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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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Vestry Retreat
Please pray for the Clergy & Vestry who are this weekend on retreat this weekend. During their absence, the following clergy have been scheduled:
Friday, 13 Feb.
NO MASS
Saturday, 14 Feb.
10am - Fr. Mark D. Stuart
5pm - Mo. Shireen Baker
Sunday, 15 Feb.
8am & 10:30am - Mo. Shireen Baker
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 The "Let's Talk About" series continues on Sunday, 15 February. this month's subject, "Christian and Single" will be led by Kellie Adan and Mo. Shireen Baker following the High Mass. |
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On Ash Wednesday, 18 Feburary 2015, the Parish Church will offer three Masses with Imposition of Ashes. Two Low Masses will take place at 8am and noon, and a High Mass will take place at 7:30pm. All are strongly encouraged to avail themselves of one of these major fasting day Masses.
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2015 Lenten Series
The 2015 Lenten Series "Thinking Allowed" will meet on Sundays in Lent at 9am in the Large Parish Hall. The course, created by Canon Davies, will be led by Canon Davies and various learned Parishioners. the theme is "Thinking Allowed: weariness, cadence, tempo, flow, ennui, fatigue, monotony, rhythm, tedium and 'spiritual attentiveness' in the Church and in our Culture.
The scheduled leaders are:
22 February - Mses. Len Leatherwood & Allison Platt - "Weariness & Renewal, Some Parish Reflections"
1 March - Ms. Sarah Perkins - "A Life of Reflection: Bishop Lancelot Andrewes"
8 March - Ms. Brit Bjurstrom - "A Prophet on Retreat: Elijah and a Biblical Reflection"
15 March - Mr. Clint Gray - "For All Things There Is a Season and a Time"
22 March - Canon Ian Elliott Davies - "The Season of Lent in Review: Weariness Still?"
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An Update from Dr. Challoner in Liberia
I rise at 5 am -really not my choice !
There is a demented rooster in my yard with no sense of time -actually he starts crowing earlier but somehow I can almost drown him out until 5 am. Not a very Franciscan thought but I am almost considering roasted Gallus Gallus at some point...
Cold water bucket bath, Morning Prayer, then breakfast of rice and beans and instant coffee and then in the cool grey mist of dawn, I leave for the ER. It is so easy to pray here- spirituality is so much a part of everything here - it is part of the cycle that sustains all things and we start and end every event of the day with prayer.
This is the best time in Liberia. The mists rise to heaven and the air is cool and sweet. When the sun breaks through it is almost like the dawn of creation.
I now own a size six pair of Wellington boots and I love them !
All along the way I smile and wave "Hi" to the children. Schools are still closed so they are walking to work. Wee ones in ragged clothes carrying on their heads enormous loads of bread, fruit, and they are so happy !
"Hi, Dr Kathryn", they say. I long to hug them all but the no contact rule still prevails. I can give them my smile... "Hi guys, I say..." "How is everything going ?" and they grin and giggle... The children at the Phebe compound are probably the luckiest in all Liberia. They have homes, wells, a school, clinics and a nearby church and hospital. The grounds are kept cut and maintained and security patrols day and night -a sharp contrast to everywhere else..
I enter the restricted zone- hands and boots in chlorine, temperature, routine questions ad then I enter the ER.Stacked patients -the RNs have done a great job all night but they all need to see a doctor.Rounds at 8 am-we are currently looking after 90 patients in house........teaching rounds and then we dive in. I am virtually running the ER because everyone else is working flat out. Thankfully most of the stuff I can handle...and there willing help if I am faced with something like neonatal tetanus for instance.
Around 1 pm - a headache is throbbing, and I am sweating buckets even in "modified PPE" which we see all patients in -it is still pretty intense - so back to the cottage for 3 bottles of water and goat stew and I almost feel human.
Back to the ER -the nurses work horrible 12 hour shifts had have no breaks and are trying to care for everyone and they are too far from home to go back for a meal. I have taken to bringing fruit every day for them as well as feeding the Security guards (and these are the fortunate few who have jobs !)
The generators come on between 6:30-7 and there is light and you shout "fiat lux" - OK goofy and say evening prayer then rice and beans and tea and maybe you can do some email and you collapse.
We are still seeing Ebola suspects and there has been a surge in cases the first week in February.,,,,,,, the fight is not over yet..Yet this is where I have always longed to be - and I dream of others of our Religious Orders coming also. Because isn't this what we have always dreamed of ?
Blessings,
Kathryn TSSF
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The Guibord Center Presents
Decoding Rituals and Symbols of Sikhism
Saturday, February 28, 2 - 4 pm Join The Guibord Center as we take an in-depth look at the rituals and symbols of the Sikh faith.
