Here's What's In This Email:
This Week's Bulletins, RIP Medial Debt, Interim Rector, Many Voices, Small Plates, Wednesdays In Lent, Holy Week Schedule & Preachers, Easter Flowers, Easter Egg Hunt, Conversations on Scripture, Bishop Matt's Visitation, The Chosen Bible Study, Mexico 2023 Team, D-Groups, Film School, Youth Group, Sign Up For Stuff, Children's Sunday School, Kid's Club, Coffee Hour, The St. Thomas App, Livestream Website, Weekly Tuesday Zoom, Online Giving
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The Bulletins For This Coming Sunday Are All Below
please click/tap on them
You can also find the weekly bulletins, liturgies, & readings
on our Livestream Page
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Please give generously to help
retire medical debt in Wisconsin
Trinity Episcopal Church, Oshkosh is running a campaign until May 1st to raise $12,000 to forgive $1.2 million in medical debt in Wisconsin through the organization RIP Medical Debt. Through this campaign we can provide relief and, most importantly, hope to our neighbors burdened by crippling medical debt. Anything over $12,000 will still go to retire medical debt, but possibly in another state. RIP buys medical debt at a steep discount, in bundles of millions of dollars at a time at a fraction of the original cost. This means your donation relieves about 100x its value in medical debt. Recipients have no tax consequences or penalties to consider. Instead of running a separate campaign, the Vestry has voted to assist Trinity in this worthy cause. If you would like to donate to help retire medical debt, please make a check out to St. Thomas Church and write RIP Medical Debt on the memo line. For more information about RIP or the campaign, please see: https://ripmedicaldebt.org/campaign/trinity-episcopal-churchs-campaign/? Or
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Welcome Fr. Chris Arnold
(well, almost)
Fr. Chris Arnold will serve as the Interim Rector at St. Thomas during our transition time and search process for our next full time Rector. He will begin his ministry with us starting on Wednesday, April 12.
Fr. Chris Arnold was trained for ministry at Church Divinity School of the Pacific and was ordained to the priesthood in 2010. After serving parishes in southeastern Kentucky, central Kansas, and Oshkosh, WI, he has developed a ministry of spiritual direction. Fr. Chris has received training in the work of an Interim Rector, and he lives in Oshkosh with his wife Celeste and their two cats, Clare and Zoyla.
We do ask you to please not contact Fr. Chris about any pastoral needs or anything pertaining to St. Thomas until he begins his ministry among us. For any pastoral or other conversations, please reach out to Fr. Aran or Dcn. Lisa.
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So Many Preachers
So Many Faces
So Many Sundays
Join us at 8AM & 10AM because over these 10 weeks you'll be blessed to hear from many different voices
Fr. Aran, Dcn. Lisa, Mthr. Portia, Mthr. Ezgi, Fr. Wilson, Fr. Bill... plus many more once we get to Holy Week!
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Small Plates Are Back!
Fridays during Lent @ 9AM
The St. Thomas clergy once again welcome you to take a bite, sample a morsel, listen to some wisdom, apply some theology. As a way for us to journey through Lent together, you're invited to check out this year's offering of Small Plates on St. Thomas' YouTube Channel and Facebook Page. Don't forget to Like and Subscribe so you won't miss them!
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"A Holy Lent"
Come feed your spirit, your body, and your mind this Lenten Season. St. Thomas offers something for everyone Wednesday nights in Lent. The entire St. Thomas family is encouraged to attend the 5:30 p.m. Wednesday Lenten Worship Service in the Chapel, which will be immediately followed by a Soup Supper in the Parish Hall.
There is a sign-up sheet in the Parish Hall with guidelines to follow. Please sign up to help set up, make/provide soup, prepare salad/sandwiches, or clean up. Begin your evening with worship, a Lenten meal and good fellowship, before heading off to Kid’s Club, D-Groups or Adult Study.
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A Most Holy Week
April 2 - April 9
You're invited to Journey with Jesus as we walk through Holy Week, together. The last week of Jesus' non-resurrected life is spelled out in beautiful detail. Each day, we'll dive into what takes place and how we can follow Jesus as a community.
Dcn. Lisa, Fr. John, Fr. Bill, Amma Diane, and Fr. Aran will all lend their voices as celebrants and/or preachers. All services will be livestreamed as well and you can find all our streaming platforms over at
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If you would like to contribute toward Easter flowers, lilies, and other plants in memory of a loved one or in thanksgiving for something, please send us a check or give online and put Easter flowers in the memo line.
Please let us know who you would like remembered or your thanksgivings via email and we will publish them in the Easter bulletins.
The deadline is Sunday, April 2nd.
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Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday, April 9 at 9:15AM
All children, adults, parents, grandparents, siblings, and guests and friends are invited to join us in the downstairs classrooms and hallways. Drinks and snacks will be provided. Please arrive a little early so we can start on time. Bags will be provided to carry the eggs and prizes found. It would be helpful for parents to sign up their children by clicking here. You can also get more information from Jessica by emailing her at jessicalzaborski@gmail.com
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Join us each Sunday for Conversations on Scripture - where we will practice giving thanks for the HOPE that is still being fulfilled by sharing the Good News of Jesus through each one of us. This will be a hybrid class meeting situation: we will meet 9-9:45am; you can join in person in the lounge of St. Thomas or online by connecting to the ZOOM Link below:
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 827 0116 7130
Passcode: 402598
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Bishop Matt's Visitation
Sunday, April 16
8 & 10 AM
Bishop Matt will make his "annual" visitation to us at St. Thomas. He will celebrate the Eucharist, he will preach, and he will confirm and receive those who with to be confirmed and Received. If you'd LIKE to be confirmed or received (or would like to know what those things are), please talk to Fr. Aran or Dcn. Lisa and they can fill you in!
