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THE EPISTLE:
May 16, 2024
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Pray the Rosary with Fr. Donavan Tomorrow, May 17th
With the great turn out and interest in praying the traditional Rosary during the seasons of Advent and Lent, Fr. Donavan will continue a twice monthly Rosary prayer group. For the remainder of the Easter Season and after Pentecost, we will be praying the five Glorious or the five Luminous Mysteries at 12:05pm every other Friday. If you'd like to pray the Rosary, join Fr. Donavan at 12:05pm May 17th, in the church.
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St. Thomas' Green Mountain Pentecost Eucharist
& Parish Picnic
THIS SUNDAY, May 19th!
St. Thomas will worship again on top of Green Mountain on Pentecost Sunday, May 19th! It will be a great way to kick off summer and to gather the entire parish family together for worship and a parish picnic! This will be our ONE MORNING SERVICE on Pentecost Sunday and is in the pavilion at the Nature Center on top of Green Mountain. The pavilion is easily accessible to all, and, with the beauty of nature all around us, we will celebrate with the music of a Jazz Eucharist arranged by our own Kathy Heim.
St. Thomas is providing fried chicken, coleslaw, rolls, Pentecost cupcakes and ice water for the Parish Picnic immediately following the Holy Eucharist. We need extra sides and we ask that, if you're able, please bring a favorite picnic side dish to share with your family and a few others. And don't forget to bring your favorite beverages. See the article below for suggested picnic offerings to bring and share!
Be sure to wear something RED to celebrate the day and dress comfortably! There are a large number of picnic tables available at which to sit and eat, but we always recommend bringing a camp chair (and bug spray) especially for the Holy Eucharist.
A shuttle bus from the St Thomas parking lot to the Green Mountain Nature Reserve will be available this year starting at 9:30. Please know that, unfortunately, the St. Thomas bus cannot transport electric or motorized wheelchairs. Call Irene in the church office at (256) 880-0247 by 3pm, TOMORROW, Friday, May 17th, if you plan to catch a ride from the church.
Again, we will only offer the 10:30 AM Holy Eucharist in the morning on Green Mountain, but we will also offer the "Laid Back" Holy Eucharist at 5pm that Pentecost afternoon in the Church.
Make sure you have THIS SUNDAY, May 19th, Pentecost Sunday, on your calendar, for our annual Mountain Top Worship Service & Parish Picnic! SEE YOU THERE!
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Bring a Dish to share to Green Mountain for this year's Parish Picnic!
Want to help "spruce up" our Parish Picnic following the Pentecost Eucharist on Green Mountain this Sunday? Well, if so, here are a is what our Fellowship Committee is suggesting to bring as a favorite picnic side dish to share (enough for your family and a few others!): potato salad, macaroni salad, tossed salad, broccoli slaw, deviled eggs, sliced watermelon, fruit salad, fresh strawberries, sliced tomatoes or cucumbers, etc. If you have something to bring, we will find a place on the table! And if not, no problem! We will have food for everyone. Thanks and see you on the mountain this Pentecost Sunday!
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This Past Sunday's Children and Youth Formation, Year End Celebration
Hiers Hall Sunday School Celebration
On Sunday, May 12, St. Thomas' elementary and middle school students celebrated a successful year of Sunday School in Hiers Hall. The students each received attendance pins, and the two students with highest attendance in each class received Handel's Ice Cream gift cards. Congratulations to our Godly Play students Jillian Casey and Benjamin Casey, Love First students Emma Bestor and Tierney Knickelbein, Thou Art students Penelope Reid and Archer Morrison, and My Faith/My Life Students Brylie Colvin and Luke Carrier!
We also decorated rainbow, butterfly, and fish cookies and played Bible trivia. The students shared their favorite parts of our classes and what they have learned about God, Jesus, and the Bible. A big thank you to our 2023-2024 Sunday School teachers who have taken their time to share their works and wisdom with our youngest
parishioners-- Renee' Redfield (Godly Play, Pre-K through 1st grade), Kathie Clayton and Lila Powell (Thou Art, 4th and 5th grade), Sonya Carrier and Jane Allgood
(6th through 8th graders). See below for more photos from this past Sunday.
