Funeral services for Pam Wallgren will be held at St. Thomas's this Thursday evening, March 4, at 7:00 pm, followed by a reception for everyone in the Lounge/Common Room.
 
In the brief time Pam lived in New Haven, not all the parish would have gotten to know her. Her illness kept her from being integrated as fully into parish life as she would have liked. But, those who came to know her well were deeply touched by Pam. Her courage was strength to us all.
 

This Sunday marks the official end of Helen Bailey's internship at St. Thomas's. In only eight weeks, she has made a significant impression on many of us. I know you will want to be on hand to wish her Godspeed as she prepares to return to the U.K. and complete her ordination process. Members of the Fiber Arts Guild, with whom Helen has spent Thursday mornings, will present her with a prayer shawl as a memento of her time with us.
 

Please join us this Sunday at 5:00 p.m. for a special service of Solemn Evensong. Prayers will be offered for the people of Haiti, and the offering will go to the support the efforts of Episcopal Relief and Development in Haiti. Music will be provided by the Adult and Senior Youth Choirs and will feature American composers Sowerby and Jernigan (yes, our own David Jernigan). The settings for the canticles are among those that will be taken to England when our choir tours in 2011. The service will include the use of incense.
 

St. Thomas's Episcopal Church will offer a Choral Evensong service on Sunday, January 31, at 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong is a form of Evening Prayer in which most of the service is sung. The church's choirs will sing anthems by Thomas Tallis and Sir Edward Baitstow and canticles by Leo Sowerby. The prayers and responses will be sung to a setting by David Jernigan, St. Thomas's director of music and liturgical arts.