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Serve at St. Thomas
Our Ministry Pledge form outlines all opportunities for service at St. Thomas. Below you’ll see some unique opportunities to serve our church community. We have a variety of opportunities for service in worship.Read More ›
Acolytes
Acolytes are students (kindergarten - 12th grade) who carry crosses, candles, and other items in procession and help in a number of ways throughout the service. Serving as an acolyte is a great way for children to gain leadership experience and le...Read More ›
Altar Guild
The purpose of the Altar Guild is to prepare the altar for worship. Care of the altar, sanctuary, vessels, and vestments are “behind the scenes” tasks necessary to support the liturgical life of the parish. Although circumstances have change...Read More ›
Flower Guild
The Flower Guild provides flowers or greenery on the altars of the Nave and Chapel each week to the Glory of God as appropriate with each season of the church year. Some members prefer to work in pairs and others do flowers by themselves. The only...Read More ›
Worship Ministries
Lay Eucharistic Minister Lay Eucharistic Ministers – often referred to as Chalice Bearers – are people who assist the priest with communion. LEMs process in and out, holding the Gospel for Gospel readings by the priest. LEMs must be baptized m...Read More ›
Church Buildings and Grounds, Leadership Committees, and Special Projects
The Building and Grounds Committee hosts inside and outside work days in the spring and fall and invites participation from all ages. Office Volunteers Volunteers are needed occasionally to assist with mailings or other special projects. We welcom...Read More ›
Children & Youth Volunteers
Lead or co-lead Children's Chapel one Sunday morning a month during the 10:30 worship service. Volunteer in the nursery as a "Rocker and Roller" during the 10:30 service. Rockers and Rollers assist with the care of babies and toddlers when extra h...Read More ›
Serve Our Members
Often we assume that pastoral care is solely the realm of clergy. Not so at St. Thomas! Our model is more like Jesus and the disciples -- each person using their particular gifts to minister to others within and beyond the church. Here are poss...Read More ›
GIPL – Georgia Interfaith Power and Light
GIPL inspires and empowers people of faith and faith communities to care for Creation through worship, education, and stewardship of our natural resources. GIPL is part of the national Interfaith Power & Light movement. The Georgia initiative was ...Read More ›
Jubilee Ministries
St. Thomas was designated a Jubilee Center of The Episcopal Church in 2001 and reaffirmed during its 50th Anniversary in 2008. Jubilee Ministries commit themselves to be a ministry of joint discipleship in Christ with poor and oppressed people, p...Read More ›
Labyrinth
The outdoor labyrinth is located in the natural area on the left side of the drive at 2100 Hilton Avenue that leads into the church. The area is within a residential neighborhood. The labyrinth is wheelchair accessible with a paved path to the sit...Read More ›
Our Building & Grounds
The Nave or Sanctuary is our setting for worship but is also a beautiful place to pray and find reminders of the story of God’s love for you. The words over the altar, Dominus Meus Et Deus Meus, are Latin for My Lord and My God which was a resp...Read More ›
Journey Groups
Strength 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...Read More ›
Women's Lectionary Bible Study
10-11:00 am in person and on Zoom. This one-hour women's lectionary study and discussion, led by the Rev. Cindy Cox Garrard, will be available both in-person and on Zoom and focuses on the lectionary texts for the coming week. Rev. Garrard provide...Read More ›
Sunday Adult Formation
9:30 - 10:15 am in-person in the church library and on Zoom We use this time each week to explore a variety of biblical, theological, liturgical, ethical, societal and spirituality issues, using shared leadership in short-term series or stand-al...Read More ›
Welcome Classes
These are offered periodically to introduce newcomers to St. Thomas and to the Episcopal Church. Use this form to let us know you're coming to the August and September 2022 classes. [module:cb-Events:individual:238:listBlocks:5:someBlocks:allO...Read More ›
Advent & Christmas at St. Thomas
People Look EastIt’s one of my favorite Advent hymns - People, look east. The time is near of the crowning of the year.Make your house fair as you are able, trim the hearth and set the table.People, look east and sing today: Love the Guest, is o...Read More ›
Creation Keepers
St. Thomas Creation Keepers are working to strengthen partnerships to promote action in safeguarding God's good earth in our community. Mission: Creation Keepers commit as faithful stewards to reduce climate disruption. As we REAP our Lord’s bou...Read More ›
Give
We are grateful for God’s provision through all who give to St. Thomas. CLICK HERE TO GIVE! No log-in required. For a one-time gift, you will be asked to load a form of payment to be debited when you make your gift. Click here to log into ACS...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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Brewer Buddy Packs
posted on Nov 23, 2024A Great Christmas Gift Idea! Margo Easterbrook, St. Thomas Partnership in Education Coordinator Double your Christmas Giving by making a donation in honor or memory of someone special. Brewer Buddy Packs are packets of food that go home in the...
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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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Christmas Music and Flowers
posted on Nov 23, 2024Special donations for Christmas Music and Flowers help us celebrate this season. We hope to fill the new nave with festive poinsettias! Gifts may be made in honor or memory of someone and a listing of names will appear in the Christmas Eve bulleti...
