ENews March 22, 2024

"The Triumphal Entry" by artist Paul Oman

Please join us this Sunday at 10:00 AM to begin Holy Week with our Palm Sunday service. We look forward to seeing you there!

In person or on Zoom

Childcare is available and all are welcome!

Lenten Offerings

Please join us for our final Dinner Church gathering, with a simple meal and the Holy Eucharist, tomorrow Saturday, March 23rd, from 6:00-7:30pm.

If Mother Nature decides to throw us a curve ball, Dinner Church will be cancelled with a Constant Contact and Facebook posting.

Easter Flowers, oh my!

Next week is Easter which means we will be decorating the church for this festive event! We welcome donations for the flowers used which can be made in remembrance or thanksgiving of loved ones.

Please make checks payable to the church and include on the memo line Easter Flowers. Also be sure to write clearly to whom the flowers are dedicated to or in thanksgiving for so that the Easter Bulletin can reflect your generosity correctly. Checks can be placed in the offertory plate with your remembrance and/or thanksgiving, or mailed to the office with that information. The deadline for submitting your remembrance and/or thanksgiving is this weekend,

Sunday, March 24th.

Look this weekend for a separate Holy Week Enews with offerings and much more information.

Watch at St. Thomas’

We invite you to participate in a tradition at St Thomas’ during Holy Week. After the Maundy Thursday service, the altar area is stripped of all linens, covers, books, cushions, etc. We then leave the lights down low, and we sit, wait, and watch with Jesus until sunrise on Good Friday. This is our version of the disciples waiting with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. We sign up for an hour or two from the end of the service until 7am; a sign-up sheet is in the church. We seek to have two (2) watchers per hour for safety reasons. See or email Kevin Gorham for more information at daddeonh@gmail.com.

Look at the beautiful, new and shiny roof, gutters and downspouts on the Hale Street side of the church just off of the Sacristy! Many hands (and dollars) make beautiful work! Thank you all for generosity in making this happen.

Community Outreach Opportunities

Lenten Alms-Giving Opportunity

Thank you so much! 

The first cache of snacks you donated has been delivered to the school nurse at Horne St. They were received with awe and great thanks and will be shared with the other grammar schools in Dover. Another "3 bags full" went to Dover Children’s Home. Let’s restock our windowsills through Lent to continue sharing our blessings. 

Donated so far:

5 bags of Cutie oranges, 4 fruit cups, 312 packages of fruit snacks, 657 granola bars, 1 package of GF cookies, 236 packages of crackers, 42 boxes of raisins, 24 rice cakes, 80 Rice Krispie treats, 28 snack bags of chips and 33 bags of trail mix. Over 1400 items!!!

Mission Box News

 Our January - March recipient of the Mission Box is Waypoint NH, specifically the Rochester Teen

Drop-in Center. 

Thank you for your generosity!

You have donated $688 through the end of February.

Dover Food Pantry

Non-perishable foods, personal care products, and paper goods donations for the Dover Food Pantry are always welcome. Place them in the shopping basket at the back of the church.

Outreach Committee

Join us on Zoom at 7 p.m the second Tuesday of the month for our monthly meeting. Email Catherine if you would like to join the meeting or learn more about Outreach at: wlangellotti@icloud.com 

Where is your Star Word?

Above is Kirsten's star word for the year found on her bulletin board of other things she is working on manifesting.

How is your star word guiding or influencing you this year? If you feel so moved, please send a picture and/or jot down some thoughts and send them to the office, Rev. Sue and/or Kirsten Gowdy.

Chair Yoga

Join us to find an oasis of peace in your week.

“If you can breathe, you can do Yoga.”

Thursdays, Ervin Hall, 11:15-noon

Contact Catherine at wlangellotti@icloud.com.

Lectionary Study

Wednesdays at noon ~ Zoom

Lectionary is cancelled on March 27th and April 3rd and will resume on April 10th.

Participating in the Service ~ March 24th