Ash Wednesday Services
All Services will include the Imposition of Ashes and are at St. Thomas'
Feb. 6: Wednesday:
7:00 A.M. with Holy Eucharist & 12:00 noon- with Holy Eucharist
7:30 P.M.- with Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church
Weekly Observances
Tuesdays during Lent and Holy Week:
Feb 12, 19, 26
March 4, 11, 18
7:00 A.M. Holy Eucharist in the Chapel
February & March Thursdays: T-N-T dinner at 6:00 Program at 6:30 -Responses to our environment!
An Inquirer’s Class for adults begins in March. Led by the Rector, the class will meet at 11:30 on Sunday Mornings:
February 10, 17, 24 March 2, 9, 16,
30 April 6.
The
Inquirer’s Class is intended for those persons who would:
·
like to
learn more about their faith, the Episcopal Church, and the Church.
·
like to
review what they may have learned previously.
·
like to
formalize their membership at St. Thomas’ and in the Episcopal Church through
being confirmed or received by Bishop McKelvey on April 27.
The class will cover the Scriptures, the History of
the Episcopal Church, the Outline of the Faith, the Sacraments of the Church and
their meaning, The Book of Common Prayer,
Basic Theology, the Anglican Communion, and any questions which you may have.
If
you are interested in attending, please speak with the Rector or call the church
office.
LENTEN PRAYER PRACTICE
Many of us wish to strengthen our personal prayer
life during Lent but are unsure how to begin. One way would be to take home with
you each week the prayer requests found on the colored sheet in your weekly
service bulletin, and join the members of the St. Thomas’ Prayer Ministry by
including those requests in your daily prayers.
The most solemn week of the
church year begins on Palm Sunday,
March 16. Services that weekend will be at the regular times, and palms will be
distributed at all liturgies.
On Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday of Holy Week, A
Holy Week Journey, special half-hour devotional services tracing the events
leading up to Christ’s crucifixion, will be held in the choir stalls each
evening at 7:00.
On Maundy
Thursday, March 20 at 6:00 p.m. we will share a simple supper, and then
celebrate the Eucharist around tables in the lower hall.
Good Friday
services include the Stations of the Cross
at Our Lady of Lourdes at 12:00 noon; a special Children’s
Stations of the Cross at St. Thomas’ at 5:00 p.m.; and the service of Tenebrae
with music by the St. Thomas’ choir at 7:30 p.m.
Services
on Easter Sunday, April 8, are at 9:00 a.m. and
11:00 a.m.
Incense
will be used at the 11:00 liturgy. A brass quintet prelude precedes both
services.