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 around others especially upon entering and exiting worship and when moving around in the nave. Please use the hand sanitizer available inside the door, both upon entering and when leaving. Please observe a social distance of at least 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 12:40 pm 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 celebrate with us on the Seventh Sunday of Easter, on Sunday, May 16, 2021. Pastor Samuel Zumwalt, STS, preaches “The Word of God: Our Confidence” based on 1 John 5:9-15. From the console of our 47 rank Austin pipe organ with trompette-en-chamade, Bill Glisson leads on Saturday at 6 p.m. and on Sunday: “This Joyful Eastertide” (Entrance); “Crown Him with Many Crowns” (Hymn of the Day); “Thine the Amen, Thine the Praise” (Saturday Recessional) and “Christ is Risen! Alleluia!” (Sunday Recessional). Our Sunday distribution hymns are: “One Bread, One Body”, “Thine the Amen, Thine the Praise,” and “Jesus Lives! The Victory’s Won!” The color of the day is white for the joy of our Lord Jesus Christ’s resurrection.

Special music includes: “Diademata’” (McDonald) is Bill Glisson’s organ prelude; “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” (Manz) is Bill’s Saturday offering; “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” (Christopher) is the Adult Choir offering anthem at 8:30 a.m.; Bill Glisson and Jan Betts play “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name” (Smith) for the 11 a.m. offering anthem; “This Joyful Eastertide’” (Kosche) is Bill’s postlude.

We celebrate the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ on Thursday, May 13, at 12 noon and 7 p.m.

Sara Schneider and Sheila Whitmeyer have reopened the nursery on Sunday mornings for up to five children per service. For more information, please email: lshp4561@yahoo.com

For online worshipers, 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 January – March 2021 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.