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 17, 2006
To Know Christ, Grow in Christ, and Share Christ’s Love.
Please take this Announcement Sheet home with you.
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.
*Young adults, are you looking for some fellowship within St. Matthew's? Come join the Xplorers as we head out to lunch together TODAY, after the 10:30 service. We'll gather in the Commons and then carpool or follow each other to a local restaurant. Visitors and Newcomers always welcome. We're a group of 20- to oh...40-somethings, Singles and Couples, who just get together to enjoy each other's company a couple times a month. Call Kristi Robison, 242-4636 daytime, or email Heather Walter at hadsit@hotmail.com for more information.
TONIGHT at the 5:15 Eucharist: a Commemoration of 9/11
The Youth of St. Matthew's have created a service that will proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ as it honors those who died and those who survived the tragedy.
*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.
M3 Ministry, Mission and Me: 6th-12th
Grades
Youth Building at 9:15 every Sunday morning
and 7:00-8:30 Wednesday nights.
*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.
YOUTH AND PARENTS and interested folks! We plan to kick off this year’s Youth Council meetings by having all of us together during Youth Group time this Wednesday at 7:00. We’ll meet and get your input on what events and service projects you’d like to see happen from 7 to 8 and then have the usual worship/singing time till 8:30. Youth Council is a group of people who help our Youth program run smoothly and support our Youth workers. ALL are welcome, but we’d especially like a nice crowd of Youth and Parents—after all, it’s YOUR Youth program. Now’s your chance to help the leadership team pick out the great ideas you’d like to see happen. Contact Susan Barnes or Rebeka in the church office or Robisons, 339-4063, with questions. See you there!
St. Matthew’s Day is Next Sunday!
Sunday School as usual followed by one service only at 10:30 a.m.
After church stay for lunch and parish picnic
in Huffman Hall and in the Courtyard area.
Sponsored by the Associate Vestry and prepared
by the Holy Smokers – yum!
Hamburgers, hot dogs, all the trimmings and as a bonus –
an opulent dessert!
Fun activities for the kids so bring the whole family!
$5 per person, maximum $15 per family
*We missed you at the Vestry meeting August 29. Can we expect you Tuesday September 26? A merry time is had by all.
*The
St. Matthew's ECW 2007 Annual Women's Retreat will be held
March 2-4,2007 at Camp Allen. Virginia Stem Owens, author and retired English
Professor will be our retreat leader. Her topic is "The Spirituality
of Imperfection”.Virginia is a bright, funny and inspirational speaker youwill
not want to miss. Registration will begin Sunday, October 1st.
Payment of 50% of the registration fee is due at registration. The balance
is due by Jan 15th. Single room- $210 per person, Double room-$180
per person, Teens (4 to a room)-$90 per person. Registration forms will be available in the Commons or Church
Office as of Sunday, Sept. 24. Please contact Debbie Marshall at
926-5424 or Janie McMahan at
341-7432 if you have questions.
We're havin' a party...and its SO much fun to get things ready! Children ages 3 years through 5th grade are invited to join us for Sunday School at 9:15 next Sunday, Sept. 24th to make final preparations for our St. Matthew's Day celebration. We'll talk about St. Matthew and why he is important to us, make party decorations, decorate cupcakes and "the works!" All children will meet in the YOUTH BUILDING next week, and will be picked up at 10:15 from their regular classrooms in the basement (3 - 4 yr olds in B16, K - 2nd graders in B17, and 3rd - 5th graders in B13).
This is the final week of "I Spy!", the first rotation of Children's Sunday School for the fall semester. Merrill, Susan, Kathy, Virginia and MOST ESPECIALLY, THE CHILDREN would like to thank the following "angels" for sharing their time, talents, energy and love with our children each Sunday morning for the past 6 weeks: Sally Byrom, Natalie and Lee Wiesehuegel, Sharon Barnett, Anthony McWhinnie, Dana and Jim Young, Lisa Ottenbacher, Alina Wasmuth and Ester Garcia. We love you!
"Roots and Shoots...God had a plan!" The second session of our Children's Sunday School semester will begin Oct. 1st. We will spend the next month and a half exploring those Old Testament stories that speak over and over again of God's great faithfulness and love for his people. Children ages 3 years through 5th grade are invited to join us from 9:15 - 10:15 each Sunday morning. Questions? Contact Kathy Dugat (343-7989 or kdugat@austin.rr.com).
We have wonderful news!...our 10:30 Chapel service is now held in the Choir Room. Precious Words,.. Interactive Litergy..Child-oriented lessons and songs….! Hope you will join us! Questions? Contact Kathy Dugat(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)
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.
*The next date Holy Baptism will be Sunday, October 1. If you or one close to you desires to be baptized at that time, please notify the church office, 345-8314 or email Betty Mitchell betty@stmattsaustin.org
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the following five classes are being offered
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)
Living What We Believe in
B-6, Family Life in B-18,
Bible Study in B-21, Contemplative Class in B-14 and the
Discovery Class will be in Huffman Hall
Living What We Believe
In the Living What We Believe class we take a small group approach to building community. We come together in an atmosphere of trust and faith to share our stories and develop lasting relationships that provide the foundation of love and support crucial to making God a part of everyday life. We value the perspective of diversity in all areas and welcome everyone to join us on the adventure of finding out what it may mean to really follow Jesus. Oswald Chambers in My Utmost For His Highest writes, "Having the reality of God's presence in not dependant on our being in a particular circumstance or place, but is only dependant upon our determination to keep the Lord before us continually. Our problems arise when we refuse to place our trust in the reality of His presence. Contact Paul Williams at 346-0640 or apwedw@earthlink.net
Bible Study
Ever wish you
could see an actual portrait of Jesus?
Or walk and talk with Him on earth in the year 30 A.D.? Or more realistically, ever wish someone
would just give you a better understanding of the Jesus who, even in the year
2006, can be real to us and IS. This is
what the author of the book of Hebrews did for us... he gave us a portrait of
Jesus! Come join the Adult Bible Class
as we glean from Hebrews new personal insights of Jesus, the One who continues
to call us to follow Him in 2006 just as before. After studying Hebrews, we plan to move on to the book of James,
so we are in for an interesting year, and we need your input. We will learn together and encourage each
other as we go! Contact Clive Smith 918-9098 or email clive@austin.rr.com
Contemplative Class “Stories of Homecoming”
Contemplative
Class: Stories of Homecoming
Merrill talked about a spiritual homecoming in his August 6th sermon.
Henri Nouwen talks about his spiritual homecoming in his book "The Return
of the Prodigal Son." Jim Fryer says, "I know of no better way
to see (recognize and acknowledge) your own spiritual homecomings than to join
the free-flowing discussions with Linda and me this fall." Please
call 258-2571 to reserve your book.
Family Life
Our individual lives fit together like pieces of a puzzle, interlocking to
create relationships which can be a rich source of love and grace. Relationships also present challenges that
sometimes distract us from living the life God calls us to – caring for one
another and sharing the love of Jesus.
Please join us as we build friendships and embark on an interactive
journey exploring the dynamics of Family Life. Contact Scott Murphy at 336-9879
or email
smurphy 760@aol.com
