newsletter

October 22 – November 19
Hosted by pastor Mark Hetzner

Have you noticed the Saint Thomas Lutheran Heritage Cross in the sidewalk at the northwest church entrance? The Commemorative Brick program will enable you to be a permanent part of this cross.

The “Advent A Glow” event for ladies, that is usually held the first Saturday in December, will NOT be held this year due to Covid.

Life Line Screening, the nation’s leading provider of preventive health screenings, will offer affordable, non-invasive and painless health screenings at St.Thomas Lutheran Church on 11/13/2020. A package of five screenings to identify risk for stroke, heart disease and other chronic conditions will be offered:

Have you ever noticed that little things, often unnoticed on their own, can result in a much bigger thing as they are added together? Each night remove the spare change from your pocket and drop it in the change jar. Do this every day for a year; you might be surprised how much money has been accumulated.

Camp Restore Detroit is back in business and we are excited to welcome volunteers back into our community! We have worked diligently to keep both our community and volunteers safe. At this point in time, our community has requested that we send back our volunteers. These will be true acts of love and kindness as usually our community works alongside our volunteers but we have asked that they also socially distance.

McRest may be able to Help!

Portals of Prayer is a daily devotional booklet STL gives to anyone who is interested. For each day of the month there is a reading from Holy Scripture, a thought about that word, a prayer, and the opportunity to dig deeper into the word. The booklet also contains a variety of special prayer resources in its back pages.

Plans to host the inaugural Council of Lutheran Women Mission Focus, a mission expo designed to inform attendees about service opportunities at member ministry organizations and encourage involvement, have been postponed to 2021.

St. Thomas is having a Blood Drive on September 30, from 1-7pm, in the gym. All workers will be practicing safe distancing and sanitizing as well as making sure all participants are safe. Please wear your mask and sanitize your hands prior to coming into the gym.