St. Matthew's Messenger, June 8, 2025

Wed Healing Eucharist 10:30 a.m.

followed by

Walking with the Word Bible Study

at 11:30 a.m. in the library

***

Church office hours:

Monday - Thursday

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

Closed Fridays

From this Sunday's readings:

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;

I will praise my God while I have my being.

Psalm 104:34

June 8, 2025 - In This Issue

Rector's Corner

Baptisms on Pentecost- THIS SUNDAY (ONE SERVICE at 10:00)

HS & College Graduation Recognition this Sunday

Auditions for St. Matt's Mystery Dinner Theater June 23-24

St. Matt's Annual Parish Picnic July 6

Save the Dates! Mystery Dinner Theater Aug 23; Fall Vintage Bazaar Sept 20

VBS - Registration for Volunteers and Campers is OPEN!

Flat St. Matt Challenge!

Garden Angels Needed!

DOK Study

Outreach: Co-Op Special Food Donation Drive; Volunteers needed for special program

Walking Group Schedule

Men's Trivia, Lunch Bunch

Save the Dates

Sunday, June 8, 2025

The Day of Pentecost

9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II

with Holy Baptism **

Service Bulletin

View the service on Facebook

View the service on YouTube

**Nursery available for young children

Please note that Children's Chapel is taking a break and will resume Aug 3.

Feature Photo of the Week:

THIS Sunday is Pentecost!

SINGLE SERVICE AT 10:00 A.M.

Don't forget to wear RED THIS SUNDAY for Pentecost: ONE SERVICE at 10:00 AM. Wearing red on Pentecost symbolizes the fire of the Holy Spirit. It represents the burning fire of God’s love and the tongues of fire that descended upon the apostles, marking the birth of the Church.

Rector's Corner: Pentecost!

We will conclude the Easter season with the Day of Pentecost this Sunday. This major feast day is the Church's celebration of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples after Jesus' ascension, as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. We will have a special service on Sunday morning at 10:00. Please wear red, the color associated with the feast day, which symbolizes the Holy Spirit and the "tongues of fire" that rested on the disciples. We will also baptize two members of the community and join with God in the new things that God is doing among them, as well as the St. Matthew's Community. Sunday promises to be a celebratory day for many reasons.

One of the many things I love about the Day of Pentecost is how St. Matthew's mirrors the early Church. There is excitement, hope, wonder, curiosity, and a profound awareness of the Holy Spirit's movement taking place in our community. As we worship and welcome the newly baptized this Sunday, let us remember that we are the Church that trusts God is with us and helps us discern what God is calling us to do, both in the short term and for the future.

I look forward to seeing how the Holy Spirit will move throughout our worship service on Sunday and how St. Matthew's will experience its presence, discovering, both deeply and intimately, what God is calling us to do, both on and off our campus in Snellville. I'll see you all at Church!

Blessings,

Fr. Tim

Outreach

Volunteer Opportunities for June at the Co-Op - CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO!

The Food Co-op is looking for Volunteers to Assist with a Special Program

Mark DiGiovani has offered to teach a "Budgeting and Debt Management" class to the clients at the Southeast Gwinnett Cooperative Ministries. Out of necessity, several of the clients will have to bring their children with them.

The co-op has asked St Matthew's to provide about 3-4 people to serve as babysitters while the class is being held.

Dates: Tuesday, June 17th and Thursday, June 19th Time: 6 - 8 pm

Location: At the co-op, 55 Grayson Industrial Parkway, Grayson, Ga

Please sign up on the bulletin board in the main hallway, or contact Dottie Merrifield if you can help.

JUNE SPECIAL CO-OP FOOD DRIVE -

June is the month in which St. Matthew's focuses on collecting additional items for the Southeast Gwinnett Cooperative Ministries.

This month the Co-op has asked that we center our June donation item on jelly. The Outreach Committee would also like to collect canned vegetables such as; canned corn, green beans and carrots.

