This weekend is a Kitchen of Hope food distribution. Contact Vivian H. if you would like to help out!

The St. Thomas’ Sunday School is providing a special Easter egg-hunt with the Easter bunny for families, one at a time, by appointment. Please contact Barbara K. if your family would like to participate.

Our Foundations of Faith course continues for four more weeks. Join us online on Wednesdays at 7pm. This week’s topic: The Story of the People of God: The Covenant People Israel. See https://www.stthomasglassboro.org/zoom/ for connection information.

The St. Thomas’ Vestry meets this coming Thursday. Vestrys meeting are generally open to anyone who wants to bring a question, concern, or comment. Minutes are posted monthly on the bulletin board in the Parish Hall.

Each year the Diocese ECW grants Student Service Awards to graduating seniors and students continuing their college education. We encourage all our qualifying church members to apply for this award. Find instructions and the application here. The deadline to apply is May 1st.

St. Thomas’ is hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive on Tuesday, 4 May, from 2pm-7pm. Sign up online or use sponsor code: St. Thomas Glassboro

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The state of New Jersey has open a “pre-registration portal” for residents to sign up to receive vaccination against Covid-19. Sign up at https://covidvaccine.nj.gov/. You might also call around to local hospitals or pharmacies to see if they have openings in their own distributions of the vaccine. One resource suggested by others in our Diocese is the Vaccine Spotter website. It can help you find pharmacies with available appointments. Finally, the Diocese of New Jersey is offering assistance for anyone having difficulty making an appointment.

The CDC has provided guidance for those who have received the Covid-19 vaccine. Some protocols are relaxed among “fully-vaccinated” persons in private settings. For as long as not everyone has access to the vaccine, we will as a parish observe the protocols that keep everyone – including the unvaccinated – safe. This is a matter of justice: we do this in order to be in solidarity with all God’s children.

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.

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Lectionary readings for this week: Acts 4:32-35, 1 John 1:1-2:2, John 20:19-31, Psalm 133

Lectionary readings for next week: Acts 3:12-19, 1 John 3:1-7, Luke 24:36b-48, Psalm 4

Please continue in your daily prayers for: Dennis, Marge, Joann, Andrea, Bob, Jimmie, Chuck, Jimmie, Jerry, Gary, Carl, Bill, Jeannie, Zenaida, Kass, Joan, Michael, Dee, Carmela, Howard