St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church
400 N. Broadway Street, Medina, Ohio 44256 (330) 725-8885
For financial assistance, please call (330) 725-8886 Ext 60
Stay Updated on Our Latest News and Events
See below for more detail.
May 4 Senior Sunday
May 4 Drive-Through Food Drive
May 5 Silent Book Club
May 10 Church Clean-up
May 16 Fun Fellowship "Spring Fling"
May 18 Last Day of Sunday School
May 19 Men's Breakfast
May 29 NO Bible and Brew
June 1 Luther Middles Bake Sale
June 1 Loads of Love
Aug 17 Outdoor worship & Potluck
Sept 23 Amish Country Outing
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SPRING "CELEBRATE" NEWSLETTER
May 4 ~ Senior Sunday
Tyler Faust
Gavin Gerspacher
Landon Haycook
Anna Holthouse
Tallen Hulvey
Evan Kotick
Tommy Malloy
Garrett Shook
Billy Stuchal
Kaitlyn Taraschke
LET US GET TO KNOW YOU!
Our weekly Shoutout wants to highlight our families/individuals from St. Matthew. Please join in on the fun, and tell us about YOU!
DRIVE-THROUGH FOOD DRIVE
Sunday, May 4
12:30-2:00
Parking Lot
The St. Matthew Evangelism and Communication team will sponsor a “Drive-Through Food Drive” on Sunday, May 4, from 12:30-2:00 p.m. in the church parking lot. Enter the lot off of Broadway, and depart the lot via Pearl Street. Volunteers will be present to unload your vehicle and haul your donation directly to our own soon-to-be-available
FOOD SHELVES!
We desire food that can be paired for a meal (such as pasta & sauce, tuna & noodles), as well as canned meats (tuna fish, chicken, beef stew), breakfast items, soup, canned vegetables, canned fruit, fruit cups, rice, peanut butter and jelly. We also desire items not covered by gov’t. programs such as baby diapers, adult briefs, toilet tissue, paper towels, napkins and cleaning supplies. Please check the expiration dates on canned goods.
Would you like to help? Volunteers are always needed. Just show up on Sunday, May 4!!!
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Fun Fellowship Spring Fling
Come and raise a glass to good friends and patio weather!! Please come and enjoy all the offerings of Bent Ladder Winery on Friday May 16th, starting at 6:00 pm. Bring a folding chair to enjoy their fabulous patio. (Fingers crossed! If the weather doesn't cooperate, we can move inside.) Check out their website for their selections of wine, cider, and light menu items.
Hope to see you there!
Silent Book Club is back!!
We are happy to announce the return of Silent Book Club in our new home, The Upper Room. We meet the first Monday of every month. 6:30 to 7:00 pm gather and fellowship, 7:00 to 8:00 pm enjoy silent reading of your choice. The Free Library is back as well in the The Upper Room - donate a book, borrow a book, keep it if you like it. All types of books are welcome. Hope to see you all there!!
LOADS OF LOVE
Sunday, June 1
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
North Court Laundry, 739 W Liberty St., Medina
St. Matthew will once again be spreading joy and covering the cost of laundry for all of the clients during this three-hour period. Please sign up here if you would like to volunteer your time to help supervise, hand out coins... and spread LOVE and JOY! We only need three or four volunteers per hour... but if a time slot is filled, please feel free to show up anyway.
Forest Meadows Villa Community Room
Thursdays at 7:00pm
We are studying the Book of Mark.
Bring a Bible/reading device; beverage and snack if you wish.
All are welcome to join the study!
Thrivent -
Are you a Thrivent member? If so, we’d like to know. Thrivent Members can receive action dollars’ worth $250 with certain products they have. These action dollars can help support ministries within and outside the walls of St. Matthew. Last year, our Thrivent members were awarded $7,500 in action dollars!! (Examples of a few projects – turkeys purchased for Feeding Medina County; clothing purchased for homeless bags; fleece blankets made for Akron Children’s Hospital; hats loomed for adults, children and infants; recycling bins in the church) Please see Melody Costello or Pastor Steve if you are member to add your name to help with various projects.
Make a joyful noise onto the Lord with your gift of singing. Consider joining the choir!
LUTHER CHOIR REHEARSALS
Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
in the Upper Room.
New members are welcome!!!
KIDS OF THE KINGDOM CHOIR
Come and join the Kids of the Kingdom!!
Thursday evenings at 6:00 pm in the sanctuary.
We are always looking for new members
and would love for you to join us!
Everyone from 1st to 8th grade is welcome!
Contact Rachel Knaggs (330-591-7093) or Rknaggsmusic@gmail.com) with any questions.
Are you interested in...
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Helping to spread the Good News?
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Sharing information about our church, and the great things that are happening at St. M.?
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Working with social media (Facebook, YouTube, website)?
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Helping with our Audio/Video teams?
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Reaching out to those in need?
Please consider joining our Evangelism and Communication Team! We meet on the second Monday of each month, at 5:15, in the library. All are welcome! Any questions? Please contact Beth Johnson at (301) 501-0473.
Hand Chimes Update!
Thank you so much to everyone who has grabbed an envelope and supported our Hand Chime Fundraiser!! As of Sunday, January 26, all the envelopes have been taken from the board, thank you! We are super excited to announce that so far we have raised $3,219.57! A sincere thank you to everyone who has donated and brought us so close to our goal! LGL!
- Rachel Knaggs
LAY SERVANTS WANTED
Are you interested in serving during worship? We, the worship team, would like to have you join us as a lay servant. Please fill out this form and you will be contacted with available opportunities. We are looking for those in grades 9 through adults to help serve.
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AMISH COUNTRY OUTING
ARE YOU INTERESTED???
An Amish Country Fun Fellowship Trip is in the works for Saturday, September 13. It will include attending the musical "The Road to Damascus" at the Ohio Star Theater in Sugarcreek. If you are interested, please sign the list in the Narthex, so that we can gauge if we have enough to make the trip feasible.
8:45 38 Motorcoach will arrive at St. Matthew
9:00 Depart
10:15 Arrive at Walnut Creek Cheese. Lots of bulk
foods, baked goods, jam, jellies, etc11:30 Arrive at Dutch Valley for family style meal.
1:00 “Road to Damacus” Theater Show
3:30 Stop at Coblentz Chocolates
5:30 Arrive in Medina
Price per person: $ 115.00 Includes motorcoach, meal, show and tip for driver. We need 35 paid people to do the trip. Spread the word to your friends. All are welcome.