Beginning this Sunday the Outreach Committee will be handing out bags with an attached food list after both services, Please fill bag and return to the barrel in the hallway outside of the Parish Hall by June 27th. All items will be delivered to the Co-op during our Stock the Shelves on June 28th.

Contact: Cheryl Wheeler or Dottie Merrifield if you have any questions.

For more information about the SE Gwinnett Co-Op or to volunteer, please visit their website.

Thank you for your continued support in helping the Co-Op feed those in need.

“For I was hungry and you gave me food,

I was thirsty and you gave me drink,

I was a stranger and you welcomed me,”

Matthew 25:35

Around St. Matt's

Many thanks to Clay Olbon and Warren Drury for organizing the

St. Matt's field trip to the Striper's game on Friday, May 30. We had a total of 65 members attend the fun outing!

For photos from the evening, click here.

ST MATT'S DINNER THEATER AUDITIONS

Auditions for Mystery Dinner theater: Monday June 23rd with further auditions and callbacks on June 24th 6:30 - 8:30pm in the parish hall.

Contact: Beth Fisher or the church office

SAVE THE DATE!

Join us in the Parish Hall for Mystery at Montley's Manor - a Dinner Theater event! Be entertained as you dine and ask "whodunit" questions of the "Montley" crew of characters! Everyone's got a theory, but there are more twists than a plate of rotini! Intrigue, conjecture and humor ensues with a challenging theme: What does it profit a man to gain the world, yet lose his soul?

Shows: Saturday, August 23rd, with doors opening at 6:30 PM and Sunday, August 24th, with doors opening at 1:00 PM. Ticket sales begin soon so save the date! $40/pp tickets include a meal, show, and soft drink beverage.

IT'S TIME TO REGISTER!

Calling all Campers and Volunteers

July 7-11 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Ages rising Pre-K through rising 5th grade.

VBS registration is OPEN on Realm for volunteers and campers rising Pre-k—5th grade.

Volunteers needed for this exciting week. Sign up to volunteer for all week, or just a day or two as your schedule permits.

Contact Terri Hurst for more information.

If you have problems registering, please contact Terri Hurst or the church office.

St. Matthew’s Annual Independence Day Picnic Celebration

Sunday July 6, 2025

Following the 10:30 service

Hamburgers, hot dogs, all the fixins & drinks provided

Bring a side dish or dessert to share--

(drop it off in the kitchen Sunday morning labeled

with your name on containers)

Contact: Warren Drury or any Fellowship Committee member

Our 2nd Annual Fall Vintage Bazaar

is scheduled for

Saturday, September 20th, 2025.

We are looking for both volunteers and vendors!

Contact Beth Fisher for more information

URGENT NEED: Be an ANGEL!

It's Spring, and summer is coming. Our beautiful gardens are coming back to life, and to keep them beautiful and thriving through the year it takes WATER. Our St. Matt's Garden Guild needs garden Angels to help with that task over the next few months to care for them, and to help with other garden care and maintenance (weeding, etc.). Can you spare 30 min or so on a regular basis to help? There will be a signup sheet on the Building and Grounds bulletin board in the main hallway. Pick an area you can help care for and do the watering on your schedule. Contact Janis Williams for more information. It takes a village, and as we know, It's the People!

He's Back!

Do you have Flat St. Matt hiding in a drawer or cabinet from last year? It's time to bring him out into the light--Flat Matt wants to go traveling again this summer.

Can't find him? We'll have more Flat Matts available starting this Sunday. Ask an usher for one for your household and snap some photos of him on his adventures this summer.

Challenge: Flat Matt gets bored, so help him find unique, funny or interesting places to be seen. He's met cows in Alabama, been almost swallowed by an alligator in the Okefenokee, met a US President, and visited Vegas.

Not going on vacation this summer? No problem! Flat Matt loves to meet people. Who is your neighbor? Who’s the grocery clerk at your supermarket, or friends & family at the park, or the pool? And your pets—don’t forget them!