No nursery or Sunday School on Sunday, May 19. Join us up on Green Mountain for our annual outdoor Pentecost service at 10:30am
Save the date for Vacation Bible School-- July 15-19!
Contact our Children's Ministry Coordinator, Laura Beth Bestor, at children@stthomashuntsville.org if you have questions or would like to help out with this important aspect of our ministries.
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Everybody's Pub Theology Returns
Thursday, May 23rd
Sit down with Fr. Donavan and Deacon Jeannie Thursday, February 22nd, from
6-7:30pm, at PaPPo's Pizzeria, at 7540 Memorial Pkwy SW, Huntsville, for great fellowship, good food, tasty drinks, and hearty discussion!
Email Jeannie at jrann228@gmail.com and let her know if you plan on joining us!
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BBQ Bandits
Order Now to Pickup
Memorial Day Weekend,
May 25-26
The BBQ Bandits are firing up the smoker to support Manna House. This year’s event is Memorial Day Weekend (May 25-26).
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The website is available for online orders
(https://st-thomas-bbq-bandits.square.site) and there will also be a link on the church website. You can also use the QR code below to order.
Please email us at stthomasbbq@gmail.com to get included if you are not already on our distribution list.
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St. Thomas Blood Drive
Sunday, May 26th
7:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Our St. Thomas spring blood drive is coming soon. It is a holiday weekend, so some of our frequent donors may be out of town. If you are in town and are able, please sign up either online (link below) or on Sunday in Information Hall.
One donation can literally save as many as three lives! Please sign up HERE!
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St. Thomas Presents Concert Series returns with Parker Hastings on Saturday, June 1!
St. Thomas Presents will open a new concert season on Saturday, June 1st, at 5pm, with talented Nashville guitarist and singer, Parker Hastings. You will be highly entertained by the music of Parker, who is an award-winning guitar “thumb-picker,” in the style of Chet Atkins and Merle Travis. Parker is also a new country singer-songwriter who released his first album, “Kentucky Sunshine” last year. Come hear the styles of Steve Wariner, Vince Gill, and a touch of James Taylor, plus Parker’s original songs. St. Thomas Presents will welcome Parker from his home base in Music City, Nashville, Tennessee, to share some Alabama hospitality. Family and friends welcomed! As always, there is NO CHARGE for our concerts, so put Parker Hastings on your calendar and don’t miss it on Saturday, June 1st, at 5pm!
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The Bailey Cove
Farmer's Market
The Bailey Cove Farmers Market at St. Thomas continues this weekend and every Saturday through September. Please come out this weekend, support our local farmers, and get a taste of all our Farmer's Market here at St. Thomas has to offer! And if you'd like to help, we still need volunteers for set up and take down, this weekend and throughout out the season! You can volunteer to help this year by signing up on the poster on the bulletin board in Information Hall. We sincerely appreciate your willingness to support and help our Bailey Cove Farmers Market!! Start making your Farmers Market grocery list now!
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"Come As You Are"
5PM Holy Eucharist
Our 5pm Holy Eucharist features joyful hymns from the Alleluia III hymnal and gospel music chosen by our skilled keyboard master, Sam Wright. We also have good sermons preached from the floor, and Holy Communion. Come as you are and invite a friend to join you for the 5pm Evening Holy Eucharist at St. Thomas.
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Habitat for Humanity
Habitat: The sheetrock is ready so we will paint on May 18. Come on out to 215 Lake Drive in your old clothes and make the walls beautiful. We start at 8 and lunch is expected about 11:30. It’s lots of fun. Call Elouisa Stokes at 256-604-8669 for info.
Directions to 215 Lake Drive:
Take Meridian north toward Drake State and turn left on McDonnell Ave. Take a left on N Plymouth Road and Lake Drive is on the left.
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AT A GLANCE: May 9 - May 15 | |
Congratulations to our Godly Play students Jillian Casey and Benjamin Casey, Love First students Emma Bestor and Tierney Knickelbein, Thou Art students Penelope Reid and Archer Morrison, and My Faith/My Life Students Brylie Colvin and Luke Carrier! | |
Is there ever too many photos from the Bailey Cove Farmers Market at St. Thomas?? | | | | |
