Announcements week of December 6, 2020

Gingerbread TO GO houses will be available December 19th for the first 12 children to sign up. Please let the office, Janet, or Tracy know if you are interested by December 16th. Please share your completed gingerbread house by taking a picture and emailing it to the church. The church office's email is: office@saintmatthews.us.

Please plan to join us on Wednesday, December 16 at 6:30 pm as we present our annual Festival of Lessons and Carols. The Festival is a worship service of hymns, carols, choral works, and organ selections that celebrates the birth of Jesus. The members of our Chancel Choir will lead us through this special and moving service. Our Festival is based on an original service which occurred on Christmas Eve 1880 in a wooden shed used by the Bishop of Truro (later the Archbishop of Canterbury) as his cathedral. In 1918 that first service was adapted for use in the chapel of King’s College, Cambridge by its Dean, Eric Milner-White. Wherever the service is heard and however it is adapted, whether the music is provided by choir or congregation, the pattern and strength of the service, as Dean Milner-White pointed out, derive mainly from the scripture lessons. “The main theme is the development of the loving purposes of God as seen through the windows and words of the Bible.” Don’t miss this wonderful, yearly celebration!

Angel Tree
We have several needy children from Darlington County School District listed on the bulletin board across from the kitchen. Please stop by and choose the gender/age/requested items from the board. Monetary donations are accepted as well. Please notate in memo of check “Angel Tree”. Thank you for your participation!

Friendly Reminder
Pledge cards are due. Please consider the REALM as your giving platform for your convience. The Vestry will meet this Monday, December 14. They will be begin discussing the 2021 Financial Budget.