In This Issue...

Festival Meadows Service

Consecration Photos and More

James Martin/R.L. Rowsey Concert

Two Summer Nature Offerings

Woman of the Year

Inquirer's Class

Staff Vacations

Parishioner Database- REALM Update

Prayer Requests

If you are attending at 9:30:

*Please do not park in the Our Lady of the Snows parking lot.

*There will be no Adult Ed. this Sunday.

*There will be no Grand Days this Sunday.

The Consecration of the Rt. Rev. Jos Tharakan as the Fourteenth Bishop of Idaho

photos courtesy of the Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry and The Episcopal Diocese of Idaho. For more information and photos, visit facebook.com/episcopalidaho

July 8 Concert

James Martin

Baritone

&

R.L. Rowsey

Piano

present

Lift Every Voice!

Songs and Spirituals of Black American Composers

7:00PM

Friday, July 8, 2022

St. Thomas Church

Sun Valley, ID

FREE ADMISSION

Inquirer’s Class with Jonah and Kathleen

Sunday afternoons from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

July 10, 17, 24, 31

Have you ever wondered…What’s an Anglican? How did the Episcopal Church come about, and how is it different from other denominations? What is going on up at the altar during the service? What’s the right way to pray? How are the scriptures relevant to our lives today? How does St. Thomas make a difference in our community?

Join Jonah and Kathleen for a thought-provoking conversation addressing these questions and more. This class is for everyone who would like to learn more about Christian faith and practice, the Episcopal Church, or would like to be confirmed or

received at our Bishop’s next visit.

July 10: Anglican Ethos and Church History

July 18: Worship and Sacraments

July 24: Scripture

July 31: Spiritual Practices, and Ministry Today at St. Thomas

Questions: Contact Jonah or Kathleen!

jkendall@stthomassv.org; kbean@stthomassv.org

Celebrate nature this summer with two special offerings:

Sunday, July 24th

Gardening as Spiritual Practice

We’re delighted to welcome the Rev. Pamela Dolan to St. Thomas on Sunday, July 24th when she will preach and lead our Adult Education class after coffee hour. Pamela is the author of Contemplative Gardening, which Church Publishing describes as “an enchanting guide for turning the art of gardening into opportunities for reflection and meditation.”

Please plan to join us. If you want to read the book in advance you can order it from all the usual places!

Nature Altars:

A Contemplative Practice

A St. Thomas Retreat led by Vicki Rosenberg

Spend the day in the peaceful woods along the Big Wood River as we learn about the ritual of gathering elements from the natural world and using them to create sacred expressions of gratitude, joy, grief, and reverence.

Saturday, August 20, 2022

10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Registration required; space is limited.

Contact: The Rev. Kathleen Bean and Vicki Rosenberg

kbean@stthomassv.org

sanardo1@att.net

Woman of the Year (Last Day to Vote)

The Rev. Kathleen Bean is one of four finalists for WOMAN OF THE YEAR, an annual award voted on by the community and given by the Idaho Mountain Express.

Voting is open thru TODAY, June 30! Click the link below to cast your vote.

Staff Vacations

Joel Bejot | June 25-July 2

Kathleen Bean | June 27-30

Sara Gorby | July 3-5

Church Database Update

Over the past several months, the database of all church members has been slowly migrated from an older program to a new online platform called REALM.

If you have received an “invitation” email to join Realm, I hope you will respond to this email and create an account for yourself online. If you have NOT received such an email, it would indicate that we do not have membership paperwork for you in the office. A membership form can be emailed to you and you can return it to the church after you fill it out.

You can now access REALM directly from our website (stthomassv.org). On the lower taskbar there is a selection called “member login” Just click on that and you will be directed to the St. Thomas REALM site.

We hope that this new system will prove useful to you.

If you have any questions about Realm, please contact Judi in the office. 208-726-5349 or jfuller@stthomassv.org

You can now submit prayer list requests online!