St Thomas does not allow nuts of any kind due to allergies.

Welcome to all and a special welcome to anyone visiting St Thomas’ this weekend. May you find God’s hope, peace and joy as you worship with us on Sundays at 8:30 am or 10:30 am

(or 9:00 am during the summer).

There is a Nursery Room available for babies and pre kinder church children during the 10:30 service. Volunteers are welcome for nursery duty. Please contact Judy McCorkell at 613-836-2348 for more information.

We pray for members of our Parish Family:  Myrna Hoffe; Helen Holland; Travis Jarvis; Maria Jones; Vernon & Audrey Jorssen; Loretta Jackson; Maurice Knight; and Nicholas Kouri & Diane Wilkinson.

We pray for the Sick: Jean, Pat, Jan, Joanne, Georgie & John; Myrna, Bryce, Daisy, Sheila, Marion and Ruth.

Assisting at Sunday's 8:30 liturgy

Chalice: Arlene Simonovich
Reader: Hilary Shouldice
Intercessions:
Projectionist: Audrey Robinson
Sides person: Judy & David Dallaway
Altar Guild: Arlene Simonovich, Beth Barden, Sylvia Stephens

Assisting at Sunday's 10:30 liturgy
Chalice: William Passmore
Server: Neave Watson-Laird
Reader: Linda Noble
Intercessions: Pat McNally
Projectionist: Gary Graham
Sides person: David & Pam Hazen
Altar Guild: Arlene Simonovich, Beth Barden, Sylvia Stephens

Please join us for coffee/tea and fellowship in the Church Hall following the 10:30 Liturgy. Our host this morning is Diane Clement.

There will be a Blessing of the Animals Service at St Thomas at the 10:30 service on October 1st.

There are a few pictures from the Annual Altar Guild Meeting at Christ Church Cathedral that are now on our website Photos page.

Our Home Bible Study is starting up again on Wed. Sept 27th at 7:00 pm at the home of Lorna & Gary Graham. We will be studying a book about Ruth and Esther. The study is very relaxed with lots of chat and questions that we all discuss and often there is a fair bit of humour. We would love to have you join us or if you are not too sure if it is your cup of tea, you are welcome to come out and try it for a week or two. We currently have 14 people in the group but not everyone can attend every week. If you would like to join us, please reply to this email or call Lorna or Gary at 613-963-9661. Thank you.

Church Nursery: If you have a child two or under and would like to attend the 10:30 service and leave him or her in the nursery please contact Judy McCorkell at 613-836-2348 or Elizabeth in the church office. The nursery room is located downstairs right beside the Sunday School.

The next ACW meeting will be held on Monday, October 2nd at 1:00 pm in the council room. At 1:30 our guest speakers Pat Dalphy and Mary Attwell will be sharing their projected pictures and their experiences about their trip to Iqaluit. Everyone is invited (men and women) to join for Pat and Mary's presentation. Refreshments will be served.

2018 Canadian Church Calendars are here and will be available at the ACW Meeting on Monday October 2. They are still only $5.00 and are much improved from last year.

Flowers for Thanksgiving: If you wish to contribute to the flowers to decorate the Church for Thanksgiving, please fill in one of the white envelopes in the box in the Narthex; Donations should be made by Wednesday, October 4th in order to be in the bulletin for Thanksgiving Sunday.

Decorating for Thanksgiving: Members of the Altar Guild will be decorating for Thanksgiving on Saturday, October 7th at 9:30 a.m. Anyone wishing to help is most welcome. Food items for the Food Bank may be brought in before or on Thanksgiving Sunday.

Please bring empty Habitant Pea Soup or 28 oz tomato cans for the Christmas puddings and leave them in the office or the kitchen downstairs.

Do you like to write, edit and do layouts? Are you a budding graphic artist?  If this is you,

St. Thomas now has an opening for the position of Editor for the People’s Pulpit.

Please contact Rev. Jane or the Wardens for details.

Need a space for you or your interest group to meet on a regular basis?

St. Thomas has rooms available immediately in the newly-vacated day care area downstairs. Reasonable rates for short or long-term use. Please contact the church office at 613-836-5741 for more information.

Are you looking for a fun adventure full of laughter and fellowship and great coffee? Join us for our annual CHRISTMAS PUDDING BAKE-OFF, Wednesday October 9th at 9:30 am. Contact Bonnie McNally (613-831-0968) or Judy Dallaway (613-323-1971) for more info.

