St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA

06/14/2026

Welcome to St. Thomas Episcopal Church! We’re so glad you’re here with us this morning. Your presence and prayers are a blessing to us.

If you would like to learn more about St. Thomas, or for us to be in touch with you, please fill out a welcome card on our web site below, and a member of the clergy will reach out to you shortly.

https://www.stthomasmedina.org/get-involved

To participate in the liturgy, you may download a copy of this morning’s leaflet here:

https://stthomasmedina-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/tech_stthomasmedina_org/IQC5LLAmEGu3S6T00rQ9MswPAX5MGSSe8H3WCDCGN5Dj3Ow?e=GeL2Mv

To download the Wrapper, which contains news and announcements from St. Thomas, click this link:

https://stthomasmedina-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/tech_stthomasmedina_org/IQCluyj62-qASabvNvT5_5b9AZcwYaLwNCEVky-9VpGLi-8?e=ZSKvf8

To make a monetary donation in support of the work and ministry of St. Thomas, go to stthomasmedina.org/giving

06/08/2026

The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. That's the image Bishop Phil LaBelle brought to St. Thomas this Sunday. Jesus didn't call the put-together people. He called Matthew — a tax collector everyone despised — and then went to his house for dinner. The religious critics were scandalized. Jesus's response: "It's not the well who need a physician, but the sick."

📺 Watch here: https://youtu.be/57XTaYJsuCE
🎧 Listen here: https://stthomasmedina.podbean.com/e/mercy-over-perfection-the-rt-rev-philip-labelle-june-7-2026/

What if the church was less like a polished art museum, and more li...

06/02/2026

One meal. One tiny home. One month of hospitality.

Thank you to our recent Kitchen Party volunteers for serving our neighbors through . Their work is part of a summer of service at St. Thomas.

Coming up:

🍽️ Kitchen Cooking Party — June 16
🔨 Tiny Home Build — June 13
🏠 PorchLight Rotating Shelter — July

There are many ways to help build a more welcoming community. We hope you’ll join us. Signup or donate in support today.

06/02/2026

On Youth Sunday, our children and youth shared stories of God as friend, comforter, strength, beauty, forgiveness, and love. They asked honest questions. They prayed for peace. They reminded us that wonder is not something to outgrow.

Sometimes the Church’s role is not to teach, but to listen.

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06/02/2026

This Youth Sunday, the children and youth of St. Thomas offered a remarkable gift to the congregation.

Through stories, questions, prayers, and reflections, they shared how they experience God in their lives. Their words revealed compassion for those who are hungry, unhoused, suffering from war, or caring for creation. They spoke honestly about uncertainty, hope, friendship, beauty, and trust.

One of the themes that emerged again and again was that faith and questions belong together. Our young people reminded us that wonder is not a problem to be solved but a doorway into a deeper relationship with God.

We are grateful for their courage, wisdom, and leadership, and for the reminder that the Holy Spirit continues to speak through every generation.

What can we learn when we stop talking and start listening to our y...

05/29/2026

This Sunday promises to be a joyful and busy one at St. Thomas. As we celebrate Trinity Sunday and Youth Sunday, we'll gather around breakfast tables, continue important conversations about our future, learn together, sign up to serve our neighbors, and honor the leadership and faith of our young people.

With so much happening throughout the morning, we encourage you to engage in the opportunities that speak most strongly to you. To make it easier for parishioners to participate in multiple offerings, the Rector Housing Forum will be offered twice—at 9am and again after the 10am service—allowing those who wish to attend the final On Christianity session with Dr. Phil Ballinger following the 10am service to do so.

Whether you're worshipping, learning, serving, connecting with friends over coffee, or celebrating our youth, thank you for helping make St. Thomas the vibrant community it is!

https://mailchi.mp/stthomasmedina/trinity-sunday-at-st-thomas

05/25/2026

What is the most important thing Christians can say about God?

In this Pentecost sermon, Father Edmund suggests a simple answer: God is a God who comes close.

What do Christians most need to know about God?On Pentecost Sunday, Father Edmund Harris offers a simple but profound answer: God is a God who comes close.Tr...

05/24/2026

Welcome to St. Thomas Episcopal Church! We’re so glad you’re here with us this morning. Your presence and prayers are a blessing to us.

If you would like to learn more about St. Thomas, or for us to be in touch with you, please fill out a welcome card on our web site below, and a member of the clergy will reach out to you shortly.

https://www.stthomasmedina.org/get-involved

To participate in the liturgy, you may download a copy of this morning’s leaflet here:

https://stthomasmedina-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/tech_stthomasmedina_org/IQBfUN2Q_grSSo8ZP_OtpxpKAdVSrmh0BsGoFkGlYaSSqf8?e=8DeX6j

To download the Wrapper, which contains news and announcements from St. Thomas, click this link:

https://stthomasmedina-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/tech_stthomasmedina_org/IQAv9m3yEN4qQJjLxvWoCT3yARt3UUS_MO5H813AvNWfJUg?e=GZF2ek

To make a monetary donation in support of the work and ministry of St. Thomas, go to stthomasmedina.org/giving

05/18/2026

Where is Christ now?

That question sat at the center of Canon Ivar Hillesland’s sermon this Sunday as he reflected on Ascension and Jesus’ farewell discourse in John’s Gospel. Rather than imagining God as distant, he invited us to see Christ present in all of creation—and still meeting us week after week at the communion table.

Through four images of how we hold our hands to receive communion—a throne, a cross, a beggar, and a manger—we were reminded that faith calls us to reverence, honesty, dependence, and love.

What does Ascension actually mean—and where is Jesus now? Preaching at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, The Rev. Canon Ivar Hillesland explores Jesus’ farewell discourse in the Gospel of John and reframes Ascension as an invitation into deeper connection with Christ, not distance from him. Through f...

05/15/2026

📬📬 Did you read your Ministry Minute this week? https://mailchi.mp/stthomasmedina/ministry-minute-for-easter-7