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Week of July 15, 2018
Our mission is to continue the Incarnation
of our
Lord Jesus Christ
by serving the
greater community through
loving its children, caring for the unfortunate,
and witnessing to the healing power of God's love.
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS
THIS WEEK
None scheduled.
All committee meetings are open to everyone. Want to know more about what's happening at St. Matt's? Come to a committee meeting!
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Regular Hours:
Mon-Thurs: 9 am - 5 pm
Fri: 9 am - 1 pm
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PLEASE NOTE:
Wednesday services will resume with Morning Prayer on July 18, 25 and August 1. Holy Eucharist resumes on August 8.
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MUSIC NEWS
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EVERY SUNDAY IN JULY
Come and make a joyful noise with the Summer Choir during June and July. Adults, Youth and Children are welcome.
Make it a family affair! We will be singing easy and familiar selections with a brief warm up/practice in the choir loft at 9:00 prior to the 9:30 service in July. Contact Kyle for more information -
[email protected].
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| The Epiphany Choir will perform next Sunday, July 22 at the 9:30 a.m. service. |
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GUY'S NIGHT OUT --TRIVIA
Wednesday, July 18 @ 7:00 p.m.
McCray's Tavern, 100 N. Perry St Lawrenceville GA 30046
Third Wednesday of every month @ 7 p.m. All men of the parish are invited to attend. Bring a friend!
Please call or email
Levi Livermont by noon on Wed if you plan to attend.
Come hang out and join the fun!
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ONE COMBINED SERVICE AT 9:30
Please join us this Sunday
July 15 , 2018
Seventh Sunday After Pentecost
8:3
0 a.m. Breakfast
9:30 a.m.
Rev. Canon Liz Hendrick, Celebrant
Nursery provided in the Christian Education wing
THE READINGS FOR THIS SUNDAY ARE:
2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19
Psalm 24
Ephesians 1:3-14
Mark 6:14-29
See serving schedule at the end of this publication, or click here.
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Important parish forum after church service
T
HIS SUNDAY,
July 15
. This forum will provide an opportunity to discuss staff changes at St. Matthew's, announced in a letter sent out last week and effective August 1. Please plan to attend. The letter is
attached here
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SAVE THE DATE: JULY 29
Celebration of Sally Ulrey's 15 years of ministry at St. Matthew's
Following the 9:30 a.m. service in the Parish Hall
Please mark your calendars. More info to follow.
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OUTREACH
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LAST WEEK FOR DONATIONS
TO SEVEN SPRINGS--
School Supplies Drive -
Through July 22nd
we will be collecting school supplies for the clients of Seven Springs.
You can find a list of supplies
HERE, and it is also posted on the Outreach bulletin board.
You can also find a wish list on
Amazon here. Amazon purchases can be sent directly to the church.
UPDATE--we have enough backpacks! We can still use more supplies to fill them!
On Sunday, 7/22, after the service we will fill backpacks with the school supplies. Everyone is invited to help with this, so plan to attend!
OTHER UPCOMING OUTREACH ACTIVITIES:
 Sing-along / Birthday Nursing Home Ministry At Delmar Gardens
4-5pm Saturday 7/28
Come join musicians from St Matthew's to sing Christian songs or help serve cake, ice cream and punch and mingle with the clients at the nursing home in Lawrenceville. For more information please contact Heather Pratt, Mindy Barringer or Chuck Marsh.
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Southeast Gwinnett Cooperative Ministry
Food Preparation for Monday Night Dinner
7/29 at 1:30 p.m. immediately following the celebration for Sally
we will prepare sandwiches, cut and package watermelon, and package cookies that will be served at the co-op on Monday evening, 7/30
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
 Another great VBS has come to a close. This year's theme was Rolling River Rampage, and we decorated the church with loaned camping gear, blue plastic, cardboard, and Christmas lights! We had around 49 adult and youth volunteers and about 67 campers.
Gosh, where to begin with the thanks? A special thanks to Sally Ulrey for wrangling the youth and opening and closing VBS each day. Thank you to all the center leads for devising meaningful activities and coming in each day ready to roll: Oscar De Leon and Amanda Lvermont in Snacks, Karen Whitehead and Persis Bristol in Music, Mother Liz in Story Time, Ciara Morris in Crafts, and Nate Olbon and Josh Hurst in Recreation. You all are the motor that keeps VBS running.
A huge shout out to Morgan Fletcher and Terri Hurst for helping keep me on track and taking over such tasks as needed, especially getting the dreaded name tags printed correctly! Thanks to Charmaine Warmington in the office for her patience as we took over the church, the copier, and her attention all week long.
Thanks also to Abby Whatley for making the Special Needs VBS such a huge success. We had three campers who participated in all the activities and had great fun!
Thank you as well to Steve McFarland for getting us set up with a sweet sound system and teaching the youth how to operate it. And last but certainly not least - a huge and hearty thank you to ALL the adult and youth volunteers! You helped in centers and shuffled the kids down the halls, rowing invisible boats as you went. You are the magic makers of VBS, and it's you who the kids will remember most. Bless you all and thank you for giving your time and talent to the St. Matt's VBS 2018.
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FLOWER VASES NEEDED -
The Flower Guild is in-need of vases. Flowers are often given to families, etc. and our supplies are once again low. If you have vases that you are no longer using, please consider giving them to the Flower Guild. Contact Janis Williams 770-367-4930 with questions. Thanks!
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BE A GARDENING ANGEL!!
