Festal Eucharist

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The 11am Eucharist is typically the best-attended worship service at Saint Thomas each week. It is at this service that you not only will experience the full power of liturgy, music and preaching at Saint Thomas, but also will have the opportunity to meet many parishioners in the pews. Coffee hour follows the service.

Today’s Eucharist is “festal” because we celebrate the Baptism of Our Lord, an epiphany in and of itself in this, the First Sunday after the Epiphany (you may listen to the Rector’s weekly audio message on the subject here). If you attend the service in person, you’ll notice the blue “Christ the King” vestments. There is also incense during the Offertory. Included during worship are hymns sung by the congregation and choir, additional music sung exclusively by the choir, lessons, prayers, a sermon, and a Rite I Mass. All baptized Christians are welcome to receive Holy Communion. Details of the service may be seen in the leaflet, which is posted at the bottom of this page. Please note: On January 6, we celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany at a Festal Eucharist at 5:30pm. You may listen to a webcast of the service here. We celebrate again on January 16 with an Epiphany Procession with Carols at both 11am and 4pm.

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