Backpack Pals Program Backpack Pals provides breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack items for weekends to elementary students idenfied as food insecure. St. Thomas has supported this ministry for over 21 years. FAQs here.

Martha’s is a ministry with area churches meeting the physical and spiritual needs of the community in eastern Beaufort County. Martha’s operates a thrift store and uses proceeds to buy food for families in need. St. Thomas parishioners are involved in unloading, bagging and distributing food on a regular schedule at Martha’s.

We participate in bell-ringing for the Salvation Army for 3 weekends in December to provide Christmas gifts and food for those in need.

Betty and Bill Pruitt Scholarship The Pruitt scholarship was established in 2015 to help community college students in need who are working to improve their career potential through education. It was an outreach mission near and dear to the late Betty and Bill Pruitt and continues to live on through the generosity of our parishioners.

Gift of Literacy Program provides books to elementary students at Bath and Northeast schools, as well as school supplies at various times of the year.

Daughters of the King is an order for women who are communicants of the Episcopal Church and churches in communion with it. Daughters adopt a Rule of Life following the “Outline of Faith”, the Catechism, found in the Book of Common Prayer.

St. Thomas is a member of the Sue DuVal Daughters of the Pamlico Chapter. This chapter also includes St. James (Belhaven), Trinity (Chocowinity), St. Peter’s and Zion (Washington) and St George’s (Englehard). Monthly meetings are usually held on the third Saturday of the month at Zion. The Rev. Fr. Copeland Johnston serves as chaplain.