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Lent
Bishop Wright chose the theme “Letting Go” for his Lenten teaching series this year. We will watch and discuss his videos on Sunday mornings at 9:30 in the library during this season, and I’ll explore the theme in sermons. Lent is always a s...Read More ›
Altar Flowers & Greenery
The giving of Altar Flowers on Sunday is a wonderful way to celebrate a special occasion or remember our loved ones. In addition to enhancing the beauty of worship, the name(s) of those being honored or remembered and the name(s) of the donor will...Read More ›
History of St. Thomas
In 1957, the Diocese of Atlanta, under the leadership and direction of the Rt. Rev. Randolph Claiborne, began discussion about starting a second Episcopal Church in Columbus. In 1958 a group of Trinity parishioners petitioned to form a new congreg...Read More ›
Printed Newsletter
St. Thomas prints and distributes seasonal newsletters. We call these Seasons at St. Thomas. Click below for recent editions. Seasons Newsletter: Late Pentecost 2024 Seasons Newsletter 2024 Mid Pentecost Seasons Newsletter Early Penteco...Read More ›
Rejoice Now: Easter Season 2022
Easter Sunday is only the beginning! A great fifty-day feast (known as “Eastertide,” “Easter Season,” or “Easter Time,” as well as “Paschaltide,” “Paschal Season,” or “Paschal Time”) kicks off on Easter Day. In the Church Y...Read More ›
Serve
We Serve Together - through St. Thomas and in the wider community, seeking to follow Jesus in works of compassion and justice. Jesus said that he came not to be served but to serve (Matthew 20:28). Service to others is part of following Jesus. S...Read More ›
Serve Our Neighbors
Variety is a key word to describe opportunities for service at St. Thomas. Many outreach opportunities do not require long-term commitments while others offer the opportunity for long-term connection and relationships to develop. Some efforts are ...Read More ›
This Sunday
New to St. Thomas? Fill out our Online Welcome Card. 8:30 BULLETIN HERE February 2 For a copy of our 10:30 bulletin click here to be added to our email newsletter list or find a link in the...Read More ›
A Message from Rev. Grace & Sermons this Season
A phrase we hear in one of our readings for Ash Wednesday is this: Return to the Lord. The prophet Joel wrote during a calamity - a plague of locusts. The prophet begged the people to let the calamity inspire them to RETURN to worship - not becaus...Read More ›
Episcokids in Advent
posted on Nov 23, 2024St. Nicholas Visits! December 4, Parish Hall Children and adults will hear about St. Nicholas and prepare for his visit. He typically visits on December 6, but we asked him to come a couple of days early this year. Let Ms. Shayla know if you�...
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Music Search Update
posted on Sep 18, 2024by Ron Wirt The music search committee, composed of Raymond Campbell, Donna Dooley, Jessica Ezzell, Ruth Nichols, Linda Prince, Brian Walker, Rev. Grace, Patty Slembarski and me, has held two meetings and agreed to request from Vestry the fundi...
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Letting Go Lent Meditation by Alaina Harrison
posted on Mar 18, 2024Growing up, I was a perfectionist and I prided myself in rising above the standards and expectations that were set for me. Before I knew it, I had set goals for my life based on what other people would approve or like for me to achieve. I'm a peop...
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Letting Go Lent Meditation by Kathleen Mullins
posted on Mar 15, 2024In January of 2023, I officially became a member of St. Thomas and a new Episcopalian. I would be lying if I said when I joined I had all things Episcopal figured out. Today, I am still learning. On this journey of learning about my new church ho...
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Letting Go Lent Meditation by Kathy Bonner Herren
posted on Mar 4, 2024Ecclesiastes 3:6 - A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to castaway I have experienced many forms of “letting go” and none of them have been easy. I always have to go through a period of grief and reflection before I c...
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Letting Go Lent Meditation by Faye Melton
posted on Mar 1, 2024With three granddaughters, I have heard Elsa’s song “Let It Go” from Disney’s Frozen movie countless times. If you aren’t familiar with the lyrics, princess Elsa sings about her struggle to release the expectations of others so that she ...
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Letting Go Lent Meditation by Charlene Moore
posted on Feb 23, 2024I heard the phrase LETTING GO about twenty years ago, from a very wise woman. She explained to me that letting go was not something you just do, it's a process that you learn to do. I heard what she said but didn't quite understand it. I pondered ...
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Lent Meditation from Jennifer Fletcher
posted on Feb 21, 2024Practically from birth, my life was shaped around the core notion that I should be perfect in everything I undertook - the perfect daughter, student, teacher, mother, nurse, friend. I believed I should never make a mistake at home, at work, even a...
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Letting Go Lent Meditation by Mandy Ochoa
posted on Feb 19, 2024There have been many times in my life that God has encouraged me to let go. The starkest example happened about four years ago when I had a crisis in my struggle with bipolar disorder. A symptom of the manic side of bipolar is an inflated sens...
