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Easter Services at St. Thomas
April 16 – Easter Vigil—Holy Communion at 5:30pm
April 17—Easter Sunday Services:
6:00am—Sunrise Service in Apostle’s Garden (will meet inside if too cold)
8:45 and 11:00am – Holy Communion

Children’s Church (for children ages 3-10) is offered during the “Liturgy of the Word” at the 8:45 and 11:00 services.

Nursery care for children ages 6 months through age 4 will be available on Easter Sunday from 8:30 through the conclusion of the 11am services.

All services are streamed and available to watch live and anytime afterwards on both YouTube and Facebook. https://www.youtube.com/c/stthomasop
and https://www.facebook.com/stthomasop

Maundy Thursday and Good Friday – April 14 & 15
Maundy Thursday with footwashing and Holy Communion – 7pm
Good Friday Stations of the Cross – Noon
Good Friday solemn liturgy – 7pm

Children’s Church (for children ages 3-10) will be offered during both of the evening services.

All services are streamed and available to watch live and anytime afterwards on both YouTube and Facebook. https://www.youtube.com/c/stthomasop
and https://www.facebook.com/stthomasop

“Last Word” Speaker Series
Each Wednesday through Lent from Noon-1pm

We will again be hosting Lenten Lectures during Lent. The theme is “Last Word” and is modeled after Carnegie Mellon University’s “The Last Lecture Series.” We are inviting distinguished leaders to share thoughts on what really matters to them. You can watch all sessions on Youtube.

March 9: Toriano Porter is a national award-winning opinion writer for the Kansas City Star Editorial Board.

March 16: Michael Kleber-Diggs is a poet, essayist, and literary critic.

March 23: Barbara Cawthorne Crafton is an Episcopal priest, spiritual director and author. She was rector of St. Clement’s Church in Manhattan’s Theatre district. many years in combining the lively arts and the life of faith.

March 30: The Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu van Furth is an episcopal priest, an artist, an author, an accomplished public speaker and retreat facilitator. opportunity for women and girls.

April 6: Brad Hill. Executive Director of Heart Connexion Seminars and humanitarian.

Adult Forum through Lent
Meets on Sunday mornings at 10am in Parish Hall 2

During the season of Lent, St. Thomas’ Adult Forum will offer an opportunity for parishioners to consider how their talents, passions, and values can be put to service in God’s Kingdom through their everyday lives. This course will be led by Dr. George Phillips, Senior Warden at St. Thomas. Over his career in academic medicine, George has worked with numerous emerging and established leaders to assist them in discerning paths toward goals in their professional and personal lives. George also uses that experience with our high school youth in The Giving Project, helping them design a personal mission statement that informs their area of service in God’s Kingdom. As our Lenten traditions encourage us to explore areas for personal growth, please consider joining Adult Forum for this opportunity for a guided approach to introspection that may open new paths for living out your faith.

Almost Daily Reflections

This video series typically posts Monday-Friday at 7am and includes a reflection along with Scripture and/or other resources as a daily dose of spirituality and encouragement. Follow along each day on the St. Thomas Episcopal OP Facebook page or You Tube channel.

On Shrove Tuesday, March 1, from 4-7pm, we will have the Great Pancake Tailgate OR Drive-Thru (Can’t Wait!). The youth will have pancakes and sausage available that you can eat here or get some to go. It will be a freewill offering and the money will go towards our summer camp programming. In case of inclement weather we will just move to the drive through option.