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The Music of Advent
posted on Nov 23, 2024by Debbie Anderson The glorious music of the season of Advent reminds us, once again, to pray for and prepare for the day that God will live among us. In our hymnal, Advent hymns are the hymns numbered 53-76. Some are filled with words of longing...
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A Healthy Community: St. Thomas Advent Lunches
posted on Nov 23, 2024First three Mondays in Advent from noon to 1 pm Gather in the parish hall for a vegetarian soup and salad lunch and a time to reflect on community health. Our renovated nave will be open for tours after each lunch on December 9 & 16. December 2: F...
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Remembering Beloved Saints
posted on Oct 3, 2024A meaningful All Saints custom at St. Thomas is the remembrance of those who have gone before us in the faith. To add a name to our necrology (a list of names of those who have died), please complete the form below or email to office@stthomascolu...
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Remembering the Faithful Departed
posted on Oct 3, 2024All Saints Day is more than a day. It is three days to give thanks and remember those who have crossed the threshold from this life to the life to come whose faith still inspires us today. All Saints Eve (aka Halloween, October 31) acknowledges t...
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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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Creation Keepers News!
posted on Sep 2, 2024Save the date: Saturday October 19! St. Mark’s Episcopal in LaGrange, in collaboration with St. Thomas Creation Keepers and Georgia Interfaith Power and Light, will host a Re-Wilding Workshop. Registration information forthcoming. Bio-diversity ...
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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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Brewer Elementary School Update
posted on Aug 10, 2024From: Margo Easterbrook Brewer Elementary School is in the midst of an enormous transformation and will open its doors to students on August 8 as the Brewer K-2 Accelerated Learning Academy. With a new Principal and a mostly new staff, Brewer wil...
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One Small Step America
posted on Aug 10, 2024Columbus, Georgia was a model city for One Small Step, an initiative from StoryCorps that brings together strangers with different points of view to talk with one another as people. St. Thomas participated in the kick off last year. Now, StoryCorp...
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Children's Info Form
posted on Aug 10, 2024Ms. Shayla is collecting information on children who participate in activities at St. Thomas. If your child or grandchild participates - even on an occasional basis - please complete the Episcokid Info Form below. Email is the best way to reach M...
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The EpiscoKid Adventurers
posted on Aug 10, 2024From Ms. Shayla I am planning a new adventure for our awesome Episcokids --- field trips to several places where they can spend time with each other outside of church, deepen their friendships, and experience some of the amazing things our commun...
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More Welcoming Language in our Liturgies
posted on Aug 10, 2024A few years ago, the Episcopal Church authorized optional updates to some of the language in our worship liturgies. These subtle changes provide more inclusive language for people and more expansive language for God. The goal of these offerings is...
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Services for Rick McKnight
posted on Jul 31, 2024Click here for a bulletin for the Funeral Service for Rick McKnight. Our Wednesday Eucharist on July 31 at 5:30 in All Saints Hall will be offered to the glory of God and in thanksgiving for Rick. Visitation is on Thursday from 5 to 7 at St. ...
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Foyers Sign Ups!
posted on Jul 24, 2024Foyers dinner groups start meeting in the fall and are social groups designed to encourage fellowship and connection with other St. Thomas folks. Deadline to sign up is Sunday, August 18th . Once the groups are formed, you will be notified by dinn...
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Phishing Scam from Rev. Grace
posted on Jun 27, 2024Every now and then, a parishioner reports receiving a vague text or email which appears to be from one of our staff members or clergy asking for help. The message often does not describe the kind of help needed. People who have responded have rece...
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Beginning Anew
posted on Nov 14, 2021Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost 1 Samuel 1:4-20 1 Samuel 2:1-10 Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18) 19-25 Mark 13:1-8
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Job: Oh that I Knew Where I Might Find Him
posted on Oct 10, 2021The 20th Sunday after Pentecost Job 23:1-9, 16-17 Psalm 22:1-15 Hebrews 4:12-16 Mark 10:17-31
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Job: Life is Hard
posted on Oct 3, 2021The 19th Sunday after Pentecost Job 1:1; 2:1-10 Psalm 26 Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12 Mark 10:2-16
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The Lord is on Our Side
posted on Sep 26, 2021The 18th Sunday after Pentecost Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 Psalm 124 James 5:13-20 Mark 9:38-50
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The Way of the Righteous
posted on Sep 19, 2021The 17th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20 Proverbs 31:10-31 Psalm 1 James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a Mark 9:30-37
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The Spiritual Journey of the Psalms
posted on Sep 12, 2021The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 19 Proverbs 1:20-33 Psalm 19 James 3:1-12 Mark 8:27-38
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The Psalms: Hymns for Hard Times
posted on Sep 5, 2021The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 18 Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 Psalm 125 James 2:1-10, [11-13], 14-17 Mark 7:24-37
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Unintended Consequences & Unexpected Good
posted on Aug 16, 2020Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
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