Please remember everyone’s help is needed again all day this Sunday & Monday to prepare for the dinner. On Tuesday, Election Day, help is needed from 7 am until 9 pm.  Please find time to both help and also to come & enjoy the dinner!

 

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Bursting at the Seams!

Dear St. Thomas’,

A week from Sunday (4 November) we’ll be celebrating All Saints’. Three children will be baptized at the 10am service. I discussed with several people a plan to move that service into the Parish Hall because I was worried not everyone would fit! After continued discussion, I have been assured that due to a variety of circumstances (e.g., Ham & Oyster prep) things should balance out OK and we should be able to have the baptisms in our historic nave.

I am happily deferring to others’ judgement in this case.

St. Thomas’ is bursting at the seams! That is a good thing: it is the sign of a church with a future. It also means much creative thinking will be required! Just to have enough seats for “the regulars” isn’t enough: room to be hospitable and welcoming to newcomers is critical if St. Thomas’ is to survive into the future.

What does this look like? It means having a pew where a whole family can sit together. Where they don’t have to crawl over others to get into it. A pew that’s not at the very front nor at the very back. A place where a family can feel they’re not inconveniencing anyone else, but instead feel like they are where they were meant to be because, indeed, God has brought them here this day.

So what do you do when you are a growing church? If everyone who belongs to St. Thomas’ was to show up for a particular service, we wouldn’t all fit in the nave! Moving some larger services over to the Parish Hall will soon become a necessary compromise. Sadly and ironically, those service where we most want to remain connected to our beautiful, historic worship space (e.g., baptisms, Christmas Eve, Easter morning, Bishops’ visits) are those most likely to need to be moved!

I invite you to be in conversation with your Vestry and with me about how St. Thomas’ can be more accommodating today and how we might plan for the future. God is not calling us to be the church we were yesterday. God is calling us to carry forward our vision, hopes, and dreams that we had yesterday, and to apply them to today. St. Thomas’ is not a museum, but the living body of Christ changing lives and healing the world, one compassionate embrace at a time.

Todd+

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Grungy Sunday

Grungy Sunday 2018

Thank you to everyone who participated in Grungy Sunday! We had a big turnout, a delicious lunch, and thanks to your labors, our campus is more beautiful inside and out! Thank you for making St. Thomas’ a more welcoming place for members and visitors alike: your work will make an impression on over 700 guests at the Ham & Oyster Supper, which is less than two weeks away!

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Ham & Oyster Supper

Election Day, Tuesday, November 6 2018
1.30pm-6pm
Parish Hall – Handicap Accessible
Eat In: $25 Adults/$8 Children
Take Out: $22

Enjoy Ham & Oysters, with the fixin’s, and pie for dessert. This is the 91st year we have held this particular community dinner and fund-raiser. Come join us!

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HVAC for KoH

HVAC for the Kitchen of Hope
Thank you to Joe and Tal for organizing and effecting the installation of the HVAC for the Kitchen of Hope. It will be up and running this weekend, well before an upcoming inspection. Thank you to those who donated to defray the costs of the new unit. Kitchen of Hope is made possible by the good stewardship of the entire St. Thomas’ Community!

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Baptisms!

All Saints’ Sunday
4 November 2018, 10am service

If you are interested in being baptized or having your child baptized, please contact Father Todd right away! The candidate, family (for children) and godparents (optional) will be invited to a private meeting and then to a rehearsal at 10am on Saturday, 3 November.

The four preferred days for baptisms each year are:

  • Easter Vigil
  • Pentecost
  • All Saints’ Day
  • Baptism of Our Lord
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The Blessing of the Animals!

Saturday, October 6th
4:00 PM

St. Thomas’ will host its annual Pet Blessing at 4:00 PM in front of the church by the Lych-Gate. All pets need to be on a leash, in a carrier, or in an aquarium for safety reasons. 

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Featured activity

Coming up soon!

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