SUNDAY LITURGY Saturday 4:00 pm Sunday 8:00 & 10:00 am, 12:00 Noon

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SUNDAY LITURGY Saturday 4:00 pm

Sunday 8:00 & 10:00 am, 12:00 Noon

WEEKDAY LITURGY Monday 8:30 am Communion Service Tuesday through Friday 8:30 am Mass

HOLY DAYS 8:30 am, 12:15 pm, 7:30 pm (except Christmas & New Year)

RECONCILIATION Saturday 3:00-3:40 pm and by appointment

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Parish Office Hours Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Closed Saturdays, Sundays and Holy Days

Parish Office 752-2080

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Baptism

To schedule a baptism please call 753-2550. Requirements for Baptism can be found on the parish website listed under

Sacraments. Marriage

Please call the Parish Office at 753-2541, six months prior to the wedding

date.

Anointing of the Sick Please call 753-2553

Communion to the Sick Please call 753-2549

800 Ohio Pike, Cincinnati, Ohio 45245 513-752-2080 Parish e-mail: stm@sttm.org

Parish website: www.sttm.org School Web Page: www.sttmschool.org

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For a sacramental emergency requiring a priest, please call 752-2080 Ext. 116. Please

leave your name, telephone number and a brief description of the emergency.

We warmly welcome new members to our parish family. Please call the Parish Office or register online at www.sttm.org. If leaving the parish or moving, please notify the Parish

Office of your change of address.

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“We at St. Thomas More are a family of Christians led by the Holy Spirit in communion with the Roman Catholic Church. We dedicate ourselves to living the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ. We devote ourselves to sharing our faith, strengthening family bonds and growing in love. We commit ourselves to

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ST. THOMAS MORE CHURCH

CINCINNATI, OHIO 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time June 10, 2018

Readings for June 17 – 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

First Reading: Ezekiel 17:22-24

Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:6-10

Gospel: Mark 4:26-34

Names of those requesting prayers will be published in the bulletin for three months and then removed. If prayers are required longer than three months, you will need to call the parish office (753-2550) to request them for another three months. Thank you.

Banns of Marriage

BANNS l: William Shiflet and Chrissie Gregory

June 30, 2018 at St. Thomas More

VOCATION VIEWS CYCLE B ~ 10TH SUNDAYIN ORDINARY TIME

God bestows abundant grace upon us with the expectation that we will share this grace with others in thanksgiving, so they too can rejoice in God’s love. (2 Corinthians 4:15)

those who have died and all those who are ill or have asked for our prayers:

Donald Blom, Mary Breving, Frank Brunet, Kenneth Siler, Mary Baugh, Rose Brumfield, Nicole Bussard, Nicole Rades, Larry Farwick, Pauline Young, Derek Archer, Tom Candelaresi, Mary King, Gloria Vaske, AJ Bressler, Anne Bruno, Heather Balwanz, Al Meisman, Catherine Barton, Pat Tekulve, Mary Ann Fedak, Nancy Lang, Mike Bailey, George Hofmann, Robert Dwyer, Tony Zeiser, Tom Swift, Maria Orth, James Fiest, Angela O’Leary, Robert Bushelman, Bill Conrad, Ava Grace Gunn, Steven Hofmann, Charollet Schworer, John & Joan Cappel, Cheryl Murray, Leo Bailey, Richard Ready, Cecilia Petri, Don Weber, Elias Kaylor, Vickie Habig, Maria Patterson, Amy Rettig, Tom & Donna Meyer, Robert Gibson, Mary Anna Willacker, Carrie Bradford, Steve Feist, Ed Schmidt, Michael Schaeffer, Pauline Diemler, Nicole Jordan, Vickie Ditchen, Kinley Sexton, and Lee Marasco.

