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The Weekly Link July 29th-August 4th, 2018 stmattsrva.org |
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The gutters at St. Matthew's are getting a workout this week!
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JOIN US THIS SUNDAY FOR THE 2ND 5TH SUNDAY LUNCH, A NEW TRADITION AT ST. MATTHEW'S! Lunch is served this Sunday following the 10:30 a.m. service. Come and get a sandwich and enjoy the company of our church community. Say hello to a friend or someone you haven't met before, it's a great time for fellowship!
THE STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE has invited Julie Simonton, Director of Congregational Development and Stewardship for the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, to join us this Sunday, July 29th, for worship and fellowship. Following the 5th Sunday Lunch, Julie will meet with the Stewardship Committee--all are welcome to attend this meeting! Julie's brief bio can be found at
http://www.thediocese.net/staff/julie-simonton/
NO ROTTEN APPLES HERE, NO SIR! Come see for yourself in the Parish Hall after today's 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services. Your Abundance quilt tickets are waiting and your donation goes to help Dave Matlak's work in Kenya. A win-win! Drawing will be on September 23rd.
ST. MATTHEW'S ENDOWMENT FUND
APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS
It's almost that time of the year to start thinking about groups and organizations you would like to see supported by the St. Matthew's Endowment Fund. Each year, the Endowment distributes 4% of its balances to activities nominated by members of the church. The goal is for 50% of the grants to go for projects inside the church and 50% to activities outside the church. This year, the amount available for grants is $32,392.01. Applications will be made available in mid-August with a deadline for submission of September 30th. Look for further notices about this funding opportunity in coming weeks. If you have any questions, please call Chris Lloyd at 217-7892.
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UPCOMING DATES FOR BAPTISM are St. Matthew's Day, September 23rd, October 14th, and November 4th (Sunday After All Saints'). If you desire baptism on one of these dates, please contact the office at 288-1911 or
whitney@stmattsrva.org.
FLYING SQUIRRELS OR THE YARD GOATS?! Who do you think will win this rivalry? Join St. Matthew's Saturday, August 18th, for a church fellowship event. We have reserved 20 tickets in the field section (real seats, by popular request) at $11 each. Sign-up after church or contact Lissa Power-deFur at
lpowerdefur@gmail.com or 288-8010.
FOR YOUR CALENDAR There will be one service on St. Matthew's Day, Sunday, September 23rd. The combined service will be at 9:30 a.m.
THE 4:30 p.m. THURSDAY AFTERNOON WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY
will be taking a two week summer break.
The next meeting will be August 16 when we will begin a new series, Meeting the Spirit.
Join us in the Library on August 16.
MONDAY NIGHT WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY will begin a new study on August 6th called The Names of God by Ann Spangler. While there are 52 weeks in this study, we will be discussing several each week. Please consider joining us from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall beginning August 6th. If you are interested and would like a book, contact Ramona Neifeld at 749-3260 or
rsneifeld11@gmail.com
ADULT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Join us at 9:15 a.m. in the Parish Hall on August 5th when we discuss Friendship (philia). Lewis states that to the Ancients, "Friendship seemed the happiest and most fully human of all loves." We will consider the importance of Friendship to our understanding of love.
ANGLICAN FRONTIER MISSIONS IS TURNING 25! A.F.M. is committed to going where the need is greatest, planting indigenous churches among the largest and least-evangelized people groups in the world. Although 67 generations have come and gone and since Jesus' resurrection, over 2 billion people are still unreached with the good news of His love for them. This unseen 1/4th of the world's population has little or no geographic or cultural access to the Gospel. AFM mobilizes churches and sends short and long-term missionaries to do pioneer, frontier missions to areas where a viable and visible church still does not exist. Come celebrate God's faithfulness to AFM over the past 25 years in a communion service of thanksgiving on September 15th, 2018. To register and for more information, please visit
https://anglicanfrontiers.com/25-year-anniversary. We look forward to celebrating with you!
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"I
 always got sober for someone else," he said. "That was my problem."
After four DUIs, unsuccessful short-term treatment programs, and three alcohol-related visits to the hospital, David had hit rock bottom. On his way home from the final hospital visit, he visited a liquor store. A friend from his recovery network came over.
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I'm tired of watching you kill yourself," she said. "I'm taking you to The Healing Place or you'll never see me again."
This was
David's Chance. See the entire story at:
The Care Package Tree and Sign up Sheets are available in the Parish Hall. Sign up sheets will be coming out soon for volunteers. Our C.A.R.I.T.A.S week is October 13th-20th. Please consider volunteering in any capacity this week!
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