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  • 2010
    • August
      • Zen Retreat
        08/10/10
        A Zen Meditation Retreat will be coming up August 20/21 and is open to the public and takes place in our Parish Hall.

        The retreat begins Friday the 20th at 7 p.m. The Saturday session is from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m.

        A suggested donation is $20.

    • June
    • March
      • Ray Suarez to Speak in Fort Worth Episcopal Diocese
        03/04/10
        Ray Suarez to speak March 13

        Ray Suarez, senior correspondent for the PBS program The NewsHour, will speak at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 13, in Fellowship Hall, University Christian Church, 2720 S. University Drive Fort Worth, 76109, as part of the 2010 Lenten Series of the Episcopal Dioces

    • February
      • REMINDERS
        02/25/10
        Remember, everyone:
        Thanks to those who were present last night ... when God was our topic ...



      • The NEW Garden Work Day
        02/15/10
        Well, we might be ready to wake up the garden... But, it doesn't appear to want to come out of it's winter slumber just yet.

        This latest snow and the forecast for the next few days mean that our ground is going to be much too wet.

        So, we'll move our work day yet

      • LIFE 101
        02/10/10
        Here's your chance to take that class in Life 101 again, and maybe pass it this time!

        Read all about the new Lenten Sunday eve series for confirmation, a refresher, or ... well, see for yourself:

        Goto: Life 101

      • Interfaith Zen Retreat
        02/09/10
        The Interfaith Zen Ministry will hold a Lenten Retreat at Saint Thomas the Apostle Friday, February 19th and Saturday, February 20th. Friday evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with registration and runs until 9 p.m. Saturday will be from 8:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

        "Walking the Enlightened

      • Movie night at the "Angelica"
        02/05/10

    • January
      • Sunday Side Up, Please!
        01/22/10
        This Sunday morning at 9 a.m. you are invited to come for breakfast (not pancakes this time, though I do not know the menu).

        In case you fast before Eucharist, I recall the lady who did not fast before making her communion. She told her priest that it would be wrong "to dump all t

      • Haiti
        01/19/10
        Good People: All of us are overwhelmed by the news from Haiti. Pray.

        Please also give some thought to a way our parish might reach into the chaos on behalf of our Loving God.

        The St. Thomas the Apostle Vestry encourages the entire parish to be generous in their prayers and

      • Housekeeping and the "Special Convention"
        01/19/10
        BORG TO SPEAK IN DALLAS

        I encourage anyone who has the time to hear Marcus Borg speak at Saint Michael and All Angels Friday, January 29 from 7 until 8 and Saturday, January 30 from 9 until Noon. He is the Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion at Oregon State University. Friday hi

      • Two Announcements from Sunday Past
        01/08/10
        1. Archangel Kathleen told us that it is time for the 2009 Angels to come out to those whom they are "guarding" even if they have done a lousy job as an angel this year.

        So, this Sunday come prepared to fess up! The Angelic Protection Program will begin again in February to g

      • Children's Sunday School this Sunday
        01/07/10
        Reminder to the Parish
        Children’s Sunday School
        January 10th
        9 a.m.

      • Invitation to a women's retreat
        01/06/10
        The Women of Saint Anne in DeSoto hold an annual retreat in January at Our House in Milford and invite any interested women to attend. This year’s retreat will be January 22-24, 2010 and the Rev. Joy A. Daley, serving Transfiguration, is the retreat leader.

        For more information, please c

  • 2009
    • December
      • About Sunday, Flowers, Bishops, and Quiet Advents
        12/02/09
        1. This coming Sunday, December 6, 2009, Advent II, we will gather to conduct the Annual Meeting of the Parish immediately following the only service of that day which will be at 10 a.m. Both the 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. services are canceled.

        2. You may visit the Web Site to check o

    • November
      • Honduras Threads at St. Thomas Sunday!
        11/10/09
        On Sunday, November 15, Honduras Threads will visit St. Thomas to sell hand-embroidered pillow covers, table runners and cocktail napkins made by women in small rural villages. They are colorful, one-of-a-kind items that make beautiful, unique gifts. (Click on the image to enlarge it).

        T

      • Basil Faulty strikes again!
        11/09/09


      • Thanksgiving, Already!
        11/05/09
        Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

        November is already here and our annual Thanksgiving Feast at St. Thomas is quickly approaching.

        On Sunday, November 22, please bring your favorite side dish, bread or dessert to accompany the roast turkey.

