tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40297323815374349532023-11-15T10:14:12.401-05:00St. Matthew's AnnouncementsSt. Matthew's Episcopal Church<br>
1515 Mifflin Avenue<br>
Ashland, OhioSt. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-18629944601482504502019-01-30T12:04:00.000-05:002019-01-30T12:04:12.273-05:00Gifts of Time February 2019<a href="http://www.stmatthewashland.org/GiftsOfTime_2019_02.pdf" target="_blank">Follow this link to see the February 2019 Gifts of Time chart</a>.<br />
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By the way, if your computer is not set up to read PDF files, you can download a free reader program by following <a href="https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/pdf-reader.html" target="_blank">this link</a>.St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-10184085759824653162019-01-21T08:53:00.000-05:002019-01-21T08:53:01.458-05:00Super Bowl Chili Cook-OffTwo big events happen on <b>February 3:</b> Super Bowl Sunday and our <b>annual Chili Cook-Off.</b><br />
<br />Congregation members will bring their best chili creations and the rest of us will vote to declare a winner.St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-87511475154468696862019-01-19T16:58:00.002-05:002019-01-19T16:58:30.070-05:00Church cancelled January 20It's official now. Church is cancelled for Sunday, January 20, due to extreme weather conditions.St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-34629724822290388372019-01-18T10:57:00.000-05:002019-01-18T10:57:29.391-05:00Church cancellations January 20<h2>
Because of the predicted snowstorm</h2>
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<li>Annual Meeting and Pot Luck will be postponed until January 27th.</li>
<li>Church will be cancelled if the level snow warning is 2 or above.<ul>
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If church is cancelled one of the Fullers will open the church doors between 9:30am and 11:30am just in case folks close by want to stop by for quiet time and prayers.</li>
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<li>If any of you know members who don't have or watch emails please let Kay Ashby know or contact them yourselves.</li>
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St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-67208085020426745662019-01-14T18:57:00.005-05:002019-01-14T18:57:59.426-05:00Monthly Lunch GroupThe 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.St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-45814837835605539462019-01-08T11:12:00.005-05:002019-01-08T11:12:57.544-05:00Funeral Arrangements for George FessenmeyerThursday January 10, 2019<br />Visitation 10am Heyl Funeral Home<br />Memorial Service 11am Heyl Funeral Home<br /> <br />Heyl Funeral Home<br />227 Broad Street<br />Ashland, Ohio St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-979543100007919422019-01-06T18:06:00.000-05:002019-01-06T18:06:35.589-05:00Parish Meeting January 20The annual Parish Meeting will take place on Sunday, January 20, after morning worship, and followed by coffee hour.<br />
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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.St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-60198115910080641482019-01-04T00:00:00.000-05:002019-01-04T00:00:02.431-05:00Thursdays at St. Matthew's<ul>
<li>Thursday Morning Bible Study at 10:30 AM</li>
<li>Eucharist at 5 PM</li>
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St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-89605720462687547732018-12-18T21:41:00.001-05:002018-12-18T21:41:19.496-05:00Lessons and CarolsOn the first Sunday after Christmas (December 30), we will have the Holy Eucharist and an abbreviated Lessons and Carols service.St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-25934729164598257592018-12-08T11:08:00.002-05:002018-12-08T11:08:52.173-05:00Advent Events<div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<li>December 9</li>
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<li>Jeffery Fuller will be baptized during the 10 am service. Please come and join in the celebration.</li>
<li>Following this Service will be our Advent Banquet</li>
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<li>Meat will be provided.</li>
<li>Everyone else please bring a side dish and remember that there will be guests attending the baptism</li>
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<li>Mini Christmas Bazaar will be held on December 9 and 16. Please bring items to sell.</li>
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<li>December 13</li>
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<li>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.</li>
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<li>December 24</li>
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<li>Christmas Eve service will be held on December 24 at 7pm. Please invite friends. There will be special music for this Holy Night</li>
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<li><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: arial;">December 29 </span></li>
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<li>The Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival will be held at Trinity Cathedral on Saturday December 29.</li>
<li>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: <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: arial;">Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival </span><a class="gmail-" href="http://www.boarsheadcleveland.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial; outline: 0px;" target="_blank">http://www.boarsheadcleveland.org/</a></li>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-42746042858394414932018-06-26T14:30:00.000-04:002018-06-26T14:45:41.014-04:00Free Concert<b>Kechi Okwuchi</b> — 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.<br />
<b>Saturday, July 7</b><br />
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<li>4:00 to 5:00 pm: Kechi will share her story and answer questions.</li>
<li>5:30 pm: Light supper will be provided</li>
<li>6:30 pm: An evening of testimony and praise</li>
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<b>Sunday, July 8</b></div>
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<li>Kechi will be with us for our regular 10:00 am worship service</li>
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St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-88254769656122601102018-06-25T14:31:00.000-04:002018-06-26T14:32:30.439-04:00Memorial Service Laurel June AndersenThere will be a memorial service for Laurel June Andersen, who died recently in Colorado, at St. Matthew's on Saturday, July 7 at 11 AM. A reception will follow at the Clubhouse at "The Meadows at Pheasant Run Townhouse Community" (1035 Deer Crossing in Ashland).St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-22835328929284634802018-06-04T08:21:00.000-04:002018-06-04T08:21:13.330-04:00We're invited to Bellwether Farm<p>Thursday, June 21, we are invited to <a href="http://www.bellwetherfarm.com">Bellwether Farm</a>, the camp and conference center being developed by the Diocese of Ohio. The event is the meeting of the Mission Area Council (MAC), an association of seven local Episcopal churches.
