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Wednesday Dinner
Wonderful Wednesdays at St. Thomas Schedule: 5:30 to 6 - Eucharist in the Chapel 5:30 to 6:15 - Dinner served on the buffet. New menus! Details below. Youth room open for youth to eat together there. 6:00 - Playground open for children who h...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 ›
Young Adults
Young Adult Ministries at St. Thomas include events and formation opportunities specifically designed to meet the interests of individuals under 40 in all walks of life. The two groups avaible for this age range are ECM (Episcopal Campus Ministry)...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 ›
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 ›
Easter Offerings
St. Thomas invites special offerings for flowers, music, and other ministries during Easter Season. Gifts may be dedicated in honor or memory of someone and will be listed in the Easter Sunday bulletin on April 9. Submit your contributions and ded...Read More ›
Training and Background Checks for Volunteers
We promise in baptism to "seek and serve Christ in all persons" and "respect the dignity of every human being." One way we live out these promises is by seeking to create a safe environment for children, youth, and adults who take part in St. Thom...Read More ›
St. Thomas Sunday
In other churches, this is often “low Sunday.” For us, it is a special day as we hear again the story of St. Thomas! To celebrate, we will have a BBQ chicken lunch after church in the parish hall and on the gro...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 ›
Easter Season Message & Sermons
At the Easter Vigil each year a cantor chants the Exsultet, a beautiful ancient proclamation of Easter. As the cantor sings, the congregation sits in darkness and lights candles from the new Paschal Candle, sharing the light of Christ. The chant...Read More ›
Holy Week 2022
Holy Week is when the foundational story of Christianity – Jesus’ suffering, death, and resurrection – is remembered and retold, both in words and in ritual actions, at services throughout the week. It ends at sundown on Holy Saturday with a...Read More ›
Holy Week & Easter Services
Holy Week is when the foundational story of Christianity – Jesus’ suffering, death, and resurrection – is remembered and retold, both in words and in ritual actions, at services throughout the week. It ends at sundown on Holy Saturday with a...Read More ›
Easter Services
The Easter Vigil, also known as the Great Vigil, is the most comprehensive and dramatic worship service of the church. It is the first celebration of Easter. The Gr...Read More ›
Easter Season Events
More than any other season of the year, Easter invites us to Rejoice. Easter recognizes that life is not all sunshine. The first proclamation of Easter begins in darkness. We all go through times when rejoicing may seem out of place. But still, we...Read More ›
Photo Galleries!
All our photos in one place! Check out the images of St. Thomas at work, worship, fellowship, and formation! [mod...Read More ›
Sustaining Creation Care during Eco-Crisis
In the Journey Groups' discussion of the book Manna and Mercy by Daniel Erlander, we've learned that God intended harmony and balance between God, humans, and the rest of creation, Yet climate change and its disruptions are irrefutable. We therefo...Read More ›
Pentecost 2022: Living Into God’s Dream
Our children will explore this theme for Vacation Bible School from May 31 to June 3 this year. The curriculum was written by our own Malinda Shamburger and friends from the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing to help children begin to learn a...Read More ›
Day of Pentecost Photos
Pentecost Sunday! A full morning of worship, fellowship, welcome, acolyte training, baptism and celebrating the Spirit!Read More ›
Day of Pentecost Photos
Pentecost Sunday! A full morning of worship, fellowship, welcome, acolyte training, baptism and celebrating the Spirit!Read More ›
Holy Week & Easter Services
posted on Mar 28, 2022Holy Week is when the foundational story of Christianity – Jesus’ suffering, death, and resurrection – is remembered and retold, both in words and in ritual actions, at services throughout the week. It ends at sundown on Holy Saturday with a...
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Easter Offerings
posted on Mar 28, 2022St. Thomas invites special offerings for flowers, music, and other ministries during Easter Season. Gifts may be dedicated in honor or memory of someone and will be listed in the Easter Sunday bulletin on April 17. Submit your contributions and de...
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Background Checks and Training
posted on Mar 25, 2022Friends, At every baptism, we all promise to "seek and serve Christ in all persons" and "respect the dignity of every human being." One way we live out these promises at St. Thomas is by seeking to create a safe environment for children, youth, a...
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Wednesday Word from Rev. Grace: Covid Protocol Updates
posted on Mar 17, 2022Friends, On Sunday, we prayed The Great Litany to mark two years of dealing with the Covid-19 pandemicAt this moment, gratefully, Covid seems to be under control in our community. Cases, positive tests, and hospitalizations have fallen. Muscogee a...
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Ash Wednesday 2022 - Onsite, Online, Offsite, and Outside
posted on Mar 9, 2022Ash Wednesday St. Thomas observed Ash Wednesday last week with a variety of worship opportunities onsite, online, offsite, and outside. Five households requested blessed ashes for use at home Fourteen people attended the 7 am service Thirty people...
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Updated Mask Guidelines for St. Thomas Church
posted on Feb 26, 2022You may have heard that the CDC updated their guidance about masks on Friday. The new guidance focuses on the burden Covid-19 is placing on the health care system in the area. Under the new guidance, Muscogee County is at the Medium level. At this...
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Episcokids on Shrove Tuesday
posted on Feb 25, 2022During lent, we don’t say “Alleluia” during worship. A good way to symbolize this to children during lent is the “pack up the Alleluias”. The Episcokids will create an Alleluia of some kind (like a poster or banner) and then on Shrove Tu...