        If you are part of t

    • August
      • Back to School Thanks to St. Thomas!!
        08/19/09
        Lynne McLean writes:

        Hi, everyone! Thanks so much for your work on the school supply drive for the children at K. B. Polk! It was wildly successful.

        Thanks so much to Julie and Nancy who were able to stay help count the donations. Thought you might want to know what the ge

    • May
      • COURTYARD GARDEN PARTY & DINNER
        05/27/09
        On June 13, 2009, the Kitchen Crew is hosting a dinner for the Parish. Per Pam Gilliland, these are the details:

        7:00 pm Courtyard Garden Party

        Four course dinner with wine

        $10 per person donation; donations will cover food expenses, and all proceeds above food cost

      • Pancakes and Spaghetti!! Come'n'git it!
        05/13/09
        Our Kitchen Team will provide some "in reach" this Sunday at 9 a.m.: A Pancake Breakfast for us.

        Then, on the 23rd, they will provide some outreach to the hungry around us: A Spaghetti Dinner.

        Evangelism (Sharing God's love) through Food. Worked for Jesus.

      • Volunteers for our neighborhood school needed
        05/13/09
        K. B. Polk Elementary School, our neighborhood school, has invited us to help with their end of school field day on Friday, May 29, 2009.

        They have requested 6 volunteers for the morning shift of 8:30-11:15, working with pre-kindergarten through 2nd grade students and 4 volunteers for an

    • April
    • March
      • Saying farewell
        03/18/09
        "Endings come throughout the course of each life lived, endings which demand of us the ability to release our grip, to step back and allow the one leaving the necessary space to begin their journey without us glued to them."

        Fr. Stephen Waller

        Parishioner and choir me

      • Treasures & Memories
        03/12/09
        “Treasures and memories:” time together, passing years, ways we have touched one another.

        Come celebrate our time together with our curate during her twelve-year tenure and the ways we have touched one another.

        Christianne’s last Sunday is March 15th. We will honor and cele

      • REGISTER FOR AWARDS BANQUET NOW
        03/03/09
        The AIN Bloomin' ball reservation form is ready for you to download and use to reserve your tickets for this fantastic event, during which our little parish will be honored with a Crystal Hope Award.

        Every April, the AIDS Interfaith Network (AIN) hosts the Bloomin' Ball. The fes

    • February
      • Annual Lenten Quiet Day
        02/22/09
        The annual quiet day was a huge success, given the amount of noise around the parish in the early morning!!

        I heard one parishioner say to another, "I'm glad you're here for the quiet day! We've gotta talk!"

        What's not to love about this place?
      • Parish Wins AIN Crystal Hope Award
        02/08/09
        Every April, the AIDS Interfaith Network (AIN) hosts the Bloomin' Ball. The festive event is set in April when the floral blooms of spring symbolize renewal and hope. Through the Bloomin’ Ball AIN sows seeds of hope… Hope helps sustain the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS.

        Every

      • BEN'S BASIL MAKES THE NEWS!!!
        02/08/09
        We've all chuckled at Ben's buffer crops of basil, always available for the taking after services on Sunday -- an endless source of enjoyment, and great sandwiches, too.

        Well, no one's chuckling now! Check out the latest Advocate, Preston Hollow edition. If you missed it in

      • Note to the parish from Dana Parigo
        02/07/09
        Before Dana died on the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ in the Temple, Monday, he had asked one of us who was spending some time with him to take down this note which he wanted to share with his St. Thomas the Apostle Church family. I send it to you as it came to me today:

        &qu

    • January
      • The Good Curate
        01/17/09
        5 January 2009
        Monday

        Beloved in God and Thomas the Apostle:

        Christ’s ministry belongs to the whole Church, not just to bishops and rectors. All of you, all lay people and all clergy are a part of the ministry of Christ. Over the years, what has become increasingly clea

  • 2008
    • November
      • St. Thom's David Silva wins CNM Award of Excellence
        11/17/08
        St. Thomas Parishioner David Silva, chair of the parish's Outreach Committee, received the 2008 Award of Excellence in Board Leadership from the Center for Non-profit Management in Dallas.

