5 Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings,...
Dear St. Thomas Community; As you will know, we have been on the cusp of resuming in person worship on a limited basis twice over the course of the past few months. In both instances, spikes in infection rates have resulted in delays in both instances. As you will also be aware, the rates of...
At the November 20th vestry meeting St. Thomas Leadership Team discussed the newest information on regathering protocols and direction from Bishop Haynes office. Here is the text of that message. Navigating the Pandemic: A Prayer for Wisdom At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by...
15 Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” The Holy Bible: New Revised...
July 30, 2020 Dear St. Thomas Community, In an email from the Bishop’s Office yesterday (click here to view), Bishop Haynes, in conjunction with her advisory staff, have encouraged congregations who have begun regathering (in our region of the diocese) to consider another suspension of in...
Words from Warren—August 25, 2020 In our Old Testament readings for the past few weeks we have been working our way through Genesis, the first book of the Bible. Beginning with the story Adam and Eve, moving to Noah and the Ark, a pattern of Exile and Return begins to emerge as one of the central...
Celebrant: Will you strive for justice and peace among allpeople, and respect the dignity of every human being?People I will, with God’s help. (from the Baptismal Covenant, BCP p 305) Dear St. Thomas Community, At our vestry meeting this past Tuesday, your vestry and I spent a good deal of time...
A Sermon for Day of Pentecost May 31, 2020—The Rev. Warren Hicks Whitsunday Year A RCL Acts 2:1-21 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 John 20:19-23 Psalm 104:25-35, 37 After not speaking to you from this space in some 12 weeks, or 84 days, or 2032 hours, and roughly 125,000 minutes, I’m back where I feel like...
Moving Forward with Worship at St. Thomas Saturday, May 23, 2020 Dear St. Thomas Community, Doubtless you have heard that during Phase I of resuming something like typical daily life, churches have been allowed to and, in some cases, encouraged to resume in person activities quickly. That houses...
Ya’ know that old trees just grow stronger And old rivers grow wilder ev’ry day Old people just grow lonesome Waiting for someone to say, “Hello in there, hello” So if you’re walking down the street sometime And spot some hollow ancient eyes Please don’t just...
To say that this is a St. Patrick’s Day unlike we’ve ever seen would not be overselling the point. We have officially been asked to avoid gathering in groups of larger than 10. All church activities and those we host have been suspended. We are inundated with news, sometimes...
Last Friday Lisa and I took the time to go and see the new film “Just Mercy” starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx and Brie Larson. The film is based on the true story of attorney Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and Walter McMillian (Foxx), a black man wrongly convicted for the murder of a...