This Week...

NEW Fall Back

NEW Tim Eagan Video for Annual Giving

NEW Thanksgiving Food Drive

NEW Adult Education

NEW Lost and Found

NEW Green Team

NEW Highway Cleanup Thank You

November 2nd Concert

Membership Committee Overview

Delegates for Diocesan Convention

St. Thomas Playhouse - Save the Date

Rector's Discussion Group

Men's Coffee

Mid-Week Eucharist

Vacations

Prayer List

Daylight savings time ends this Sunday morning. Enjoy the extra hour before our two services at 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.

Tim Eagan spoke last week about support St Thomas. Check it out by clicking the image below!

The Annual Giving Campaign runs through Sunday, November 16th.

This Sunday

Following coffee hour on Sunday, we will continue our discussion of the history of Palestine. In our first session we examined this history from the Ottoman Empire to the founding of the modern state of Israel in 1948. In this session we will examine the historical events from 1948 to the present. This session can stand alone, so even if you missed the first session, please join us. The session will be facilitated by Don Liebich.

Lost and Found

1 small black long Patagonia coat from last Sunday. Please return to St. Thomas office.

Green Team

"The first fall of snow is not only an event, but it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment, then where is it to be found?" J. B. Priestly 

ST. THOMAS ROAD WARRIORS



Many thanks to the following who spent last Saturday cleaning our section of Hwy 75! It’s not easy bending over for a couple of hours picking up trash!! Please thank the following when you see them:

Connie, Carolyn, Mary (oldest), Mardi, Jordan,Loren, 

Zeke (youngest), Katrina, Stephen, AND our dear friends from Emmanuel Episcopal Church is Hailey!

Helpers not in the picture: Rebecca, Richard and Lynn.

Concert on November 2nd

Anna Majernikova, mezzo-soprano, and Ashley Mekeel, piano, will offer a recital of Spanish and French love songs on November 2, 5:00 p.m. 

Anna and Ashley feel that each time they come together to sing and play, time seems to stop. Inner freedom arises, peace fills their hearts, any pain transforms into beauty, and love expands through every sound. This is the energy they love sharing with their audiences - a space where the soul can breathe, hearts can open, and joy arises.

Membership Committee overview -

November 9 following the 9:30 a.m. service

We're excited to announce the recent formation of the Membership Committee comprised of a cross section of St. Thomas parishioners. The committee will be focused on increasing membership by providing relevant programs and services that serve existing members and attract new congregants. Come to the overview presentation on November 9 to learn more about it!

Diocesan Convention 58 - Sacred Ground: From Story to Calling

November 7 & 8

Shoshone-Bannock Hotel & Casino, Fort Hall (www.shobangaming.com)

St. Thomas Delegates:

LeeAnne Lindermann, Sylvia Miller, Nick Miller, Cam Geer, Ellen Sanders, Sara Gorby, Kathleen Bean, Jonah Kendall

Company B Winterized Registration opens November 1.

Rector's Discussion Group

Spirituality: A Brief History, Philip Sheldrake

This Fall please join the Rector’s Discussion Group for a study of Philip Sheldrake’s classic, Spirituality: A Brief History. Tracing the evolution of Christian spirituality from the New Testament era up to contemporary times, Sheldrake charts key historical figures, ideas, and images, illustrating how spirituality has been understood and expressed across different periods. The book also considers:

o The nature and meaning of spirituality

o 21st-century spirituality

o The dynamics of devotional spirituality

o How Christian spirituality has interacted with other faith traditions over time

About the Author

Philip Sheldrake is an influential religious historian and theologian, with a strong academic background in spirituality as an emergent discipline. He has taught at University of London, University of Cambridge, Durham University, and the University of Wales.

Sheldrake has served as president of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality and holds positions at the Von Hügel Institute (Cambridge) and the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Spirituality (Oblate School of Theology).

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.

Men's Coffee

Men's weekly coffee at Starbucks continues! Join Jonah and other men from the parish for conversation, fellowship and a light-hearted opportunity to "solve the problems of the world" every Tuesday at 9 am.

Vacations

Joel Bejot

Nov 7-10 & 19-30

Stefanie Nelson

Nov 23-25

Sara Gorby

Nov 25-Dec 2

Prayer List



Amanda, Loring, Tara, Bob, Tyler, Patrick, Terry, Lisa, Evelyn, Mike, Tayt, Cindy, Judy, Sam, Luella, Kris, Lois, Molly, Blake, Myrna, Mary, Sally, Reuben, Rachel, Jane Alexandra, Aimee, Amy, Gunner, Anne, Jane, Anne, Barbara, Marilyn, Susan, Sarah, Lynda, River Thomas, Hollie, Calder, Hewitt, Margaret, Philip, Mike, Barry, Lindy, Genevieve Mae, Arthur, Page, Bill, Jane, Kathryn, Michael, Karen, Horace, Vincent, Dana, David, Richard, Red, Marty, Becca, Ashley, Robert, Gretchen, Fan, Teresa, Carole, Scott, Janie, Elizabeth, Melinda, Benjamin, Robin, Chuck, Bob, Carol, Susan, Greet, Alice and John, Jill, Steve, Cece, Judy, Sunday, Charlotta, Lisa, Winston, Elizabeth, Dave, Margie, Darren, Austin, Kirky, Claudia, Kenny, Judy, Maria, Landon, John, Bill, Judy, Caitie, Patty, Bennett, Lou, Kim, Antoinette, Narda, Suzan, Peter, Jane, Tim, Cris, Leslie, Jayne, John, Joe, Steven, Jordan, Carlee, Pete, Charlotte, Pat, Bob, Jennifer, John, Elise, Debbie, Chris, and Suzy.