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Fr. William C. Wagner, V.F., Pastor 753-2553 Fr. David Endres, Weekend Associate

Deacon Michael Thomas 753-2549

Deacon Fred Haas 752-2080

Deacon Bob Brazier 752-2080 Ext 144

DRE, Becky Ready 753-2548

CRE, Linda Bader 753-2548

Business Manager, Dick Berish 753-2543

Bookkeeper, Lisa Casavant 753-2568

Secretaries: Donna Buchheit 753-2541

Kate Roelker 753-2550

Music Director, Doug Stegeman 753-2546

PARISH OFFICE FAX 753-2542

FINANCE OFFICE FAX 753-2552

Gym/Multi-Purpose Building 753-2555

Maintenance: Dave McCarthy 753-2544

Clyde Taulbee 753-2544

Prayer Requests 752-2080 Ext 133

Sacristy 753-2556

St. Vincent de Paul 753-2561

Youth Minister: Ashley & Kevin 753-2551 Johnson

SCHOOL OFFICE 753-2540

SCHOOL OFFICE FAX 753-2554

Principal, Candace Hurley 753-2540

Administrative Asst., Marsha Barnes 753-2540 School Office Secretary, Dee Archer 753-2540 Parish Hall/Kitchen, Vickie Ditchen 753-2558

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Religious education classes for public school students are held on Sundays ~ Pre-School 10:00 - 11:00 am; Grades 1 thru 8, 8:30 - 9:45 am. Please call 753-2550

for more information on how to register for PSR.

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If you or someone you know is interested in joining the next RCIA group (Rite of Christian Initiation), go to our website,

www.sttm.org, and fill out the form at the link titled: Interested in Becoming Catholic? or call Becky at 753-2548.

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Friday by Noon (9 days prior) Submit to Kate Roelker at kroelker@sttm.org or call 753-2550 for more

information.

Due to circumstances beyond our

control, The Chancellor’s Club Luncheon

will be canceled for June 12th.

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Tuesday, June 12

6:00 pm Education Committee Meeting - Library 7:00 pm Fish Fry Planning Meeting - Parish Dining Hall

Wednesday, June 13

9:30 am Bible Study (Sun Prep) - Faith Formation Rm

Thursday, June 14

7:00 pm CRHP Women - Faith Formation Room 7:30 pm Dad’s Group - More Martyr Hall

FLAG DAY - FLYYOUR FLAGWITH PRIDE!

