After a fabulous advent of conversation, brainstorming, and fellowship the women of St. Thomas are excited to bring you, the St. Thomas parish, a few opportunities. 1. Volunteer to write a brief "Women of the church, past and present..." blurb for the Sunday bulletin. We hope to run these during Women's History Month in March. 2. Volunteer to help organize, plan, and carry out an event for Women and Girls' AIDS day in March. 3. Study a woman of the Bible, Mary Magdalene through the use of historical fiction. This study will be led by Leti Marquez using the book, Mary, Called Magdalene.

Since we have a rather brief newsletter this month, I thought I'd take the time to write about my own recent experiences serving with our Worship Committee. This committee is tasked with making sure our worship services flow smoothly from start to finish. They do everything from greeting us at the door; ushering us to our seats; reading the lessons; setting up the altar and cleaning up after we've all retired for coffee. This past Autumn I expressed my interest to Jack Reiffer in being "One of those people who gets up and reads." Shortly thereafter I was placed on the Fall schedule to read one of the lessons and, to my intense anxiety and excitement; I saw my name on the schedule to be a Eucharistic minister a few weeks after!

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Please see the attached letter.

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In Christ’s Peace, Power and Love,
The Rt. Rev. John Bryson Chane, D.D.
Bishop of Washington

Have you noticed the basket for collecting food donations located on stairs to the Sanctuary?

Food donations are being collected for the Capital Area Food Bank. These donations will be blessed and taken to the food bank on a monthly basis. Outreach meetings are held in the Guild room the 3rd Saturday of each month from 10:00 to 12:00. Please join!

For further information, please contact David Swanson, 202-234-8466.

Tim Johnson was born in the Charlottesville, VA area and raised primarily by his mother in the Baptist tradition while periodically attending services at a small rural Episcopal parish with his father. After graduating from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA he decided to follow a calling to ministry at Union Theological Seminary.

Does your employer have a matching funds program? Did you know that your pledge to St. Thomas' qualifies for matching funds at many companies? Many employers will match charitable donations dollar for dollar others match at an even higher rate. So the value of your annual pledge to St. Thomas' can easily be doubled or even tripled.

To take advantage of this program, just ask for a matching funds form from your employer, human resources office or matching funds department. Then complete it and return it to St. Thomas'.