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<p>The meeting will be an informal potluck picnic. Meat to grill will be provided, as will plates, napkins, and silverware. We should bring potluck picnic dishes (along with serving utensils).
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<p><b>Date and time: 6 p.m., Thursday, June 21.</b></p>
<p><b>Place: Bellwether Farm, 4655 State Route 60, Wakeman, Ohio 44889</b></p>St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-71417663118636979272018-05-28T14:39:00.000-04:002018-06-01T09:25:45.958-04:00Not getting our emails?Some of our parishioners report that they are not getting parish announcement emails. The problem could be that we simply do not have your address.<br />
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Or the problem could be that you are still using AOL email. (AOL is famous for just shutting down from time to time. When that happens, the sender doesn't get a notice that the message "bounced," and the recipient doesn't see anything except that the inbox is mysteriously empty.)<br />
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Another possibility is that your email program might be set to reject anything sent to more than one person as "spam."<br />
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I suggest:<br />
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<li>Look in your "spam" folder to see if our messages are landing there. It might be somewhat hidden.</li>
<li>If you have an AOL account, I strongly suggest you get an additional account from a more reliable server. Gmail (from Google) works well and it's free.</li>
<li>Go to the bottom of the column on your right, and click the link to send a message to the St. Matthew's webmaster, asking to be added to our email list. (If you change email servers, we will not know until you tell us!)</li>
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St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-44857445104355318902017-08-19T08:02:00.004-04:002017-08-19T08:02:43.865-04:00Story of our Crosses SundayPlease bring crosses to be blessed this Sunday, August 20th.<br />
<br />During sermon time everyone will be invited, but not required, to tell their story about their favorite crosses. For example I plan on bringing my Seminary Cross.<br /><br />This is part of our 200 Diocesan event. Hopefully, we will have 200 crosses to bless, so bring as many as you want. They will be blessed during the service and we will take pictures following the service for the upcoming Diocesan Convention. Don't worry, your crosses are not to be given away. They will be blessed and you can take them home. Thanks so much.<br /><br />Rev. KaySt. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-11279051268466579842017-08-06T17:50:00.000-04:002017-08-06T17:50:09.124-04:00Welcome-Back PotluckSunday, August 20, will be a special <b>Welcome Back Potluck</b> during coffee hour to celebrate Rev. Kay's return.St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-17164485694259939432016-06-30T14:30:00.004-04:002016-07-05T13:01:19.984-04:00Wedding CelebrationsThis Sunday, July 3rd <b>Buck and Nellie will be celebrating their 70th anniversary</b> a bit early. Actually, their anniversary is in the Fall. However, their family has vacation now and will be in town to celebrate. There will be a short "renewal of wedding vows" during the 10am service. Their son, Jim Harrison (a priest) will be the guest celebrant and officiant of their vows. Kay will be the preacher. Please bring a celebration card.<br />
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On Sunday July 10th we will be having a <b>SURPRISE Wedding Shower for Kevin Jacque</b> during coffee hour. Tracy Gibbs hopes to decorate by using framed wedding pictures of many of us, so bring your wedding picture this Sunday or next. We will not be providing a parish present, so cards with or without money are appropriate. Also, Kevin will be playing a short recital after our 10am service.<br />
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Also, remember this Sunday is a <b>Pot Luck.
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<b>Sunday, June 26</b></div>
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<b>4:00 p.m.</b></div>
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<b>Reception following</b></div>
St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-26183237074265292872016-05-25T09:37:00.001-04:002018-02-04T19:21:57.775-05:00Why old announcements are still hereWhile I do delete old announcements that might cause confusion , I tend to leave most of the old announcements in place. I've got two reasons for doing so:<br />
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<li>When a visitor comes to our website, I want send the message that we actually are <i>doing</i> things. We have a lot more going than a single one-hour Sunday morning service.</li>
<li>Looking back over the months, it's fun to see where we have been. Yes, we did a Lenten study series. There was a mid-day Bible study group. (By the way, it's stopped for the summer, but will resume in the fall.) </li>
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I do, however, take off old calendar events when it would be confusing to leave them.</div>
St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-35379774285729508652016-03-20T17:37:00.003-04:002016-03-20T17:37:56.504-04:00Martha Unger Memorial ServiceThe memorial service for Martha Unger will be April 2nd, at 3pm (reception beforehand, details tbd), Trinity Episcopal Church, Alliance, OH.St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-19885759569078808062016-03-19T08:53:00.003-04:002016-03-19T08:53:19.531-04:00E-mailA great deal of information goes out to the parish through email. If you are not receiving these email messages or if you would like to change your email information, please send a note to the webmaster at st.matthew.ashland@gmail.comSt. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-49947577325234958382016-01-17T20:24:00.006-05:002016-01-17T20:24:53.065-05:00New Pictures for Bulletin BoardThe pictures on the church bulletin board are now quite old, so it's time for an update. Beginning Sunday, January 24, we will be taking pictures, so remember what your mama used to say before class pictures, and show up with your hair combed and your face washed.St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029732381537434953.post-26261694036383357642016-01-17T09:08:00.000-05:002016-01-17T09:08:07.897-05:00Tyler Phillips BaptismTyler Phillips, son of Tom and Melissa Phillips, will be baptized during the 10 a.m. worship service on January 24.St. Matthew's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150606856799148606noreply@blogger.com