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Palm Sunday Weekend – March 23 & 24

Services on Saturday at 5:30 pm
Sunday at 8:15 and 11:00 am

The congregation will assemble outside the church to start the liturgy. Palm fronds will be distributed. We gather to recall Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem with the procession of palms, and the story of Christ’s passion and death will be read, as told in Mark’s gospel, followed by a prayer service.

Palm Sunday Evening “Soup & Stations”

5-7pm in Parish Halls 1 and 2
Please join us for our 2nd Annual Palm Sunday Agape Soup Supper and Walk Through Holy Week Stations.  This intergenerational event allows us to share a meal together as we celebrate the ultimate gift of love we have in Jesus and to remember his final journey through Jerusalem as we prepare to greet the Mystery and Miracle of Easter!  This is a potluck style event where everyone is encouraged to bring something to share.  Questions may be directed to Barbara McCall at . Sign Up here: “SOUP & STATIONS”

Maundy Thursday – March 28, 7:00 pm

Holy Communion, Foot Washing, Stripping of the Altar
This marks the Last Supper, Jesus’s gift to us of the Eucharist and Jesus’s servant leadership by washing the feet of his friends. We will pray and witness the stripping of the altar. All ages welcome. Nursery and Children’s Chapel will be available.

Good Friday – March 29

Stations of the Cross – Noon
Good Friday Solemn Liturgy – 7:00 pm

The service at 7:00 includes the reading of the passion according to John, familiar hymns, customary prayers for the day and veneration of the cross of Christ.

Great Vigil of Easter – March 30

Holy Communion at 5:30 pm

Easter Sunday – March 31

6:30am – Sunrise service with Holy Communion (in The Apostle’s Garden)
8:45 and 11:00 am – Holy Communion

The Nursery and Children’s Chapel will be available during the 8:45 and 11:00 services. No Christian Formation classes.

Children’s Nativity Musical “What Child is This”
Friday, December 22, 7:00pm
Christmas Eve Service, December 24, 4:00pm (abbreviated version)

This stewardship season is a great time to check out all the ministries offered at St. Thomas and how you can get involved to help serve. After each service on November 11th & 12th, stop by the Parish Hall to see all the ministries on display.

There will be signup sheets available to join a ministry or get more info and if you are already involved in a ministry, be sure to sign up again. We will have a raffle for a few prizes for those who sign up at the fair.

If you are a leader, please contact Jean Adam 913-530-9097 or or fill out the Google form you should have received via email so we will know if you need a table for your ministry.

Let’s live out our St. Thomas mission – Come, Serve, Grow – Make a Difference

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The Newcomer Lunch originally planned this weekend has been rescheduled to a later date.

October 28, 9am – 4pm
Tall Oaks Conference Center in Linwood, KS

The retreat will be led by The Rev. Lisa Senuta, Canon for Spiritual Life and Clergy Care of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas. More information and registration can be found here:  WOMEN’S RETREAT 2023.  If you have any questions, please contact Mthr. Kelly Demo—

Students and Educators at all ages and stages will be welcomed forward during the 10am service for a special blessing and small gift from our church to support them as they begin a new academic year! 

After the service . . .
*  Enjoy brunch in the Parish Hall followed by our Immigration Speaker
*  The FOAM PARTY for children and youth will take place on the North Lawn (outside the Sanctuary) from 11:30am-12:15pm.