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October 2023 – Fundraising begins. January 2024 – Submit funding plan to diocese for final approval. Late January 2024 – Sign construction contracts. April 2024 - Begin construction. Worship in the Chapel and in the All Saints Hall du...Read More ›
St. Thomas Vestry
posted on Jan 6, 2025The Vestry is the governing body of the parish, with responsibility to see that the congregation’s administrative and financial life allows our ministries to flourish. We elect three members each year to serve three-year terms. Retiring vestry m...
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Sign up for 2025 Journey Groups
posted on Jan 4, 2025Strength for the Journey AND Manna & Mercy Strength for the Journey: A Guide to Spiritual Practice by Renee MillerOur Vestry read this book for their devotions in 2024. Now we are offering it to the whole congregation. This slim volume explores tw...
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Rolling Out the Welcome Mat
posted on Aug 10, 2024St. Thomas 2024 Ministry Offerings Each August, we invite parishioners to sign up for different ways to learn and serve together through our annual Ministry Offering. This online form lists many ways to serve and participate, and they all have ...
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Wednesday Word from Taylor Mack, June 12, 2024
posted on Jun 12, 2024Many of you have heard about the upcoming 81st Episcopal General Convention. Adult Formation classes have been learning about General Convention all this month and our diocese has been buzzing with conversations about Bishop Wright’s nomination ...
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Summer of Service 2024
posted on Jun 5, 2024Last summer we began some strategic planning related to St. Thomas Outreach. We spent time learning, visiting, and volunteering with both new and old partners in our community. This summer as we continue our work of Making Room for All in our phys...
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Wednesday Word from Rev. Grace, May 22, 2024
posted on May 22, 2024Friends - On the Day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit showed up in the form of wind, fire, and conversation. On the first Sunday after Pentecost, we celebrate Trinity Sunday, a day to reflect on the nature of God as an equal and mutual relationship o...
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Wednesday Word from Rev. Grace, May 15, 2024
posted on May 15, 2024When the day of Pentecost had come . . . The lesson from Acts 2 begins in this matter-of-fact way. The day of Pentecost had been celebrated for centuries as a harvest festival, fifty days after Passover. By the 1st Century, it had also become a ce...
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Wednesday Word from Chaplain Echols, May 1, 2024
posted on May 1, 2024As some of you may have seen in the Order of Worship for 5 May 2024, I am Chaplain (MAJ) Stephen Echols. I am an Active Duty US Army Chaplain and Episcopal Priest currently serving as the Ethics Instructor and Writer at the Maneuver Center of Exce...
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Construction Update!
posted on Apr 22, 2024Batson-Cook - our contractor for Making Room for All - will be sending us these Project Update Newsletters every month or so. Click here to see the first report! We've also gathered all of the Making Room for All photos into one photo album ...
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Annual St. Thomas Yard Sale - Annual St. Thomas Yard Sale
posted on Jan 26, 2024Our Yard Sale is coming soon! Items will be received in the parish hall beginning Sunday, February 4 through Thursday, February 8. We’re looking for these types of items for donations: Clothing: Less than 3 years old on hangers - Coats, Athlet...
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2023 Annual Report Available Now!
posted on Jan 24, 2024Loving Every Person. Making Room for All. These words describe St. Thomas in 2023 so well. We lived even more fully into our commitment to Love Every Person. Service to others. Vibrant outreach partnerships. Pastoral care and fellowship. Lots of...
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Journey Groups
posted on Jan 17, 2024Journey Groups, beginning again on January 31, will watch and discuss more sermons by Presiding Bishop Curry who has had a profound effect on the ministry and witness of the Episcopal Church. A new Presiding Bishop will be elected in the summer of...
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Our Next Baptism Sunday
posted on Nov 17, 2023January 7, 2024: Baptism of our Lord As we remember the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist, we also welcome all to be baptized on this day. Contact Rev. Grace to schedule Baptism. Also on this day, at 2 pm Bishop Wright will be at Trinity Episc...
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Wednesday Word from Rev. Grace: Backpack Blessing
posted on Aug 9, 2023Our annual Blessing of the Backpacks is this Sunday at both services. At 9:30, gather for a back-to-school buffet breakfast in the parish hall with time to celebrate the many schools and homes where St. Thomas parishioners learn and work. We will ...
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Wednesday Word from Taylor: Mission Trip Update
posted on Aug 3, 2023This past week, four high school youth and two chaperones from St. Thomas traveled to Charlotte, NC to participate in a mission trip through CROSS Missions. The experience far exceeded my expectations. We served eight ministry sites over four days...
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Wednesday Word from Rev. Grace & Mrs. Erin
posted on Jun 21, 2023Before serving as Rector of St. Thomas, I served as Chaplain of an Episcopal school in Indianapolis. The youngest students were 3. The oldest were in 8th grade. Many students attended for eleven years. In addition to families who loved them, these...
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Tuesday, March 28: What is Salvation?
posted on Mar 28, 2023For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third d...
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Monday, March 7: Who is God?
posted on Mar 7, 2023Asking the Questions Who is God?I grew up very “well-churched” - Sunday school and worship services AM and PM, Wednesday night dinner and devotional, children’s choir, annual week-long revivals, at least two Vacation Bible Schools every summ...
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2022 Annual Reports Now Available!
posted on Feb 1, 20232022 was a remarkable year of life and growth for St. Thomas. When the year began, some were still hesitant to gather. By the end of the year, our ministries were thriving - many even more than before! Some of many accomplishments and highlights...
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