Upcoming Events

The Episcopal Church’s Office of the General Convention announced the release of a mobile event app for the upcoming 79th General Convention in Austin, Texas, July 5 – July 13, 2018. The event app, powered by Eventmobi, is compatible with cell phones, tablets, and other data devices, offering attendees pertinent General Convention information including schedules, maps, worship bulletins, restaurant guide, a link to the Virtual Binder for legislative progress and resources, as well as other general convention information. Information related to the Episcopal Church Women’s Triennial Meeting 2018 is also provided. The Office of General Convention developed this tool to enhance attendee experience and provide a personal schedule and means for note taking at events. The app is accessed two ways: Go to https://eventmobi.com/79gc/ This opens it as a website on any device. Or, download the Eventmobi app from the appstore and input the event code: 79gc. If you have…

We welcome special guest speaker, The Rev’d Canon Dr. Victor Austin, Canon Theologian-in-Residence, Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, to Saint Thomas on Sunday, July 8. He will preach at the 8am & 10 am services and speak at 11:30am in the Parish Hall (lunch will be served). Love, Caring, Death, and God Sometimes it happens that a person we love contracts a disease, which requires that we care in new and costly ways. And sometimes our beloved dies early. How can we understand such things particularly in terms of Christian faith? In Loving Susan: Brain Disease, the Priest’s Wife, and the God Who Gives and Takes Away, Victor Lee Austin explores precisely these things as he came to experience them in his life. He will be preaching at the Sunday Eucharist on July 8, and then after the service will speak about his experience of our God who, although he does…

Everyone is invited to our next Parish Town Hall Meeting, on Saturday, June 16 from 10am to Noon, in the St. Thomas Church Parish Hall. This meeting is a general assembly, kind of like a shareholders meeting or a local caucus. It is a chance for the whole parish to hear what’s going on, to contribute ideas, to make constructive criticism and to ask critical questions, an opportunity for the leadership of the parish to account for their stewardship, and a time for everyone to affect our common future. You definitely do not want to miss this! The entire Vestry will be there. Anything goes! No question will go unanswered to the best of their ability.

The men of the Turtle Creek Chorale will take a positive message through music on their “Friendship Tour” of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas this June. The kick-off concert at Temple Shalom features “Peacekeepers,” a collection of original compositions that employs magnificent music and insightful lyrics to call attention to bonds that connect us rather than issues that divide us. Tickets are available at three levels: $25 General Admission $50 Preferred Seating $100 VIP – Premier Seating, 6:30 p.m. VIP Wine & Dessert Reception and VIP Intermission PARTNERS IN HARMONY – Enter code PARTNER at check-out for a 20% discount through May 25, 2018 Buy Tickets at: www.turtlecreekchorale.com/friendship-tour