OUTREACH NEWS

-- Hospice of Pamlico County will be holding a Bereavement Workshop on Tuesdays at 10:30 AM to 12 Noon at Faith Christian Assembly of God Church in Grantsboro beginning March 4.  Please call 745-5171 for details.  Also, Hospice is looking for volunteers to assist in getting their office back in order after a fire that occurred recently.

 -- The Outreach Committee will have shower bags available for our parishioners to take and fill for the Episcopal Farmworkers Ministry on March 30.  A list of toiletry items to be put in the bags will be attached to each one.  Most things can be purchased at a dollar store for a cost of about $12.00.  Outreach is also collecting men's clothing (small sizes), cotton socks, ball caps, towels and bed linens to take to the farmworkers.  These items can be "used" so long as they are clean and in reasonably good condition.  Filled shower bags and other donated items need to be returned April 6 to April 13.  A box will be placed in the church hall.  Delivery to Newton Grove will be on Tuesday, April 15.  Anyone who would like to make the trip with us will be very welcome.  Further details regarding time and meeting place will be in a future bulletin.

 -- "Fishes & Loaves" needs volunteers on the 13th, 20th, and 27th of March (all Thursdays) for packing and distribution between the hours of 2-3 or 3-4:30.

DIOCESAN PRISON MINISTRY 

-- Help make 2008 Camp Hope for children of incarcerated parents a success. It costs $250 to send a child to Camp Hope, and  contributions of any size are welcome.  An estimated 70% of these children will also end up in prison -- help break the cycle. Checks may be sent directly to Christ Church, P.O. Box 1246, New Bern, NC  28563, Attn:  Jane Merritt. See http://www.diocese-eastcarolina.org/prison.html for more information.

STUDY OF WOMEN IN THE BIBLE

This is a friendly, fellowship discussion of what the women are like, what life did they live, how can we relate to them in the present.  The first meeting will Saturday, March 15, 2008, 9:30 AM at Ginnie Goodwin’s home.  The group will meet on the 3rd Saturday of each month thereafter.  Books will be distributed; the first two are Lilah and Zipporah, wife of Moses by Marek Halter.  Let Ginnie Goodwin, 249-3584, know if you're interested.

 SPRING CLEANUP

Saturday March 15th, after Men's Breakfast, there will be "SPRING CLEAN UP - INSIDE & OUT" from 9-4 with a lunch

break.  Camilla Turner will post sign up sheets for specific jobs. 

St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Oriental, NC

402 Freemason St., P.O. Box 461, Oriental, NC, 28571-0461
252-249-0256
stthomas@stthomas-oriental.net 

We welcome your comments and suggestions

Revised 03/03/08

March

 3

12 noon Worship Committee (1st Mon.)

5

6:15pm Lenten Soup Supper

7:00pm Lenten Program:
       Modern Illuminations

 11

10:30am Evangelism meeting (2nd Tue.)

7:00pm Vestry (2nd Tue.)

12

10:00am Outreach (2nd Wed.)

6:15pm Lenten Soup Supper

7:00pm Lenten Program

13

10:00am Christian Education (2nd Thu.)

2-4:30 Outreach “Fishes and Loaves”

14

12pm Stations of the Cross

15

 8:00am Men's Breakfast (3rd Sat.)

9:30am “Women in the Bible”

9-4pm Spring Cleanup—Inside and Out.

16

Palm Sunday

19

10:00am Pastoral Care (3rd Wed.)

6:15pm Lenten Soup Supper

7:00pm Lenten Program

20

Maundy Thursday

2-4:30 Outreach “Fishes and Loaves”

6:00pm Seder Supper

8:00pm Maundy Thursday Liturgy

21

Good Friday

12n Good Friday Liturgy

 7pm Stations of the Cross

22

Holy Saturday

8:00pm Easter Vigil

23

Easter Sunday

Community Sunrise Service

8:00am Holy Eucharist

10:30am Holy Eucharist

27

2-4:30 Outreach “Fishes and Loaves”

30

Outreach shower bags available for Farmworker’s ministry.