Wed Healing Eucharist at 10:30 a.m..

followed by

Walking with the Word Bible Study

at 11:30 in the library

***

Church office hours:

Monday - Thursday

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

Closed Fridays

Daylight Savings Time starts this weekend!

Set your clocks AHEAD one hour

Sat night 3/8 before you go to bed!

From this Sunday's readings:

"The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart"

because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord

and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 10:8b-9

March 9, 2025 - In This Issue

• Parish Workday Mar 8
• Walking Group - Dates and locations the week of 3/10
• Pancake Supper Photos
• Mavis Gordon 100th Birthday Celebration Mar 15
• Outreach Needs for March; Lenten Outreach Project
• Men's Trivia, Lunch Bunch, Restaurant Foyers
• Save the dates

Sunday, March 9, 2025

First Sunday in Lent

8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II

9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:30 a.m. Christian Formation Classes

for all ages

10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II**

Service Bulletin

View the service on FB

or

View the service on YouTube

**Nursery available for young children

Feature Photo of the Week:

Blessing of new Altar Linens & Vestments

Last Sunday

New vestments and altar linens were dedicated last Sunday, March 2 at the 8am service. The green linens will be used again during Ordinary time, which begins after Ascension Day in the liturgical calendar.

Children's Choir practice

after the 10:30 service

in the choir room

(education wing)

Please join us for Children’s Choir every Sunday in the choir room after the 10:30 service from 12:00 - 12:45 for lots of fun and music. We accept young singers, ages 4 through 3rd grade. It’s not too late to join in the fun! The choir will be sharing several more performances with the congregation before the end of the school year. Questions can be directed to Deb Herron or Karen Whitehead.

Parish Work Day

THIS Saturday, March 8, 8:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.

Clean up, spruce up, fix up day for the St. Matthew’s campus

We need YOU!

Come help--jobs for all ages, large and small,

inside and out, around the church grounds.

Lunch provided by the Brotherhood of St. Andrew.

Come for all day or an hour or two as you are able.

Please bring gloves, yard tools, wheelbarrows, etc. if you have them (mark them with your name).

This is a fun and family-friendly stewardship service day.

See you there!

For questions or more info, contact Bruce Bowen or Janis Williams.

The church car magnets are back! We now have car magnets and stickers (for those with cars that will not take a magnet, or for notebooks, cups and etc.). The magnets and stickers depict our wonderful stained glass window. These magnets and stickers serve as a wonderful community reminder of our active church. They are available for $2 each. They are available in the office or 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).

All are invited to celebrate parishioner Mavis Gordon’s 100th birthday with her next Saturday, March 15 at 3:00 p.m., followed by a reception in the parish hall. You are invited to drop off a birthday card for Mavis in the church office, or send one to her c/o the church, this week.

Potluck Dinner and a Movie

The Chosen, Season 4 resumes this Tuesday, March 11

Tuesdays 6:00—8:30 p.m. in the parish hall.

Bring a dish to share, watch the movie and share in the discussion afterwards.

The series runs Tuesdays through April 15, with the exception of Apr 8 (Spring Break week). See Fr. Tim or Trisha Voiles for more information.

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper Photos

Check out the photos from the pancake supper last Tuesday! The parish hall was decorated for Mardi Gras to mark the last day before Lent began on Ash Wednesday. The St. Matt's Youth parents made pancakes, bacon, sausage and all the fixin's, and the Youth served the meal. A coloring table gave children a chance to color Alleluias to bury, since Alleluias are not sung or said during Lent. The Alleluias were "buried" and will be retrieved at Easter.

All love offering funds collected go to help the youth program. See you next year!

Many thanks to the youth and their parents/grandparents whose efforts made the pancake supper such a huge success!

NEW! Looking for a walking group?

Here's the times and locations for the week of March 10: (dry days only): 

• Monday at 9 AM @ Sugarloaf Mills, 5900 Sugarloaf Pkwy #415, Lawrenceville, GA 30043, Theater Entrance/Park in Garage near theater
• Tuesday at 3 PM @ Alexander Park near the kid's playground/restroom area at the 800 Old Snellville Hwy, Lawrenceville entrance
• Friday at 1 PM @ Alexander Park near the kid's playground/restroom area at the 800 Old Snellville Hwy, Lawrenceville entrance

All are welcome!! Please contact Kim Beasley for more information.

Cafe Theology is reading the book The Bible With and Without Jesus, by Amy-Jill Levine and Mark Zve Brettler on their next meeting, Feb 15. The authors offer a guided tour of the most popular Hebrew Bible passages quoted in the New Testament illustrating what the texts meant in their original contexts and how Jews and Christians, over time, understood those same texts. 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, March 15.

For Lent the Outreach Committee is collecting needed items for the Church of the Common Ground, a ministry of the Diocese among the homeless population in downtown Atlanta. 

We are collecting the following:

-Individual water flavor packets for single serve bottles

-belVita Breakfast Biscuits

-Coffee-mate Non-Dairy Powdered Creamer

-Sugar

-or anything else from their Amazon wish list (see link below)

You may place items in the bin marked Donations for CCG in the main hallway near the Co-Op barrels.

If you prefer to send items direct through Amazon, please click here for the CCG Wish List. Thank you!

For more information about Church of the Common Ground, click here.

MARCH CO-OP FOOD DRIVE-Our designated item for March is jars of pasta sauce (Ragu, Bertolli, etc) for the Southeast Gwinnett Cooperative Ministries. Due to the high price of groceries, the number of families needing assistance has increased as many of these families are now living paycheck to paycheck. Currently they are servicing an average of 300 families a week. Donations of all canned or boxed foods, as well as personal care items, are always welcome and needed.



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.

Middle School Bible Study has begun! It will be held once a month in the undercroft at 4pm, right before youth! If you are interested in attending, let us know. The more the merrier! If you are interested in joining and have any questions, please contact Mandy Johnson or Jessie Hurst for details!

Highschool Bible Study is going strong with a weekly meeting on Monday evenings from 7- 8:30 pm! The dinner location changes weekly so if you are interested in joining and have any questions, please contact Mandy Johnson or Jessie Hurst for details!

Any questions, please speak with Mandy Johnson. 

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

Next dates: Mar 19 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: Mar 20, at 12 noon

Parkside Square Restaurant, 909 Parkside Walk Lane Lawrenceville GA 30043.

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

Restaurant Foyers: once each month at various restaurants in the area

Next date: Saturday, March 29 at 12:00 NOON

The Flying Machine at Brisco Field, 510 Briscoe Blvd, Lawrenceville GA 30046

Individuals and couples. Sign up on Realm or let Warren or Rebecca know you will attend.

Contact: Warren Drury or Rebecca Bowen

Birthdays and Anniversaries Mar 9-15



Birthdays: Bill Hurd, Quinn Richards, Ptod Imhansi-Jacob, Mavis Gordon, Kathy Bronaugh, Kenny Matteson, Richard Morris, Muhanuzi Mugisa, Michael Muhanuzi, Hugh Hansen, Joseph Bolay, Eudora Goodman, Cyrus Ludwig. 

(No anniversaries this week)

Sunday Breakfast Host Sign Up –

Thank you for all who have signed up!



Breakfast this Sunday morning: Jim Jung, Gary Ellis, Jack Denton, Jack Reynolds, & 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 one Sunday in March, please click here.

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

GIVE ONLINE THROUGH REALM

To request a Commitment Form,

please click here.

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church

Website

Financial Giving in REALM

stmatthewssnellville.org/givenow 

or

Text Stmattsnell to 73256