Friday, June 15

9:30 am Adoration

Saturday, June 16

7:00 am Catholic Men’s Fellowship - More Martyr Hall 8:30 am Clean Church

3:00 pm Confessions

5:00 pm K of C Flag Ceremony/Dinner - Picnic Shelter

Sunday, June 17

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Saturday, June 16 4:00 pm

Lectors ~

Janet Tate, Mary Lou Mulvey

Eucharistic Ministers ~

Deacon, Charles Rottinghaus, Ginny

Rottinghaus, Kelly Koch, Carrie Lehn

Servers ~

Alison Presnell, Mikey Boehme, Joe Koch, Steven

Horne, Laura Horne

Greeters ~

Herman Bingle, Gail Convery, Charollet Schworer

Ushers ~

Tom Candelaresi, Charollet Schworer, Gene

Johnson, Jerry Edwards

Sunday, June 17 8:00 am

Lectors ~

Jerry Philpot, Nelson Seip

Eucharistic Ministers ~

Deacon, Charlotte Molitor, Kathy

Senior, Mary Opp, Vickie Ditchen, Barbara Comello, Pat

Ramundo, Tony Ramundo

Servers ~

Ryan Gramza, Connor Dawson, Andrew Browning,

Maggie Evans, Aidan Palmer

Greeters ~

Linda Gessendorf, Nancy Guertin, Helen Fehn

Ushers ~

Bill Imbus, Kevin Bauman, Steve Denison, Joe

Guertin

Sunday, June 17 10:00 am

Lectors ~

Eva Grachek, John Grachek

Eucharistic Ministers ~

Deacon, Patricia Lindsey, Tom

Kiefer, Terrill Denton, Lisa Casavant, Karen Klysz, Dan

Casnellie, Lori Casnellie

Servers ~

Katelyn Martin, Sarah Borchers, Matthew Schoose,

Hannah Swarts, William Hogan

Greeters ~

Terrill Denton

Ushers ~

Tim Bath, Lynn Austin, Patrick McPhillips, Bob

Schaefer

Sunday, June 17 12:00 pm

Lectors ~

Victoria Noble

Eucharistic Ministers ~

Deacon, Darline Foltz, Doreen

Noble, Jennifer Mann, Muriel Casavant, Richard Schuler

Servers ~

Gus Harpring, Ella Harpring, Mary Harpring, Cohen

Whitaker

Greeters ~

Dee Archer

Ushers ~

Ed Lenahan, Bill Luehrmann, Tom Finn

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Actual Budget

May 27: $11,236.13 $12,500.00

June 3: $23,165.81 $22,500.00

YTD $788,645.92 $797,500.00

YTD Sunday Collection ONLY

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Budget:

$8,854.08

317 Envelopes Returned Sun May 27: $10,360.85

435 Envelopes Returned Sun June 3: $22,321.02

Loose Change May 27: $875.28

Loose Change June 3: $844.79

OTHER COLLECTIONS

Tuition Assistance $278.00

Debt Reduction $3,210.67

Original Outstanding Debt: $1,802,772.91

Current Due Park National: $672,009.60

EXPENSES

Total Expenses Paid Thru: 5/25/18 $15,233.64

Notable Expenses Paid:

New Dishwasher $6,632.32 Student Insurance $1,008.00 Latchkey Supplies $1,116.73 Liturgical Supplies $1,256.35 Payroll & Taxes Paid: 5/31/18/18 $51,432.49 Total Expenses Paid Thru: 6/1/18 $27,124.23

Notable Expenses Paid:

Park National Bank $12,554.41 Eastgate Mowing $1,400.00 HVAC Repairs $2,127.36 Duke Energy $4,178.70

We Thank You All for Your Continued Support

of St. Thomas More Parish!

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LET’S PAY DOWN THE DEBT!

In order to encourage maximum participation in using the debt envelopes, we have been running a type of drawing using the returned debt envelopes. On the 3rd Friday of each month, we will draw one lucky envelope from those submitted since the prior drawing. The lucky envelope contributor will receive 10 times the contribution they put in the debt envelope for the month, up to a maximum of $500. People who give electronically or by credit card will also have an envelope entered in the drawing. Please give generously to our debt reduction program.

Thank you for your continuing support!

AND ALLTHOSEFROMOUR PARISHWHO ARE CURRENTLYSERVINGINTHE

ARMED FORCES:

Michael Hucker Jr., Corey Campbell, Randy Damron, Keith Deardorff, Ryan Robinson, Paul Bellonby ll, Andrew Schloemer, “Fritz” Schoolfield, Kimberley Brinson, Joshua A. Rettig, Beau

Bockenstette, Patrick Bouley, Travis Gallivan, Tim Czubek, Neil Lizakowski, Bill Harris, Rachel Piening, Brian Faw, Jeff Archer, Connor Nelson, Anthony Luster,

Kyle Schulte, Justin Mulloney and Matthew Quitter.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!

JOIN US FOR MONTHLY ROSARY

On Wednesday, June 20th, at 6:30 pm join us in church for the monthly rosary! Praying with others for our Blessed Mother’s intercession is a powerful way to pray.

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ST. THOMAS MORE CHURCH

CINCINNATI, OHIO 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time June 10, 2018

Looking to "market to the masses...after Masses"??? Want a great way to target customers in your local market? Are you interested in partnering with the "2018 Best of the East" festival winner? Or maybe you would like to become a contracted vendor, and promote your business to over 7,000 festival goers (AND potential customers) in the local area?? How about a JULYFEST sponsorship? Over 45 businesses

partnered with the St. Thomas More JULYFEST in 2017, and that number is growing! GREAT sponsorships are available at every level, such as the silver level which includes the

JULYFESTPartner Discount Card and the JULYFESTQtego on -line bidding website for our enormous Bib N Buy!!!

