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Week of May 28, 2017
Our mission is to continue the Incarnation
of our
Lord Jesus Christ
by serving the
greater community through
loving its children, caring for the unfortunate,
and witnessing to the healing power of God's love.
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Committee Meetings This Week:
The Outreach meeting scheduled for
6:00 p.m. Wednesday,
May 24 has been cancelled.
All vestry and committee meetings are open to everyone.
Want to get more involved in your church community? Come to a meeting!
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SUMMER SCHEDULE --
Two Services through June 25
SINGLE COMBINED SERVICE 9:30 A.M.
on
JULY 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30
Two services resume AUGUST 6 w/Blessing of the Backpacks 8:00 and 10:30 a.m.
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OFFICE HOURS
Regular Office Hours:
Mon-Thurs 9-5
Fri 9-1
Please note that the office will be closed Monday, May 29, for Memorial Day.
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Pledge Statements
- January-April 2017 are now available for pickup. You may find them in the Narthex.
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Prayer and Meditation Links
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Is Stephen Ministry Part of Your Walk?
You've been reading a lot about Stephen Ministry at St. Matthew's lately. You've learned that Stephen Ministers are lay people who, through training, learn skills and develop their spiritual gifts to offer the best one-on-one care to those who are hurting. Some examples of who we walk alongside are those who have lost a job, have lost a loved one, have gone through a divorce, are battling a terminal illness or facing one of the many other life challenges.
No doubt, you've experienced one or more of these difficulties, too. It's tough. It's ugly. It can be heartbreaking. Can you imagine how much talking to a trained, trustworthy, confidential and caring person would have comforted you? How it would have been with this faithful ally to help you face the days when all the family and friends had returned to their daily lives? How it would have been to feel the solace that comes from knowing one of God's representatives was walking with you through the "valley of the shadow of death"? What a difference, right?
Would you like to be that person for someone else? Someone who lightens the burdens of others as you step with them? If so, we'd love to chat. Please contact us:
Priscilla Trescott
(704-778-6145)
Mother Liz (770-979-4210)
The application to become a Stephen Minister is now on our website. Check it out!
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Please join us this Seventh Sunday of Easter
May 28, 2017
Memorial Day
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
9:00 a.m. Breakfast
10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
THE READINGS FOR THIS SUNDAY ARE:
Acts 1:6-14
1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11
John 17:1-11
Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36
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Memorial Day Commemoration This Sunday, May 28
Memorial Day
, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of the United States of America. As part of our service on Sunday, May 28, we will remember in prayer those of our loved ones and friends who died in service to their country.
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SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM OFFERED PENTECOST, JUNE 4
The sacrament of Holy Baptism will be offered at Pentecost on Sunday, June 4. If you or your children desire to be baptized, please contact
Mother Liz or
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St. Matthew's
Spring Into
A Safe and Fun Summer!
WHERE: PARISH HALL AND UNDERCROFT
WHEN: Next Sunday, JUNE 4, 2017
TIME: AFTER THE 10:30 SERVICE
Plan to stay after church and enjoy BBQ and dessert while our youth
participate in role-play with the Snellville Police Department in the
Undercroft (see info in this newsletter)!
Our police department will demonstrate to our youthful drivers
via role play what to do (and NOT to do) during a traffic stop.
While our young drivers are learning how to have a safe summer,
we will chow down on some BBQ and yummy berry shortcake!
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Summer Mana!
Summer Mana is a program designed to help bridge the gap some families face during the summer months, when school is out and children are home from school. It offers additional meals for school aged children in these families which had been covered by school lunches during the year.
The SE Gwinnett Co-op has changed their Summer Manna program this year. Instead of going to the neighborhoods to deliver lunch daily they are allowing the families to come to co-op additional times to pick-up more food to accommodate the needs of the children out of school for the summer.
What does this mean for St. Matthew's?
