{"id":1625,"date":"2014-02-20T17:18:24","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T01:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stthomas-svale.org\/?page_id=1625"},"modified":"2022-12-21T20:46:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T04:46:50","slug":"adult-ministries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stthomas-svale.org\/adult-ministries\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Ministries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All of our groups welcome you.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stthomas-svale.org\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Contact us<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;for more information about schedules and how you can join. We are currently an online community due to COVID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-larger-font-size\"><strong>Baptism, Confirmation, Reception<\/strong>&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">If you would like to join a class to discern baptism, confirmation and reception into the Episcopal Church, please contact <a href=\"http:\/\/stthomas-svale.org\/contact\/\">Pastor Salying<\/a>. She and Lou Poulain will be co-teaching the adult class.&nbsp; There will be a formal induction of the adult catechumenate on All Saints Sunday.&nbsp; The youth catechumenate will be inducted next year, at the Baptism of Our Lord.&nbsp; Baptism is scheduled for the Great Easter Vigil and confirmation\/reception will be at the next bishop\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adult Education Classes and Forums<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Adult Education forums and classes are a centerpiece of adult spiritual formation.\u00a0We hold forums and classes on church history, bible study, liturgy and contemporary issues.\u00a0Classes are now held on Zoom on Wednesday evenings, from 7-9pm.\u00a0We occasionally have forums after church.\u00a0 See News and Events for our latest offerings.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Senior Ministry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Saint Thomas Senior Ministry began in 2020.\u00a0Conceived as a ministry for seniors, about seniors and by seniors as they travel along the path of their faith journeys. To hold us together during the pandemic, the Senior Activities program shares a twice weekly email or snail mail delivery which includes puzzles, a list of events in history which occurred this week, jokes, riddles, would you rather questions, funny, strange and weird laws, fascinating facts, coloring pages, questions to ponder, bible questions, holiday ideas, emergency planning information and fire safety tips.\u00a0 If you wish to be involved, please contact  <a href=\"https:\/\/stthomas-svale.org\/contact\/\">Sue Beckham<\/a> . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Book Club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Book Club\u00a0usually meets once a month from 7 to 8 p.m. on zoom on Mondays.  We are an open book club: All are welcome, whether you have read the book or not.\u00a0Please join us\u2014contact <a href=\"https:\/\/stthomas-svale.org\/contact\/\">Dorothy Furgerson<\/a> for the Zoom link and current book selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Men\u2019s Spirituality Group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Zooming in for Men\u2019s Spiritual Growth Group.&nbsp;Yes!&nbsp;Now you can be there in your pajamas (at least), and therefore sleep a bit longer. But on the other hand we can no longer advertise coffee + if you arrive a bit early.&nbsp;We are now meeting&nbsp;<strong>weekly<\/strong>&nbsp;with a standard format, alternating between wondering what the scriptures might be leading us to personally on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays (9-10 AM on your computer), and on the other Saturdays, a check-in and just for sanity\u2019s sake (starting at 9 AM).&nbsp;Our Zoom meetings are password protected so you\u2019ll need to connect with <a href=\"https:\/\/stthomas-svale.org\/contact\/\">Chris Schmidt<\/a>  if you are new to the group. We invite all men (even those not a part of St. Thomas) to join with us for fellowship and good discussion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of our groups welcome you.&nbsp;Contact us&nbsp;for more information about schedules and how you can join. We are currently an online community due to COVID. 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