St. Thomas’ is a caring church. There are many valuable ways to serve and be served by others. Where may YOU best serve and be served? As Christ has commissioned us, “As I have loved you, so you must love one another” - John 13:34b.
The Pastoral Care Committee meets the second
Tuesday
of every month from 12:30pm - 1:30pm
in the Rittenhouse Room of the Parish House.
Chair:
Jane
Hamilton: 215-646-1088
Vestry Liason:
Christine Wendt:
610-648-7729
The Rev. Marek P. Zabriskie 215-233-3970 ext. 120
The Rev. Whitney Altopp 215-233-3970 ext.122
Parish members are asked to call the clergy in the event of a pastoral need. The clergy make regular hospital visits. However, HOSPITALS NO LONGER NOTIFY THE CLERGY IF A MEMBER OF THE PARISH HAS BEEN ADMITTED. It is crucial that a member of the family notify the clergy of an admission.
All pastoral offices of the church are gladly made available through the clergy of St. Thomas’ and you need only call the parish office to make your need known. These include Confession and Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick and Laying-on-of-Hands for Healing, Thanksgiving after Childbirth, and the Holy Eucharist for those who are homebound or sick. The clergy is always glad to assist you in any way possible.
The Stephen Ministry Program is a caring ministry to the hospitalized, terminally ill, bereaved, shut-in, depressed and those in job crisis as well as spiritual crisis. Prospective Stephen Ministers are carefully screened and receive professional training to provide quality Christian care to all members of the St. Thomas’ community. Contact: Margot Rowley 215-248-4123, Barbara Kwiecinski 215-576-6562 or Philip Mossburg 215 646 8855
Parish Visitors
Regular visits to those parishioners unable to attend worship
services regularly. Parish Visitors can be the
church’s contact for
that individual. Participation in this activity is a means of
expressing thanksgiving for good health and the ability to bring God's
message. Plans are underway to augment this ministry by the sending of
cards, telephoning and providing transportation. Please CALL if
interested in pursuing one of these efforts. Contact: Lisa
Wells 215-362-4735
Helping Hands extends its service and support to members of St. Thomas ‘ by supplying meals to those who are shut-ins, have just returned home from the hospital or who are ill. Volunteers prepare and deliver meals to such parishioners in their homes as needed. Contact: Pam Serra 215-885-9626
Creating prayer shawls to give to others in need. Contact: Pam Davidson 215-836-5620
Sharing our altar flowers with shut-ins, the ill, those in bereavement or celebration. Contact: Jean Perry 215-654-5106
Please call the Parish Office at 215-233-3970 to list an individual to be read in our liturgy. Please notify the office with any additions or corrections. Names will be read for a period of one month. If a longer period of time is needed, the clergy must be informed.
A group committed to daily prayer for people of varying needs. Additional praying members are always needed. Names are continued on this list for two months. Extensions to that time are honored when notified. Please call the Parish Office at 215-233-3970 to list an individual to be read in our liturgy. Please notify the office with any additions or corrections.
Takes communion from our services to those unable to attend. Contact: David Manuel 215-836-5528
Sending caring thoughts at difficult as well as joyous times, like sickness, loss, bereavement, birth, confirmation, graduation, or major life transitions. Contact: Peggy Jones 215-402-85333
Bethlehem Pike and Camp Hill Road, P.O. Box 247, Fort Washington, PA 19034
Phone (215)233-3970 Fax (215)233-2893 Email info@stthomaswhitemarsh.org
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