Shrine Mont: Fellowship, Worship, Community, Welcoming, Education, Music

The parish retreat provides a place to bring together the strengths of St. Thomas.

Community Shrine Mont is similar to the type of neighborhood where we adults may have grown up. The children are safe and can be given more freedom each year. The entire community of St Thomas watches over our children, giving the children freedom to mature in the safety of a community.

Fellowship The weekend starts on Friday night with games and activities inside and later we gather around the bonfire for s’mores. Saturday afternoon we have social hour together before dinner and a dance in the evening. The meals are family-style, giving everyone a chance to enjoy meal time with other parishioners. It is an opportunity to learn about others in our church and form bonds that don’t usually happen during a quick chat at coffee hour on Sundays.

Worship and Education Our worship time is casual and family-friendly. The lessons and psalms are usually read by the children and the discussions involve the children. They want to participate. The lessons are relevant to all – young and young-at-heart!

Welcoming Parishioners often invite friends and family to join us. We’ve had friends of teens, grandparents, non-member spouses, sisters, Aunts, cousins. We have new parishioners at St. Thomas who joined after attending the retreat as guests. All are welcome and we hope you will join us, too.

Music We have many choir members and musicians, and we create beautiful music in the mountains. We sing favorite hymns usually accompanied by guitar and piano. Children are also encouraged to bring their instruments.

2012 Dates Are Here

The St. Thomas Parish Retreat will be Friday, May 11 through Sunday, May 13. Please join us!