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Episcokids
At St. Thomas Episcopal Church, we strive to provide a loving and nurturing community that engages children in a journey of Christian faith, encourages them to understand it, empowers them to learn to live it, and instills in them the confidence t...Read More ›
Youth
St. Thommies is an affirming youth group for grades 6-12. We seek to provide a home where young people feel they belong and faith has the opportunity to flourish. For more information contact Taylor Mack, Director of Youth and Young Adult Minis...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 ›
Children's Chapel
During the hymn before the gospel lesson, children follow the petit cross and leaders to the Chapel for Children’s Chapel. The children will continue to follow the service order and have an interactive experience. The children will have the oppo...Read More ›
Day School
Class Offerings School day 9:00am-1:00pm School year runs from August- May, following the Muscogee County School District calendar Enrollment is offered for ages 6 weeks- Pre-Kindergarten, with options of 2, 3, or 5 days a week. ...Read More ›
Prayer Group
St.Thomas’ Prayer group, along with our congregation, remember all who ask for our prayers. Our Prayer Group meets on Monday mornings. At each worship service, we read aloud those known to the parish who request our prayers. When you request tha...Read More ›
Gather
St. Thomas members love to be together. We gather to worship, learn, and serve. We gather at tables for meals and in circles for prayer. We gather to sing and to study, for fun and fellowship. Our purpose in gathering is to be strengthened for God...Read More ›
Saints & Sinners
First THURSDAYS of most months at 11:00 On the first Thursday of most months from October to June, many of our senior members of the parish and friends gather Join Saints & Sinners for a brief Eucharist, fellowship, and potluck lunch. Bring a dis...Read More ›
Foyers Groups
These are gatherings of 8 to 12 adults who meet together in homes or in the community approximately once a month from September to May. This is not a Bible Study group, but rather a community connection group. Foyers groups share a meal and conver...Read More ›
Parish Life Events
We often celebrate special seasons in the Church Year with intergenerational events. Favorites include the Visit of the Magi, Shrove Tuesday party, Easter breakfast, fall kick-off, Thanksgiving dinner, and Wassail Party. Photos of recent events ar...Read More ›
Book Readers Group
The Saint Thomas Book Discussion Group welcomes everyone to join in lively discussions of books that range from novels to biographies, theological explorations, and classics, both fiction and non-fiction. We explore the moral, spiritual, and ethic...Read More ›
Chattahoochee Valley Episcopal Ministry
The mission of CVEM is to proclaim the Good News of God in Christ by engaging Episcopalians in the Chattahoochee Valley to learn, connect, and act to fight inequity and build strong communities. St. Thomas partners with CVEM in many ways including...Read More ›
Boxwood Soccer Club
Boxwood Soccer Club includes several soccer teams for children 6 – 12 who live in the Boxwood neighborhood. The teams are managed by East Carver Heights Community Development Corporation. St. Thomas members support these teams with coaching, sup...Read More ›
Brewer Elementary
St. Thomas is a Partner in Education with Brewer Elementary School in Columbus. We support teachers in offering the best education possible. We organize a uniform closet for students and assis...Read More ›
East Carver Heights Community Development Corp.
This community development non-profit grew out of the relationships that started with Boxwood Soccer Club. In addition to soccer and Path to Shine, this organization also coordinates Boxwood F.A.N.N. (Friends and Neighbor Network), a food co-op or...Read More ›
Wynnton Neighborhood Network
Wynnton Neighborhood Network is an ecumenical, interfaith food pantry and utility assistance ministry housed in the Outreach Center of St. Thomas. Seven congregations are involved and many volunteers participate to support the work of this ministr...Read More ›
Path to Shine
Path to Shine Columbus is a mentoring and tutoring program located at the Carver Heights Presbyterian Church outreach building in East Carver Heights and supported by St. Thomas and East Carver Heights CDC. Path to Shine exists to help children ac...Read More ›
FAQs About The Episcopal Church
You may have heard of the Episcopal Church or driven by a church in your area. But what goes on there? What’s it like inside? What makes the Episcopal Church different? How do ordinary people participate in the life of the church? Here are ans...Read More ›
The Diocese of Atlanta
We are a part of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta – 50,000 people in 96 churches and missions in central and north Georgia. We are also a part of the worldwide Anglican communion – born out of the Church of England and now the third-largest Ch...Read More ›
Covid Protocols
Updated September 9, 2022 Thankfully, Muscogee County currently hovers in the "low" to "medium" community risk category, according to the CDC. At these levels, according to the CDC, everyone is encouraged to stay up-to-date on vaccinations and ge...Read More ›
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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We are Hiring!
posted on Feb 13, 2024Administrative Assistant, part-time (15 hours a week) The Assistant will serve the parish by answering phones, managing the entrance to the office, preparing Sunday bulletins and assisting with data entry. This position will also support other adm...
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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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Celebrating 10 Years of Ministry with Rev. Grace Burton-Edwards
posted on Feb 1, 2024This February will mark the 10-year anniversary of Rev. Grace Burton-Edwards’ installment as Rector of St. Thomas. On Sunday, February 11th, we will gather in the Parish Hall for a lunch celebration, recognizing all that we have accomplished tog...
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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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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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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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Outreach this Season
posted on Nov 30, 2023Opportunities for giving this season are many! Coats for Kids in East Carver Heights. Details and signup link on ECH's website here. Coats needed by December 1. Stocking Stuffer Bags for Teens in Foster Care Here's a sign up for items. You can a...
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Brewer Elementary School Buddy Pack Project
posted on Nov 17, 2023We are SO excited about our newest Brewer Elementary School Partnership Project because it directly impacts the lives of the children we serve. The Brewer Buddy Packs Project puts food into the backpacks of 80 children living in food-insecure ho...
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Wynnton Neighborhood Network Needs for Christmas
posted on Nov 17, 2023WNN will serve 200 families (100 each day) for Christmas Christmas distribution dates are December 16 & 17, starting at 8:30 each day. Donations are welcome to support additional work this holiday season. Below you will see of needed items for wee...
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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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Supporting WNN in October!
posted on Oct 6, 2023October is one of the months when St. Thomas offers extra support for the WNN food pantry. As you shop this month, as you are able, please pick up extra items for the food pantry. A shopping cart will be in the narthex on Sundays. Weekly Items Ne...
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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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