Monthly Lunch Group

The St. Matthew's Monthly Lunch Group will meet at the Accent Room at Ashland University Thursday, January 17, at noon. Call Betty Wilson to add your name to the reservation list.

Funeral Arrangements for George Fessenmeyer

Thursday January 10, 2019
Visitation 10am Heyl Funeral Home
Memorial Service 11am Heyl Funeral Home

Heyl Funeral Home
227 Broad Street
Ashland, Ohio

Parish Meeting January 20

The annual Parish Meeting will take place on Sunday, January 20, after morning worship, and followed by coffee hour.

A major piece of business is electing new Vestry members. Two members, Erin Fuller and Sister Nadine, are rotating off Vestry, and we need to replace Mike McKinley. The nominees are Allan Andersen, Dawn Peters, and Sister Rachel.

Thursdays at St. Matthew's

• Thursday Morning Bible Study at 10:30 AM
• Eucharist at 5 PM

Lessons and Carols

On the first Sunday after Christmas (December 30), we will have the Holy Eucharist and an abbreviated Lessons and Carols service.

Advent Events

• December 9
• Jeffery Fuller will be baptized during the 10 am service. Please come and join in the celebration.
• Following this Service will be our Advent Banquet
• Meat will be provided.
• Everyone else please bring a side dish and remember that there will be guests attending the baptism
• Mini Christmas Bazaar will be held on December 9 and 16. Please bring items to sell.
• December 13
• The Thursday morning 10:30 am class will be filling and wrapping shoe boxes to give to Ashland children for Christmas.  Bring items, small toys, winter gear (gloves, socks), candy, personal items (tooth brushes) to church by December 13.  Thanks to Ann Shelly for organizing this wonderful outreach.
• December 24
• Christmas Eve service will be held on December 24 at 7pm.  Please invite friends. There will be special music for this Holy Night
• December 29 
• The Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival will be held at Trinity Cathedral on Saturday December 29.
• There is only one rehearsal which is on December 27th.  If you want to be a participant or attend this Diocesan Celebration look on this website: Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival http://www.boarsheadcleveland.org/

Free Concert

Kechi Okwuchi — You may remember her from the 2017 season of "America's Got Talent" — will be at St. Matthew's Saturday evening, July 7 and Sunday morning July 8 for our Sunday service. Kechi is a young Nigerian woman who sings like the angels.
Saturday, July 7

• 4:00 to 5:00 pm: Kechi will share her story and answer questions.
• 5:30 pm: Light supper will be provided
• 6:30 pm: An evening of testimony and praise

Sunday, July 8

• Kechi will be with us for our regular 10:00 am worship service