Outreach During These

Challenging Times

Our "Ashes to Go" outreach for Ash Wednesday made the front page of the Observer-Reporter!!

Lenten Learning Opportunities - Online this Lent 2021 on Zoom

Book Study and Discussion on Love Is the Way – Wednesday’s @ 7 p.m.

 “We know love is the answer but if you’re anything like me , you still have questions on how love can really impact the world around us”, remarks our seminarian, Maggie Parrott. In his new book, Love is the Way, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry explores what love is and how we find it, if love can really change the world like they say it will, who we are called to love as Christians, how to overco me the things that divide us and make love difficult to achieve, and many other questions he gets when he speaks on Love. If any of these topics interest you, please join me on Wednesday evenings at 7pm during the season of Lent (starting February 24) as we read and talk through Love is the Way together. 

You can purchase the book on amazon. It is available in hardcover and on kindle. 

I look forward to reading and learning with all of you.  ~ Maggie Parrott

Genesis Bible Study – Thursday’s @ 7:30 p.m.

 Our weekly Bible study engaging key passages from the first book of the Bible, Genesis continues on Thursday evenings on Zoom. We’ll start looking at the key stories of the Patriarchs – Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – over the next five weeks beginning with a study of Genesis 12 (God’s call of Abraham).  If you have a Bible, please have it with you.  You can join in on any session (you don’t have to attend every week) with your computer or tablet on Zoom or phone in using the Zoom instructions that ou r circulated in the weekly parish email. Our Bible study ends at 8:30 p.m. so that those who might want to participate in the Compline prayers at 8:30 p.m. can do so. If you have any questions or concerns, please let Canon Cathy know with an email to cbrall@episcopalpgh.org. 

If you need information about the Zoom links, please email Canon Cathy @

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Compline Services on Zoom during Epiphany

Tuesday and Thursday Evenings  at 8:30 p.m.

There were a handful of folks who attended our Zoom Compline services during Advent, so we will  try offering  them twice a week during January to see if they provide a meaningful way for people to gather together for worship during these continuing times of social isolation.

We’ll begin this week on Tuesday, January 5th  and Thursday, January 7th. Compline is the last prayer service of each day – a brief time (about 10 minutes) that communities gather together to “say goodnight” to God and one another before heading to bed.

The Compline Service is found in the Book of Common Prayer (p. 127-135) and it will appear on the screen for those who log into Zoom on a computer, iPad, or other device. If you prefer to phone in on one of the numbers listed below, you can follow along in your own Prayer Book.  Here are the instructions for joining in this lovely and brief time of prayer:

1. Download the Zoom Meeting or Zoom Cloud program on your computer, iPad, or phone.

2. A few minutes before 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday evenings open or start the Zoom program or app.

3. Join St. Thomas Compline Zoom Meeting by clicking the link below on your computer or iPad:
   https://zoom.us/j/94367913282?pwd=TWFJRFZiKytxUVhHcy83Y0M4QkZZUT09
   
   Meeting ID: 943 6791 3282   Passcode: 465064 (if you need to provide these)

4. If you would prefer to phone in, please dial one of the numbers below and when prompted, enter the Meeting ID and Passcode shown below. You should be connected to this worship experience.
   
          +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)    or    +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
          Meeting ID: 943 6791 3282             Passcode: 465064

WELCOMING YOU HOME

No matter where you come from or where you're going

No matter what you believe or what you doubt

No matter what you feel or just don't feel today

No matter whom you love

You are welcome into this space to be met by God

Who knows you by name, who knows your heart

who knows your mind, and...

Who wants to have a relationship with you

St. Thomas Episcopal Church-Canonsburg would like to congratulate Canon Cathy Brall for the 25th Anniversary of her ordination to the priesthood!

You are loved by many and appreciated more than you will ever know. Thank you for giving so much of yourself to others.

Love,

Your St. Thomas Family