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"Honor God & Bless Others"
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Thursday Notes:
October 20, 2016
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Men's Meat Burning 
Thursday, October 20, at 6:30pm
It's time for cooler fall football temperatures and what better time to enjoy the fellowship of the St. Thomas Men's Meat Burning Group. The Meat Burning is scheduled for October 20th at 6:30. Our host is
Victor Llana, 25 Inwood Autumn, San Antonio (Inwood subdivision with gate guard).
Bring your choice of meat to grill and $5 to offset other food, beer and soft drink expenses. Theme for this get together is "College Football" so wear the colors of your favorite college team.
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Golf Group
Plays Saturday, October 22. Shotgun start at 1pm.
The next St. Thomas Golf Tournament is scheduled Saturday, October 22 at the Republic Golf Club. The shotgun start is scheduled at 1 pm and the cost is $45.
If you'd like to play, contact Steve Scheidker at 210-422-8866 or
[email protected]t.
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Art & Faith Expo at the Bishop Jones Center
Special reception on Sunday, October 23, from 2pm-5pm. The exhibit will be hanging at the Bishop Jones Center until mid-November.
Cathedral House Gallery will host
 an art exhibit by our Art and Faith Group. All parishioners, family, and friends are welcome to come and see the works created over the past year. There is a reception on Sunday, October 23 from 2pm to 5pm, honoring the Art & Faith works of art. The exhibit will be hanging until mid November and can be viewed anytime between the hours of 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday.
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CAYA Youth-led Worship
Sunday, October 23, at 5pm. All are invited to our special youth-led worship.
All ages are invited to come to our awesome youth-led worship on Sunday, October 23, at 5:00pm. Dress comfortably and be yourself, we welcome you just as you are.
CAYA is a youth led worship service that encourages youth to praise God, be who you are, wear what you want, and grow in love.
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St. Tom 20's and 30's Pub Theology
Sunday, October 23, at the Hoppy Monk.
We will meet Sunday, October 23, at 6:45pm, talking about spirituality while sharing a pint.
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Men's Traveling Lunch Bunch
Tuesday, October 25, at 11:30am
The MTLB meets for lunch this week on Tuesday, October 25 at: River City Seafood & Grill, 115 N. Loop 1604 E, at 11:30am. All gentlemen of the parish are welcome to come share delicious food and interesting conversation on a wide variety of topics.
Contact John Keith with any questions or for a ride to the lunch: 210-710-5009.
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Youth Fellowship at Incredible Pizza 
Wednesday, October 26, from 6pm to 8pm
All 4th thru 12th Grade:
Meet at Incredible Pizza: 1173 West Ave, 78216 on Wednesday, October 26, from 6pm to 8pm for fellowship, fun and great food.
Cost: $20.
For more information, call or text Spencer Stocker at 255-0006.
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Clarion Crew
Thursday, October 27, at noon
Our Clarion Crew will meet and assemble the church newsletter on Thursday, Oct 27, at noon. We can always use an extra pair of hands, many hands make for light work.
Please contact Martha Gaston: 830-438-8415 to volunteer.
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Grandparents Day
Celebrating our Parish Grandparents on Friday, October 28! Chapel begins at 10am!
There will be a special reception and chapel service honoring grandparents on Grandparents Day; Friday, October 28! Chapel will begin at 10:00am. All grandparents, please join us for this special honorary occasion!
For more information about our Grandparents Day, please contact Robin at our school: 494-3509.
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School Pumpkin Patch
Second Pumpkin Delivery on Saturday at 2pm! We need your help to unload pumpkins! Our Patch continues until October 31!
We need your help to unload a second pumpkin delivery this Saturday at 2pm! W
e are looking for any and all volunteers who can help unload pumpkins.
If we have enough volunteers it should only take about an hour to unload.
Questions, please contact Robin at our school: 494-3507.
Our Pumpkin Patch will be open daily from 9am-4pm until October 31st! Parishioners are still able to order pumpkins and have them delivered right to their vehicles via our curbside service. Contact our school for more information.
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"Trunk or Treat" Fall Festival
Sunday, October 30, from 3pm-5pm. Our Pumpkin Patch is open for families to visit before going to Trunk or Treat in the parking lot.
We invite St. Thomas church & school families to browse our Pumpkin Patch and take costumed pictures before heading to our "Trunk or Treat" event. Our Pumpkin Patch will be open after church and our Trunk and Treat event will start at 3:00pm. There will be plenty of games, treats and food for all. We will have a special food trunk
from Flamingo Rey's at the Pumpkin Patch for all to enjoy! Our event will end by 5:00pm so families can return home in time for dinner or attend other events.
Parishioners and school parents, please come early to set up your vehicles. "Trunk or Treat" means you will be giving out candy or goodies to trick-or-treaters from the trunk or back of your vehicle. Participants may come in family-friendly costumes (or not), decorate their vehicles (or not) and hand out candy. Please bring lots of candy
(with NO NUTS) to hand out. A special prize will be awarded for the most creatively decorated trunk. Come and have a great time!!
Questions, call Missy Denney at: 262-3664 or the church office at: 494-3507.
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Book Club
Tuesday, November 1, at 10:00am in the library
Our St. Thomas Book Club meets on Tuesday, November 1, at 10:00am in the library. During this November session, our club will pick the book selections for 2017. All readers and book lovers are warmly welcome to join us!
