Warden's Report; A Word From Mother Pat+; New Outreach Projects; And More!

St. Matthew's Messenger January 30, 2022

Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany

Wednesday Healing Service

Wednesday Jan 26

in the sanctuary

***

The church office is open

10 a.m. -1:00 p.m.

Monday through Thursday.

Closed Fridays

This Week January 30, 2022

Sunday Services

8:00 and 10:45 a.m.

Holy Eucharist

Sunday, January 30 both services**

Service Bulletin

or attend the 10:45 a.m. service virtually

on Facebook Live

** All persons are requested to wear a mask at both services,

regardless of vaccination status.

Thank you for understanding.

A Word from Mother Pat+: Growing Deeper

What a great annual meeting! It was wonderful to see so many people in person and on zoom for the annual meeting. Thank you for your participation in the meeting, and a special thank you to everyone who gave of their time and talent in ministry this past year. St. Matthew’s has continued to thrive even in the midst of a pandemic. That success is because of you.

Read the full article here.

Warden's Corner: A Word from Trisha Voiles,

New Senior Warden

I feel honored to be placed in the position of Senior Warden at St. Matthew's. I have been attending St. Matthew’s going on 37 years and I am honored to follow so many wonderful Senior Wardens.

For those who do not know my background, I have been active with ECW, and as chair for over 15 years; Sunday School Superintendent under Jim Johnson for 5 years; Youth Team while my two now grown daughters attended; am currently part of the Flower Guild and dabbling in Building & Grounds, Finance, Fellowship, and Inreach (pastoral care ministries).

I wake up in the middle of the night with what I see in my heart as nudges from God with ideas for St. Matthew's. A fire has been ignited in me this past year to keep St. Matt's alive and active. I realize that we have had some difficult years with the pandemic and changes in leadership, yet I am optimistic that “WE” the people of St. Matthew’s will continue to grow and flourish.

You will be hearing this year about the values the Vestry has been discussing of spiritual growth, forgiveness, and tolerance/diversity/belonging. We hear many comments about communication needing help. Communicating with the parish is an area I would like to work on, but it takes two sides. We need to be open to communication as well. I encourage you to read the newsletters, emails, and announcements. Take a few moments to watch the slideshow with announcements and upcoming events before the service, which can be rewatched at your convenience. Prayerfully consider what ministry area might be calling you, and let me know if you have questions about anything.

I encourage you to drop me an email with your ideas so we can keep our fire burning, or let me know of any concerns you might have as we move into this new year. Working together we will continue to build a community filled with the Love of God.

New Beginnings Weekend for Middle School Youth March 18-20 at Camp Mikell

Registration for Staff and Campers

This diocesan spiritual renewal weekend for middle school youth is packed with fun and fellowship, and is staffed by adult sponsors and high school students. For more detailed information or to volunteer as an adult sponsor, please contact Holly Bond.

Participant registration: https://www.tfaforms.com/4940550

Team registration: https://www.tfaforms.com/4940562

Team training will be held at the cathedral on Marth 5th. More details to follow.

Outreach

Volunteers are needed to help cook and serve for the Co-Op dinner this Monday, January 31st. Dinner will be cooked in the St. Matthew’s kitchen from 1-3pm on Monday and serving will be at the Co-Op from 3-7pm on Monday. If you would like to help, sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F45ADAA28A13-13122

January Food Drive

This month we are focusing on the following items

for the co-op food drive:

Toilet Paper, tampons, shampoo/conditioner and canned fruit

You can place these items in the donation barrels in the hallway

outside the parish hall.

Thank you!

February Focus: Necessities Drive for Mending the Gap

In February we will focus our donation efforts on toilet paper, paper towels, and adult diapers for Mending the Gap and their senior care program.

New! Serving Families at Promise Haven

with Family Promise

Promise Haven is open and hosting families! St. Matthew’s will be serving families at Promise Haven from March 20th-27th 2022. There will be a variety of ways to get involved during this week and beyond, so please take a moment to add your name and email to the interest and information list here as a lot of information will be shared in the coming weeks.

For current information regarding St. Matthew’s Promise Haven hosting in 2022, see http://www.stmatthewssnellville.org/ministries/outreach/family-promise-hosting-information/

For more about Family Promise of Gwinnett go to https://familypromisegwinnett.org/

The Hunger Walk is back on Sunday, March 6th! 2022 is an Onsite/Virtual Hybrid, so you have your choice of how you would like to be involved. The Onsite walk will be at the Home Depot Backyard at Mercedes Benz Stadium.

St. Matthew’s has a goal to raise $2,500 for the Southeast Gwinnett Co-Op through the Hunger Walk this year and the need is greater than ever! Even if you can’t join the onsite or virtual walk donations made through the link below are greatly appreciated.

http://engage.acfb.org/goto/stmatts

Around St. Matt's

Birthdays and Anniversaries

1/30 -2/5

Birthdays: Susan Mojcik, Peggy Harrison, Jenny Griffiths, Nancy Ryan

Anniversaries: Josh & Kim Hedden

Thank You, Brotherhood!

Many thanks to the Brotherhood of St. Andrew for once again serving up a wonderful fish fry. They served approximately 125 meals after our Vestry Annual Meeting last week, both in-person and take-out.

Lunch Bunch

The next Lunch Bunch will meet on Thursday, February 11 at Sam's on Main, 2135 Loganville Hwy, Grayson, GA 30017. Any questions or to let her know you'll be attending, please contact Becky Olbon.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT PARISH COMMUNICATIONS:

Please note that Mother Pat will NOT EVER send you an email or text message asking you for a favor or for money or for anything else except prayers. Do not open or respond to any e-mail which appears to be from the parish but does not come to you with the parish email address.

How do you know if it is a valid message? Hover your cursor over the sender’s name and you will see the actual address of the spammer. Report any spam to your email provider and change your email password just to be safe. If you get an email that you did not request, block it and report it to your email provider. Never click and respond to the email link provided.

Thanks for helping us stop this long-standing problem with spam/spoof messages.

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