St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Vernon NJ

12/12/2012

Good morning all! I just wanted to update that our Christmas pageant is going to be at 2pm this year instead of 4pm. If anyone is interested in participating, the rehearsal dates and times are on our website [email protected]. Thank you.

10/02/2012

Good morning All! We have a couple of things coming up at St. Thomas. This Sunday, Oct 7, Doug Vince and the kids from the Sunday School will be having a car wash. All are invited to come get your car washed or help out. The fee is a donation. Our Sunday School has already begun, but if you'd still like to sign up your child, our new Sunday School Coordinator, Kathy Moore, would be happy to take them off your hands for the 1st half of the service!
Also happening this month will be a visit from Canon Greg Jacobs, Canon to the Ordinary of the Diocese of Newark. He will be officiating our service at 10am. There will be a Harvest Luncheon following the service and a closed Executive Committee Meeting. All this will be on Oct. 28th. See you soon!

07/26/2012

Hi Everybody! This week at St. Thomas, The Rev. Alan French will be our celebrant. Services are at 8 & 10 am. Hope to see you there!

07/10/2012

Hello all! This Sunday, July 5th, we welcome The Rev. Helena Barrett (Sister Bernadette) to St. Thomas. She will be with us this week and next. Please come join us. Services are at 8am and 10am. Thx!

06/06/2012

The Rt. Rev. Mark Beckwith will be with us at St. Thomas this Sunday, June 10. There will be 1 service at 10 am including a baptism and the dedication of the altar to the Rev. Steven Steele's ministry, a forum at 9 am, and a lunch reception following the service. The Bishop will also be meeting with the Executive Committee after the luncheon. So please join us in welcoming The Rt. Rev. Mark Beckwith to our church!

12/29/2011

Remember to join on us Sunday, January 1st for Holy Eucharist at 11 AM and leave-taking of the Vicar. All are welcome!

12/27/2011

Hear again in song, word, and prayer, the message of the angels in this holy season:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raV37UfE20g

An hour-long celebration of Christmas at The General Theological Seminary. Broadcast on CBS television stations on Christmas Eve 2011.

12/26/2011

A very Merry Twelve Days of Christmas to you and yours from all of us at St. Thomas' Vernon! As you celebrate these 12 days, though Epiphany, you can find the Church's daily prayer at dailyoffice.org and the full calendar at http://satucket.com/lectionary/December11.htm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoPQ4bAM1S4&feature=related

Disclaimer: I do not own this!

12/24/2011

...and part II of Charpentier's beuatiful setting of all the O antiphons:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ0XKsARUc0&feature=related

Quatrième O: O clavis David Cinquième O: O Oriens splendor Sixième O: O rex gentium Septième O: O Emmanuel Les Arts Florissants directed by William Christie

12/24/2011

As our Advent 2011 draws to a close, here is a lovely setting of all the O Antiphons. Here's part 1....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLABi7jRAZ0&feature=related

Salut de la veille des O: O salutaris hostia Premier O: O Sapientia Second O: O Adonai Troisième O: O radix Jesse Les Arts Florissants directed by William Ch...

12/23/2011

Tonight in the English tradition, the Great O Antiphon is in honor of the Virgin Mary: "O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neither before thee was any like thee, nor shall there be after. Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me? The thing which ye behold is a divine mystery."

Here's a lovely setting from the Middle Ages to enahcne your waiting this evening:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eecvWVJrGQ

Josquin des Prez (1450- 1521), O Virgo Virginum, motet à 6, Orlando Consort. Mabuse, Jan Gossaert van Mabuse (c. 1478- 1532). The Orlando Consort: Andrew Car...

12/23/2011

O Immanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the Desire of all nations and their salvation, Come and save us, O Lord our God.

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US #/watch?v=FWGM9bJR2Cs