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Letting Go Lent Meditation by Michael Ankerich
posted on Feb 16, 2024Letting go is hard work, my friends. To me, letting go means choosing to free ourselves from a loss, grievance, or life transition that leaves us paralyzed with grief, uncertainty, anxiety, and chaos. My first intentional act of letting go came w...
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Letting Go Lent Meditation by Grace Burton-Edwards
posted on Feb 16, 2024Friends, Sunday was a wonderful occasion. Thank you all for a beautiful celebration of 10 years of ministry together. The event caused me to remember where I was ten years ago. On Sunday, February 9, 2014, I said goodbye to a church and school I...
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Music in Lent
posted on Feb 12, 2024A message from Rick McKnight We work in a common goal that the music supports the liturgy. In Lent, our services are quieter and more solemn and the music follows suit. The First Sunday in Lent we chant The Great Litany in procession to open the s...
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Reconciliation of a Penitent
posted on Feb 11, 2024Some Christian traditions emphasize the practice of individual confession during Lent. In The Episcopal Church, we call it the Rite of Reconciliation of a Penitent. Two forms of the rite are on pages 447 and 449 of the Book of Common Prayer. Form ...
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Sunday Worship in Lent
posted on Feb 11, 2024During Lent, we let go of some of our usual patterns of worship and embrace different patterns to mark this season. We begin the service with more quiet. We pray with Rite I, the older language of the Prayer Book, to help us pay more attention to ...
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Ash Wednesday Services
posted on Jan 24, 2024Imposition of Ashes and Holy Eucharist 7:00 am in the chapel, Noon and 6:30 pm in the nave Lent begins in solemn prayer and quiet. No music at the 7 am and Noon services. We sing and chant with no accompaniment at the 6:30 pm service. Child care a...
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Summer Music Update
posted on May 19, 2023Worship in the Episcopal Church follows a seasonal pattern, with different music and liturgy for Lent and Holy Week, Advent, etc. But what about summer? The Season after Pentecost is sometimes called ‘Ordinary Time.’ The liturgical color is g...
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Tuesday, March 14: Who is Creator?
posted on Mar 14, 2023Just how old is the planet we inhabit? Bible literalists would have us believe that the earth is only a few thousand years old, while scientists point to evidence that our planet has existed for billions of years. If there is that much disagreeme...
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Wednesday March 8: Jesus and the Different Kingdom
posted on Mar 8, 2023Each Wednesday in Lent we will be sharing Bishop Rob Wright's Lenten Message and study guide as a part of our refection schedule. Click the video below to hear and watch. Click here for a study guide that can use alone or with your family or oth...
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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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Thursday, March 2: We
posted on Mar 2, 2023Asking the Questions We.When first glancing at the Nicene Creed I noticed that the creed does not begin with first person singular “I” but rather first person plural “We.” Using the first person singular “I” expresses an individual’s...
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Who is the Christ
posted on Mar 19, 2023Fourth Sunday in Lent Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and t...
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Life is Transformed When We Forgive Ourselves & Others
posted on Mar 27, 2022Fourth Sunday in Lent Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and t...
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Life is Transformed When We Turn Aside to See
posted on Mar 20, 2022Third Sunday in Lent Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from a...
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Life is Transformed When We Focus on the Future
posted on Mar 13, 2022Second Sunday in Lent O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word...
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Life is Transformed When We Gather and Give
posted on Mar 6, 2022First Sunday in Lent Collect of the Day Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan: Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations; and, as you know the weaknesses of each of us, let each one find y...
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Sunday Adult Formation During Lent: Freeing Jesus
posted on Feb 25, 2022Diana Butler Bass’s Freeing Jesus provides the framework for Sunday Adult Formation in Lent. This autobiographically-shaped book looks at six common terms for viewing Jesus – Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, Presence – and the ways her un...
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Wonderful Wednesdays for Episcokids in Lent
posted on Feb 25, 2022Living God’s Dream Recognizing and celebrating differences as beautiful is key to seeing God’s image in each person. Ms. Katie and Ms. Erin will gather in Outreach with the Episcokids and we will learn to value diversity and differences as bea...
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Trinity Lent Series “Let each one find you mighty to save”
posted on Feb 21, 2022Mondays in Lent at noon Parish Hall at Trinity Episcopal Church $5 donation for lunch March 7, Lyn Pace, Chaplain at Oxford College of Emory University March 14, Brian Sullivan, Head of School, St. Benedict’s Episcopal School, Smyrna, GA March ...
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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
posted on Feb 4, 2022Join us to celebrate the last evening before the start of Lent. St. Thomas Youth will serve pancakes, bacon, and sausage at this festive fundraiser. Dinner served from 5:30 - 6:15. At 6:15 entertainment and the program will begin. Proceeds from th...
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