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Wednesday Night Volunteers Needed!
posted on Feb 25, 2022Three opportunities to serve on Wednesday Nights! Help Seth in the Kitchen! Volunteers are needed to help set tables before the meal (4:30-5:30pm) and bring dishes to the buffet after the meal (6:30-7pm). You can sign up to help as often as...
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Wednesday Night Dinners Return!
posted on Feb 25, 2022Friends, When peple talk about what they have missed most during the pandemic, Wednesday dinner is always high on the list. I've always felt that much of the spiritual depth and power of St. Thomas came from the strong sense of community and care...
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WNN Shoppers Needed!
posted on Feb 25, 2022Love to find a bargain? WNN shoppers shop for needed items between Thursday and Sunday evening so that WNN has needed items to start the week on Monday. To support this new ministry, donate money through St. Thomas for WNN or sign up with the chur...
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East Carver Heights Development Corporation Update!
posted on Feb 25, 2022(Formerly Boxwood Ministries) East Carver Heights just celebrated its first anniversary as a nonprofit organization. However, we all know that this has been a part of St. Thomas for over eight years. As in all organizations, volunteers are what po...
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Daily Devotions in Lent
posted on Feb 25, 2022Several Episcopal Church organizations produce daily Lenten devotions and meditations for the season. Choose an option below and make it a Lenten practice. If you need a printed copy, contact [email protected]. Life Transformed: The Way ...
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Sermons in Lent 2022: Life Transformed
posted on Feb 25, 2022Our theme this season is “Life Transformed.” Sermons will guide us in considering together how our life is transformed at people of God. Ash Wednesday - March 2 - Life is Transformed When We Return Lent 1 - March 6 - Life is Transformed Whe...
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Wednesday Word, February 9, 2022: Absalom Jones
posted on Feb 9, 2022This is a special Sunday. I don’t mean the Super Bowl, though my husband is from Cincinnati, so we are watching with a bit more interest. More importantly, February 13 is the Feast Day of Absalom Jones. We will remember him at Family Eucharist ...
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St. Thomas Hunger Walk/Run Team
posted on Feb 7, 2022St. Thomas is participating in Hunger Walk/Run 2022 in Atlanta on March 6th! You can support our mission to provide hunger relief by donating on behalf of our team. You can also join us either in-person or virtually by registering as a member of t...
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Registration for Journey Groups Now Live
posted on Feb 2, 2022February 2, 2022 Friends, St. Thomas Journey Groups begin soon, and I hope everyone at St. Thomas will take part. We will read together Manna and Mercy, a brief overview of the Bible - from Genesis to Revelation - as one continuous story of "God...
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St. Thomas Online Store - Now Open!
posted on Jan 30, 2022St. Thomas online swag store features apparel, accessories, and more with our new St. Thomas logo. $1 of every purchase over $10 supports youth ministry at St. Thomas. Items can be shipped to your home or delivered to the church for distribution a...
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Covid Protocols Update
posted on Jan 7, 2022January 7, 2022 Friends, Sadly, Covid is surging in our community once again. It appears that the latest variant causes less-severe disease in most people, but it spreads easily and is very threatening to unvaccinated people and people with other ...
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2022 Journey Groups
posted on Dec 31, 2021A new journey begins February 9, using Manna and Mercy, a summary of the Bible by Daniel Erlander. In addition to providing an overview of the entire Bible, this resource also helps us interpret the Bible as “a brief history of God’s unfolding...
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Shine Time Resumes!
posted on Dec 17, 2021Sunday morning, 9:30 - 10:15, beginning January 9 Tiny Twinklers (3 years - pre-K), will meet with Ms. Kelli and Ms. Kristie, while our older Episcokids will meet with Ms. Erin and friends! Whirl curriculum brings worship and Sunday school togethe...
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Lessons from Yentl
posted on Jul 9, 2023O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through Jesus Christ...
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Fiddler on the Roof and Temptation
posted on Jul 2, 2023Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a holy temple ...
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Theological Lessons in Pippin
posted on Jun 25, 2023Click here to see the sermon on Youtube. Genesis 21:8-21 Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17 Romans 6:1b-11 Matthew 10:24-39
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God Save the PEOPLE
posted on Jun 11, 2023The Second Sunday after Pentecost, O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you...
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Annie & Trinity Sunday
posted on Jun 4, 2023Sermons this Summer Theology on Stage June 4 - Trinity Sunday - Annie Collect of the Day: Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity...
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Easter Sunday 2023
posted on Apr 9, 2023Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord’s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your lif...
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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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Christmas Eve 2022
posted on Dec 24, 2022Collect of the Day BCP 213 Almighty God, you have given your only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and to be born of Mary, his mother: Grant that we, who have been born again and made your children by adoption and grace, may daily be rene...
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God's Dream of Welcome
posted on Jun 5, 2022Day of Pentecost Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching of the Gospel, that it may reach to the en...
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Rejoice in Hope
posted on May 29, 2022Seventh Sunday of Easter O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place whe...
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Rejoice, Everyone
posted on May 15, 2022Fifth Sunday of Easter Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal life...
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Rejoice in Forgiveness
posted on May 1, 2022Third Sunday of Easter O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spi...
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Rejoice in St. Thomas
posted on Apr 24, 2022Second Sunday of Easter Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's Body may show forth in their lives what they profe...
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Easter Sunday 2022
posted on Apr 17, 2022Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord's resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-...
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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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A Voice in the Cloud
posted on Feb 27, 2022Last Sunday after the Epiphany The Collect of the Day O God, who before the passion of your only begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be stre...
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Funeral homily for Clifford J. Swift, III
posted on Jan 5, 2022Click here to read the homily offered at Clifford's funeral on January 5, 2022.
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