The youth (middle & high school) will have a combined Sunday School and Game Night Sunday night at 6pm via Zoom! Contact Dan O. for connection details.

Sunday School for children meets on Sundays at 9am online.

Coffee Hour will not meet this coming week. Join us next Tuesday online at noon!

Wednesday night Eucharist is on hiatus until 28 October.

Adult Formation which normally meets on Saturday nights will not meet these next three weeks: 3, 10, 17 October.

Saturday night services will be Evening Prayer for 10, 17, 24 October.

Kitchen of Hope’s mission of combating food insecurity is more important than ever during this time of mass unemployment. Therefore we will be offering food distributions on two different Saturdays in October: the second and the fourth (10 October and 24 October). Volunteers are needed but you must sign up with Vivian Hanson and come only during your assigned shift so that we may continue to care for one another’s health by social distancing!

On 1 November we will celebrate the Feast of All Saints with baptisms! If you are interested in baptism for yourself or your child, please contact Father Todd as soon as possible!

Our schedule of liturgies will continue to be in flux as we adapt to the conditions around us. More than ever, volunteers are needed in order to enable us to continue using our campus. Cleaning, setting up, and maintaining supplies are all tasks that you could help with. Please contact a member of the Vestry or a Safety Coordinator if you would like to participate. The more volunteers we have, the more often we can meet together safely without burning anyone out!

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Help support St. Thomas’ on Oct. 14th and 15th with the Boscov’s “Friends Helping Friends Fundraiser”. This year, NO shopping pass to buy! Shop Boscov’s in the store, or online, on Oct. 14th & 15th & everything is 20% off their sale prices. At checkout designate St. Thomas’ as the recipient, and St. Thomas’ receives 5% of the cost of your purchase! Thanks!

A message from Episcopal Relief and Development: While the pandemic claims our attention both in the US and abroad, we find ourselves nearing the height of the Atlantic hurricane season. Already, we’ve seen the Gulf Coast devastated by Hurricane Laura, and we’ve also witnessed the tragic wildfires as they rage in California. The weeks and months ahead hold a great deal of uncertainty, and they ask one thing of us: Be ready. So that we can continue to provide relief in communities across the country — and be ready to act in the weeks ahead — I ask you to make a donation to Episcopal Relief & Development’s Disaster Fund.

Amid all the challenging news of 2020, some tragedies linger on from years past. One of these is the Opioid crisis, unabated. The Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse of the Diocese of New Jersey is holding an online workshop entitled The Intersection of COVID-19 and the Opioid Crisis: How Can the Church Respond? with special speaker, Dr. Arnold Washton, MD. The workshop will be held online tomorrow, Saturday, October 3, from 9:30AM to 1:30 PM. To Register, call 609-921-2420 or e-mail ParishAdmin@allsaint.org

Pledging Report

	September	YTD
Pledged	$15,027	$142,202
Given	$18,313	$133,789
Fulfillment	122%	94%

The Bishop George E. Councell Memorial Golf Tournament will take place this year on Monday, October 12, 2020 at Mercer Oaks Golf Club in West Windsor, New Jersey. It includes 18 Holes of Golf; Continental Breakfast, Box Lunch and Plated Dinner; Fabulous Prizes, Raffle, Silent Auction and what promises to be a day of Great Fellowship and Fun! The cost is $175 per person, which includes meals, green fees and cart. Read more.

Registration for the Soles for the Harvest 5K and Fun Run/Walk is now open. This year it will be a virtual run, at a time and on a course of your choosing between 1-7 November. Sign up online and choose “St. Thomas’ Church – Glassboro” as the recipient for your donation or fund-raising efforts: that way, 100% of your gift will go to Kitchen of Hope!

Announcements for the bulletin or parish email are due into the office by noon on Wednesday of each week. You can email them to office@stthomasglassboro.org or call the office at 856-881-9144. Announcements are subject to editing due to limited space.

Lectionary readings for this week: Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20, Psalm 19, Philippians 3:4b-14, Matthew 21:33-46

Lectionary readings for next week: Exodus 32:1-14, Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23, Philippians 4:1-9, Matthew 22:1-14

Please continue in your daily prayers for: Dennis, Marge, Joann, Joan, Lemmerman family, Livingstone, Lois, Jonnell, Handell, Jimmie, Rich, Sandy, Christopher, Lou, Marie, Colleen, Nancy, Stormy, Sally, Oscar

October Birthdays	October Anniversaries
1 Marilyn E.	2 Scott & Stephanie W.
1 Christian S.	9 Bob & Kathy S.
3 Donna F.	16 Ted & Terry D.
4 Deacon Lou D.	17 Bill & Pat W.
5 Jerry C.	18 Mike & Barbara K.
8 Wayne C.	21 Joe & Sid D.
8 Jeremy O.	26 Dcn Lou & Marie D.
8 Chrissy M.	30 Dcn Ken & Amy C.
8 Bobby K.
10 Elaine L.
13 Becky F.
15 Dylan R.
15 Carolyn T.
15 John B.
15 Monet H.
15 Hudson R.
16 Joseph R.
19 Nathaniel M.
20 Colette D.
25 Rasheen Sal B.
27 Tommy L.
29 Bill B.