eNews
2 November 2012

Greetings!
 

St. Thomas the Apostle is an Episcopal Parish in the Anglo-Catholic tradition.  We are called by God to be a holy place where love is found, where all are named and where hearts are freed to change the world.

 

St. Thomas has a great respect for both the rich liturgical heritage of the church and for living the message of social justice proclaimed by Jesus Christ. Whether you are young or old, gay or straight, single, married or in a relationship, female or male, poor or wealthy, you are welcome at St. Thomas just as you are...a child of God and an inheritor of God's grace.

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS!
Daylight Savings Fall

On SUNDAY Daylight Saving Time ends. Before you go to bed Saturday night be sure to have your clocks "Fall Back" an hour!

Sermons
The Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude the Apostles
The Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude the Apostles

To see our archive of sermons, visit our YouTube Page!
Thanksgiving Eve

       

On Wednesday, 21 November at 7:30pm on the Eve of Thanksgiving, St. Thomas Parish will be celebrating a Solemn Mass with Guest Organist Paul Meier accompanying traditional Thanksgiving hymns. All are encouraged to attend. 

Feasting on 
Giving, Gratitude, and Generosity
 
We are most grateful to the following 48 Parishioners who have prayerfully considered the role of St. Thomas the Apostle in their life and made a financial pledge commitment for 2013:
 
Heather Amaral
Robert Amore
David Anderson
Shireen Baker
Craig Coogan
Donald Cummings
Fr. Ian Elliott Davies
John & Janis Davies
Evelyn Davis
Ruth Dunham
Michael Ensign Evans
Howard Gaass
Clint Gray
Bob Halvorson
Bob Henry & Linda Wendell
Helen Slayton Hughes
Luis Javier & Laurence Jackson
Dea. Walter S. Johnson
Stephen Kemp
Thomas Kingsley
Helen & Robert Land
Robert Lee
Doris Martin
Vincent G. Mazzucchelli
Andrew Miller & Whitney Wyatt
Robert D. Miller
Judith O'Connor
Carolyn S. Olman
Donesh Olyaie
Janice Quanbeck
Joseph Rials
Douglas Stanton
Amy Steelman
Steven Strom
Fr. Mark D. Stuart
Walt Tanner & Jessie Kostosky
Thomas G. Thanangadan
Reece P. Thomson
John Thornbury
Ayako Travis
James Vandernaald
Christopher Wagner
Joseph Warren
Robert Weihing
David Wildman
Jenny Williams & Joan Henehan
Rex Yancey
Stephen J. Yoder
The Guibord Center Presents
"Jesus and Family Values" 
with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine 

Guibord Center

Sunday, 4 November
1:30pm

St. John's Pro Cathedral
514 W. Adams Blvd.

People espousing "Family Values" may well look to the Bible for instruction. What are Jesus' views of gender roles and sexuality, marriage and divorce, health care and child raising, and how can a historical understanding of Scripture lead to peace in the culture wars?

Join the discussion being led by Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, popular lecturer and professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. A reception will follow.

In This Issue
Daylight Saving Time
Sermons
Thanksgiving Eve
Stewardship Update
All Souls' Day
Coming Soon...
Parking
All Saints' 
Festival Sunday

 

Lections

Wisdom 3:1-9
Psalm 24:1-6
Revelation 21:1-6a
St. John 11:32-44

Celebrant and Preacher

Fr. Ian Elliott Davies

  

Deacon

Dea. Walter S. Johnson


Choir Master
Mr. James Keltner

Organist
Mr. Jeffrey Parola
All Souls' Day

     

TODAY three Requiem Masses will take place (8am, 12pm, 7:30pm). Every name in the Parish Chantry Book will be prayed for during the course of the day, and at the 7:30pm Mass, the Parish Choir will be singing a Requiem Mass.

On This Day in 
Christian History 

   

On this day in 1164, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, left for France for a six-year exile after being condemned in royal court for "ingratitude" toward England's King Henry II, who had once been his dear friend. Within a year of his return to England, he would be assassinated.

Coming Soon...

 

Please join us for many Parish activities.  Here's a sampling of upcoming events - a full list is available online 

 

10 November @ 7:30am

Homeless Feeding & Outreach


12 November

Parish Office Closed 

  

17 November @ 10:30am 

Newcomer Orientation Series


17 November @ 5:00pm

LASchola sings the Mass

 

22-23 November

Parish Office Closed 

 

24 November @ 7:30am

Homeless Feeding & Outreach


26 November @ 9:30am

County-USC AIDS Clinic Feeding Program

  

28 November @ 7:30pm

Vestry Meeting 
Parking

Remember that Parishioners are permitted to park on Gardner Street for two hours on Sunday from 8am to 7pm regardless of what the signs read. If you are ticketed, please contact the Parish Office.
ePrayer

Prayer is at the center of our worship and binds us together as a community of faith.  This week we commenced our electronic prayer chain email.  A list of persons on the prayer list is sent weekly.
 
The prayer chain email is an opt-in list only - it will not be sent unless you sign up for it.  If you'd like to be on this distribution list, please update your profile (please use link at the bottom of the email, customized with your email) or contact the office.
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