We would like to provide the following on Wed 7/5 and Fri 7/7:
Six volunteers from St. Matthew's on 7/5 and 7/7 each day from 9:45 - 3:30, adult or high school age, to help with the distribution time. Duties will consist of processing donations, stocking shelves, pulling orders, assisting clients with the exit area and loading items into the client's car. We will be able to split the day into shifts if you can't be there the entire time.
Two additional volunteers to help pick up the standing order from Aldi on these days. Volunteers should have a pick - up truck or SUV to transport the items back to the Co-op. The pick - up time is at 9am and only takes an hour.
Two volunteers on 7/5 and 7/7 to supervise the Co-op's new program called Fun in the Sun. This will be for the children of the clients to play outside on the front lawn while they wait. The Co-op will have a Bounce House, Games, Bubble Bonanza and a reading circle under the tree. This would be from 10am -2pm and volunteers may bring their own children to this event if they wish.
Watch for more information coming soon to sign up via the Co-op's iVolunteer.
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Partnering with the Snellville Police Department
What to do when you're pulled over
June 4th, after 10:30 service
St. Matthew's has been chosen to partner with the Snellville Police Department for building relationships in our community.
One opportunity for partnership is on June 4th after the 10:30 service. The Snellville PD is offering a workshop on what to do when you're pulled over. This is for youth, their parents, their friends, to learn how to reduce anxiety and risk during traffic stops. Save the date!
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Reading Camp at Snellville
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on-perishable items
needed for our 5th Reading Camp
June 19-23, 2017
Reading Camp at Snellville, a project of St. Matthew's Global Mission Committee, is no longer affiliated with the Reading Camp Network based in the Diocese of Lexington (Kentucky). Due to a re-structuring of the Reading Camp Network, only camps located within the Commonwealth of Kentucky are a part of the network. Thus, Reading Camp at Snellville is an independent camp located at and affiliated with St. Matthew's.
A donation board will be available in the Narthex.
Donations may be placed in the blue bin in the Old Narthex by June 12th
- 10 Pot holder looms- 7 inch- preferably metal. These can be new or used but in good condition
- 6 16 oz bags pot holder loops
- Yarn- any colour- 4 ply- cotton or acrylic
- 2 sets Pick-Up Sticks- plastic or wooden- new or good condition complete set used
- 48 plastic coat hangers
- Board games- new or good condition used complete sets
- 3 pks glue sticks
- 1 pk. sidewalk chalk
- 8 hand sanitizers
- 10 boxes facial tissues
- 3 doz. pencils
- blunt point school scissors
- Erasable Expo markers- low odor
Please pray each day for camp, campers, campers' families and staff
We have placed a blue bin in the Old Narthex to receive donations.
Remember!!! READING ROCKS!
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Reading Camp --St. Matthew's Volunteers
Please save the Date and Plan to Attend
Safeguarding God's Children
for those who have not been trained or need to renew their training:
Sunday June 11 after the 10:30 AM service- please let Cicely Simon know if you will attend this training.
Orientation for all volunteers:
Saturday, June 17 from 10:00 AM- Noon including set-up of camp and Counselor Training
Open House for campers, families and friends and St. Matthew's parishioners Sunday, June 18 following the 10:30 AM service.
Thank you for volunteering for Reading Camp. If you find that you cannot participate, please let
Reid Peterson or me know.
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VBS VOLUNTEER SIGN UP and
CAMPER REGISTRATION OPEN!
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If you'd prefer, you can pick up registration forms in the Narthex or in the church office - just drop your completed form into the VBS box!)
July 10-14, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
All children
ages 4-10 (rising Pre-K through rising 5
th
grade) are invited to attend.
Cost is $15 per child until June 15/s $20 per child after June 15 (Payment is due on the first day of camp, or pay by check at the time of registration).
VBS is a nut-free environment!
