Pick Up Your Advent Devotions 

This year's Advent Devotions will be distributed on Sunday, the 27th. There are devotions for families with children, for youth, and for adults. This year you can also order your own Kindle or Nook edition for just 99 cents; the title is Living The Gospel Life: The Season of Advent - Daily Devotions for Christians On A Mission

Approved Minutes from the October 23rd Vestry Meeting are now available on the St. Matthias website at  http://www.saint-matthias.org/Vestry/index.php  

Fr. Scott will be out of the office starting 11/16 for up to two weeks following back surgery this Wednesday - a micro-discectomy. For pastoral needs please call Senior Warden Ron Lord at 719-487-0016 or Junior Warden Mike Hess at 719-201-4333, who will know whether Fr. Scott is available or if we need to contact Fr. Michael.

  Here is your opportunity to participate in a very rewarding ministry project. We will prepare and serve dinner to about 100 homeless and less fortunate people at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Parish Hall, 2021 W. Pikes Peak Ave. in Old Colorado City on Sunday, December 4th. If you would like to donate food for the dinner, a sign-up sheet is posted on the kiosk at the back of the church. Please bring all food to the church the morning of December 4th or call me. If you wish to assist in the service of the meal and/or setup, we would love to have you join us. It's a fun and very rewarding evening. We begin setting up at about 5:00 and serve the meal at 6:00. DONATIONS OF TRAVEL SIZE TOILETRIES, TOOTHBRUSHES, DISPOSABLE RAZORS, SOCKS AND GLOVES, NEW OR USED CANDLES AND BLANKETS can be left in the basket at the back of the pews through December 4th. Our guests feel truly blessed that we come all the way from Monument and go to so much work for them. They appreciate the meal, our prayers, and our fellowship.   We always leave feeling that they have given us more than we have given them. Contact Kathy Strom (481-0943) for more information.

Christmas Flowers

The Flower Guild invites all parishioners to make a special donation for Christmas flowers to beautify our sanctuary for the Christmas season.  The suggested donation is $10 and should be made on the Christmas flower donation form found in your Sunday bulletin. Donations should be made by December 18.