And who doesn't want to see their company logo displayed high above the famous JULYFEST Beer Gardens Soundstage??

You ROCK, we ROCK...let's all ROCK together!!! Go to the parish website, and click on the JULYFEST Sponsorship

Package!!!

The 2018 St. Thomas More JULYFEST: "Supporting businesses that support us!"

This year JULYFESTis JULY13, 14&15,

2018. As we get closer to the date, please be sure to check the bulletin and website weekly for upcoming news about JULYFEST.

The JULYFEST BIDNBUYBOOTHis one of the most profitable booths at our festival! We rely on donations from local businesses and generous parishioners, family and friends.

Here are some ways you can donate:

• Purchase an item off the Bid N Buy's Amazon Wish List by going to http://amzn.to/2rDibkR

• Donate any new or unused items

• Donate gift cards, timeshares, sporting event tickets, etc. • Be a sponsor on our Qtego online bidding website

There will be a BID N BUYBOOTHdrive held on Sunday, Sunday, June 24th in the right modular behind Heider Hall after the 10:00 am Mass as well as before the 12:00 pm Mass to accept any and all donations. Thank you in advance for your contribution!

If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Evans at

rfe4403@netzero.com or 513-304-6454.

We have once again partnered with Qtego Auction Technology, so you can place bids directly on your mobile phone, tablet or computer at the JulyFest Bin N Buy booth. To register for the auction, please follow these simple instructions:

Step 1: Register

Before or during the festival, register your phone number and credit card at www.qtego.net/qlink/stmjulyfest. Once you register, Qtego will send you two text messages to the phone number you registered with bidding instructions. Keep these

text messages!

Step 2: Start Bidding!

Our 2018 JulyFest website is now available to register for your slot to volunteer for this year’s festival, July 13-15. To sign up go to our STM website at www.sttm.org and click on the SignUpGenius logo.

New this year are attached festival ground maps to see the location of each booth (especially nice if you want to see where a booth is in relation to where your friends are volunteering on the same shift). It can be found embedded at the Children’s and Midway pages. Just look for Related files: 2018 JulyFest Layout 3-24-18.pdf.

Thank you all so much! Without our volunteers, there would be not be a festival.

DESSERTS NEEDED FOR

JULYFEST!!!

Please consider making one of your scrumptious desserts for this year’s JULYFEST!!! Nothing tops off a wonderful JULYFEST

festival entrée, like a homemade dessert from one of our talented parishioners!!! Desserts can be dropped off on Thursday evening July 12th after 6:00 pm or Friday morning July 13th in the Parish Dining Hall. If you are unable to drop them off, please contact

Mary Helen Evans at 513-509-5448 or by email at mhevans50@gmail.com and she will make arrangements to pick up.

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Golden Anniversary Mass 2018

Married Couples celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary in 2018 are invited to attend the Golden Anniversary Mass on August 4, 2018

at 4:30 pm at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, in Cincinnati,

with Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr as Celebrant. If you wish to attend the Golden Anniversary Mass please call the Marriage & Family Life Office at 513-421-3131 ext. 2653 before June 22nd to register.

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Social Action Commission will be providing a good

hot meal for 30 migrant workers at Belterra Park

(River Downs) racetrack.

Tuesday, June 26,

will be

the first meal for the season. Especially needed are casseroles

and salads. All donations are to be dropped off by 6:00 pm at

St. Thomas More west side parking lot.

For more information

or to sign up, please call Charlene Kiefer at 752-0134.