        The CNM holds a yearly gala called A Night of Light, an awards dinner benefiting the Center an

    • May
      • CHERISHING OUR MEMORIES
        05/03/08
        Wasn’t it a perfect day? And to preserve all our wonderful memories of the Presiding Bishop’s visit to Saint Thomas, we are preparing a photo scrapbook and a memory journal of people’s recollections and impressions. Greg Grosh has graciously agreed to sift through all the photographs that were tak

      • Next Weekend/May 9 and 10: "HOCUS POCUS"
        05/01/08
        May 9: Sacred Magic and Mystery: The Archetypes of the Mass from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
        Emphasis will be on archetypal foundations of the death and transformational experience in the Eucharist.

        May 10: Sacred Traditions, Sacred Arts from 9:30 - Noon
        Incense-making as alchemy,

    • April
      • Parish Launches Quarterly Publication
        04/21/08
        St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church, at 6525 Inwood Road in Dallas, Texas has always been known as a place welcome everyone, and where thinking, tolerant Christians could develop a more engaged life with God, their families, friends and the broader community within the Episcopal Tradition.
    • March
      • WORKING TOGETHER TO PREPARE FOR THE PRESIDING BISHOP’S VISIT
        03/13/08
        Katharine Jefferts Schori, our Presiding Bishop, will be visiting with us at Saint Thomas The Apostle in just over six weeks! Her day with us will begin with a private, invitation-only meeting with the clergy of the Diocese of Dallas in the morning. In the afternoon, we are all invited to join her

      • Presiding Bishop of U.S. Episcopal Church to Visit St. Thomas
        03/01/08

        FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
        February 29, 2008

        Contact: Harry Anderson
        Phone: (360) 320-9877

        The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori Will Bless Parish’s Community Garden, Tour Restored Facilities and Speak at Reception on April 28

        The Episcopal Church of

    • February
      • Presiding Bishop to Visit St. Thomas in April
        02/25/08
        Harry Anderson, Senior Warden, announced today that The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, has accepted our invitation to visit St. Thomas the Apostle in late April. Bishop Stanton has given her his permission to be here.

        Plans for wh

    • January
      • Plan to Attend the St. Thomas Community Garden All-Parish Meeting!
        01/02/08
        With the arrival of the new year, we will begin the serious work of preparing our Community Garden for planting of vegetables by early March. We've made a lot of initial progress, but now’s the time to shift into high gear.

        The Garden Organizing Committee will have its first meeti

  • 2007
    • December
      • NEW YEAR’S EVE LABYRINTH WALK AND EUCHARIST
        12/06/07
        Based on a 12th-century design from Chartres Cathedral, the labyrinth at St.Thomas is a wonderful aid for meditation and prayer. It is not a maze, which has dead ends and false trails to make the walker lost. A labyrinth, despite all of its twists and turns, moving forward and then back again, al

      • And the winners ARE ...
        12/02/07
        Hampton Burwick, Greg Grosh, and Pat Vaughan, were elected by acclamation for a three-year term to fill the three vacant slots on the St. Thomas vestry.

        Sandee Lowe was elected to join Stephen Toon and Seldon Short to represent St. Thomas as delegates to the Diocesan Conventions.
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    • October
      • First All-Parish Community Garden Work Day a Success!
        10/04/07
        The Community Garden Organizing Committee declares this past Saturday (Oct. 6), our first All-Parish Garden Work Day, a monumental success! In Hoes Signo Vinces!!

        The new community garden was descended upon by metal rake-toting parishoners wielding garden carts and wheelbarrows, chunkin

      • All Creatures Great and Small
        10/01/07
        Blessing of the animals will take place on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6TH AT 12:30 P.M. in the garden. Chicks, ducks, geese, horses, snakes, birdies and even some kitties and pooches are all invited to be among our guests of honor in the spirit of Sts. Francis and Clare.

        Francis wrote a Canticle

    • August
      • Wayfarers -- Contemplative Prayer and Study
        08/29/07
        The Wayfarers -- a contemplative prayer, study and practice group in the ancient Christian tradition.

        The group is facilitated by St. Thomas Curate, Rev. Christianne McKee and guest facilitators -- Wayfarers will continue regular gatherings on every other Thursday evening, starting Thursd

      • LIFEWalk 2007
        08/20/07
        What: 17th Annual AIDS Arms LifeWalk

        When: Sunday, October 14, 2007 - Registration at Noon, Walk at 1pm

        Where: Lee Park, 3400 Turtle Creek Blvd. , Dallas TX 75219

        Why: Proceeds benefit the 2700+ clients served by AIDS Arms each month

        Who: You & y

      • SUPPORT NORTH DALLAS SHARED MINISTRY AT THE AUGUST 25TH BOOK FAIR
        08/14/07
        THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE
        6525 INWOOD ROAD
        DALLAS, TEXAS 75209
        www.thedoubter.org



        Dear Friends of North Dallas Shared Ministries,

        We would like to invite you to

      • SISTER JUANICE REMINDS US OF THE SEPTEMBER 8 TH LEGACY COTTAGE FUNDRAISER
        08/07/07
        BE AN ANGEL EVENT…A FUND RAISER FOR LEGACY COTTAGE

        DATE: SEPTEMBER 8TH

        PLACE EDDIE DEANS RANCH

        TICKETS: $75 for Barbecue Dinner, 2 libations, entertainment and a silent auction.

