Weekly Sunday Worship Services at 8:00 am and 9:30 am  (summer schedule)

Upcoming sermon series:  So Much More:  Hebrews,  through September 7 

September 7 One Combined Worship Service with brunch immediately following

September 14 Weekly Worship Services at 8:00 am and 10:15 am (regular schedule)

Save the St. Thomas Bell!

Kickoff Sunday, September 7

Please mark your calendars! Kickoff Sunday will be the Sunday after Labor Day, September 7. There will be one service at 9:30 am with brunch immediately following. Sign up on the parish hall bulletin board to bring a dish to share. 

Ladies’ Bible Study September 18

Join us Thursday, September 18 at 1 pm for Ladies’ Bible Study. All women are warmly invited to attend—and feel free to bring a friend! This is a wonderful opportunity to deepen your knowledge of the Bible, connect with other women, and welcome new faces from the community. Whether you’ve been part of the study or are coming for the first time, we’d love to see you there! 

Shepherd’s Heart Fellowship. September 28

We will visit Shepherd’s Heart on Sunday, September 28. We will be serving a buffet meal for 75 people! We will meet at church at 4:15 to carpool. Their unique worship service begins at 5:15 and dinner will be served immediately following. On the bulletin board in the parish hall, you can sign up to help prepare and serve and/or donate food. Please see Mike Baier with questions. 

Fall Adult Discipleship Series, 9-14 through 10-19

Unoffendable: Letting Go in a Grabbing World

What if one of the most radical things you could do as a follower of Jesus is… stop being offended?

This fall at St. Thomas, we invite you into a six-week adult discipleship series based on Brant Hansen’s bestselling book Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better. With humor, honesty, and real-life wisdom, Hansen challenges one of our culture’s favorite habits—outrage—and shows how laying down our “right” to be offended opens the door to deeper peace, joy, and freedom in Christ.  Learn more about the series here.

Guatemala Mission Trip Support

Kelley Giles, a therapist and friend of Mary Schnepp, is traveling to Guatemala with Operation Walk from September 27 to October 4. She isn’t seeking financial support but would greatly appreciate spiritual encouragement. Our youth will be assembling daily encouragement bags for her trip, just as they did for past missions. To help, we’re collecting: travel-size hygiene items (toothpaste, tissues, etc.), non-melting snacks (peanuts, Skittles, Lifesavers – no chocolate) and notes, prayers, or drawings to uplift her during her journey. A donation box will be in the back of the church starting August 10.  Donations will be accepted until September 7. We hope to bless Kelley and the bags on Sunday, September 21. Thank you for your support! Please see Mary Schnepp with questions. 

In Our Prayers we pray for...

THE DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER

8/31 Somerset Anglican Fellowship (Somerset) and The Rev. John Corbett (Ginny).

9/7 St. Alban's Anglican Church (Murrysville),  and The Rev. Dr. David Grissom (Linda)

9/14 St. Elizabeth's Anglican Mission (Bridgeville) The Rev. Paul Sutcliffe (Kathy)

9/21 St. John's Anglican Church (Franklin, TN) and The Rev. Michael McGhee (Megan)

9/28 St. Luke's Anglican Church (Georgetown) and The Rev. Suzanne Perkins

10/5 St. Martin's Anglican Church (Monroeville) The Rev. Kua Apple (Kymbra)

ACNA CYCLE OF PRAYER 

 8/31 The Anglican Province of Rwanda: for The Most Rev. Laurent Mbanda, Archbishop, and his wife, Chantal.

 9/7  The Most Rev. Hosam Naoum, President Bishop of Jerusalem and the Middle East and Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem, and his wife, Rafa.

 9/14 The Church of Confessing Anglicans, the Confessing Anglican Diocese in New Zealand, and The Rt. Rev. Jay Behan, Bishop, and his wife, Jaimee.

 9/21 The Diocese of Pittsburgh: for Bishop Alex Cameron and his wife, Tamara; and Archbishop Bob Duncan and his wife, Nara.

 9/28 The Diocese of the Southeast (REC):   for Bishop William White and his wife, Gail; and Bishop Willie Hill and his wife, Gale.

 10/5 The Anglican Province of Nigeria: for The Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba, Metropolitan and Primate of All Nigeria, and his wife,  Angela

PRAY FOR THOSE ON OUR PARISH PRAYER LIST

Norma Snyder; Nancy Davidson; Bill Johnson; Joe Kosarik; Paul and Jan Jay; Marissa Sharkey; Les and Gladys Carlyle; Randy and Ginny; Bob and Mary Jane; Rita; Charles and Jane; Dee Dee; Emily; Larry Jankowski; Rick Wells; Debbie Babcox and family; Paulette Poquette; Doreen Grada and family; Jasmine; Vickie; Linda DeRoner; Brian DeRoner; Gloria Drambel; Rev. Deb Carr; Rev. Deb Carr; Grant Hill; Jonathan; Christina; Luke, Fr. Jay and Catherine; Patty; The Poorman Family; Elliot Spear; Jan and Paul Jay; The Lighthouse Foundation; Tracey; Mark Garrison; Barbara Lintelman; Linda DeRoner; Nancy Davis; Shannon DeLouis.

PRAY FOR THOSE SERVING IN THE MILITARY 

Chad D.; Mike B.; Mat B,; Ty W.; Stephen M.; Scott M.; Jesse W.; Chris R.; Heidi Jean; Richard; Omar; Todd; Brian; Sonja; Corey A.; Bene K.; Clifford M.; Jordan B.; Tristan Z.; Logan; Jackson S.; and Matthew D.;  Tristin;   Dakota; Caleb M.; Colton V.; Harley; Gabriel L.