Sunday, March 8
Prepare at home for mass by reading Exodus 4:1-15
Diddy Disciples
This weekend at Saint Thomas Church we continued to host training events for our own staff and neighboring parishes, with a focus on revisiting old and exploring new ways of nurturing children in faith together.
This included a training day on Saturday learning about Storytelling and Leading Worship using Diddy Disciples, an emerging program which we hope to develop with our youngest children. Read more: www.diddydisciples.org.
At 11am on Sunday, we welcomed the Revd Dr. Sharon Moughtin-Mumby, Old Testament scholar, author and founder of Diddy Disciples, to lead a joint lesson alongside our Nursery and Sunday School team.
The Revd Dr. Sharon Moughtin-Mumby has been involved in education for over twenty years. Beginning with a focus on adult education, she taught, lectured, and examined at the University of Oxford, followed by serving as Old Testament tutor at a Church of England theological college (Ripon College, Cuddesdon).
Lent is…
…a time of PRAYING, GIVING, and GROWING
Lent at Saint Thomas Church
During the Sundays in Lent we will begin our focus on the Old Testament
- MARCH 8
DIDDY DISCIPLES will be led by our guest author. Rev’d. Dr Sharon Moughtin- Mumby
- MARCH 15
TRUST IN GOD: MOSES
- MARCH 22
GOD LOOKS AT OUR HEART: SAMUEL
- MARCH 29
PROPHETS BRING HOPE: EZEKIEL
- APRIL 3
PALM SUNDAY
10 am Family Feast and Procession
Lent at Home
Last year some families participated in a Lenten program at home on the subject of Prayer. This year we will focus on Giving.
Collect your own booklet with ideas for observing Lent @ Home when you come on Sunday.
Each family is also invited to take home a Lenten collection box for our parish fundraiser towards “…the Gippsland Emergency Relief Fund in Australia, as well as The Church of Santa Cecilia in Guánica and San Juan Apóstol in Yauco, Puerto Rico, both of which sustained damage during earthquakes last December. We will also support the Church of Saint Augustin Maniche in Haiti, which also sustained damage from natural disasters.”
Also in support of this collection, will have a used toy and book sale organized by our Senior Sunday School children.
Toy and Book Lenten Fundraiser March 29 at 12:45pm in the Sunday School Room
Coming Soon…
Easter Hat Decorating
The Ladies of Saint Thomas Church were the original founders of the New York City Easter parade. It has been always been our tradition to wear Easter hats on Easter Sunday.
If you would like to create your own special hat, join us for Easter Hat decorating on Sunday, March 15, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the parish house living room. Hats and trimmings will be available. You may also bring your own hat to decorate, if you prefer. A suggested donation of $10 is requested. Sign up by contacting Linda Morfi. Please see Damara Green at coffee hour for more details.)
Children’s Easter Basket and Clothing Outreach
Please help give Easter outfits and Easter baskets children to children attending St. Andreas Episcopal Church in Yonkers and spring clothes and Easter baskets to children staying in a NYC safe-house shelter. Please check the display in Andrew Hall during coffee hour. It will have specific items and sizes needed. For the Easter baskets, please bring wrapped candy, especially chocolate bunnies and foil covered chocolate eggs. Contact Linda Morfi at for questions or see Damara Greene at coffee hour. You may also make a check out to the church earmarked “Easter Baskets” and place it in the offering plate. Please bring all donations to the Parish House by Sunday, April 5.
Last Sunday…
In Sunday School on Sunday, March 1st, we entered the season of Lent together. Instead of singing songs, we listened to soft, “contemplative” music. We wondered together in a Godly Play lesson about Jesus in the Wilderness. We wondered what it could have been like for Jesus to be in the wilderness with nothing to eat for 40 days and 40 nights. We wondered what Jesus and God talked about during that time. We learned about the Tempter and that Jesus kept telling him “No,” and pointed to God and scripture.
And then we wondered about Jesus and prayer. The older children practiced a dramatized reading of Gospel story with Ms. Fiona, and read the story out loud to the rest of us. Mo. Turner lit a single white candle for us while the electric lights were turned low, and provided us with stones for an altar of prayer. We prayed about something or someone we were worried about. We prayed about something or someone who brought us happiness. I wonder what we will explore next Sunday as we travel together further into Lent?
(Ms Ann Satterfield)
Faithfully yours,
Mother Alison Turner
