Discovery Gathering
May 18, Parish Hall
9:00am – 3:00pm
Join this interactive & inspiring Invite • Welcome • Connect® event as we celebrate Pentecost and discover ways the Spirit is calling St. Thomas to live out our Baptismal Covenant. Explore the theology of welcome, the power of story, holy brainstorming, and so much more! You will leave feeling renewed for the tasks ahead and more connected to your church family. Lunch Provided.
Reserve your spot, email Lee Swift by May 12!
Pentecost Guest Preacher
Molly Wills Carnes, May 19
8:00am & 10:30am Church Services
Molly will be preaching at both services and will share her experience as a Christian advocate for the LGBTQ+ community during our Pentecost celebration lunch afterwards. Wear Red.
ABOUT MOLLY
Molly Wills Carnes is an Episcopal evangelist, Invite • Welcome • Connect® facilitator, LGBTQ+ advocate and mother of a transgender queer daughter. Her ministry is marked by a deep empathy for those wounded by their church experience. Molly has testified numerous times before the Texas State Legislature in defense of LGBTQ+ rights and has appeared on CBS, NPR, and MSNBC. Molly believes our individual and collective stories are the key to Gospel transformation in the world!
ABOUT Invite • Welcome • Connect®
The program is based on the award-winning book by Mary Parmer, Invite Welcome Connect: Stories & Tools to Transform Your Church, (published by Forward Movement in 2018). Invite Welcome Connect is a ministry of transformation that equips and empowers individuals and congregations to cultivate intentional practices of evangelism, hospitality, and belonging. Rooted in the Gospel directive to “Go and make disciples of all nations” this ministry provides a practical theological framework and comprehensive process for engaging communities of faith to move from a maintenance culture to a gospel driven mission culture.
Learn More at invitewelcomeconnect.com
