Nov 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
We are collecting Thanksgiving foods to benefit Bridge of Peace Food Pantry in Camden. We need several volunteers to help with distribution the week before. Please let Meghan Campbell know if you can help. Each basket needs: $25 Walmart gift cardboxed dry stuffing...
Nov 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Read the Messenger Care for God’s Creation Read the latest Council resolution as part of our Live the Love initiative. See pg. 1-3 Thanksgiving We have three Thanksgiving collections planned and the holiday Giving Tree. See pg. 1,6,8 Welcome Welcome...
Nov 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
We begin November with All Saints Day. In Lutheran congregations, I get the sense that we are often not exactly sure what to do with this day. Certainly it is a day to remember those who have died in the faith, and proclaim that they continue on in the church...
Oct 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
On September 19, the St. Matthew Council adopted a resolution of the congregation regarding Care for God’s Creation, as part of our church’s newly minted “Live the Love” initiative. The resolution calls us as public church to address issues that affect our neighbors...
Oct 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Generous giving of our treasure, time and talent is a hall mark of Saint Matthew. We would not be who we are; we could not Live the Love without all of us sharing God’s generosity to us. Often that generosity is given quietly and in the background. Here is just one...
Oct 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
In September, Saint Matthew participated in God’s Work, Our Hands Sunday. Beth Gephard of Lutheran Social Ministries spoke during worship about the impact of our sharing with the community around us. She told us that: Lutheran Social Ministry is a program that...