32nd Annual Bible Institute

Friday July 20 – Friday July 27, 2018

Xavier University Campus

‘Holy Spirit Power in Unity Through

Community!’ is the theme for the 2018 Presentation

Ministries’ Bible Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is a one-of-a-kind conference that offers to make you a powerful disciple of Christ. There are daytime seminars, daily Mass,

plus evening healing services and weekend general sessions. The very popular Youth Program will be held on

Friday, July 27. Cost is a free will donation. Web Registration is available at www.presentationministries.com

just click on the tab ‘Bible Institute’ or call (513) 922-0923. Deadline for meals and lodging is July 3, 2018.

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LAY CATHOLIC STUDIES

The Athenaeum of Ohio Lay Pastoral Ministry Program is sponsored by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and offers lay Catholics the opportunity to grow in faith, knowledge and skills in order to serve families, communities and the Church more effectively. Since 1975, the LPMP has equipped ordinary Catholics to accomplish extraordinary things in the name of Christ. Weeknight and Saturday classes fit into busy adult schedules, allowing participants to maintain job, family and community commitments while answering a call to deeper discipleship. Classes count toward catechist certification and serve as a prerequisite for application to the permanent diaconate formation. Interviews are now underway for fall classes at the main campus and Good Shepherd in Montgomery. We are offering a 25% lay tuition discount this year. Call 513-231-1200 for information or to set up an interview.

BUS TRIPTO MARIA STEIN SHRINEOFTHE HOLY RELICS

Trip Coordinator: John McCabe Phone (513) 543-1170 or 752-2987.

This Fatima Event is Sponsored by the World Apostolate of Fatima (Blue Army) Cincinnati Chapter.

Date: Friday, August 10, 2018

Cost: $40 per person (includes Bus Ticket & Dinner)

Bus Trip Schedule - Departure & Return - 2 Locations

Location # 1 - St. Thomas More - 800 Ohio Pike, Cincinnati OH 45245

Departs at 12 Noon and Returns at 12:30 am

Location # 2 - Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center - 5440 Moeller Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45212

Departs at 12:30 pm and Returns at 12:00 Midnight

Itinerary: Prior to 5:30 pm - Self directed tour of the Shrine 5:30 pm - Dinner at the Shrine (included in the $40 fee) 7:30 pm - Outdoor Mass - Celebrant Rev. Alexander Witt

(bring a chair, sweater or jacket as the Mass is celebrated

outdoors.)

Rosary Procession after Mass

Reservations: due no later than July 15, 2018 - only 52 seats available. Please mail your payment, names & home or cell phone numbers of the attendees, and your departure and return location (#1 or #2) to the following bus trip coordinator, John McDonald at, 4237 Deepwood Lane, Cincinnati, OH 45245. Please make checks payable to John McCabe.

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Jax Jonathan, son of Brandon & Sarah Baker

Cecilia Grace, daughter of Eric & Elizabeth Williams

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FAMILY CELEBRATION HONORS

HUMANAE VITAE

The Archdiocese of Cincinnati is teaming up with the Couple to Couple League to host a family conference this summer that celebrates the 50th anniversary of

Humanae Vitae. Mark your calendars for July 6-7, 2018

at the Sharonville Convention for "Families, become

what you are!" Great speakers, including Christopher

West and Janet Smith; Spanish track; full programming for children; Family Fun Day on Friday afternoon; family concert on Friday evening; daily Mass, Adoration. Visit

www.cclconvention.com for full details and to register.

All human beings are made in the image of God—free to choose good or evil. Given man’s fallen nature, our tendency is to choose evil. We Christians call the choosing of evil “sin.” As we all can watch from our home televisions and other media devices, the increase in sin is climbing at a rapid rate! How can we stop this increase in participation with evil? This proclivity to sin must be restrained through moral training and the formation of a healthy conscience. And the process has to begin at a young age — with an individual’s character shaped, honed, and encouraged by loving instructors, usually the family, and together with the faith community. As the conscience is trained and strengthened, the individual has a fighting chance to reject sin and choose to do good more often than not.

