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Ordinary Time |
August 5, 2012 |
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Spiritual Adventures at
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
News and Events
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Dear St. Thomas friends,
Please enjoy this issue of our E-NEWSLETTER! Please check your e-mail each week to read our news and events. To read more information, you can now find us on Facebook! |
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Teen wins national award
Maura Reilly-Ulmanek, 17, of Kentucky tends to her neighbor's garden. Inspired by that activity, she wrote a poem, "Esther's Garden," and was quite surprised later to learn she won a Gold Medal in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Here is Maura's work:
esther's garden
i wish you could have seen
mother teresa holding hands
with Him for the first time
their soft fingertips
tasting of lavender
and lemongrass
i've tried to tell father daniel
that esther's rain-glazed benches
are as good as any pews
and i'd like to feel moss and
soil under my knees
when i stoop to pray
you'd think she's trying
to teach all things to speak
in latin greek and love
can't the black-eyed susans
say amen?
let the junebugs
baptize us with rain water
we'll whisper our confessions
to the steady koi
the cicadas hum
the sweetest sermons
you'll ever hear
listen they'll coax
the hallelujah
from your lips
i don't know much about the bible
but you can't tell me
that He hasn't written His will
in spiderwebs and slug trails
that we weren't each born
with a little eden in our bones
teaching us to dance
to the holy murmur
of what is here
You can read the full story from the Lexington Herald-Leader here. |
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Speaking of Lexington ... 
Our rector, Fr. Doug Hahn, and his wife, Kaye, have been in the Diocese of Lexington since last weekend. Since Monday, Fr. Doug and five other candidates for bishop have participated in a "walkabout," touring the diocese and getting to know the people there. The walkabout ends Saturday, with the election Aug. 18 in Lexington. Please keep Doug and Kaye, as well as the Diocese of Lexington, in your prayers. |
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 Auditions for 'Next Fall' happening this week
The Chattahoochee Valley Chapter of Integrity at St. Thomas is having auditions for the play "Next Fall" at 7 p.m. today and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Outreach Center. The playwright is Geoffrey Nauffts. Larry Dooley, a St. Thomas member who leads the theater program at CSU, will direct the play. Auditions will be informal. Please bring something to read that shows your expressiveness(maximum three minutes). The material doesn't have to be memorized. The cast includes six characters, male and female, ranging in age from 20-50.
The play is scheduled for Sept. 14-15.
Read a synopsis of "Last Fall" here.
For more information, call B.J. Landen at 706-566-1198. And, you might want to check out St. Thomas' Facebook page about the play. |
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Columbus Jazz Society moves in
The Columbus Jazz Society has moved in with us! Come hear live jazz every second Sunday of the month from 6-9 p.m. in All Saints Hall. The Aug. 12 event features Kenyon Carter, saxophone. $10 admission. Click here for the group's website. -- Submitted by Janet Mapel |
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Four Hands, Four Feet
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Jordan Organ, the Columbus, Georgia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists is having a free recital at 4 p.m. Aug. 12 in Legacy Hall, RiverCenter for the Performing Arts. All are welcome to "Four Hands, Four Feet." |
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Episcokids Updates
The Episcokids have had a busy week. We had 18 join us to watch Ice Age at Hollywood Connection and many showed up for a Pool Party at Ms. Janet Mapel's house. Keep your eyes peeled for more exciting adventures! 
We look forward to a new school year beginning on Wednesday, August 15. Children's Choir is at a new time. It will start at 5:30. At 6:00 we will all gather for a family dinner in the Parish  Hall and have Episcokid Formation class at 6:30. The class is an Episcopal communion instruction for children called "This Bread and This Cup." For those children with parents still involved in adult education programming, we will have childcare and activities.
I am accepting school supply donations to help defray the cost of materials. Items most needed are glue bottles, glue sticks, markers and Fiskar scissors.
Blessings! Erin Redden, Children's Ministry director |
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 Nets for Life raises $2,416! A big thank you to the people of St. Thomas who raised $2,416 for Nets for Life. This amounts to 200 nets, which will help protect about 600 children around the globe, in places where mosquitoes are more than a menace but a life-threatening reality. At $12 apiece, your gift has gone a long way toward saving lives.
See this page for more about the program, sponsored by Episcopal Relief and Development. (Photo by ERD) |
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Going to the chapel ...
April Jacobs and Grant Johnson will be joined in marriage at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Thomas. The Rev. Lorna Erixson will officiate. A reception will follow in All Saints' Hall. Everyone is invited. Please continue your prayers for April and Grant! |
 McMichael to keynote kickoff Retired local TV newsman Dick McMichael will speak at the kick-off for St. Thomas Readers Book Group. The event follows supper at approximately 6:35 p.m. on Aug. 15 and will be in the parish library. All are welcome.
McMicheal is the author of "The Newsman," his memoir.
--Submitted by Sonya Boyd |
How to join the Summer Choir
All are invited to be a part of the Summer Choir. Under the direction of organist and choirmaster Rick McKnight, the Summer Choir gathers for a brief rehearsal at 9:50 a.m. every Sunday. No auditions necessary!
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 Where in the world is St. Thomas Parish?
As you travel this summer, many of you will worship in other places. It is a joy to see the diversity of our wonderful Church. Drop us an email about any church you visit between Memorial Day and Labor Day, and we will start an ongoing list of links to the places we have encountered God.
Click here to see some of the other places we've been, and also learn how Episcokids can send their vacation photos. |
 Wednesday suppers
Join these smiling faces! Everyone is invited to Wednesday dinner at 6 p.m. in the parish hall. Cost is $7 Adults/Youth; $4 Children; $20 Family maximum. Reservations are needed by Monday afternoon. You may call the church office: 706-324-4264 or e-mail office@stthomascolumbus.org |
 Hymn requests sought
What is your favorite hymn in the Episcopal Hymnal 1982? Let me know and I'll be sure to schedule it sometime this summer. Contact me via email music@stthomascolumbus.org, cell 706-575-8900 or drop a note in the collection plate.
-- Rick McKnight |
 Birthdays this weekThe following St. Thomas members have birthdays between today and Aug. 9: Joe Mills (today); Fulton Joiner and Jim Sholtis (Saturday); Chuck Fessenden and Dick Wood (Monday); Jim Brewbaker and Sydney Shamburger (Tuesday). Happy Birthday, all! |
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Allison Kennedy Owen, Spiritual Adventures! editor
Samantha Dansby, Communications Coordinator |
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St. Thomas Episcopal Church
2100 Hilton Avenue
Columbus, Georgia 31906
Office of the Rector,
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
706-324-4264
office@stthomascolumbus.org
Weekly Services:
Sundays at
8:00 and 10:30
Wednesdays at
5:30 p.m. |
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