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Sunday Worship

7:30, 8:30, 11:00 am

Sunday School &
Adult Education
945-10:45 am


Daily Devotions
[here]


St. Matt's U:
Adult Education
& Bible Study

Men's Retreat
March 19-20
[more]


Music Ministry
News & Schedules [here]

Mission Trip
Information
[here]


Healing Prayer Ministry

April 1
(Maundy Thursday)
7:15 p.m. service
[more]
Library Hours:
Sundays
9:35-11:00 a.m.
Office Hours
Monday-Friday:
8:30-12:00; 1:00-4:30
Sunday:
9:45-10:45 a.m.
Office phone:
414-774-0441

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Worship at St. Matthew's

 

The heartbeat of a congregation is found in its weekly time of worship. St. Matthew's organizes its worship emphasis around the Christian liturgical year and special occasions. The emphasis in our celebrating is to experience God's grace to us through Jesus Christ. Our congregation expresses that worship by including all ages and interests. Special attention is paid to the worship opportunities for children.

 

Sunday worship: 7:30, 8:30, and 11:00 a.m.

Summer worship (June through Labor Day): 8:30 and 10:15 a.m.

Audio recordings of worship and other events [here]
Audio recordings (also called Podcasts) of our Worship Services, Sermons, Adult Education Forums and other Special Events are available for download or online listening [more]. NOTE: You do not need an iPod to listen to these recordings. They can heard on any modern computer or they can be downloaded to your PC or Mac for listening.

Holy Communion

All who believe in the presence of our Lord in the Sacrament of Holy Communion are invited to partake of the meal given by our Lord. Holy Communion is available each week at at least one of the worship services. The schedule is as follows:

Special Worship

Below is a summary of some of our Special Worship at St. Matthew's. Links to more information are provided below and on the right-side menu.

 

Choir Cantatas and Presentations
See the Choir Page for more information [here]

 

Special Liturgies

• Worship in the Park [photos]
• Reformation Sunday [more]
• All Saints Sunday [more]
• Christ the King [more]
• Thanksgiving Eve [more] [photos]
• Advent [more]
• Christmas [more]
• Epiphany [more]
• Lent [more]
• Easter [Easter 2009 photos]
• Pentecost

More photos of special worship services [here].

 

How We Worship: Be a part of God's saving story

(from the ELCA Worship site]

For Lutherans, worship matters. In fact, worship lies at the heart of how we understand ourselves together. While some of the approaches to worship may differ from one congregation to another, we hold certain things in common.

There is a basic pattern for worship among Lutherans. We gather. We encounter God’s Word. We share a meal at the Lord’s table. And we are sent into the world. But we do not think about worship so much in terms of what we do. Worship is fundamentally about what God is doing and our response to God’s action. Worship is an encounter with God, who saves us through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Think about it like this. God’s Spirit calls us together. God speaks to us through readings from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, through preaching, prayer, and song. God feeds and nourishes us in a saving way. And God blesses us and sends us in mission to the world.

Taken together, the Word proclaimed and the sacraments -- both Holy Baptism and Holy Communion -- are called the means of grace. We believe that Jesus Christ is present in these means through the power of the Holy Spirit. Sometimes we describe worship as a “gathering around the means of grace.” This is a way of saying that we trust that God is genuinely present with us in baptism, in preaching, and in sharing the bread and wine of Holy Communion. In that sense, Lutherans believe that God’s presence permeates all of Christian worship.

The cross is the central symbol that marks our worship spaces and when Lutherans worship, singing fills the air. The voices of all the people joined in song and the participation of all the people in the worship is a witness to our conviction that in worship we are being drawn in to God’s own saving story.

More information about the ELCA is [here].

 

Photo gallery: Christmas Eve 2009
Below are a few photos of the chancel on Christmas Eve. Photos by Pastor Chris Manke. (Click image to enlarge)

 

Photo Album: Sunday School Christmas Program [here]

 

Photos: Worship with Pastor Nasari, October 2009
St. Matthew’s had the privilege of welcoming Pastor Anaeli Nasari to St. Matthew’s October 7-20, 2009. Pastor Nasari was with a 13-person delegation from Tanzania. Pastor Anaeli Nasari is pastor of our partner congregation, Sing’isi Lutheran Church, near Arusha, Tanzania. He preached at Worship, October 18. Photos of Pastor Nasari's visit are [here].

 

Photos: Worship in the Park, August 2009
Photos of Worship in the Park are in the Congegational Photo Album [here].