WE HAVE RESUMED CORPORATE WORSHIP WHILE MAINTAINING GREAT CARE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS!

For those who are well and not in fragile health, please wear a mask upon entering and exiting worship at the main office door on the south side nearest College Road. Please use the hand sanitizer available inside the door, both upon entering and when leaving. Please observe a social distance of six feet between yourself and others who are not part of your household. Every other row of pews or chairs has been marked as unavailable for seating. Please keep at least six feet between yourself and those not of your own household.

If you can’t worship with us in person, be sure to worship with us on YouTube Live this Saturday @ 6pm; Sunday @ 8:30 and 11am; Monday @6pm; Wednesday @Noon. Drive through Holy Communion may be received about 7 p.m. on Saturday; about 9:30 and Noon on Sunday; and about 12:40pm on Wednesdays. To access our YouTube channel, please click on the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1n7DcvSmSFXYO51dWbdykw

We welcome you in Jesus’ name to worship with us on the weekend of July 4-5, 2020. Pastor Sam Zumwalt preaches “Summer Musicals: The Music Man” (Romans 7:14-25). Bill Glisson leads worshipers at 6 pm on Saturday and 8:30 & 11 am Sunday in the singing of joyous hymns: “Before You, Lord, We Bow” (Entrance); “Softly and Tenderly, Jesus Is Calling” (Hymn of the Day); and “God of Our Fathers” (Recessional). Our Sunday distribution hymns are: “I Come, O Savior, to Thy Table” and “Living for Jesus.”

As we give God thanks and praise for 244 years of freedom to worship and His gift to all people of those inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness recognized by these United States of America, we invite you to wear red, white, and blue when you worship in person or drive through to receive Holy Communion.

Special music for the weekend includes: “Fanfare for the Common Man” (Copeland) for Bill Glisson’s organ prelude; “God Bless America” (Jan Betts, soloist) for the Saturday offering; “God Bless America” (Teresa Hall; Peggy Davis; Kris Hall; Barbara Teigland-Duff) for the Sunday offering; “Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory” (organ/piano duet by Bill Glisson and Jan Betts) for the postlude. The congregation will also sing one stanza of “My Country Tis of the Thee” before the Brief Order for Confession and Forgiveness.

To be certain to have one in hand, be sure to download the bulletin: https://stmatthewsch.org/bulletin/

For those continuing to worship online and driving through for distribution, please follow enter the circular driveway in reverse order (clockwise). The pastor(s) will be wearing gloves, masks, and glasses. After the pastor dips the host into the chalice, please receive the Body and Blood of Christ in your flattened palm. If you are unable to receive the Blood of Christ due to the alcohol content, please let the pastors know you wish only to receive the host. If you wish to take home communion to your family, please bring a baggie to receive the hosts. If you wish to leave an offering as you drive through, a locked box is available to receive gifts.

New Portals of Prayer devotions booklets for July – September and retired copies of the Lutheran Book of Worship are still available to take home. These may be found on a table in the narthex.

Pastor Peter Hoyer will preside at 8:30 and assist at 11 a.m. Mr. Bill Glisson and Mrs. Jan Betts will lead from the organ and piano. If you don’t have the internet, you can still dial in to listen to the services on your phone! Dial 910-444-7090. The prelude should start about 2 minutes before the scheduled times for worship. Yes, the dial up audio is working!