Worship at St. Matthew
“Empowered by the Holy Spirit, We share our Faith, by Loving and Serving our Neighbor.”
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Important News
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In - person worship has resumed. we will follow all CDC guidelines so if you are planning to join us,
please remember to wear your mask.
If you are experiencing any symptoms, have been in contact with someone exposed to COVID-19, or feel uncomfortable attending in person, we ask that you join us via Facebook. The link will be posted on Facebook every week.
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You can find weekly Sunday bulletins on the home page.
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Prayer for Coronavirus
God of compassion,
Be close to those who are ill, afraid or in isolation. In their loneliness, be their consolation; in their anxiety, be their hope; in their darkness, be there light; through him who suffered alone on the cross, but reigns with you in glory, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
St. Matthew Holiday Worship Services
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Ash Wednesday: Drive-by service: 12:30-1:30 - February 17 Maundy Thursday: 7:00PM Good Friday: 12:00PM Easter Sunday: 9:00AM Thanksgiving Eve: 7:00PM Christmas Eve: 7:00PM Lenten Soup Supper: 6:30PM - During Lent |
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Holy Communion
The Lord Jesus welcomes everyone to share in his real presence with us in Holy Communion. The method of communion is intinction ( the action of dipping the bread in the wine at a Eucharist so that a communicant receives both together.) Holy Communion is served every Sunday.
*** Coronavirus: Act of Spiritual Communion My Jesus, I believe that you are in the Blessed Sacrament. I love you above all things, and I long for you in my soul. Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. As though you have already come, I embrace you and unite myself entirely to you; never permit me to be separated from you. Amen |
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This week's Gospel Message
GOSPEL MESSAGE
August 22, 2021
Who Can Accept It?
“This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?” (John 6:60). Jesus’ teaching about eating his flesh and drinking his blood isn’t something we can figure out and accept on our own. In his explanation of the third article of the Apostles’ Creed, Martin Luther writes these often-quoted and memorized words: “I believe that by my own understanding or strength I cannot believe in Jesus Christ my Lord or come to him.” The question of accepting Jesus’ difficult teachings gets turned on its head. No one can accept it. The good news of Jesus is too radical, unsettling, and illogical for us to accept. Through the grace of God and the work of the Holy Spirit we are able to echo Peter’s profession of faith: “You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God” (John 6:68-69). Like Peter, we have come to believe—despite our doubts and weakness of faith—through the Spirit’s work in the word.
Thought to Ponder
For the Lord is the spirit, and wherever the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17
August 22, 2021
Who Can Accept It?
“This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?” (John 6:60). Jesus’ teaching about eating his flesh and drinking his blood isn’t something we can figure out and accept on our own. In his explanation of the third article of the Apostles’ Creed, Martin Luther writes these often-quoted and memorized words: “I believe that by my own understanding or strength I cannot believe in Jesus Christ my Lord or come to him.” The question of accepting Jesus’ difficult teachings gets turned on its head. No one can accept it. The good news of Jesus is too radical, unsettling, and illogical for us to accept. Through the grace of God and the work of the Holy Spirit we are able to echo Peter’s profession of faith: “You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God” (John 6:68-69). Like Peter, we have come to believe—despite our doubts and weakness of faith—through the Spirit’s work in the word.
Thought to Ponder
For the Lord is the spirit, and wherever the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17
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