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Fall Adult Education Classes Announced- posted September 2, 2010
Topics for this fall include the Apostle's Creed on Sunday mornings, a Tuesday "Basic Christianity" class on the Confessions of Saint Augustine, a Wednesday class on Toleration led by parishioner Dr. Jeremy Waldron, and later in the fall, a class on God and Evil and a class on sermons of Oliver O'Donovan. In addition, there are several Good Books & Good Talk discussions, on Death Comes for the Archbishop, The Great Divorce, and more. See complete details by utilizing the calendar and filtering for "theology," or by visiting the Theology at Saint Thomas page.
Youth Back from Mission Trip- posted September 2, 2010
The youth, led by Fr Spurlock, are back from this summer's mission trip, a week of outreach in upstate New York at Christ the King Spiritual Life Center in the Diocese of Albany. In addition to spending time in study and recreation, the youth worked alongside the Sisters of St. Mary on their convent farm, helped build a goat and sheep barn, tended to the harvest, and assisted the sisters with the canning and pickling of vegetables. They also had opportunity to hear the sisters reflect on their vocation in a Benedictine community.
Joining them on this retreat was Ye Win, a Karen refugee from Burma who spoke to the youth about the harrowing persecution the Anglican Province of Myanmar suffers in that part of the world.
You can hear all about the trip from the youth themselves, who will have a presentation for our parish at 1pm on Sunday, September 26 in Andrew Hall. Stop by Coffee Hour and then come upstairs to join us.
The Return of Choral Evensong- posted August 30, 2010
After a summer hiatus, Choral Evensong returns four times a week beginning on Tuesday, September 7.
You may read more about Choral Evensong here. For a complete schedule of Choral worship services for the year, see the Choral Services Calendar, which is updated constantly as details are finalized for each service.
New Music List Now Available- posted August 27, 2010
The latest music list, covering September - December 2010, is now available here. You will also find an archive of previous music lists here.
Music selections are added to individual worship service entries on the website calendar as final details (such as preludes, postludes and hymns) are made, usually about one week prior to each choral music service. Texts for anthems and other selections can be found in the service leaflets, which are attached to the bottom of the screen for each individual worship service (see example here) immediately after they have been created.
Fr Erdman Update- posted August 13, 2010
Deo volente, the Rev'd Jonathan M. Erdman, former Curate and Youth Minister at Saint Thomas, will be instituted Rector of Calvary Church, Louisville, by the Bishop of Kentucky, on Tuesday, September 7, at 6:30 p.m. Father Mead will be the preacher. Your prayers are requested and your presence for the service is most welcome. The church address is 821 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40203. Visit Calvary's website or email Fr Erdman for more details.
New Book by Father Austin- posted August 6, 2010
Father Austin’s just published book Up with Authority: Why We Need Authority to Flourish as Human Beings, dedicated to the Reverend Andrew C. Mead and the People of Saint Thomas Church, is now available in our bookstore. A booksigning will occur on September 19.
In his review of the book, Ronald Mawby of the Whitney Young School of Honors and Liberal Studies at Kentucky State University writes, "For readers who have taken social order as rooted in either persuasion or compulsion, and so assumed that authority is derivative, transient, postlapsarian, the dead hand of the past, or the polite mask of force, this book offers a clear-headed alternative. Austin explores the ineliminable centrality of fallible authority in our social, epistemic, political, and ecclesial communal lives, and discerns structures of authority in the Trinity and the paradisal life of friends living together. In part Christian theology, in part humane anthropology, in part philosophical reflection, this is altogether a galvanizing book."
You may read more about the book here on The T&T Clark Blog.
The 2010-11 Concert Season- posted July 6, 2010
Details of the upcoming Concert Season have now been posted on the concert page, where you may also order tickets. Please note that tickets ordered in July and August will be processed immediately, but the tickets themselves will not be mailed to you until September.
Consider joining Friends of Music first, and then selecting complimentary concert tickets to correspond with the level of membership you have chosen.
Latest Rector's Chronicle now available- posted June 25, 2010
Click here to read the latest Chronicle, in which the Rector discusses developments with two past rectors: the first rector and the most recent rector.
The Capital Campaign for Windows & Organ- posted March 22, 2010
Recently, parishioners were updated on the status of two large projects: on March 7 at a presentation on our Chancel Pipe Organ Replacement project, where we heard from Kenneth Koen, Karl Saunders and John Scott on the status of this project, along with a featured presentation by Jonathan Ambrosino, consultant in pipe organ projects. Then, on March 14, we were treated to a presentation on our Stained Glass Window Restoration project, during which William H.A. Wright II and Barbara Pettus updated us on the status of this project, and then we heard details from Julie Sloan, consultant in stained glass.
You may listen to webcasts of these presentations and read more by visiting the Capital Campaign page, the Stained Glass Windows page, and the New Organ page. All these pages are updated regularly. Please consider a generous gift to the campaign. You can pledge online here.