Contact Louise Miner: 497-4281 to learn more about our Book Club.
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Community Outreach Meeting
Tuesday, November 1, at 6:30pm
Our St. Thomas Community Outreach will meet on Tuesday, November 1, at the Atkins home:
2307 Sable Creek, at 6:30pm.
Contact Judy Thompson to learn more about this ministry: 210-887-2916
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The Bishop's Golf Classic
Friday, November 4 at Canyon Springs Golf Club in San Antonio
The 2016 Bishop's Golf Classic is only
two weeks away, but we still have room for a few more teams who are ready to spend a fun day on the green representing the youth program at their church and helping raise money for the Camps Scholarship Fund.
If you have already registered your team for the tournament - thank you very much for supporting our camping programs!
If you or your church want to sign up a team or pair of golfers, you can
register online, complete and mail the attached form to the address below, or call the diocesan office (210/888-824-5387). Player additions or changes can be made via email or phone through November 3rd.
Diocese of West Texas
Attn: Golf Classic
PO Box 6885
San Antonio, TX 78209
By working together to raise funds for the Camps Scholarship Fund, our diocese helps many children attend camp who wouldn't be able to otherwise. Thank you for being such a vibrant part of our ministry and for supporting us with your prayers, time, and resources.
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All Saints Sunday 
Sunday, November 6.
All Saints' Day is November 1st and it is the feast day in which we remember all the faithful departed. The Sunday after is called All Saints' Sunday and it is the only time a feast day may be moved to the following Sunday. It is a very appropriate time for baptisms and this year we will have two. In the Baptismal Liturgy there are no Prayers of the People in order to pray for the Baptismal candidates. This means we cannot pray for the recently deceased by name.
This year we would like to celebrate the Eucharist with a special intention for the souls of those who have passed away since last November 1st . The names will be read at the beginning of the Prayer of Consecration.
Please send us the names of any family members who have passed away since Nov. 1st, 2015, so that we may give thanks for their lives.
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Daylight Savings Time Ends
Sunday, November 6.
Just a friendly reminder to turn your clocks back on Saturday night, November 5! Daylight Savings time ends and we fall back an hour for fall! Enjoy the extra sleep!
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United Thank Offering Ingathering 
Sunday, November 6
Our UTO Ingathering will be held on Sunday, November 6.
To learn more about our UTO ministry, please speak with our clergy or call the church office at: 494-3507.
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Daughters of the King Corporate Eucharist
Sunday, November 6, during
the 10:30am service
We want to remind our Daughters that we have a DOK Corporate Eucharist on Sunday, November 6 during our 10:30am service.
For more information, please contact Pam Currier: 481-5772.
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Jr. Daughters of the King Meeting
Sunday, November 6, in the Confer
ence Room after the 10:30am service
Just a reminder that our Junior Daughters of the King will be having a special meeting on Sunday, November 6, immediately following the 10:30am service in the Christian Ed room.
For more information about the Junior Daughters ministry, please contact Angie Souder at: 210-375-5281 or
[email protected]
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Veteran's Day Chapel
Friday, November 11. Chapel begins at 10:00am. Find the form to honor our veterans by name in this Sunday's bulletin or fill out online here.
St. Thomas Episcopal School would be honored by your presence during our 2016 Veterans Day Chapel. You are invited to come and worship with the students on Friday, November 11th. We will have chapel at 10:00 a.m., followed by a reception at 10:30 a.m.
We would like to give God thanks for your service, and would like to honor you personally by name and branch of military. You will find an information sheet in this Sunday's bulletin or
you can fill out the information online here. Please turn it into the school or church office by Monday, November 7th.
Please help us teach our students the importance of remembering those who served our country by participating in our schools' Veterans Day Ceremony. Parishioner and Retired General Grover Jackson will be our guest speaker. We will also have the TMI Color Guard here to honor our veterans.
We thank you for your service to our country!
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Veterans Day Craft Supply Drive
Drive continues until Nov 13. We need your donations of art and craft supplies for disabled veterans at the
Audie L. Murphy Veteran's Hospital.
We are asking St. Thomas parishioners to donate craft kits and art supplies until November 13 to Gosnell Hall or the Parish Hall at St. Thomas. We'll have labelled cameo boxes for the donations to be dropped off. The collected gifts will be delivered to Recreation Therapy patients on November 14, 2016.
Suggested craft kits / supplies:
Coloring Books Crossword Books (large print / easy)
Colored Pencils Fine Line Markers
Sketch Books Small Canvases
Acrylic Craft Paints Wood Working Kits
Models (snap and glue type) Puzzles (250 + Pieces)
Paint by Number Kits Origami Kits
Bird House Kits Small Needle Point Kits
Small Cross Stitch Kits Dreamcatcher Kits
Wind Chime Kits Card Making Kits
Suncatcher Kits String Art
Latch Hook Kits
Michael's, JoAnn's, and Hobby Lobby often have sale and clearance items. Some discount stores such as Ross or Marshalls also carry craft kits. Alternately, Amazon has many craft kits available at very reasonable costs.
Thank you for your donations. If you have any questions, please contact Karen Gordon at 210-367-9187.
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