SPECIAL NEEDS VBS
Rising Pre-K through Rising 5th Grade (ages 4-10)
Tuesday & Thursday, July 11 & 13, 2017 - 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
COST:$10/child before June 15; $15/child after June 15
For the second year in a row, we are please to announce a Special Needs Vacation Bible School, for part of the week during VBS. It will happen concurrently with the VBS described above, but in a different space and with an abbreviated time and modified schedule. If you have experience with children on the Autism Spectrum or with physical handicaps and would like to help, please contact Amanda Livermont at 678-491-7457 or
alivermont81@gmail.com.
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PRESCHOOL and KINDERGARTEN www.stmatthewspreschool.org |
St. Matthew's Preschool
will be holding three Camps this summer. The camps will be available to rising 2 year olds through rising 1st graders. (Please note: Children who have not turned two years of age by the onset of any given camp, may only attend 2 days.)
Camp Gardening
- June 12-16
Camp Star Spangled
- June 26-30
Camp Mystical Creatures
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July 17-21
Time
: 9:30am-1:30pm
Cost
: $100 per session
A $25 discount will be given on additional camps.
For more information, contact Jennifer Shriver at 770-978-1323
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SOUTHEAST GWINNETT COOPERATIVE MINISTRIES
June Food Drive
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June is the month in which St. Matthew's focuses on collecting additional items for the Southeast Gwinnett Cooperative Ministries
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In addition to collecting our usual canned chicken and boxes of cereal (all kinds)
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the coop is asking for donations of toothpaste and canned pineapple. These two items are always in high demand.
Beginning on Sunday, June 4th, the Outreach Committee will be handing out bags with attached food list after both services, so please fill bag and return to barrel outside of the Parish Hall. All items will be promptly delivered to the Coop.
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Part of St. Matthew's mission is to "care for the unfortunate".
Few are as unfortunate as those forced to flee their homeland because of war, genocide, or famine. They're the ultimate homeless. New American Pathways is an affiliate of Church World Service and Episcopal Migration Ministries. They have helped many other parishes in the diocese in this mission, and they can help us, too.
Learn more at
www.newamericanpathways.org. If you want to help a refugee family become Americans, I want to hear from you.
markdigiovanni@comcast.net. Thank you. Mark DiGiovanni
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Ministry Opportunity
Fellowship
is looking for a few fun and enthusiastic people to join our committee. No experience needed.! We meet once a month on Wednesdays at 6:30 for an hour. Interested? Call Nancy Drury- 678-779-3482, or Oscar De Leon -770-841-5902. We need you!
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Great Job!
St. Matthew's parish is the best when asked to help with a cause. When we requested your old vases that you were not using, we got tons of them. In fact, we received so many that we had to stop accepting them. Now the time has come again that we need more vases. Please bring them and leave them in the old narthex (entryway to the parish hall) in the box labeled Flower Guild Vases. Thanks again for all that you do. Janis and the Flower Guild.
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Housekeeping Note
PARISH FRIDGE AND FREEZER CLEAN OUT
As
we arrive at the end of the school year, we begin preparation for the many children's camps that will take place over the summer. In order to fully support these summer programs, we need to clean out the parish refrigerator, so that there will be room for the various groups to store the food they prepare for the children.
On Monday, June 5, we will completely clean out the refrigerator in the kitchen.
This includes all food other than canned sodas, and all condiments that are less than half full, or have less than three months' dating. All food, storage dishes, etc., need to be cleared out by Sunday, June 4, otherwise, it will be discarded. Thanks in advance for your help in allowing St. Matt's to better support these programs.
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The Sermon on the Amount
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This Week at St. Matthew's
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Looking Ahead  |
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Be at peace.
Do not fear the changes of life, rather look to them with full hope as they arise. God, whose very own you are, will deliver you from out of them. He has kept you hitherto, and He will lead you safely through all things; and when you cannot stand it, God will bury you in His arms. Do not be afraid of what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting father who cares for you today will take care of you then and every day. He will either shield you from suffering, or will give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations.
-St. Francis de Sales
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