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​Easter Flower Fund
Please consider donating to our Flower Fund to decorate the church during the Easter season. Celebrate a blessing in your life or commemorate a special relationship. The deadline for placing orders is March 27. Each donation is $15. Complete the form here and put your check (or cash in a marked envelope) in the offering plate, mail, or deliver it to the church office. Checks should be made out to “St. Thomas’ Altar Guild". Paper order forms may be found in the parish hall starting March 8. Due to printing deadlines, donations received after the March 27 deadline may not be notated in the bulletin, so please sign up today. Thank you!  

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Holy Week & Easter at St. Thomas'

Please join us in celebrating Holy Week and Easter this year! Please click here for a list of the services and events offered here at St. Thomas'.  

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Daily Holy Eucharist | Mon-Weds of Holy Week, March 30 - April 1 @ 5:30 pm

Holy Week is among the most significant times of the Christian year as we prepare our hearts and minds for the celebration of the Resurrection on Easter Day. Please join us at 5:30 PM on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of Holy Week for Holy Eucharist. These are quiet, informal services with no music. Come as you are and reflect on what God is doing in this most holy of times.

 

Maundy Thursday Service | Thursday, April 2 @ 7:00 pm

At this service, we honor and remember two facets of our faith lives, the institution of Holy Communion that we share together and the call to humbly serve our neighbors that is brought to life in the foot washing. Finally, the stripping of the altar reminds us of the starkness of the next few days. Join us to observe this holy day.

 

Good Friday Service | Friday, April 3 @ 7:00 pm

The Good Friday liturgy is one of the most ancient and compelling services we have in the church year. When we recite the Solemn Collects, we are joining with our oldest sisters and brothers, the Saints of God, who have been praying these prayers for centuries. The service is a solemn, moving and dignified liturgy in which we acknowledge the brokenness of our world on this most sorrowful night. But even as we mourn, we live into the knowledge of what is to come, the resurrection and the renewal of hope for us all. The Good Friday service begins at 7:00 and we walk the Stations of the Cross before the service, starting at 6:00.

 

Easter Vigil | Saturday, April 4 @ 7:30 pm

Our greatest hopes are expressed in the liturgy of the Great Vigil, which begins before sunset on Saturday with the lighting of the Pascal fire and the remembrance of some of the greatest scriptural traditions of our faith. Then, at sunset, we finally come to the resurrection, our Easter, and celebrate all that is good in humanity that we claim through the incarnation of Christ. The Great Vigil begins at 7:30 on Saturday.

Bring Flowers on Easter Day! 
Please bring flowers from your yard to flower our crosses on Easter Day. They will be placed outside for the neighborhood to enjoy after each service. The Altar Guild will have enough flowers for all if you forget! Arrive a little early to flower our crosses before the service.

 

Parish Office Closed April 6

Please note that the Parish Office will be closed Monday, April 6. We will reopen on Tuesday, April 7 at 9:00 am. 

 

Caregiver Conversation Circle meets Wednesday, April 8 at 4 pm

This support group is for anyone who is (or has been) the primary caregiver for a loved one.

 

Finance Committee meeting | Wednesday, April 8 @ 6:00 pm
If you are curious about "drilling down into the numbers" of the parish finances, come to the next Finance Committee meeting on April 8 at 6:00.  Guests are always welcome to attend, learn, and ask questions.

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Children's Ministry Meeting: All invited! | Wednesday, April 22 @ 6 pm at church -- room TBD. Pizza provided!

The Children’s Ministry Team is having a planning meeting on Wednesday, April 22nd at 6pm to discuss programming for next year.  If you are interested in learning about Children’s Ministry or about how to participate on some level (small or large or in-between) as a volunteer for Sunday School and/or various events throughout the year, please join us!  A pizza dinner will be provided at the meeting.  Send any notes on pizza preferences to Spencer Ballou. In addition to Sunday School, the Children's Ministry team offers the family-friendly Advent Adventure event, the Christmas pageant, children's activities for Palm Sunday and Easter, and our annual Children's Service in the parish hall.

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​Enrich our worship 

We have many opportunities available to help enrich our worship together. Want to be a worship assistant for Sunday services? Email Father Dale to be added to our list of volunteers! Would you like to sponsor the altar flowers to help make our church beautiful? Click here for available dates! Interested in hosting a coffee hour, either by brewing coffee or bringing treats to share? Click here to sign up! Thank you for all the ways you support our parish life together.​​​​