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"A bible study different from any you've ever done before..."
Thursdays from 9:30-11:00AM
in the St. Thomas Lounge
Join us as we watch an episode of The Chosen each week and discuss and converse afterwards. The Chosen lets us see the human side of Jesus. Each episode brings the Old and New Testaments to life in a fresh way.
Any questions your can can contact Mary Kay Hietpas at marykayhietpas@gmail.com or 920-740-5737.
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Love Journey to Mexico
July 15 - 22, 2023
This summer, the above 31 people will be building two houses for two families in one week in Ciudad Juárez, México, partnering with Casas por Cristo. Please hold them in prayer and feel free to head to the Love Journey website for more information about what we'll be doing.
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Summer Camp
(aka)
#EpiscoWiscoCamp
With sessions for high school students, middle school students, elementary school students, and even kids as young as ages 4-7, EpiscoWisco Camp offers incredible outdoor experiences combined with meaningful spiritual formation in a fun and safe environment for all.
Please make your way over to
to get all the dates and information
and learn all about all things CAMP!
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D-Groups
Wednesdays
6:15 - 8:00 PM
7th - 12th graders
Just as you are, God has accepted you. At D-Groups, all 7th-12th graders are invited and everyone is welcome to be a part of this Jesus-Focused community. Our theme for the year is Romans 15:7 (click on that verse to see it) and this community intends to live our lives in the Way of Jesus: loving God and loving one another. At D-Groups there's always food, always fun, always, always fellowship, and always faith practice. Check out all that we're up to over at
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Film School
Sundays
9:00 AM
7th graders and up
Our Sunday morning spiritual formation class for 7th graders and up is called Film School. We watch movies - in 20-30 minute segments over the course of several weeks - and we talk about the stories, the characters, the themes, the things they get right, and the thing they get wrong. We apply the scriptures to our lives. If you're in 7th grade or older, you're invited to be a part of this amazing opportunity. Oh, you wanna know what films we're watching? You can see the list over at
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Sunday Youth Group
Fun & Service
6th - 12th graders
Making care packages for college students, playing games and eating food, raising awareness for global hunger, and the return of Medieval Night. All of these things and more in first few months of 2023 as Sunday Youth Group continues on. If you're in 6th - 12th grade, you're invited. You can get all the info about dates and times and locations over at
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Sign Up For Stuff
There are several events coming up in the next few weeks and months that our middle and high school students - as well as young adults - can participate in that require an online sign up ahead of time. Students and parents can head to styg.com/signup and check out things like Sledding & Skating, Contagion, Summer Camp, Mexico 2023, and Six Flags!
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Children's Sunday School is for kids 3 years through 6th grade. We meet Sunday mornings 9-9:50 in the downstairs classrooms. We are continuing with the David C. Cook "Bible In Life" curriculum.
You can see the entire Children's Ministry calendar
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St. Thomas Kid's Club is for children in K- 6th grades. We meet Wednesday evenings in the parish hall from 6:30-8. We are utilize the "Weaving God's Promises" curriculum. Wednesday nights are always spirit filled with running games, crafts, snacks, music, theme nights, prizes and most importantly - fun!
You can see the entire Children's Ministry calendar
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COFFEE HOUR
taking place after both 8AM & 10AM services
You're invited to COFFEE HOUR!! We'll provide the individually wrapped snacks, plus hot and cold drinks, and you all can take care of the fellowship and conversation with one another.
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The St. Thomas App has a ton of features such as ministry info, prayer wall, sermon videos, scripture passages, livestream
The easiest way to get the app is to go to St. Thomas' website
Scroll to the bottom and click/tap on "Get Our App"
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Did You Know That There's A Website Dedicated
to all things livestream?
You will find the Livestream video, weekly bulletins, liturgies, announcements, as well as links to all the other places you can find our Livestream. There are even links to past Livestreams and Sermons.
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Everyone Is Invited
to hop on the Weekly Tuesday Night 7PM Zoom. It's a time of casual conversation, caring for one another, sharing, laughing, and prayer. All ages and all people are welcome all the time!
Plus you can also find the link at
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Don't Forget That You Can Give Online To St. Thomas Church
Need help? There are details and instructions available at
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The St. Thomas Website is the
easiest place to find our livestream
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Make sure you LIKE our Facebook Page so you get a notification when a Livestream begins
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Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to our Channel to be notified when a Livestreams starts
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No Livestream here but JOIN
the Group so you can SHARE photos, comments, & prayer requests
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FOLLOW this feature of Twitter and receive an alert at the start of St Thomas' Livestream
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Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to our Twitch Sessions so you'll know when we go live
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Yes you can even find the
St. Thomas Livestream on
our very own App
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If you are on any of these platforms
please Add or Follow St. Thomas Church
@stthomaswi on Snapchat
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Have Questions? Need More Information?
Feel free to contact St. Thomas Church directly
(920) 725-5601
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St. Thomas Church | (920) 725-5601 | 226 Washington Street Menasha, WI 54952 | stthomaswi.com
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