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  • Mary’s Corner

    Mary Teague

    Greetings St. Matthew,

    I am still basking in the joy and comfort I felt at the end of the service yesterday. It is so very good to be loved by God and to share that love with all of you. Blake’s song was very meaningful to me as well, on top of his beautiful delivery of the music. We are blessed to hear great singing and great preaching. While reading my email this morning, I learned a few things about the ordination process. I wish I could tell you that what I learned was good news; instead, it is rather frustrating to me. My upcoming interview is a second interview with the District Committee on Ministry. These interviews are annual interviews and this one is to procure a recommendation for commissioning. If that happens, I will then have three more interviews (over the next 3 years) with the Board of Ordained Ministry. So close, and yet still so far. I am begging God for patience today. And for the power to trust the timing and the process. I am so very grateful that you allow me to fulfill my calling now. You and I are not waiting for permission or acknowledgement from anyone before living the gospel in our neighborhood. This gives me strength and the willingness to persevere.

    To the women of St. Matthew (and any other women), please join us on September 21st at 11:30 am as we renew our bi-monthly women’s lunches. Please RSVP to Veta McCullough by call or text: 8179941619 or by email: [email protected] or [email protected]. We had a glorious time at these events in the past and I hope many of you can attend. Please also let Veta know if you have any requests for programming as she and Peggy Decker are going to work to create some meaningful and enjoyable activities for the meetings.

    Finally, I will be preaching this weekend and I need your prayers this week as I prepare.

    My love to you all, Mary

  • Kids’ News

    Sue Kelcey

    It was obvious last Sunday that our kids were taking advantage of the last weekend before school starts. I certainly missed them!

    Since this Saturday is Miss Vickie’s birthday, I picked up Bundt cakes to celebrate. We had a cake for Miss Vickie and baby Bundt cakes for each of the kids! Bridget was even there to help with any little children we might have. We had our lesson ready about the Passover.

    The Passover is a Jewish holiday that honors the exodus of God’s people from Egypt. The most central part of the Passover is the seder meal. One prominent part of this meal is the unleavened bread. This bread is used to represent both the sadness and the hastiness in which the Israelites left Egypt. There was no time to allow the bread to rise.

    The festival of Passover is one of great joy. People come together to remember God’s protection and God’s mercy for His people. When we celebrate Passover, we can celebrate all that God has done for us and trust in His promises.

    Bring Mom and Dad to church this Saturday evening so we can celebrate the wonderful music our church has to offer! See you there!

    Blessings

  • St. Matthew Today for August 16, 2023

    Jason Hardy
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  • 2335 – Where The Proof Lies

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    Acts 9:1-9 New International Version

    Saul’s Conversion

    9 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

    5 “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.

    “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. 6 “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

    7 The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound but did not see anyone. 8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.9 For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.

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  • Friday’s Word

    Max Brennan

    Some scientists dismiss religion as myth and nonsense.

    They may throw a sop to believers, saying religion is a whole other thing, unrelated to science. So, people can believe in God if it makes them feel good.

    But science and religion both seek ultimate reality. And there can be only one ultimate reality, not one for science and one for religion.

    If scientific truth and religious truth do not agree, one of them must be wrong. I would never believe a lie because it makes me feel good.

    Let’s get real here.

    Not only does God exist, God is the ultimate reality for both science and religion.

    At the deep level of quantum physics, science and religion begin to merge. Quantum physics and religious experience are doorways to the same transcendent world.

    Why is this?

    As physicist Bernard Haisch puts it, “God has made all things from himself.” (Let that sink in.)

    So, Paul could say, “In him we live and move and have our being.”

    We are, then, one with God and one with one another.

    And Jesus could say, “Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me.”

    He meant that literally.

    Many Christians fear that science will one day discover something that will prove God does not exist.

    But that’s impossible.

    Every discovery in science takes us closer to God. It is non-believing scientists who need to fear.

    The deeper they dig, the clearer God will become.

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    Hey! One week away!

    Another concert at 6:00 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 19.

    Yes, I, too, will sing.