Luncheon with Bishop Rob

WHEN: Immediately following worship on Sunday, March 4th, at St. Matthias

WHAT: Families are asked to bring a dish (10-12 servings) generally reflecting a "South of the Border" influence

By way of organizing, please consider the following plan, using last name initials:

A-G: Entrees; Casserole

H-N: Sides; Salads

O-Z: Desserts 

If you would prefer a different category, call someone from that category and switch

AND if it won't work for you to bring anything, come eat anyway (and maybe plan to come early to set up or stay after to clean up)

It will help planning if you can list your name and dish on the kiosk on Sunday, February 26th

Questions or concerns: call Jim Rosa 488-1936 or Sue Kana 487-9113

Lenten Information

Lenten Focus 2012

Lent is upon us and I wanted to make sure you had a heads up on the way well walk through Lent at St. Matthias this year. There are three focus points:

• Bishop O'Neill will be with us on Sunday March 4th as part of his regular pastoral visitations. We will welcome new members. We'll have a congregational meal and conversation with the Bishop followed by a Vestry meeting. Please plan to attend this gathering of the St. Matthias Family.
• Small Groups: We are asking each small group to meet weekly during Lent as the primary discipline and time for formation. Weekly gives the groups a chance to build Christian Community and build this life-giving dynamic into one's life. Resources are available through Fr. Scott to support this.
• Daily Lenten Devotions: Via our Website and eBlasts, St. Matthias will provide daily devotions for each day of Lent. We'll begin these on Ash Wednesday via our eBlast, and then linked to our homepage. When you receive the first day's devotion, you can follow links to update your preferences for eBlasts and devotions
• Lenten Sermon Series on Prayer: During Lent Fr. Scott and others will focus on the way of prayer: a place of meeting God and of discovering more of His character. Please help these sermons be a bit of a dialogue by sending Fr. Scott an email with your thoughts or suggestions at padrescott@gmail .com
  • Ash Wednesday: The Reward of Prayer
  • Lent 1: Lord, Teach us to Pray
  • Lent 2: Common Prayer
  • Lent 3: The Prayer Closet
  • Lent 4: Praying for One Another
  • Lent 5: Persevering in Prayer
  • Palm Sunday: Prayer and Fasting
  • Easter: The Joy of Prayer

• The 14 Stations of the Cross are hanging on the walls around the church. The first station is nearest the American Flag continuing counter clockwise to the opposite wall. The Stations were created by the Youth Group in 2002. If you are interested in the devotions for each Station, please see Bill Clewe or Fr. Scott.  

Sprucing Up the Downstairs 

 

As part of improving the downstairs for our children, youth, and our shared fellowship, we need:

• To dispense of our piano: an upright H.L. Phillips, Chicago. It is model 2200, with serial number 138540 (free to a good home)
• To make a comfortable seating area
  • A good condition leather couch and love seat (used is just fine)
  • A good condition contemporary coffee table, side table(s) or other quality comfortable furniture (used is just fine)
  • A few good condition "den-style" chairs
  • A nice contemporary floor lamp or contemporary table lamps
• Small groups or other teams to help paint on Saturday, March 24th
• A few people to prepare the walls for painting the week of March 18th

See Fr. Scott for more details