Altar Guild Meeting: The Altar Guild will be meeting on Tuesday the 17th of October at 1:00 p.m. in the Council room. All members are asked to attend. Anyone wishing to join the Altar Guild is very welcome to come to the meeting.

St Thomas Fall Roast Beef Dinner: Sunday, October 22nd, 2017 @ 5:30. Roast Beef, mashed potatoes, vegetables and pie for dessert. Tickets Adult $18. Kids 6-14 $9. Family $50 (2 Kids 2 Adults). Tickets available in the office.

CURSILLISTAS: Have you thought about who you would like to invite to our upcoming Cursillo weekends? Women: November 9-12 and Men: November 23-26. Anyone interested in more information, speak to Rev. Jane, Bonnie or Pat McNally, or William Passmore.

Stittsville Food Bank: some items that we are in need of: Coffee, tea, Instant Oatmeal breakfast, Apple Juice, Tomato Juice cans, Apple Sauce, Fruit Cups, Relish, Mayonnaise, Cheese Whiz, Hot Chocolate, Cookies, Chunky Chicken Soups.

 For those of you who knew Matthew Hunt who often helped with Open Table, here is an update about his move to London, Ontario. You may have also seen the article in the Stittsville News about Matthew helping at the Stittsville Villa and the big sendoff party they gave him. Lorna & I visited some friends in London last week and I visited Matthew at his new home. He is living in a group home organized by Community Living London. His home is very nice and quite new. He has 5 other lads living in the house and it is supervised by 3 young adults. They organize many interesting events for their residents. One of them is a bus trip to toronto to attend a Blue Jays game. Here is a picture of Matthew at the back of his residence with one of his roommates and the young lady is one of the supervisors.

The following message was received from the Youville Centre, which we support with donations of clothes and more:

As Thanksgiving is fast approaching, we'd like to find a special way to show our THANKS to YOU! As loyal supporters of Youville Centre, we'd love to show you how your support is making a difference in the lives of our young moms and their babies. Whether it has been a while since you've visited us, or if you've never been to the Centre before, let us take this opportunity to show you all the wonderful work we have been doing!

During the Open House event, you will have an opportunity to have a guided tour of the Centre, meet our new Executive Director, and chat with staff and other supporters alike. For your flexibility, we are offering two tour times. They are Wednesday Oct 4th at 10 - 11 am and at 5 - 6 pm. We hope you will be able to join us! They say magic happens here, and we are so happy that you are a part of it! Please RSVP to Clarissa Arthur at communications@youvillecentre.org by September 26th. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. We thank you for your continued support!

Regards, Clarissa

Our children's church activities: (not applicable to the summer services (July 2 - Sept 3)

Family Faith Time begins in the downstairs hall at 10:00 until 10:25. This includes activities for all members of God's family regardless of age. 

God's Garden begins at 10:40 following the Children's Talk in church. This is for children 3-12 years of age. Registration forms are in the church foyer as well as in the Downstairs Rainbow Room. All registered children receive a free Bible.  See Merilee Clarke for more information or call her at 613-831-7704.

Bridlewood Home Hardware, Michael Cowpland Drive has partnered with St Thomas Church. Everything you buy at the store entitles us to receive a 3% rebate pre tax. Just mention you are from St Thomas at check out.  In 2016, our church received a rebate of $33 from Home Hardware.

The St Thomas Grocery Certificate program is available for Brown's Independent Grocery Store.  It doesn't cost you any money at all and St Thomas receives up to 4% of your purchases from the store. Please support St Thomas by purchasing the grocery certificate cards from the office or from the sellers in the foyer after the 8:30 & 10:30 services. Please contact Susan Chapman 613-836-5476 or the office during the week.

Donate to the Church by going out and eating.

Thanks to all who participate in the grocery store certificate program, but what if you don’t feel like cooking and want a meal out! Well we’ve teamed up with Hurley’s Grill at 1261 Stittsville Main Street. Now when you have a meal, or snack, before you pay tell the waitress or waiter that you are on team 5741, and 10% of your bill will come back to the church. This does not include taxes or alcohol. Our team number is the last 4 digits of the churches telephone number or just tell them you are with St Thomas.  In 2016, the church received a rebate of $221 from Hurley's.

St Thomas is on Facebook.  If you are a Facebook user, you can find our page by searching for 'St Thomas Stittsville' and then 'Liking' our page.  Then any posts made on the St Thomas page will also show on your personal page - an easy way to keep in touch with the events happening at St Thomas.  We now have about 78 people who are receiving St Thomas news on their Facebook page.  If you are not a Facebook user, you can visit our Facebook page by clicking on this link.