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Our own Amy wrote a moving essay on the Thai soccer team’s rescue. Here it is, from The Episcopal Cafe
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Reflecting on the ordeal of the Thai soccer team trapped in a cave – this story resonates with so many people not because of the one-to-one shared experience we may have had, but because of a…Student Support Network, Seeking Backpack & School Supply Donations: Donate school supply items or make a monetary donation to help a student living in poverty. Please feel free to bring any donations to St. Thomas', by July 15th. Contact the office at stthomastowson@gmail.com with any questions.
We’ll gather in the Fellowship Hall on July 22nd after our worship service to pack the backpacks. Many hands made light work of the packing last year! Please mark your calendars now to join us on July 22nd.
We pray for those affected by yesterday's tragic shooting at The Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, MD.
We entrust our beloved deceased to your love and mercy. We entrust our community to your comfort and peace. We entrust our fear, our doubt, our uncertainty, to your providential care, O Lord. Be present to us. Help us to love as you love and help us to build a community of peace.
We pray for the victims of this terrible crime, for the survivors, and for their families. We pray for their friends and neighbors who loved them. We pray for the conversion of the perpetrator of this terrible crime. And we pray for our city – for healing and for strength to go forward.
You are our hope, Lord. We look to your Resurrection as a sure sign that death does not defeat us – that death is not the end. Instead, we pray that each of us may join in the victory of your Resurrection.
We ask this as we ask all things through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
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Wendi Winters, 65
Gerald Fischman, 61
Rob Hiaasen, 59
John McNamara, 56
Rebecca Smith, 34