If you plan to get some great online deals this holiday season, remember to shop with AmazonSmile. Same prices, same shipping, same everything! But when you shop with Amazon Smile, 0.5% goes directly to St Thomas.
Amazon Smile
November 29, 2020 Bulletin
We are here to serve our community. As you worship with us online, the Lord Jesus is at work, uniting us as friends and family. If you are curious to learn more out ministry in the community, go to www.stl-eastpointe.org, or like us on Facebook.
Lutherans for Life essay contest
Any Lutheran student in grades 6-12 in a Lutheran school or church can participate in this contest. Students may also enter through a home school or congregation (e.g. confirmation class, youth group) when validated by a pastor or teacher.
Hopeless in Detroit
“Hopeless in Detroit” is a story similar to “Sleepless in Seattle”. Both are love stories that start with tragedy and despair but end with burgeoning joy. And, I believe, the Detroit story’s ending is the better of the two.
December is Filled with Opportunities
Advent CHRISTMAS CAR-oling Wednesdays – December 2, 9, 16Noon and 7:00 pm (7:00 also available online) The evening gatherings will be in the front parking lot, where you can stand outside or stay in your car to sing and share
November 2020 Congregational Connector
November 22nd, 2020 Bulletin
We are here to serve our community. As you worship with us online, the Lord Jesus is at work, uniting us as friends and family. If you are curious to learn more out ministry in the community, go to www.stl-eastpointe.org, or like us on Face Book.
Hacked and Haggard
No, I do not want you to send me an Amazon gift card. To be totally truthful, I would never ask you to get something like that for me. And if, though I pray not, you did purchase one for me, it is most likely on its way to Ethiopia or Nigeria – the source of the request. Believe it or not, I have been to neither of those countries, nor any other foreign land outside of Canada.
Timothy and Cheryl Phaneuf Obituary
Timothy and Cheryl Phaneuf, residents of Roseville, passed away on November 11, 2020, both at the age of 71. A son of Robert and Helen, Timothy was born on November 5, 1949 in Owosso. A daughter of Irwin and Betty Friedt, Cheryl was born on January 10, 1949 in Detroit. Tim made his career as a machinist in the tool and die industry, while Cheryl molded young minds as a preschool teacher at Warren Woods Schools.
Prayer-Time
A couple days ago I reached out to 11 members of the STL “extended family” and 7 of them got back to me. Two of the follow-ups actually included face-to-face communications. What is one to do with a .636 batting average in a time like this?