Mountain T.O.P. and Kroger Cards

The St. Thomas Mountain T.O.P. Outreach Program is asking for your support of our two Youth Summer Ministry mission trips this summer. We are taking 50 youth and adults to the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee. This year will be St. Thomas’s 32nd year of participating in this Ministry. We are asking for logistical support (gas, groceries, and tools) for these trips by purchasing gift cards for the above items through St. Thomas’s scrip program. By buying gift cards for these needs, not only will you be helping the group, you will earn rebates that will go directly back to the St. Thomas Outreach program, and will get a credit for a charitable donation from St. Thomas.

The sign-up sheet and gift card order forms are on the bulletin board in the narthex. Please deposit your check and order form in the gift card order box also in the narthex. Please prayerfully consider making a donation of one or more of the listed cards.

Orders can be turned in during the May or June ordering period.  Make checks payable to “St. Thomas Certificate Fund” and indicate Mountain T.O.P. on the memo line.

Please contact:

Tom Jenkins(Tom.Jenkins@louisville.edu  248-1941) or John Tiffany (jctiffany@gmail.com  cell 646-9655) with any questions

Thank you for your support.

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Join the Fun at the Procter Summer Camps!

There is plenty of space still at the summer camps offered at the Procter Center. For more information about the offerings and dates, visit the Diocesan Youth webpage or download their camp brochure and registration form.

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St. Thomas Blood Drive

The 4th annual blood drive at St. Thomas will be in the Parish Hall on Wednesday, May 16th, from 1:00 to 7:00. A sign-up sheet will soon be available in the office, but you can schedule a time for your donation online right now. Go to www.hoxworth.org/groups/stthomas and use group code A444. Questions? Call Ken Smith at 513-732-2923.

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Vacation Bible School with Friends of the Groom

Malice in the Palace
St. Thomas Vacation Bible School
With Friends of the Groom Theater Company

July 23-27, 2012 – 9:00 AM-12:00 Noon
Ages 5 (by Sept. 1) through 14
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
100 Miami Ave., Terrace Park, Ohio 45174

Courageous heroes, powerful kings, dastardly villains! Come join Friends of the Groom Theater Company as we explore the book of Esther and other stories from the Bible with a week of theater activities, art projects, music, team building exercises, and fast paced-fun. At the end of the week, grades 1-8 will perform selections from the musical Malice in the Palace by Tom Long and Allen Pote. (Friday morning at 11:00 AM)

We’re also looking for another very important group: adult and high school volunteers. You don’t need to have a child in the program to volunteer! In fact, only two qualifications are needed – you love the Lord, and you love kids! (Nursery childcare is available to volunteers.)

To register your child, download a registration form (513) 831-2052 or check the St. Thomas website at www.stthomasepiscopal.org. (Registration Deadline is July 9, 2012)

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Altar Guild and Junior Altar Guild Tribute

Here’s a wonderful tribute to our Altar Guild and Junior Altar Guild put together by the Jofriet family!

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Bach Vespers: May 6

Bach Vespers at St. Thomas
Sunday, May 6 5:30pm
Prelude: Concerto No. 5 for Flute and Orchestra, BWV 1056 
Cantata: Süsser Trost mein Jesu kömmt, BWV 151

Mary Southworth, soprano
Kate Tombaugh, alto
Cameo Humes, tenor
Darrell Acon, bass
Randy Bowman, violin
Dr. Brett Scott, guest conductor
The Cincinnati Bach Ensemble
Carlton Monroe, conductor

The Bach Vespers at St. Thomas, a unique worship experience combining Evening Prayer with the cantatas of J. S. Bach, presents the final Vespers of the 2012-2013 program year, featuring soloists Mary Southworth, Kate Tombaugh, Cameo Humes, and Darrell Acorn and the Cincinnati Bach Ensemble under the leadership of guest conductor Dr. Brett Scott. The featured cantata is BWV 151, Süsser Trost mein Jesu kömmt (Sweet comfort, my Jesus comes). 

The prelude to the service will be Bach’s Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, BWV 1056 with soloists and Cincinnati Symphony Principal Flutist Randy Bowman. The will be a reception following the service celebrating the outstanding first year of this beautiful new musical tradition.

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Special SCRIP Sunday for Mt. T.O.P.

This Sunday St. Thomas will have a special SCRIP Sunday sale, where you can purchase SCRIP gift cards for food, fuel and other supplies to be used by our youth participating in this year’s Mountain T.O.P. outreach program. Look for John Tiffany and Tom Jenkins in the narthex following church to purchase these cards.

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