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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 see more sermons and services go to our YouTube Page!
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Thanksgiving Eve Mass
 On Wednesday, 26 November at 7:30pm, St. Thomas Parish will be celebrating a Solemn Mass with Guest Organist Blake Howard accompanying traditional Thanksgiving hymns! This is a very festive tradition at St. Thomas, and all are encouraged to attend. |
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Advent Series:
Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus
This year's Advent Series will offer a meditation, study, and discussion of the traditional Advent hymn, Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus. The presenters will focus on various theological themes suggested by the text of this hymn. Some of these themes are highlighted below:
1. Come Thou long expected Jesus
Born to set Thy people free
From our fears and sins release us
Let us find our rest in Thee
2. Israel's strength and consolation
Hope of all the earth Thou art
Dear desire of every nation
Joy of every longing heart
3. Born Thy people to deliver
Born a child and yet a King
Born to reign in us forever
Now Thy gracious kingdom bring
4. By Thine own eternal spirit
Rule in all our hearts alone
By Thine all sufficient merit
Raise us to Thy glorious throne
Our 2014 Advent Series begins in the Parish Hall on Wednesday December 3rd at 7:30 p.m. with Fr. John Crean leading a discussion of the first stanza. The Advent Series will continue on Wednesday December 10th at 7:30 p.m., with Canon Ian Elliott Davies leading a discussion of the second stanza. The final meeting of the Advent series will be on Wednesday December 17th, with Mother Shireen Baker leading a discussion on the final two stanzas. A soup supper will be provided at each of the sessions. All are welcome!
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Advent Lessons & Carols
On Sunday, 7 December at 5pm, St. Thomas and LASchola will present Advent Lessons & Carols. As we prepare to celebrate the glorious coming of Christ, join us in our traditional celebration of Advent Lessons and Carols with the LASchola, under the direction of Gerald Craft and organist Jeffrey Parola. Let the words of the Prophets and Gospels move you. Surround yourself in the beauty of Saint Thomas' Neo-Gothic church. Let the exuberance and grace of the schola's voices open your heart. Revel in the sounds of Saint Thomas' English-Romantic organ. Don't cheat yourself from the opportunity to nourish your soul with the joys of the season. Bring your friends and neighbors! You'll be glad you did. Reception to follow.
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Choir Boutique
On Sunday, 14 December following the High Mass, the annual Choir Boutique and Christmas sing-a-long will take place in the Large Parish Hall.
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Seasonal Cleaning of Church
On Saturday, 20 December following the 10am Low Mass, Parishioners are encouraged to attend the Semi-Annual Cleaning of the Parish Church. Supplies and lunch will be provided. While this is an all-day affair, any amount of time contributed will be appreciated.
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Stewardship Update
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A Century of Service
We are most grateful to the following 108 Parishioners (as of Thursday, 20 November) out of a potential 227 who have prayerfully considered the role of St. Thomas the Apostle in their life and made a financial pledge commitment for 2015:
Anonymous
Kellie Jane Adan
Mary A. Allen
David Anderson
Lela Anderson
Michael J. Austin
Richard E. Backlund
David Bartlett
Bob Beukema & Ken Mosesian
John Bollard
Rodney Borr
Malcolm Callison
Nicolas Carrera & Edward Blancarte
Brad & Wendy Chambers
Craig B. Coogan
Fr. John & Dea. Charleen Crean
Jennifer Collins & Pauline Smith
Donald Cummings
Brad Daley
Canon Ian Elliott Davies
John & Janis Davies
Lloyd R. Davis
Greg Dilger & Jeff Lawson
Debby Driscoll
Ruth Dunham
Michael Ensign Evans
David Firman
Jim Fossett
Brian Frankish & Tannis Benedict
James Frazier
Jeff & Chanel Friesen
Howard J. Gaass
Christopher Gable & Gerardo Vergara
Christopher Gragg
Clint Gray
Myles & Heather Griffith
Bob Halvorson
John Harper
Ron Hartwig
John Hazlet
Peter & Julie Heimark
Joan Henehan & Jennifer Williams
Bob Henry & Linda Wendell
Sarah Hensley
Helen Slayton Hughes
James B. Hughes
Jeffrey Hyatt
Luis Javier & Laurence Jackson
Patricia Neal Jensen
Jeff Johnson
Dea. Walter S. Johnson
D. Jones
Leslie Kaplan
Stephen Kemp
Dawna Kemper
Taffia Kennedy
Maurice King
Thomas Kingsley
Ken Koonce
Bruce A. Larson
Len Leatherwood & Ray Beaty
Robert Lee
Jack J. Linehan
Joe Lopez
Doris Martin
Vincent G. Mazzucchelli
Andrew Miller & Whitney Wyatt
Robert D. Miller
Anita & Joe Muro
Paul Norwood
Ruth & Randy Oglesby
Carolyn S. Olman
Jeffrey Parola
Robert Patrick
Laura Patterson
Janice Quanbeck
Eddie Quintana
Jo Ann Ridenour
Charles L. Rumsey
John V. Schleif
Ryan Scott
Stan Shipley
David Silvas
Anthony Smiljkovich
Christine, Dana, and Vivian Snyder
Steven Strom
Fr. Mark D. Stuart
Suzanne Tenner
Thomas Thanangadan
Reece P. Thomson
John Thornbury
Paul Tournay & Lee Cox
Ayako Travis
Bradley Upham
James Vandernaald
Christopher Wagner & Gary Collis
Lynn Walker
Gary Warning
Joseph Winford Warren
Michelle Waterloo
Robert Weihing
Charles Wells
Janet West
Christopher White
Randy Williams
Michael & Shelley Williamson
Marty Wolfe
Addison Wright & Laurene Landon
If you would like to download a pledge card, you may do so by CLICKING HERE!
