St. Thomas Episcopal Church

The weekly Diocesan newsletter, RealEpiscopal, is online at: https://mailchi.mp//news-from-the-diocese-of-el-camino-rea Headlines for this week: + Presiding Bishop to lead prayer services + Convention resolution hearing Nov. 1... + ECR Canon news + COVID convos, event news & more See more

Pastor Salying's sermon from Sunday, Oct 18 considers the famous saying by Jesus, "Render to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's." If we are stamped with God's image, we are God's currency. How, then, would you spend your life?

Tomorrow we’re celebrating the 20th Sunday After Pentecost. We hope you'll join us online for: + Open conversation at 10 AM before Morning Prayer + Morning Prayer worship service starting at 10:30 AM Attendance options:... 1. Connect by computer or smartphone (video and audio) using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82690025101 OR 2. Dial-in by phone (audio only) Dial +1 669 900 9128 Meeting ID: 826 9002 5101 When prompted for a participant number, touch the pound key Visit http://www.stthomas-svale.org/ for a listing of all our weekly online services.

The latest diocesan newsletter is posted online at the following link: https://mailchi.mp//news-from-the-diocese-of-el-camino-rea Headlines from this week's issue include: + $25K awarded to St. Andrew's reentry ministry... + Register today for Nov. 7 Convention + The Episcopal Church passes 2021 budget + Parishioner news, Bp. Lucinda's schedule & more See more

This sermon from Sunday, Oct 11th, retells the Parable of the Wedding Banquet (Matthew 22:1-14) from the position that it is a description of the violence of worldly regimes. Jesus is represented by the silent man who does not wear the appropriate attire. He sacrifices himself for our violence and allows himself to be thrown into outer darkness through his crucifixion. He will host another kind of banquet, an eschatological banquet as envisioned by the prophet Isaiah, for those who follow him to the places of pain to announce peace.

Hey all - here’s a wonderful greeting from our parishioner Nadia. So lovely to hear from you Nadia Castillo! Hope you and your whole family are keeping well. We miss seeing you all in person.

Please join the community at large in praying for little Liam.

Join us tomorrow to celebrate the 19th Sunday After Pentecost. Online activities include: + Open conversation at 10 AM before Morning Prayer + Morning Prayer worship service. Connect at 10:20-10:25 AM for a 10:30 AM start. Virtual attendance options:... 1. Connect by computer or smartphone (video and audio) using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82690025101 OR 2. Dial-in by phone (audio only) Dial +1 669 900 9128 Meeting ID: 826 9002 5101 When prompted for a participant number, touch the pound key Visit http://www.stthomas-svale.org/ for a listing of all our weekly online services.

The weekly newsletter of the diocese of El Camino Real is available at: https://mailchi.mp//news-from-the-diocese-of-el-camino-rea In this issue: + Blessing of the Oils + Throwback Thursday: The Mission Bell + Convention update: nominees announced... + Civil engagement resources & more news See more

By author and Benedictine Sister of Erie, Pennsylvania, Joan Chittister, who writes: "There is a very poignant moment in Scripture that gets little exegesis, it seems, but it touches the deepest nerve of a people in mourning for the loss of the character of their nation. Like our own. It is the picture in Luke 19 of Jesus weeping over Jerusalem the city on the hill that was the heart and soul of the nation." ...

Wednesday Noonday Prayer is happening at 12:15 pm today. Connection options: 1. by computer or smartphone (video and audio): You may access our ZOOM meeting on the following link:... https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86313271549 2. by telephone (audio only): Dial +1 669 900 9128 Meeting ID: 86313271549 When prompted for a participant number, touch the pound key #

This sermon from Oct 4th explores the Parable of the Wicked Tenants in the context of Jesus' confrontations with religious authorities. He is trying to get them to reveal that in their hearts, they too are full of violence. If we are to engage with this parable, we, too, can stand in the position of the authorities--especially if we see ourselves as good and moral people. We let the parable be a mirror to ourselves of who we are and what we wish not to be. Who we are is beloved; who we wish not to be is a slave to violence. Jesus offers us forgiveness and we take it up when we confess and repent (change our minds).