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2025 Annual Pledge
Crossing the Threshold: St. Thomas Stewardship for 2025 Thank you for your generous past support of the St. Thomas budget. Thanks to your gifts, we can support a growing ministry and be good stewards of the church facility, which leaves us in a st...Read More ›
Room For All
Making Room For All: St. Thomas Vision Campaign Through a Strategic Planning Process, we developed a vision to increase the seating in the nave and improve accessibility at the same time. Generous lead gifts have put us halfway to our $3,000,000 g...Read More ›
FAQs About Pledging
What is a financial pledge? A pledge is an estimate of what you hope to give to support St. Thomas in the year ahead. A pledge can be changed at any time - just let the Parish Administrator know. I give to St. Thomas already. Why make a pledge? W...Read More ›
Interior
The altar rail and kneeling step move to the front, allowing worshippers to stand, sit, or kneel at ground level for communion. We keep our current altar cushions, created for the space by Margaret Baird. A stunning modern reredos screen, with...Read More ›
Parking
Diagram: New handicapped parking by the Chapel. This location was selected for greater safety and to preserve green space and the current profile of the facility. A design for a covered drop off behind the chapel is in process. We also hope to be...Read More ›
Timeline
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 ›
Additional Projects
We are still exploring the possibility of rooftop solar panels and options for replacing the roof on the Day School building. Those projects will be managed separately and will not be part of this campaign. Making Room for All is a part of our ...Read More ›
Cost
The total cost of all projects is estimated at $3 million. Thanks to gifts already received, we are halfway there, but we need your help to MAKE ROOM FOR ALL AT ST. THOMASRead More ›
Named Gifts
The following gifts may be given in honor or memory of someone. In addition to listing the names of all donors on one large plaque, individual name plates or plaques will acknowledge these gifts. Reredos Screen – Given by Clifford and Bobsie ...Read More ›
Worship in Advent
A new Church Year begins on December 1, the First Sunday of Advent. The year is Year C in the Revised Common Lectionary, with a focus on Luke’s Gospel. We begin each Sunday in Advent with prayers around an Advent wreath led by new members of St....Read More ›
Funeral Planning Information
We have three documents to help in funeral planning. "Personal Instructions" - on which you can provide details regarding the service "Planning a Service" - which gives guidelines, suggestions, and pricing information "Columbarium Informa...Read More ›
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 ›
Savage Heart Animal Rescue
Savage Hart, as the sole licensed wildlife rehabilitation facility in the Chattahoochee Valley, is dedicated to protecting wild animals and their natural environments through rehabilitation, conservation, and education. Our wildlife experts respon...Read More ›
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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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