Nirinjan Singh Khalsa, on the Advisory Council of The Guibord Center, will explain the "Five K's of Sikhism" and their importance. We will also learn about Sikh ceremonies and the meaning behind the different rituals and traditions during Sikh prayer services.
There are more than 500,000 Sikh Americans living here as our neighbors, as our doctors and lawyers, mechanics and colleagues, and as our children's friends. Learn more about this faith tradition that carries a deep reverence for all life and often engages in remarkable efforts to feed the hungry of any community.
Hosted at the Khalsa Care Foundation with light refreshments to follow the presentation. RSVP HERE!
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Big Sunday
Looking for a way to help the community? Big Sunday offers more than 1500 ways you can help! Click on the image below to download the flyer.
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On Christmas Day 1864, when The Rev. Elias Birdsall, age 34, read morning prayer for 10 people gathered in L.A.'s Odd Fellows Hall, he most likely never dreamed that then-frontier town of about 5,000 people would grow to become the nation's second largest metropolitan region, with some 18 million residents today.
Since that Christmas morning, services have continued every week for the past 150 years, and the congregation - named for St. Athanasius, the 4th-century Bishop of Alexandria - today remains a vibrant center of prayer and service at the heart of our Cathedral Center of St. Paul. It is the oldest continuing Protestant congregation in Southern California.
In the spirit of The Rev. Elias Birdsall's original 1865 lecture series, the Diocese of Los Angeles presents the following lectures:
CATHEDRAL CENTER:
HISTORIANS' WEEKEND: THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Friday, 27 February, 6pm
Reception, Dinner, Video Preview
Saturday, 28 February, 10am-3pm
Symposium, Lunch, Workshops
CAMPBELL HALL:
CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH-LEADERSHIP FORUM WITH THE PRESIDING BISHOP*
Tuesday, 24 March, 11am
*Ticketed event co-sponsored by The Episcopal Church. Viewing site (open admission) at the Cathedral Center.
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Quinquagesima
Lections
II Kings 2:1-12
Psalm 50:1-6
II Corinthians 4:3-6
St. Mark 9:2-9
Celebrant & Preacher
Liturgical Deacon
Mr. Reece P. Thomson
Organist/Choirmstr
Mr. Jeffrey Parola
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Sunday's Music
Prelude
Improvisation on 'Bryn Calfaria'
by Jeffrey Parola
(b. 1979)
Offertory
Improvisation on 'Carlisle'
by Jeffrey Parola
(b. 1979)
Postlude
Improvisation on 'Hyfrydol'
by Jeffrey Parola
(b. 1979)
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Filming in the Church
Due to a scheduled filming in the church on 19-20 February, all Morning & Evening Prayer services and Masses will take place in the Rector's Office.
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Stations of the Cross
Beginning on Friday, 27 February, Stations of the Cross will take place following the 7pm Mass. Please avail yourself of this seasonally penitential service.
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Automatic Payments
You may now make automatic monthly payments to St. Thomas via PayPal! this is an easy way to remember pledge and Capital Campaign payments. Visit the WEBSITE. Click "Donate" on the right side and follow the instructions. Make sure to check the box "Make This Recurring" in order to make it recur monthly.
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On This Day in
Christian History
On this day in 1633, called to trial by the Inquisition, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome ready to explain his belief that the earth revolves around the sun. He was compelled to recant the view, and was placed under house arrest until his death in 1642.
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Please join us for many Parish activities. Here's a sampling of upcoming events - a full list is available online
Vestry Retreat
14 February @ 7:30am
Homeless Feeding & Outreach
Parish Office Closed
Newcomer Orientation Series
County-USC AIDS Clinic Feeding Program
Homeless Feeding & Outreach
28 February @ 5:00pm
Evensong & Benediction featuring LASchola
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Registration Now Open for 2015 Huffington Ecumenical Symposium
27 February - 1 March 2015
Loyola Marymount University
1 LMU Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90045
This year's symposium is the third and final in our series exploring the relationship between tradition and contemporary practice in Catholic and Orthodox liturgy.
Throughout history, Christians have gathered in private rooms, cemetery chapels, basilicas, cathedrals, ships, garages, and buildings of all sizes and shapes to worship the triune God. The buildings accrued symbolic significance to such a degree that all of salvation history could be communicated through the various rooms, vessels, iconographic programs, and liturgical rituals celebrated in the space. As we reflect on architecture in the 21st century, many new questions emerge. Join us for a discussion with:
Keynote speaker: the Very Rev. Mark Morozowich, Provost, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
Other speakers include: Richard Vosko; Robin Jensen, Vanderbilt University; Paul Meyendorff, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary; Sharon Gerstel, UCLA; and Jeanne Kilde, University of Minnesota.
Registration is free but RSVP is required. For more information or to register for this event, CLICK HERE.
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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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