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The Solemnity of Christ the King
Lections
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24
Psalm 95:1-7
Ephesians 1:15-end
St. Matthew 25:31-end
Celebrant
Preacher & Deacon
Canon Ian Elliott Davies
Deacon
Dea. Walter Johnson
Organist/Choir Mstr
Mr. Jeffrey Parola
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Sunday's Music
Prelude
"Offertoire" from Cycle après la Pentecôte, Op. 57 No. 35
by Charles Tournemire
(1870-1939)
Offertory
Postula a me
traditional,
Gregorian chant
Postlude
Sonata in G Major, K. 328 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
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The Reason for the Season
We're directing some of our Outreach to kids in need in our immediate community by supporting the West Hollywood office of The Trevor Project. The Trevor Project saves young lives through its accredited, free and confidential phone, instant message and text crisis intervention services. A leader and innovator in suicide prevention, since 1998, The Trevor Project offers the largest safe social networking community for LGBTQ youth, best practice suicide prevention educational trainings, and resources for youth and adults. We are donating gift cards for office supplies and materials (Staples, Office Max, Amazon) so they can stretch their budget, using the money we've saved them to train more counselors and help more kids. It's a simple, but concrete, way to make a big difference in the lives of young people.
Literally Healing at Children's Hospital Los Angeles is an innovative reading program dedicated to advocating literacy and its importance to children's success. 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 Giving Library, which offers patients staying at the hospital (and their visiting siblings) a choice of one free, brand new book daily to keep. This year, the Parish of St. Thomas the Apostle is once again helping with Literally Healing's Book Drive! You may send books of your own choosing or send books on the hospital's wish list. CLICK HERE for the hospital's wish list and address information. Books donated MUST be brand new to control infection.
Once again, St. Thomas will have an Angel Tree to benefit Hillsides, a premier provider dedicated to improving the overall well-being and functioning of vulnerable children, youth, and their families. Their vision is to create lasting change in the lives of all at-risk children and youth that they serve by providing high quality care, advocacy, and innovative services that promote safe, permanent environments where young people can thrive.
We continue our Food Drive to benefit SOVA food pantries this holiday season. We collect food throughout the year to benefit SOVA, one of our partners in the Homeless Coalition. This year, our goal is to fill the SOVA bin (located in the foyer near the Parish Office) at least twice between now and Chrismtas! We thank Christopher Gable for his continued work with this wonderful cause.
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On This Day in
Christian History
On this day in 235 St. Anterus was elected pope, a position that he would hold for only a few weeks. According to the Liber pontificalis, he was martyred for ordering the "acts of the martyrs" to be written down and put in the church library.
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Please join us for many Parish activities. Here's a sampling of upcoming events - a full list is available online
22 November @ 7:30am
Homeless Feeding & Outreach
22 November @ 5:00pm
LASchola sings Latin Vigil Mass
24 November @ 10:00am
County-USC AIDS Clinic Feeding Program
27-28 November
Parish Office Closed
13 December @ 7:30am
Homeless Feeding & Outreach
16 December @ 7:30pm
Vestry Meeting
17 January @ 10:30am
Newcomer Orientation Series
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Parking at St. Thomas
Regardless of what the signs read, parking on Gardner Street is now allowed on Sundays unrestricted between 7am and 1pm. There is no two-hour time limit!
If you receive a ticket, contest the ticket by filling out the form found CLICKING HERE! Contact the Office if you have any issues.
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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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