So who will he meet, or what will he be up to this summer with you? YOU might be the one to win a coveted Matty Award on St. Matthew's Day in September, so take up the challenge, and send your best pics to the church office, and watch for them on the bulletin board or in the newsletter this summer. Don’t have a Flat Matt? Speak to an usher, or check in the church office during the week.

Daughters of the King Study

St. Matthew’s Ruth Chapter of the DOK is offering an opportunity of study for all women who would like to consider becoming members in the Order of The DOK.

“The order’s purpose is to bring others into a living, loving relationship with Jesus our Lord and Savior and to strengthen the spiritual life of the church.”

“Members undertake a Rule of Life, incorporating the Rule of Prayer and the Rule of Service.”

The study meets Sundays at 9:15 in the DOK room (just off the main hallway). If you have questions please contact Cecilia Billingsly, Gail Sawyer or Peggy Isaacs.

Looking for a walking group?

Here's the walking club's schedule beginning Monday, May 5th.

Due to increasing temps, no afternoon times are planned.

The walking club will meet on Mondays at 9 AM, Tuesdays at 7 AM and Fridays at 9 AM at Alexander Park (800 Old Snellville Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30044.) We will meet near the children's play area and restrooms. All are welcome to join us!!

All are welcome!! Please contact Kim Beasley for more information or to confirm the walking club's meeting schedule in case of rain or extreme temps.

St. Matthew's Preschool

Preschool Summer Camps

Rising 2 year olds - Rising First Grade

9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Star-Spangled Camp June 9 - 13 This Week!

Gardening Camp July 21 - 25

For more information or to register your child, go to the preschool website.

Cafe Theology is reading the book The Bible With and Without Jesus, by Amy-Jill Levine and Mark Zve Brettler, and meets the 1st and 3rd Sat/month from 10-11:30 a.m. am in the church library. All are welcome. It is not necessary to have read these books to just drop in and listen. The next meeting will be Sat, June 7.

Men's Trivia 1st & 3rd Wednesdays each month @ 7:00 p.m.

Next dates: June 4 & 18 at 7:00 p.m.

McCray’s Tavern, 100 N. Perry St. L’ville

All men of the parish are invited. Contact: Levi Livermont, Jay Jones

Lunch Bunch 3rd Thursday each month at 12 noon at various restaurants in the area

Next date: June 19, at 12 noon

First Watch, in the Publix Shopping Center 4325 Atlanta Hwy

Loganville, GA 30052-2341

Everyone is invited. Contact: Joan Kengla Please let Joan know you will attend.

Birthdays and Anniversaries June 8 - 14

Birthdays: Mike Bowden, Alyssa Hervis, Jackson Suttles, Sharon Ferrell, Clay Olbon, Oliver Faircloth, Aidan Furman, Siata Walker, Shirley Brown, Larry Thomas, Karen Morgan

Anniversaries: Beth & Scott Fisher, Jim & Sam Renfro, Susan Larson & Kay MacAllen, Derrick & Flo McDonald

Sunday Breakfast Host Sign Up –

Thank you for all who have signed up!

Breakfast this Sunday morning: Jack Denton, Jack Reynolds, Gary Ellis, Jim Jung,

and Kenny Adkins.

Did you know there are 3 ways you can sign up to use your time and talents to help with Sunday Breakfast?

You can contact Trisha Voiles, you can Sign up on the list in the office hallway bulletin board, or you can click on the below links for sign up genius.

If you can help in June, click here.

To volunteer in July, click here.

Thank you to all who signed up to host breakfast one Sunday!

Do you have a car magnet? We have car magnets, and stickers (for those with cars that will not take a magnet, or for notebooks, cups and etc.). available for $2 each in the office. See Susan Carson, Karen Wilson or Diane Eberhart if you would like one. (Please note, exact change is appreciated, as we do not keep cash in the office).