• Living Green in Summer
    June 25, 2022
    Care for creation and while you enjoy summer fun with these tips.
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  • Creation Care for Young People (and Adults)
    June 18, 2022
    Mohawk Hudson Humane Society offers a four-week "Humane Heroes" program for students in Grades 6-12 starting in August.

    Looking for a new vehicle that will reduce less harm to creation? Consider an electric vehicle.
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  • Summer Fun in Creation
    June 11, 2022
    Enjoy the beauty of summer and learn more about the birds of creation with two programs from the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy.
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  • Create a Healthier Home Environment: Bring the Garden Inside
    June 4, 2022
    Bring the beauty of creation into your home with plants that not only add texture and color to your rooms, but also can improve your indoor environment by purifying the air you breathe.
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  • Create a Butterfly Garden: Enable Creation to Grow
    May 28, 2022
    Grow a Butterfly Garden and increase the number of pollinators in our environment. The butterfly is a valuable part of the life cycle of fruits, vegetables and flowers.
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  • Recycling: A Puzzle Solved
    May 21, 2022
    Two resources can take the mystery out of what and where to recycle.
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  • Responsibility
    May 14, 2022

    "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible."
    Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, Polish poet

    Each of us is a snowflake responsible for what happens to Creation…

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  • Experience God's Creation
    May 7, 2022
    Join your neighbors to experience and learn more about God's creation. The Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy is offering two events: Stream Sampling on Saturday, May 21 and Intro to Fly Fishing on Sunday, May 22.
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  • Additional Glassware Available
    Additional Glassware Available
    May 4, 2022
    If you missed are Many Blessings of Art Show this past weekend no worries! We have a table set up in the Gathering Hall with a few our beautiful hand painted glassware items and unique wave art by our kindergarten class at St. Thomas! Just leave your donation in the jug on the Table. Very special shout out Daniel Ryan for his donation of one of a kind birdhouses and Alex for sharing his musical talent during the Art Show! Special thanks to Denise Chonski, Art Teacher at St. Thomas School, for her support and guidance. Thank you St. Thomas for assisting our neighbors of the Navajo Nation who are without access to clean water. All donations will be shared with Water with Blessings, for Sawyer PointOne Water Filters. A filter costs $75 and within 5 minutes can filter one gallon of water for families who must haul their water. Thank you for making a difference!
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  • A Mom's Day Gift for Mother Earth
    April 30, 2022
    Give Mother Earth a gift this May. Join the Capital Region Interfaith Creation Care Coalition (CRICCC) and Riverkeeper for a Hudson River shoreline cleanup at Rensselaer Riverfront and Creekside Parks, May 7 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. This event is part of the 11th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep, a day of service for the river and its tributaries. Our efforts will help to keep the river system clean, for people and for wildlife.
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  • Many Blessings of Water:  The Art Show
    Many Blessings of Water: The Art Show
    April 23, 2022
    Come to St Thomas' Many Blessings of Water art show after all Masses the weekend of April 30 and May 1. Take a moment to appreciate the artistry of parishioners. Art Show proceeds will be sent to Water with Blessings to provide Navajo families with a portable water filtration device.
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  • This Is the Day the Lord Has Made: Let Us Rejoice and Be Glad
    April 16, 2022
    Easter brings the message of hope and promise of redemption. As followers of Christ, we are called to share this message in word and act, caring for one another, justly sharing the resources of God's creation.
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  • Take a Step Toward Zero Waste
    April 9, 2022
    Spring cleaning? Consider these two ways to share useful items you no longer need: Bethlehem's Buy Nothing Group and Grassroots Givers.
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  • Come to Prayer & Paint April 10
    Come to Prayer & Paint April 10
    April 2, 2022
    Come to St. Thomas' Palm Sunday Prayer & Paint on April 10. Small items will be available to paint. Your artistry will then be part of St Thomas' MANY BLESSINGS OF WATER ART SHOW after all Masses the weekend of April 30.  Proceeds from the Art Show will be sent to WATER WITH BLESSINGS to provide Navajo families with a portable water filtration device.
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  • Water Day Celebration THANK YOU!
    Water Day Celebration THANK YOU!
    March 27, 2022
    We thank Rev. Karen Pollan, Nancy Braaten and members of the Delmar Presbyterian Church for joining us in prayer and dialogue about caring for our Common Home. Special thanks to students at our parish school for creating informative posters on groundwater and poems reminding us to safe guard our waterways. We thank Marie Myer, member of our Creation Care Team, for sharing our good works here at St. Thomas and Jim Garry for our groundwater demonstration. Check out more information on caring for all of Creation this Lent in our Gathering Hall as well as admiring all or our student’s art work. Together let us each do our part to preserve everyone’s right to God’s precious life giving gift WATER!
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  • Make a Difference and Share Your Artistry
    March 26, 2022
    Come to St. Thomas' Palm Sunday Prayer & Paint on April 10. Small items will be available to paint. Your artistry will then be part of St Thomas' MANY BLESSINGS OF WATER ART SHOW after all Masses the weekend of April 30.  Proceeds from the Art Show will be sent to WATER WITH BLESSINGS to provide Navajo families with a portable water filtration device.
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  • Caring for Creation Through Prayer, Fasting, Almsgiving
    March 19, 2022
    As we live the season of Lent, care for creation as you follow the traditional triad: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
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  • Community Celebration of World Water Day: March 20, 1:00-3:00 PM
    March 11, 2022
    “I am convinced that we can make a difference…Now is the time for courageous actions and strategies, aimed at implementing a ‘culture of care’.” (Pope Francis)
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  • World Water Day—A Community Celebration, Sunday, March 20, 1:00-3:00 PM
    March 5, 2022
    St. Thomas' Creation Care Team in collaboration with Youth Ministry invite you to spend an afternoon with fellow parishioners and members of Delmar Presbyterian and First United Methodist Church sharing how members from each faith community are praying and caring for the precious gift of water.
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  • Sign up for CCT and Youth Ministry events
    Sign up for CCT and Youth Ministry events
    March 2, 2022
    Creation Care Team and Youth Ministry invite you to join us for Palm Sunday Prayer and Paint (April 10).
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