Let me clarify something.
Our livestream revamp is fully covered by an inheritance we received from two beloved members and good friends of mine, Fred Stearns and Eileen Engleson Stearns. We could never have done this work without their gift, nor would we have even thought of doing it.
However, I would like to raise $5,000 to $6,000 and keep more of their gift in our “rainy-day fund.” It’s not essential to raise the money. I just feel it would be good to do so.
Listen—for most of my years at St. Matthew, we had a hard struggle financially. We always made it. I know that God has been with us all the way. But I like to keep things on the safe side.
I plan to give some to the project. I will also do a special concert to help raise funds. If you want to give something, wonderful.
If not, you know that’s fine too.
The project will be completed soon, and I consider it very important. Our livestream represents us to the world beyond our walls. And we want people to see us and know us as we are. In the future, this may be our main source of new members.
Fred and Eileen have allowed us to take on a big project. It includes completely rewiring our sound and video systems, building a new video booth, and installing new cameras.
I am deeply grateful to Fred and Eileen that we can do this work. They looked hard for a church like St. Matthew after they moved to Oklahoma. They never found one. Fortunately, they could still watch our services by livestream every Sunday.
They lived far away, but this was still their church.
We thank God for them and their love for St. Matthew.
PENTECOST!!!
This is a great Sunday.
Put on something red and let’s celebrate the “Birthday of the Church.”
My sermon: The Big Bang of Pentecost
Look forward to some great special music.
And—yes—we WILL sing Pentecostal—
And—yes—we WILL hold those long notes until someone in the congregation passes out.
We won’t have our usual Pentecost meal after church, because the folks who work the kitchen have had to do it too often lately. They need a rest.
But we will have one great day in the name of our Lord.
(By the way—it was good to have Mary back last week. She’ll preach on the 15th—a week from this Sunday.)
Discovering God Class
Listen! I promise you—there was no class in any church in the Metroplex, and perhaps in all of Texas, that had a better discussion than we had last week. What a great bunch of folks we have in this class!
This week, our long journey brings us to the cross.
Amazingly, our study of religious experience has brought us here.
Class begins at 9:45, followed by breakfast.
Breakfast This Sunday
It’s a “We-Bring” Sunday.
If we don’t bring—no breakfast.
Breakfast starts at 10:30.
Come early and eat.
This fellowship time is lovely.
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The sermon this Sunday will remind us that God knows what is needed when it is needed. That was true at Pentecost—and it’s true in our lives.
Come. Rejoice with us.
Come. Let us learn of the Lord together.
Come. This Sunday.
God Bless,
—MB