As you enter and exit St Matthew's campus, take a few moments to observe the setting. We have seven acres, and are working hard to beautify and maintain the landscape. The gardens have been expanded and are looking beautiful. Our landscape company does a nice job of keeping our grass cut, edging and trimming shrubbery. Most of the planting, watering, and weeding, however, is being done by
just three Gardening Angels: Beth DiGiovanni, Heidi Byron, and Janis Williams. With a nice amount of rainfall lately, the plants
AND weeds are loving it! It requires almost constant attention, and
we need your help.
A lot can be accomplished in just an hour or two--even 30 minutes would be a help. If you would like to help us, please call me at 770-367-4930 to meet and I will be happy to tutor you in what is a weed, and what isn't, and how we do it. OK? You can make a big difference in a short amount of time.
Any amount of time weeding would be a great help in keeping the campus beautiful.
If you are not available for physical labor, we can also use donations for pine straw and hardwood mulch. We do not have enough!
Thanks so much,
Janis
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CHRISTIAN FORMATION
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EFM PROGRAM AT ST. MATTHEW'S
Members of the church are invited to participate in the EFM program which is offered here at St. Matt's: each Sunday from 12:30pm to 3pm commencing on the first Sunday after Labor day.
The cost is $375 which covers cost for all text books; provided by The University of the South, School of Theology. Seminars are interactive, and will begin on Sunday September 9th. 2018. The class schedule follows the Gwinnett County school schedule for holidays and breaks, and extends into mid-May.
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Youth--T-Shirt Fundraiser
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The Youth are Raising Funds to make the Undercroft a more warm and inviting space for Youth!
Please consider buying a shirt for yourself or as gifts for others to support the youth! The T-Shirt fundraiser will run through July 31st, and half of everything you spend will go toward the undercroft!
10 Designs to choose from!
Also selling shirts at church Sundays in July!
Please bring checks or cash with you on Sunday (we apologize that we cannot take credit cards or online money at this time). Give money to Sally Ulrey!
With the funds, the youth will create a seating/hang out/reception area, purchase recreational games like ping pong or fooseball table, and some decorations to make it feel more like a youth space, following the flood where they lost many of their items.
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FELLOWSHIP -- SAVE THE DATE!!
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Stone Mountain Park
October 19th, 20th & 21st
SAVE THE DATES
Fall 2018 Weekend Parish Retreat
Greetings!
Big News!! The weekend of October 19
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through the 21
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we will be celebrating a weekend of
"Fun, Food and Fellowship" at Stone Mountain Park. This parish-wide event is for the entire family. We are planning a weekend full of activities to allow for our church family to build community, have fun and grow spiritually. Activities are in the works that include parishioners of all ages and all our ministries at St. Matthew's.
Please plan to attend the activities for the weekend. We have secured the "J" camping trail at Stone Mountain. for this event. All parishioners that want to camp will be able to do so. The park also has two hotels on-site and for those who prefer to go in for the day, they will be able to do that as well. We will have the Holy Eucharist at the park on Sunday October 21
st
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Details of cost and activities schedule will be provided soon. Stay tuned!!!
Peace be with you!
Your Fellowship Committee
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PRESCHOOL and KINDERGARTEN www.stmatthewspreschool.org |
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Preschool Happenings
There is just one camp remaining this summer.
Our camps will be available to rising 2 year olds-rising 1st graders.
(Children who have not turned two years of age, by the onset of any given camp, may only attend 2 days.)
The Preschool will provide a snack and children will bring a lunch each day.
This Week!
Space Camp - July 16-20
Time: 9:30 a. m. - 1:30 p m
Cost: $100 per session
You can register on our website:
2018 - 2019 Preschool Registration Update!
T/Th Toddlers 4 openings
W/F Toddlers 6 openings
T-F Fours 5 openings
For full information on fees, registration and classes, check out the St. Matt's Preschool website,
Plan to do some online shopping?
We receive cash back for qualifying purchases on Amazon.com. There is NO COST to AmazonSmile customers. Link St. Matthew's Preschool to all of your purchases by logging in each time you shop through the following link: http://smile.amazon.com
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PLEASE KEEP THE FOLLOWING Snellville Police Officers i
n your prayers this month:
July Birthdays:
Detective Austin Saunders, July 3
Reginald Hubbard, July 8
Officer Terry Carpenter, July 12
Officer Phillip Poole, July 13
Communications Officer Clara Lara, July 31
Thank you to Mitch Michaels who baked some wonderful birthday treats for the officers. If you would like to provide a homemade or store-bought treat for the officers for their birthdays, please contact Becky Olbon at [email protected] or call 770-923-9186
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Coming In August
Lifetouch Photo Shoot
Do you wish you could put a face with a name? You will have the opportunity to do that soon!
Sittings for individuals and families (pets too!) will be available
August 23 - 27
to be gathered into a parish pictorial directory.
Look for brochures about the event around the church campus; think about ways to make your family's photos uniquely "you".
Sittings for friends and neighbors welcome also. Photo packages available .
To r
eserve your portrait session online
click here
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Sign up early to get your desired time slot.
Lifetouch will donate one photo to each family that can be used for our photo directory.
No purchase necessary.
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SERMON ON THE AMOUNT Through June, 2018
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SERVING SCHEDULE AND
EVENTS THIS WEEK
July 15, 2018 
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Be at peace.
Do not fear the changes of life, rather look to them with full hope as they arise. God, whose very own you are, will deliver you from out of them. He has kept you hitherto, and He will lead you safely through all things; and when you cannot stand it, God will bury you in His arms. Do not be afraid of what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting father who cares for you today will take care of you then and every day. He will either shield you from suffering, or will give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations.
-St. Francis de Sales
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