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Looking forward to September 5, 2021
Sunday service 10am
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Weekly Update

This week Pastor Schultz will lead our worship service and we'll celebrate Holy Communion. 

Our YouTube channel is the new place to watch our services. The sound and everything went great last Sunday. Hopefully now that we're all trained this will continue. 

Due to the basement being unavailable, we will be delaying the start of coffee hour and babysitting during church. However, we do need to provide babysitting on Sunday morning, 9/26, when the K-8 kids are invited to sing in church. 

Sept 5
Cleaners:Twenge, Laete
Mowers: Mike Sauer
Acolyte: Leah West 
Ushers: Les Panther, Kyle Amonson, Derrick Most

Sept 12
Cleaners: Dixon, Twenge, Swenson
Mowers: Jake Laete, Ron Klawitter
Acolyte: Laura West
Ushers: Jake Laete, Tony Diaz
DATES TO SAVE

9/3      Indians game
9/5      Pulpit swap w/ Pastor Schultz
9/12    Sunday morning Bible study resumes
9/25    LWMS online presentation
9/26    Additional 8am service
10/8-10 Camping trip
ANNOUNCEMENTS 

NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH EVENT
Was a success, thank you to the Thorpe's, Tripps, and my family for making it such a success. About 60 people in attendance. 

ONE MORE BASEBALL OUTINGS
CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS FOR THE 9/3 GAME , or call 509 343 6808 and Tyler can get you sitting with us. 

LWMS VIRTUAL MEETING
SAT SEPT 25, 9AM TO NOON. 
SPEAKER: JOEL NITZ, VIETNAM HMONG MISSIONARY
CLICK LINK
MEETING 869 0105 6933
PASSCODE: 602694

SEPTEMBER 26 - BIG DAY AT CHURCH
On this day we will be inviting the entire grade school to sing in church. Because we have 80 students, even if small portion show up, it will be quite crowded. To alleviate this, we are adding an extra 8am service. We will also devote a few minutes of each service, 8am and 10am, to celebrating the 50th anniversary of our school. 

CALLING ALL MUSICIANS
If you are a musician interesting in helping add variety to our worship in a praise-band setting, please speak to Kyle Amonson, who is trying to find a few contemporary songs that would be suitable for our worship services on occasion. 

OCT 8-10 CAMPING - MORE OPTIONS AVAILABLE
The ultimate experience: $105 per person for food and lodging from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. 
One night only: If you can only come Fri-Sat or Sat-Sun, you can pay $75 including meals. 
Saturday day trip: If you want to come up for the day on Saturday, you need to pay $10 per person for facility use and add $15 per meal, paid in advance.  
Gluten free? If you have special dietary needs, we can work this out on an individual basis. 
Please come if you can. A lot of thought has gone into making this the most fun weekend you'll have all year. If you're still thinking, take another moment to read over the website and realize what a nice place we've booked. 

BURDEN BEARING SMALL GROUP IN THE WORKS
Four people have expressed interest in a grief share program here. Based on feedback, I think something like a "burden bearing small group" would be the best title. We do not have a lot of people mourning a recently lost loved one, but we have a lot of people with various stresses and difficulties in life, and sharing our burdens, praying for each other, and receiving encouragement from God's Word, would probably be a good idea. 
Next questions: should we meet weekly or monthly? Bi-weekly? 

BIBLE STUDIES RESUME
Beginning September 12 we will offer the following Bible studies
Sunday morning Bible study. Various topics are chosen at the recommendation of members. 
Monday night 6:30pm: Spiritual growth group. 10 weeks. Looking at spiritual practices such as prayer, meditation, keeping the commandments, etc. 
Tuesday morning 10am: Thru the Bible study (replacing the former Thursday study). We will pick it up with Exodus unless someone persuades me otherwise. 
Friday morning, 8:45am: A four week catechism basics class, primarily for school families, but all are welcome. 

A GOD-LIVED LIFE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM
We will participate in a synod-wide whole-life stewardship program this year. We will devote four Sundays to growing in our Christian living:
Sept 12 - A Life of Being a Disciple
Oct 17 - A Life Lived for Others
Dec 5 - A Life of Hospitality
Jan 8 - A Shrewdey Lived Life

We all have areas where we can grow, myself included, and these Sundays give us a chance to examine that and pick one or two things to work on individually. PLEASE ATTEND IF YOU ARE ABLE! If you can't, still look for commitment cards in your mailbox. 

CONTACT PASTOR SCHULTZ TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE VINE EVENTS:

THE VINE - GRIEF SHARE
 A 13-week ”Grief Share” support group will be meeting at the Vine starting on Thursday, September 2nd, at 6:30 pm.  If you are interested in attending, contact Pastor Schultz for details. 
 
THE VINE - GRANDPARENTS & GRANDCHILDREN SUNDAY
The Vine will be having a special "Grandparents & Grandchildren Sunday" on September 12th at 10:30 am.  The service will honor all grandparents and grandchildren.  Light refreshments will follow.  All grandparents and grandchildren are invited.
PRAYER CONCERNS:
  • Continue to pray for our home-bound members: Maria Baerman, Carol Taylor, Carole Boyette, Christine Glardon, Chuck and Jean Johnson, Beverly Van Epps, and Louise Scherschel.  
  • God bring a resolution to the COVID catastrophe
  • Everyone deploying to Afghanistan and their friends and families, including Harry.
  • The new portable building for the school arriving in a timely manner. 
  • Albert Tripp's father and family as his father is gravely ill.
  • The Vine's continued reaching out to the Hayden area. 
BIBLE VERSE of the week

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

- Matthew 7:7
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