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The Week of 9/8/13

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Fr. David's Cell Phone 262-373-9349

The 5PM Saturday Service this week (10/14) will be Evening Prayer. The Rector, the Deacon, and Betty Adams will be doing Education For Ministry training in Racine this weekend.

Fr. David's Sermon from Last Week

A Story for Constance - Sermon on 9/8/13

Christian Formation Sunday will end with a shared meal. Just bring yourselves!

Christian Formation Sunday will end with a shared meal. Just bring yourselves!

Applesauce and sliced apples for pie are for sale in the parlor! All proceeds go to the church. Please return empty jars to Sue Machan.

Waukesha County Episcopal Youth Schedule up!

The schedule for our combined youth group with area Episcopal Churches has been set. See our web page here.

St. Matthias' New Online Learning Center

St. Matthias has a new Online Learning Center with many topics including the Bible, The Episcopal Church, and others. New entries are being added every week!

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Our own Little Free Library is now outside our Pleasant Street entrance. Please bring gently-used books to the Parlor to stock it!

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Service Schedule for This Week:

	15-Sep
MINISTRY	5:00 p.m.	8:00 a.m.	10 AM
Lectors	B Adams	Jan Brethauer	Robbi Heighway
			Katie Weidinger
Eucharistic 1	M Thaller	Cherie Teague	John J
Minister 2
Ushers	Volunteer	T Allen	Lee Dreyfus
		J Allen	Richard Nebel
Acolytes

Intercessors	B Adams	H Schassburger	Eric Eggers
Altar Guild		Jeanne W.	Marilyn S.
	N Teschendorf	Jackie J.	Susan K.
Flower Guild	J. Brethauer
Counters	Nancy T.
	Ginny M.
Office Help	9/19 Nancy Teschendorf, Ginny Mack

	22-Sep
MINISTRY	5:00 p.m.	8:00 a.m.	10 AM
Lectors	M Thaller	Hank Stillman	Katie Weidinger
			Diane Kiehl
Eucharistic 1	M Thaller	Tess Clark	Mary B
Minister 2
Ushers	Volunteer	M Braaten	Lyle Haddenham
		C Ayers	Ken Martzahl
Acolytes

Intercessors	B Adams	Hank Stillman	Robbi Heighway
Altar Guild		Cherie T	Kay H.
	N Teschendorf	Pat A.	Gloria H.
Flower Guild	B. Adams
Counters	Robbi H.
	Richard N.
Office Help	9/26 Florence Melster, Sue Machan

Saint(s) of the Week

JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

BISHOP OF ANTIOCH AND OF CONSTANTINOPLE, PREACHER, THEOLOGIAN, LITURGIST (13 Sept. 407)

John Chrysostom, from the Apse Mosaic of San Paolo fuori le Mura, by Edward Burne-Jones John was called "Chrysostom" ("Golden Mouth") because of his eloquence. He was a priest of Antioch, and an outstanding preacher. (Audiences were warned not to carry large sums of money when they went to hear him speak, since pickpockets found it very easy to rob his hearers -- they were too intent on his words to notice what was happening.) His sermons are mostly straightforward expositions of Holy Scripture (he has extensive commentaries on both Testaments, with special attention to the Epistles of Paul), and he emphasizes the literal meaning, whereas the style popular at Alexandria tended to read allegorical meanings into the text. He loved the city and people of Antioch, and they loved him. However, he became so famous that the Empress at Constantinople decided that she must have him for her court preacher, and she had him kidnapped and brought to Constantinople and there made bishop. This was a failure all around. His sermons against corruption in high places earned him powerful enemies (including the Empress), and he was sent into exile, where he died. Along with Athanasius of Alexandria, Basil the Great, and Gregory of Nazianzus, he is counted as one of the Four Great Eastern (or Greek) Doctors of the Ancient Church. The Four Great Western (or Latin) Doctors are Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory the Great.

by James Kiefer

John Chrysostom There are lots of his sermons online (six volumes worth) at the Early Church Fathers site