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THE EPISTLE:
June 26, 2025
| | Silver Saints Presents Matinee Film Series | | |
Silver Saints Presents: "The Terminal"
TODAY, June 26 at 1 PM
Our Silver Saints Movie Matinee is a bit late this month due to vacations. We have a most interesting and warm story for you this month. "The Terminal," starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones and directed by Steven Spielberg, shares the adventure of a man trapped in an airport terminal due to bureaucratic glitches, and how he engages in a most interesting world inside the airport.
The Silver Saints Movie Matinee offers fun and fellowship with our parishioners and visitors with free movies and a social time with those we love. Snacks and beverages are available, and we will provide transportation if you wish. We offer comfortable seating and a break halfway through the movie. Call Jack or Becky Stokes at 256-468-2743 or the church office for planning purposes. Please call a day ahead if you will need a ride with us. A rewarding afternoon awaits you. Please come join us.
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Everybody's Pub Theology
TONIGHT, June 26
6 PM at PaPPo's
Please join us TONIGHT, Thursday, June 26, from 6–7:30 p.m., at PaPPo's Pizzeria, at 7540 Memorial Pkwy SW, Huntsville, for great fellowship, good food, tasty drinks, and hearty discussion!
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Pray the Rosary
TOMORROW, Friday, June 27
at 12:05 PM
Join us to Pray the Rosary every other Friday at 12:05 p.m. Each prayer session lasts around half an hour and includes the reading of each scripture passage for the five decades of either the Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, or Luminous Mysteries of the Holy Rosary. If you’ve never prayed the Rosary before, we always have Rosary beads available and written directions to help you fully participate in this meaningful, scriptural, and contemplative prayer practice.
| | Adult Christian Education Class Continues | |
"The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis
Come talk about devils with Mtr. Katie this Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall! Deacon Jeannie and Mtr. Katie will lead discussions of excerpts from C. S. Lewis' famous book, "The Screwtape Letters". A new letter will be discussed each week.
For those unfamiliar, the book is "satire [which] consists of a series of 31 letters in which Screwtape, an experienced devil, instructs his young charge, Wormwood, on effective strategies for tempting the human being assigned to him and making sure he continues on a steady path toward damnation[...]Through his satiric use of the demonic narrative persona, Lewis examines the opposing sides in the battle between good and evil." Please join us this Sunday for discussion!
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St. Thomas Book Club
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll
Monday, July 14, 10 AM in the Parlor
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| | VBS Volunteer & Register NOW for July 14-18 | | |
VBS Compassion Camp–Changing the World with Lovingkindness
July 14-18!
The St. Thomas Children's Ministry is excited to announce that registration for our 2025 VBS is now open! We will be Changing the World with Lovingkindness at Compassion Camp from 9am until 12pm during the week of July 14-18. Register rising pre-K through 5th graders through this online VBS registration link. Limited nursery slots are available; nursery for non-parishioners is $25 for the week unless a parent/guardian is a VBS volunteer.
We need lots of volunteers to lead the way in demonstrating lovingkindness and hospitality for VBS. Sign-up online to HELP HERE or on the sheet in Information Hall. Questions? Contact our Children's Ministry Coordinator, Laura Beth, at children@stthomashuntsville.org.
| | Backpack Donations Needed | | |
Backpack Ministry for
Back to School
In four short weeks we will be distributing backpacks and school supplies for elementary and middle school children, focusing on Challenger, Mountain Gap, and Weatherly students.
Last year we handed out 80 backpacks, and we would like to provide 100 this year, but we are behind last year’s collections. Please consider donating to this very important Ministry. You can purchase a backpack appropriate for elementary and middle school age children and place it in the Little Red Wagon in Information Hall. If you would rather not shop for a backpack, we welcome any monetary donations. Please make checks or digital donations to St. Thomas, earmarked for “Backpack Program” in the memo line and we will do the shopping for you!
We encourage you to participate in distributing the backpacks. The positive feedback from the recipients last year was heartwarming. Backpacks will be handed out on Thursday, July 24 and Friday the 25.
Please contact Debbie Harriman at 256-509-6606 with any questions.
| | Youth Whitewater Rafting on the Ocoee | | |
Help Recycle - Adopt a Month
The Creation Care Committee desperately needs your help with the church recycling. Look for the sign sheet on the board in Information Hall.
We are looking for individuals or families who will commit to one month of weekly recycling on behalf of the church. All that is required it to empty one bin from the church into your home recycling each week for a month. There are 4 bins, so if 24 individuals or families sign up, the church’s recycling will be covered for 6 months! Contact Richard Williams at 256-426-3429 or rbwilliams67gmail.com with questions.
| | Bailey Cove Farmers' Market 2025 | | |
The Bailey Cove Farmers' Market is up and running!
Check it out this weekend and sign up to volunteer.
The Bailey Cove Farmers' Market at St. Thomas is here! But we can’t make this year's biggest Farmers' Market work without you! Please volunteer to help this year by signing up on the poster on the bulletin board in Information Hall. We sincerely appreciate your willingness to help out! Then start making your Farmers' Market grocery list!
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Free Yoga Class
Saturdays on the Lawn
at BCFM at 9 AM
St. Thomas will offer free yoga classes this summer as part of its Bailey Cove Farmers' Market! Bring your own mat and move your body outdoors for 50 minutes. All classes will be beginner friendly. Participants must be able to stand and sit on the ground unaided. Wear comfortable, moveable clothing. Babies, kids, newbies, all are welcome.
| | Bishop Search Listening Sessions | | |
Search for Bishop Listening Sessions in June and July
The Diocese of Alabama invites all members to attend Listening Sessions in June and July as part of the search for the 13th Bishop.
These sessions provide a chance to share experiences, hopes for the future, and desired qualities in the next bishop.
Feedback will help the Search Committee discern the leadership needed.
Everyone’s participation is important to this process. Click HERE for the bishop search website for more details.
| | Equipping the Saints Diocesan Effort | |
A Message from the Diocese of Alabama Equipping the Saints $1 Million Match
We’re Almost There! The deadline for the match is June 30th. Your generosity has brought us to the brink of something extraordinary. With just $84,445 left to meet the $1 million match, we are poised to surpass our $7.5 million goal for Equipping the Saints. With your help, we can finish strong. Every dollar given now is matched, doubling your impact and fueling ministry, mission, and transformation across our diocese. Let’s complete this good work—together. Click here for more information about this diocesan campaign.
| | Children's Chapel Takes a Break for June | | |
Children's Chapel on Break for Remainder of June
During the remainder of June, Children's Chapel at the 10:30 a.m. Eucharist will be on break. Children are still invited to come up for the Children's Moment at the 10:30 a.m. service and return to their families for the remainder of the service. We will return to our normal programming in July.
| | Week at a Glance: June 19 - June 25 | | Golden Girls and Boys Luncheon 2025 | | Robin Kastinakis and Libby Potter decorating and prepping for the Golden Girls and Boys Luncheon | | Honduran students with youth from Church of the Ascension in Birmingham. Thank you to everyone at St. Thomas who helped make their trip a success! | | Scam Alert: Please know that you will NEVER receive texts or emails from our clergy or church staff asking you for money or gift cards. If this happens to you, please do not respond to the communication, and if you have questions, please contact the church office. | | | | |