      • Confirmation scheduled for September 16
        08/01/07
        Bishop Stanton will make his visitation to us on September 16. When bishops come to parishes they celebrate and preach and confirm (if there be people desiring confirmation) and remind us that we are all part of One Church....God's Church.

        If you are a part of St. Thomas the Apost

    • June
      • Come Celebrate the 4th on the 1st!
        06/20/07
        St. Thomas the Apostle

        “FIRST of JULY” PICNIC

        When: SUNDAY, JULY 1ST, 2007
        Where: PARISH HALL & GARDEN

        + Immediately following the 10:00 AM Service

        + Fried Chicken and Drinks will be provided

        + Please bring your favorite sid

      • A Message from Fr. Stephen on the High Seas
        06/06/07
        Stephen Waller (Doubtertom<at>aol.com)
        Tuesday, June 5, 2007, 02:10 PM

        I began Pentecost this year on the sea over which the Spirit of God hovered and out of which that same Spirit of God brought forth life as we know it in all its majesty and diversity and wonder.

    • May
      • Fire and Smoke and Food
        05/24/07
        Remember that Sunday is Pentecost Day. If you are in town and at church, the curate reminded us to wear our best red to mark the occasion.

        Remember also that the 10 a.m. service will include Holy Smoke. If that is a problem, please come at 8 or 5:30.

        Remember to bring your

      • Gay Christian from Nigeria to Speak in Dallas
        05/22/07
        COME MEET DAVIS MAC-IYALLA!

        Forum and Reception: Saturday June 30, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

        Location: Parish Hall, The Episcopal Church of Saint Thomas the Apostle, 6525 Inwood Road (corner of Mockingbird and Inwood).

        More Information: (214) 352-0410

        Admissi

      • Hot Flash from the "Sizzling" Social Committee!
        05/14/07
        Dear St. Thomas the Apostle Community,

        Pentecost Sunday, with our annual St. Thomas “Flaming Dish” Potluck, is just 2 weeks away! Time to get out your favorite “Pentecostal” potluck recipe and “fire up” the stove!

        This year Pentecost Sunday falls on May 27th (Memorial Day week

      • Letting our wills be known
        05/14/07
        This coming Sunday those of us who wish will have an opportunity to look at “letting our wills be known.” The Endowment Fund Committee of the Parish has invited Rebecca Covell to lead us in a 9:00 a.m. workshop which will address creating wills and the other necessary legal documents concerning end-

      • Opportunity for us to host visiting Nigerian Anglican, Davis Mac-Iyalla
        05/04/07
        Good People of God and Thomas the Apostle: I am sharing part of an email from Harry Anderson regarding a possible visit to Dallas (hosted by us) of Davis Mac-Iyalla the last day of June and first of July. I am interested in whether there are those among us who might be able to assist with the cost

    • April
      • Margaret Sterchi installed as Rector
        04/24/07
        Margaret Sterchi will be installed as Rector of St. John the Evangelist, Chews Landing, NJ, tomorrow, April 25th at 7:00 p.m. Many will remember Margaret who began her journey to holy orders among us at St. Thomas the Apostle. Please keep her and her people in your prayers as they begin their work

      • Fr. Stephen adds Newsflashes to the Web
        04/23/07
        Fr. Stephen Waller, Rector of St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church in Dallas, has added a new functionality to the St. Thomas Web site. You will still get those wonderful little snippets of his wit and wisdom via emails, but you may also now go to the St. Thomas Website for all the latest items d

      • Need a point person
        04/23/07
        FOR A BOOK FAIRE FOR ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE, THE INCOME FROM WHICH WILL GO TOWARD OUR SUPPORT OF NORTH DALLAS SHARED MINISTRY. The point person will be working directly with David Hess who brought this idea to the vestry's attention last month. Is there someone out there who would step up and