To know Christ, grow in Christ, and share Christ's love.
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To know Christ, grow in Christ, and share Christ's love. |
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The Weekly Word
September 3, 2006
To Know Christ, Grow in Christ, and Share Christ’s Love.
Welcome to Our Guests! We pray that your visit to St. Matthew’s will richly bless you and that you will come back again soon. Please fill out the Welcome Card located in the chair slot in front of you. Place the information portion in the offertory plate and affix the name tag so that we may identify and welcome you. And we have a special gift for you so please stop by the Welcome Table in the foyer after the service. For information about St. Matthew’s, call Barbara at 345-8314 and visit our web site at www.StMattsAustin.org
The Church Offers Nurturing, Experienced, Child Care for children who are infants to four years of age. Because of the small number of children who attend the 8:00 a.m. nursery, all children ages infant to years of age four are in the Education Building nursery beginning at 7:45 a.m. At 9:00 a.m., children below two years old are taken to the Huffman Hall Nursery (located on the parking lot side of the hallway) and children from two to four years are cared for in the Education Building nursery. Both the Huffman Hall and the Education Building nurseries close at 12:15 p.m. There is also a comfortable, soundproof room in the church balcony (sanctuary) for adults who wish to keep their babies with them during the service.
10:30 AM Children’s
Chapel " It IS a beautiful day --
and we invite you to join us to celebrate the day, and the fact that God loves
us and we love God in Chapel each and every Sunday in Choir Room (B-7) at
10:30. Children age 3 and older, parents, and anyone who is looking for a
little change of pace in their worship style are welcome to join us. We
will all come upstairs at the Peace to share communion together.
Questions? Contact Kathy Dugat -- 343-7989 or kdugat@austin.rr.com
Thanks for Wearing Your Nametag! If you need a new nametag please visit Welcome Table in the Commons right after church. Thanks for faithfully wearing your nametag each and every Sunday.
Personal Prayer Teams are available during Communion at Prayer Stations on either side of the sanctuary. One station is located on the east side, by the windows, and the other station is on the west side in the gallery. Prayers will also be offered immediately after church by the team stationed near the windows. Prayer requests and discussion are completely confidential.
Home Delivery of Holy Communion If you are unable to come to church and would like Holy Communion brought to you on Sunday, please call the church office at 345-8314.
If you attend church but are unable to walk to the altar for Holy Communion, please notify an usher and the communion elements will be brought to you where you are seated.
If you have articles for the Weekly Word please email your articles to Office@StMattsAustin.Org and to JeriM@austin.rr.com The Weekly Word deadline is noon on Wednesday.
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*Items marked with an
asterisk (*) are run for the first time today.
Today is Good Faith Sunday!
On the first Sunday of each month the loose offering and designated checks are given to the Good Faith Fund. Your generous gifts enable us to assist many people who need financial help to get through a crisis. Please make checks payable to St. Matthew’s marking “Good Faith” in the memo line.
Adults NEXT Sunday, September 10
Stewardship:
Care for our Present and Plans for Future Building.
On
Sunday September 10 at 9:15 in Huffman Hall, the Senior Warden and Vestry will
be making the second of our planned quarterly presentations on the financial
status of St. Matt’s. This is an important part of our ongoing Stewardship,
and we want you to be a part of this process. This meeting will include
financial information on our year-to-date operations and our ongoing
maintenance and construction planning. We will also be giving an update on our
planning for a possible capital campaign.
Coffee and Fellowship 9:15 – 9:30, Lesson 9:30 – 10:15.
Questions about Adult Sunday School?
Contact Susan Barnes (345-8314 or susan@stmattsaustin.org)
We're busting at the seams! We have wonderful news...our 10:30 Chapel service has outgrown its old home in B21. Beginning today, the 10:30 Chapel service will be held in the Choir Room. Same precious words...same interactive liturgy...same child-oriented lessons and songs...NEW location! Hope you will join us! Questions? Contact Kathy Dugat (343-7989 or kdugat@austin.rr.com)
We're looking for Angels! Our Chapel teams are staffed by "Angels" -- folks just like you! -- who serve one Sunday a month to bring the Love of God and wonder and majesty of our liturgy to life for our children. We need your help! No teaching involved...no musical skills needed...no prep...just a willing heart and warm smile and 45 minutes once a month will change the life of a child. PLEASE...contact Kathy Dugat for more information or to volunteer (343-7989 or kdugat@austin.rr.com)
I Spy children...ages
3 years through fifth grade...laughing, building friendships, learning
what it means to be part
of the family we call St. Matthew's!
If you missed Sunday School at 9:15 today, don't worry...we'd love
to have you next week. Set those alarms and get your feet
moving...we WANT YOU HERE for Sunday School! Sunday School for
children ages 3 years through fifth grade begins at 9:15 in the following
basement rooms each and every Sunday:
Preschoolers -- B 16
Kinder, 1st & 2nd graders -- B17
3rd, 4th and 5th graders -- B13
Questions? Contact Kathy Dugat at 343-7989 or kdugat@austin.rr.com
Parents: Two important Sunday School messages for you from the Children's Sunday School team...
* PLEASE sign your
child in on the attendance book each week.
PLEASE sign in with your child's first
and last name.
* Sunday School begins at 9:15. The classes begin their "rotations" to the Storyteller and the activity room at 9:20. If you arrive and discover that your child's class has already left their "homeroom" in the basement, don't fret! The rotation schedule is posted on the door to the classroom. Check the schedule and take your child to find his/her class and join the fun "en route." Look for our Sunday Morning Facilitator, Virginia Hauser, if you need help finding your child's class.
*M3
Ministry, Mission and Me: 6th-12th Grades
Youth Building at 9:15 every Sunday morning
and 7:00-8:30 Wednesday nights.
