This Week...

Tom Heinrich

Sidewalk Heaters Down

Cherub Choir Thank You

Adult Education

Girlfriend Luncheon on Wednesday

Evensong

Rector's Discussion Group

Taize

Mid-Week Eucharist

Prayer List

Tom Heinrich

It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the death this week of Tom Heinrich, a longtime member of this parish along with his wife Roberta and daughter Merrill. His death was reported in this story in Eye on Sun Valley. Please keep the Heinrich family in your prayers.

Into your hands, O merciful Savior, we commend your servant, Tom. Acknowledge, we humbly beseech you, a sheep of your own fold, a lamb of your own flock, a sinner of your own redeeming. Receive him into the arms of your mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of the saints in light. Amen.

(Book of Common Prayer, p. 499)

photo courtesy of Eye on Sun Valley

Heating System Down

Please be advised, our sidewalk heating system is currently down and we are working to restore it. In the meantime, please use caution when walking in and out of church. We will work hard to maintain clear pathways, but please be careful.

Cherub Choir Thank You

Joel Bejot

Thank you to everyone who came and donated at the Cherub Choir's bake sale at coffee hour last week. The robes are on their way! The children and I look forward to using the robes for many years to come.

The Adult Education Series: Faith and Belief continues this Sunday after the 9:30 a.m. service. This week's discussion will focus on what following Jesus looks like.

Girlfriend Luncheon this Wednesday!

If you have a seat at the Girlfriend Cabaret Luncheon, we will see you from 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 12th.

For those not attending, check out our online auction that is open to everyone.

Evensong - February 19th

February 19, 5:30 p.m., our monthly choral evensong service will remember Charles Todd Quintard. He was the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of the South, in Tennessee. During the Civil War, he was a chaplain to the confederate forces. However, he was against secession, and worked his whole life to alleviate the conditions of the poor, including folks of all races. Our music will feature works by Thévenot, Cooman, and Archer, as well as a unique hymn entitled "We praise sacred darkness, creator of all." Come join us!

Rector's Discussion Group

The Rector’s Discussion Group returns this Winter on Wednesday, February 5^th with a study of Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians. In addition to establishing Paul’s theology of Christ’s grace, this Epistle asks its readers to consider what benefit Christ is to them (Gal 5:2). Has Christ’s grace changed the way we live? Or is life the same old, same old? Do we truly appreciate that in Christ “there is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer man and woman” (Gal 3:28)? Or do we see one another as the world would have us see each other?  Have our souls, our minds and our hearts been set free by the spirit, or are we still bound by what Paul calls the flesh?

This gathering facilitated by Jonah meets via zoom at 12pm on Wednesdays. Contact stefanie@stthomassv.org for the zoom link.

The schedule is as follows:

February 12

NO CLASS: Girlfriend Lunch

February 19 1:11-24:

Paul’s Apostleship

February 26 2:1-14:

Paul, the other Apostles and Peter

March 5

NO CLASS: ASH WEDNESDAY

February 12 2:15-21:

Jews and Gentiles are Saved by Faith

March 19 3:1-18:

Law or Faith and the Promise of God

March 26 3:19-29:

The Law and a New Creation

April 2 4:1-31:

Children of God

April 9 5:1-26:

Freedom and the Works of the Flesh and the Spirit

April 16 6:1-18:

Bearing Each Other’s Burdens and Final Words

Taize Continues on Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m.

Taize is a quiet, meditative, candle-lit service that includes simple chants, spoken prayer, and silent meditation. This season the focus will be on peace in our world. This gentle service attracts seekers and people of many faith traditions, and is a wonderful invitation to extend to those who might not be comfortable in a traditional Sunday service. All are welcome and the service is appropriate for older children as well.

Mid-Week Eucharist Reminder

Take a break in your busy week to enter the peace and quiet of our sanctuary for a brief Eucharist service. It's a chance to stop, breathe, and reflect, and go back to your day refreshed. Every Tuesday at noon.

Prayer List



Amanda, Loring, Tara, Bob, Tyler, Patrick, Terry, Lisa, Evelyn, Mike, Tayt, Midge, Cindy, Judy, Sam, Luella, Kris, Lois, Molly, Blake, Myrna, Mary, Sally, Reuben, Rachel, Jane, Alexandra, Aimee, Amy, Gunner, Anne, Jane, Anne, Barbara, Alyson, Marilyn, Susan, Sarah, Lynda, River Thomas, Hollie, Calder, Hewitt, Margaret, Philip, Mike, Laine, Barry, Lindy, John, Genevieve Mae, Arthur, Page, Bill, Jane, Kathryn, Michael, Jennifer, Karen, Horace, Vincent, Dana, David, Richard, John, Red, Marty, Michele, Becca, Rider, Ashley, Teagan, Kathleen, Robert, Rialin, Gretchen, Patti, Fan, Teresa, Gunner, Carole, Scott, Janie, Elizabeth, Melinda, Benjamin, Robin, Chuck, Bob, Carol, Susan, Greet, Alice and John, Jill, Steve, Nancy, Cece, the Kevin Hillyer Family, the Matt Pauley Family, Judy, Sunday, Lisa, Charlotta, Margie, Darren, and Austin.