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125th Anniversary Party for EDOD

By Upcoming Events

***NOTE: EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19*** Mark your calendars for the celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, scheduled for 3 to 6 p.m., April 26, at Saint Michael and All Angels, 8011 Douglas Avenue, Dallas. The party celebrating our combined history of our Episcopal faith includes barbecue, Mexican food, bands and a 5:30 p.m. Choral Evensong. Please join us for this memorable occasion of our life together in ministry. For those interested in attending, RSVP here >

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February 5, 2020

Connecting at St Thomas

By Upcoming Events

Mark your calendars to join us at Cafe Express on Sunday, March 1 at noon (after coffee time) for the next Connecting at St. Thomas. Great food, lively conversations, and much fun! Cafe Express is located at 5600 Lovers Lane just east of Inwood.

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February 3, 2020

Sermon for the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord

By Rector's Corner, Sermons

Christopher Thomas Sermon for the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord, Year A – 2/2/2020 Malachi 3:1-4 Psalm 84 Hebrews 2:14-18 Luke 2:22-40 “At This Table” by Idina Menzel & Jonas Myrin, 2019 At This Table: Everyone is Welcome Everyone is Seen Everybody Matters No One Falls Between At This Table: You Can Say Whatever You Can Speak Your Mind Everything Is Forgiven There’s Enough for Everyone At This Table: There Will Be No Judgement Mercy Has A Seat We’re All Sons and Daughters There’s No Place I Would Rather Be At This Table: Everyone Is Welcome Everybody Cares Everybody Matters Come, Pull Up A Chair Come As You Are Remember That the Door is Always Open Come As You Are The Perfect Gift That You Can Bring Is Your Heart Come, Come As You Are I can’t believe we’re actually here, that this day, this moment, this split…

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February 2, 2020

Your Spirit Is Contagious

By Christian Formation

Recent concerns about the coronavirus remind us of just how connected we all are to each other, and how quickly a virus can spread. Here in the North, it is winter, which means it is also cold and flu season. This means that on any given day, we are either the one with a cold or we are likely encountering someone that has a cold. So the question that is never far from our minds is, “Am I or is he/she—contagious?” When I have a cold, I certainly never intentionally want to spread it to others. At the same time, though, I sometimes am so excited to see someone that I haven’t seen for a while that I hug them or shake their hand without thinking. I have also been known to show up at work when I am sick, only to be sent home by colleagues who rightfully request…

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February 1, 2020

Your presence IS important!

By Rector's Corner

My Dear People of St. Thomas, I can only begin in this space to express how thrilled I am about this new beginning upon which we embark! I hope and pray that you are equally as excited, for you have been in my prayers from the very beginning of my conversations with your search committee through this very day. Beginnings have a way of projecting hope out into the future, laden with all sorts of possibilities, and my hope is that you can see and feel some of that hope for our community of St. Thomas and for yourself! What better day to start something new between us, to present a fresh new offering to God, than the Feast of the Presentation, the day that Mary and Joseph, acting out of their own deep and abiding sense of covenant, bring Jesus to the temple to present him as an offering…

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January 29, 2020

Be All There

By Christian Formation

I have spent more time jumping on a trampoline in the last three months than I have in the previous sixty-four years of my life. The gift of all these visits to an indoor trampoline park has come via my grandchildren. I cannot thank them enough for both the uncontrollable laughter we have experienced, as well as introducing me to such a wild place where I have relearned an essential lesson during all the hours we have spent bouncing together. In the midst of our fun, I have discovered that when you are bouncing on a trampoline, you cannot possibly think about anything else other than, well, bouncing on a trampoline. It takes every ounce of my concentration to be sure that I do not lose my balance, drift too close to the edge, or stumble over my grandchildren. There is not a care or worry I could possibly think…

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January 25, 2020

Volunteer for the 2020 National Homeless Count

By Upcoming Events

Please consider joining the 2020 St. Thomas Team for approximately 4-5 hours on Thursday, January 23, to help with the 2020 National Homeless Count. Members of St. Thomas have been participating in this event since 2017. One year, we met John, a 43-year-old veteran, living in his car. He was between jobs, evicted from his apartment, saving what he could to pay the deposit and first and last month’s rent for a new apartment. Everything he owned was packed into his compact SUV. That night the temperature was close to freezing. When we saw his car full of belongings, we stopped to get his story and give him some clean socks, toiletries and food we’d brought along. Why do we need to know his story? There are special funds and resources available depending on the needs of the homeless population but unless we ask, we don’t know their needs! For…

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January 19, 2020

Character Shows

By Christian Formation

Regular readers of this column know that I am an avid baseball fan, and so it broke my heart to learn of the cheating scandal that has come to light this past week. What some players and managers connected to the Houston Astros 2017 team hoped would remain a secret came out in full detail this week, and the news has cost three team managers and one general manager their jobs. Rather than debating the particular details of how this all came to be, I am more interested here in the universal wellness lesson that we can learn from this unfortunate example of secrets and dishonesty. Being dishonest and keeping that secret can actually make a person sick. As two related quotes from Twelve-Step programs remind us: “Your secrets keep you sick,” and “We are only as sick as our secrets.” I heard another saying this week (thanks to my…

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January 18, 2020

Shape Your Future by Engaging the U.S. Census

By News

2020 is way more than an election year! The Episcopal Church is an official partner for the 2020 Census with the U.S. Census Bureau! Watch Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry’s video explaining why the U.S. census is important and why you should get involved. For information on how to engage, including our census engagement toolkit, visit https://episcopalchurch.org/OGR/civic-engagement As an official partner, The Episcopal Church can help make the count as accurate as possible. 132 federal programs plus private businesses, state, and local initiatives depend on Census data for effective distribution of resources, while congressional seats are apportioned according to the Census count. Religious denominations and institutions are well-placed to reach historically hard-to-count populations, a critical goal of the Census Bureau. Research shows that someone is more likely to take the census if they hear about it from someone they trust.

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January 15, 2020