So, we encourage you to register your children for our Parish School of Religion (PSR) classes beginning again in September, 2018. The registration form can be downloaded from our website, www.sttm.org, filled out and mailed in to Kate at St. Thomas More, 800 Ohio Pike,

Cincinnati, 45245. Come and join us so we have families and church united together to teach our young people how to be disciples of Jesus Christ and how to choose to do the right thing. ~ Becky Ready, DRE

WANT TO BE CATHOLIC?

Look back and thank God. Look forward and trust God. Look around and serve God. Look within and find God.

Go to our website for more information: www.sttm.org

Registrations now being accepted for Sessions Starting in

September! Questions? Email Becky: bready@sttm.org

INVITATION TO SERVE

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a Catholic lay organization of men and women which help the poor and those in temporary need. We are not a social service agency. We are a person-to-person ministry whose members see the face of Christ in those who are suffering. You might be surprised to know that we have people who are suffering right here in our own parish.

The St. Thomas More Conference, a member parish of the St. Martin Deanery, was aggregated on December 7, 1964. We have been serving the people of this parish and surrounding area for 53 years. We work closely with other churches and social service agencies to address the needs of those less fortunate.

We meet every other Monday with the exception of July and August. During those summer months we meet once a month. Our meetings last a maximum of one hour unless home visits have been scheduled.

We currently have sixteen members and wish to extend to you an invitation to serve with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and put into action your Catholic faith to serve those who are in need both Catholics and Non-Catholics.

If you are interested in serving with this ministry, please call the SVDP line at 753-2561, leave a message and we will return your call. We appreciate

your consideration to serve.

Yours in Christ, St. Vincent de Paul Society

Patrick, Lori & Amy Noonan

Holly & Savannah Bostle

Chris, Traci, Evan & Eli Kirkpatrick

Scott, Maria, Sophia, Grace & Logan Lehn

Rickie, Anna, Issac, Jude & Flynn DeBorde

“The secret of happiness is to live moment by moment and to thank God for all that He, in His goodness, sends to us day after day.”

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MONDAY, JUNE 11 - 8:30 AM

Communion Service

TUESDAY, JUNE 12 - 8:30 AM

Robert Wermuth/The Wermuth Family

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13 - 8:30 AM

Greg Pusateri/Lynn & Bob Wickett

THURSDAY, JUNE 14 - 8:30 AM

Cheryl Hiland/Bill & Ralene Zimmerman

FRIDAY, JUNE 15 - 8:30 AM

Darlene Grieco/Diane Brennan

SATURDAY, JUNE 16 - 4:00 PM

Martha Lauch/Art, Joan & Greg Schill

SUNDAY, JUNE 17 - 8:00 AM

Jim Johnson/Al & Carol Meisman

SUNDAY, JUNE 17 - 10:00 AM

Eddie Ivers

SUNDAY, JUNE 17 - 12:00 PM

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SACRAMENTAL PREP CORNER

FRIST RECONCILIATION: First Reconciliation

prep will begin in September. If you have a child entering the 2nd grade and attends public school, please go to our website at

www.sttm.org to register him/her for PSR

(Parish School of Religion) which begins September 9.

CONFIRMATION 7th Grade: 7th grade candidates will

be working on completing their service projects over the summer. They will be presented at the September 27 meeting. If you are not receiving our newsletter with all the details, please email Becky at bready@sttm.org.

We are now accepting PSR registrations for 2018 – 2019 School

Year. Registration forms for New

Students, Returning Students and

Homeschool Students are available and on the STM website www.sttm.org.

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The June collection will be donated to

SOUTHEASTERN ECUMENICAL MINISTRY

We appreciate all donations of non-perishable food.

Please place donations in the tubs marked “FEED THE POOR” located at all the church entrances. Food donations may be dropped off anytime during the month of June.

Please know that we appreciate all the food donations for the Feed the Poor Monthly Food Collection, however, we are unable to accept or distribute out of code date food or opened packages due to liability issues. Please make sure all donated food is in code date and unopened.