Why did you come? Why have you stayed?

Emily Courson

I learned about St. Thomas on the website, I was raised Episcopal, and I knew I was ready to find an Episcopal church that had a community.

When I was a student, I had gone to the churches at Cornell, and I just didn’t feel the personal connection to the church or the other people in the pews. That was something I wanted. I wanted to be able to talk to the people, get to know them, feel welcomed, and feel cared about. I found all of that here at St. Thomas.

St. Thomas is a nice small community and everyone is very happy to have me here, which, I really appreciate. It is a really happy place and I always leave here happy that I came.