Youth, grades 6 –12, movie night is TONIGHT, from 6 –8:30 p.m. Come to the youth building to watch a movie (Serenity), have free pizza and a good discussion. Even if you’ve seen the movie before, come and enjoy with your youth group friends. Feel free to bring friends! Contact Jay and Kristi Robison, 339-4063, if you have questions or need information.
*We are a new creation! New Youth Ministry team. New energy. New music on Wednesday nights. New focus. New program. God is calling us all to ministry and mission next summer. In the weeks through September we’re getting to know each other. We’re exploring our identity as a Youth Group and as part of the St. Matthew’s parish family. We’re having fun! Come and bring your friends.
*Mommy Meet-up, a playgroup
for babies, toddlers, and moms, meets this Wednesday from 9:30 until 11 in the
Huffman Hall nursery. Join us and get to know some other young families in the
church!
Contact Amanda Fowle at 246-7285 or ajfowle@austin.rr.com
with questions.
*The St. Matthew's Book Group, AKA The Ladies of the Book, will start again on September 18th at 5:00 in the Bride's Room. At that meeting, we'll share what we have read over the summer, and we will decide what we will read in the future. If you love to read, come join us. If you have questions, please call or email Susan Robertson at 453-4115 or srobertson44@austin.rr.com.
*"Mark Your Calendar" the ECW 2007 Annual Women's Retreat will be held March 2-4, 2007 at Camp Allen. Further details will be coming soon.
*Care for the Caregiver(CFTC) is a St. Matthew's ministry that hopes to serve those in our parish family and our community who are in a caregiving role. The needs of the caregiver is as individual as the caregivers themselves. If you have a concern or feel that this ministry can be of help in any way, please contact Gidget Fisher @ gid92get@yahoo.com or 328-2088.
*The Ministry of Money Counting – UPDATE!!! In response to our call for new ministers to participate in the counting of contributions, we had several questions about what is required. We have a very simple process.
Each Sunday , immediately following the service, the money counters are responsible for:
If you can help in the Ministry of Money
Counting on Sunday immediately after the 10:30 AM worship service, please
contact Clyde Carman at 740-5743 or Csc797@hotmail.com
*The Edge of Adventure New Edge of
Adventure groups
are now forming, to meet for 13 weeks beginning the week of September 10.
The cost per person will be $30 for study materials. Please sign up today in
the Commons or you can go to the St. Matthew’s website at www.stmattsaustin.org
and click on the Edge of Adventure link. This will direct you to a
place where you can sign up for the course online. Edge of Adventure
groups are open to anyone in the community, so invite your friends and
neighbors to join. For more information contact Keith Miller, keith@keithmiller.com)
or Andrea Wells MillerAndrea@keithmiller.com)
The Adult Choir holds regular rehearsals are on Wednesdays
from 7:00-9:00 p.m. in the Choir Room. Why not sing with us this year?
Tim Smith offers a Fundamentals of Music Class offered in the choir room
each Wednesday night from 6:00-6:45 p.m. The aim of this course is to help
singers become more comfortable with using their voices, improving music
reading skills, and reviewing basic musicianship. Choir membership is not
required to come to these sessions. Adults and/or anyone at least 8 years old
are invited to come with their parents to learn and share the fun.
*Help Daughters of the King Help St. James Episcopal School
St. Cecilia’s Chapter, Daughters of the King, is continuing to collect Campbell’s labels to redeem for free merchandise, equipment, and educational materials for St. James Episcopal School. We invite anyone interested in helping with this worthwhile project to join us. A collection box is located on the East credenza in the Commons. Beside the box is a list of eligible products or you may see the list online at www.labelsforeducation.com. The program has made some changes in what should be submitted and has some additional 5-point items. As of August 1, 2006 front labels are no longer accepted; instead they want us to clip and send the UPC codes off the cans (the bar code & the Campbell kid picture). To date over 3,248 points have been collected among the area churches Questions? See Mary-Lynn Polk.
*St. John’s Episcopal
Church
will have its annual Arts & Crafts Harvest Fair on Saturday, November 11,
from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. If you are artsy craftsy and would like a venue to
peddle your wares, contact Sadie Stewart by October 15. Her phone number is
837-5971.
COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY: Register now for the fall coed class
beginning August 29th studying Kings and Prophets. “CBS” is a non-denominational weekly Bible study with fellowship, small-group discussions, and quarterly socials. The first social get-together is Tuesday, August 22nd where new members can meet other members and our Core Leader, Win Chapman. The classes meet during the school year on Tuesday nights from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Park Hills Baptist Church at the NW corner of MoPac and Bee Caves Road. To register, call Patty or John Baker at 345-0008. You will be welcomed.
ROUND UP UPDATE: NEW DEADLINE WOW: we had over 270 sign up by the deadline! We've begun to make our waiting list. To confirm your reservation, make your final payment. The deadline is this week. After that, no more refunds. Later this week, we'll begin filling out the roster from the waiting list. Please continue to sign up for the Round-Up as we anticipate a few folks will have to cancel. You may download registration from our website at www.StMattsAustin.Org or contact Barbara Haynes at 345-8314 to sign up.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BROUGHT US THIS FAR!
THE SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE
Each Sunday evening there will be a service in the Sanctuary
at 5:15 p.m.
Some days it will be Contemplative Eucharist, some days it will be Youth Led Worship. It may be Compline, it may be Taize music or a Healing service. Whatever the service, it offers you an additional opportunity for Sunday worship at St. Matthew’s. And to fit into your family schedule, we will do our best to complete the service in 45 minutes. Please join us!
This Evening: Contemplative with Fr. Jim Williams
Next Sunday: Contemplative Eucharist with Fr. Jim Williams
