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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. |
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Sermons
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To view more sermons, go to our
St. Thomas YouTube page!!!
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Christmas & Epiphany Schedule
Monday, 24 December - Christmas Eve
5:00pm Family Mass with Sermon & Hymns
11:00pm Midnight Mass with Sermon & Choir
Tuesday, 25 December - Christmas Day
10:30am High Mass with Sermon & Choir
Wednesday 26 December - St. Stephen's Day
5:00pm Boxing Day Party in the Rectory
7:00pm Low Mass
Sunday, 30 December - The First Sunday of Christmas
8:00am Low Mass with Sermon
10:30am High Mass with Sermon & Choir
Monday, 31 December - New Year's Eve
10:30pm Low Mass followed by an alcohol-free New Year's Eve Potluck Party
Sunday, 6 January - The Epiphany
8:00am Low Mass with Sermon
10:30am High Mass with Sermon & Choir
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The Reason for the Season
Literally Healing at Children's Hospital Los Angeles is an innovative reading program dedicated to advocating literacy and its importance to children's success. Their program gives children more than 30,000 books annually. In addition to promoting literacy, they believe in supporting and strengthening their patient families. There are two arms of the program: Therapeutic Library, which tackles sensitive issues in a non-threatening manner to ease the medical and emotional anguish, and the Gifting Library, which offers patients staying at the hospital (and visiting siblings) to choose and keep one free, brand new book daily.
This year, St. Thomas the Apostle is helping with Literally Healing's Book Drive! Below, you'll find a link to the Literally Healing Book Drive wish List. These books MUST be brand new to control infection. They welcome up to 500 copies of any title on their wish list, so there is no need to worry about overlap.
St. Thomas' Community Stewardship Committee continues our food drive to benefit SOVA food pantries this holiday season. We collect food throughout the year to benefit SOVA, one of the St. Thomas partners in the Homeless Coalition. During the upcoming holidays our goal is to fill the SOVA food as often as possible!
The food bin is located in the foyer near the Parish Office.
The following items are needed:
- Canned and packaged foods
- Personal hygiene products (especially disposable razors, shampoo, soap, feminine hygiene items, disposable diapers, and deodorant)
- Ribbon and other basket-making equipment and supplies for Baskets of Hope
- New or gently used children's books
SOVA is a nonsectarian program of Jewish Family Services of Los Angeles, dedicated to alleviating hunger and poverty in the community through food distribution and offering a wide range of supportive services.
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Annual Parish Meeting
20 January 2013
The Annual Parish Meeting will take place in the Large Parish Hall following the High Mass on Sunday, 20 January 2013. At this meeting, the Congregation will elect four new Vestry persons to serve a three-year term and four delegates & two alternate delegates to represent St. Thomas at the Annual Diocesan Convention.
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GoodShop.com
Thanks to the Parishioners who use GoodShop.com on behalf of the Parish, we have received our annual check from the company. This year we received $192.43 for a total over the past four years of $1,497.99!
If you shop at Amazon.com, BestBuy.com, eBay.com...or any of thousands of companies, they will contribute up to 30% of your purchase to St. Thomas the Apostle at no additional cost to you!
It's easy! Go to www.goodshop.com and register. In the box "Who Do You Support" put in "St. Thomas the Apostle." Click on the St. Thomas located in Hollywood, CA. Then click on your store and follow the link "Goodshop this Store". For St. Thomas to receive donations, you must click through to the store from this site.
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The Fourth Sunday
of Advent
Lections
Micah 5:2-5a
The Magnificat
Hebrews 10:5-10
St. Luke 1:39-55
Celebrant
Fr. Ian Elliott Davies
Preacher
Deacon
Choir Master
Mr. James Keltner
Organist
Mr. Jeffrey Parola
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Advent Education Series: "Foundations"
Thanks to the Stewardship Program, we know that many of you are wanting more educational series.
We are pleased to announce that in the Rectory following the High Mass and Coffee Hour on Sundays of Advent, the Parish is presenting "Foundations".
Presenters and their topics are:
23 December - Fr. Ian Elliott Davies: Foundations in Liturgy
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Call for Acolytes
Our Acolyte Coprs is in need of new members and is recruiting people for service. If you have completed or are taking part in the Catechumen Class, and would like to serve at the Altar, please contact Efrain Cisneros. Each Acolyte serves an average of 2-3 times each month as scheduling is flexible.
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Christmas Hospitality
Christmas Eve
Join us for a Dessert and Savory Reception after Midnight Mass. The Hospitality Committee would like to invite any Parishioner who would be interested in making or purchasing a savory or dessert treat for this event to sign up on the bulletin board in the Large Parish Hall or contact Christopher Wagner or Donald Cummings.
Boxing Day
On 26 December from 5pm to 7pm there will be an Open House at the Rectory. All are welcome! Please contact Christopher Wagner if you'd like to bring something.
New Year's Eve
Following the 10:30pm Mass a non-alcoholic potluck party will take place in the Large Parish Hall! A sign-up sheet is available on the bulletin board in the Large Parish Hall or contact Christopher Wagner or Donald Cummings.
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On This Day in
Christian History
On this day in 1620, English separatists, known as the Pilgrims, landed at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts.
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Please join us for many Parish activities. Here's a sampling of upcoming events - a full list is available online
21 December - 3 January
22 December @ 7:30am
Homeless Feeding & Outreach
22 December @10:30am
Semi-Annual Cleaning of Church (lunch provided)
24 December - 4 January
Parish Office Closed
24 December @ 9:30am
County-USC AIDS Clinic Feeding Program
12 January @ 7:30am
Homeless Feeding & Outreach
16 January @ 7:30pm
Vestry Meeting
19 January @ 10:30am
Newcomer Orientation Series
26 January @ 5:00pmLASchola sings the Mass
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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. |
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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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