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 September 19-20, 2020. Pastor Peter Hoyer continues the fall preaching series “Saints and Sinners” with the sermon “Under Construction” (Ephesians 2:1-10). Bill Glisson leads the singing of joyous hymns: “Glories of Your Name Are Spoken” (Entrance); “My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less” (Hymn of the Day); and “The Church’s One Foundation.” (Recessional). Our Sunday distribution hymns are: “One Bread, One Body” and “Blest Be the Tie That Binds.” The color of the day is red. Worshipers are invited to wear red to worship.

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.

Mr. Bill Glisson and Mrs. Jan Betts will lead from the organ and piano. Streaming of online services begins about 4 minutes before the advertised worship time.