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HELP NEEDED!!!

Monroe County Fair - Clean up dates: July 24-28 INFO

Sign up sheets are posted in church. Volunteers needed, the more the merrier!!!

GOT E-MAIL ???

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We are starting something new! In an effort to keep everyone informed, communication about church events and activities will be sent out via e-mail. Specifics, such as how often, what will be included, etc. are still in the works, but right now we are in the process of gathering e-mail addresses.

The e-mail address to send YOUR e-mail address to is church@stmatthewsonline.org.

FYI: E-mail addresses will remain confidential. All e-mails will be sent BCC

Definition of BCC: In the context of e-mail, blind carbon copy (abbreviated BCC and sometimes referred to as Blind Courtesy Copy) refers to the practice of sending a message to multiple recipients in such a way that what they receive does not contain the complete list of recipients.

Ground Breaking has Begun!

On Sunday, June 29th, a Ground Breaking Ceremony for the building of our new church was held, with fellowship following the ceremony. For more information, click HERE.

To watch the progress of the construction of the new church, go to Building Update and check out the slideshow on that page of the website. Photos will be added as construction continues.

Tractor Pull Photos

Photos from the Tractor Pull Clean Up and Fireworks Sale are up! Click here to see them.

AND LEST WE FORGET!!!

A very sincere THANK YOU to those volunteers who took the time to help with the clean up and the fireworks sale!! Thank You for all you do for our St. Matthew family. People like you are making "it happen".

Women's Retreat

What woman doesn't love chocolate?!  Plans are in the works for a fall women's retreat entitled "Chocolate Boutique: Taste and See that the Lord Is Good!"  Women attending this day-long retreat will "connect the extravagance of chocolate with the extravagance of God's love and grace."

Saturday, September 13, 2008 at Three Bears Lodge, Jellystone Park in Warrens

Any ladies interested in getting in on the planning stages of this event or taking part in its production can get more details by contacting Katherine Enderle at 378-3233.

New Worship Opportunity

St. Matthew Church now offers a Wednesday midweek service. The service time is 6:30PM. The service will be relaxed in nature. The songs will be from the songbook; generally speaking, there will be no printed order of service. The format of this service will be the same as the Wednesday evening service that was held at St. Luke.

Please note: There will be no Wednesday midweek services during July. Midweek services will resume on Wednesday, August 6, 2008.

Wednesday Praise

Next Wednesday Praise: To be announced.

For more information regarding the Wednesday Praise service, click here.

Worship at St. Luke

Wednesday, August 7 at 6:30PM with communion.

Ladies Night Out

The next Ladies Night Out will be on Monday, August 18 at Perkins in Tomah. We'll be meeting and eating at 6:00PM. For more information, click here.

Ladies Aid

Ladies Aid will resume in September. Date and place to be announced later.

Sunday School

HELP WANTED! We sure could use some more people to help out with Sunday School. This is such an important aspect of our ministry here at St. Matthew. If you are willing to take a couple of Sundays, it would be greatly appreciated. Call Katherine Enderle at 378-3233 if you can help out.

Vacation Bible School

The theme for this year's Vacation Bible School is SonHarvest County Fair.

For more information, including dates, times and location, click HERE.

Church Picnic

A church picnic is being planned for Sunday, August 10th at the Warrens Lions Building in conjunction with the  VBS. Immediately following the service will be a potluck lunch, games and.. well.. FUN!! More information as it becomes available. For more information, click HERE.

Children's Handbell Choir

Children's Handbell Choir will be playing for the Church Picnic on August 10, 2008.

 Upcoming Fundraisers

  • Chili Supper and Silent Auction - Mark your calendars! Friday, November 7 at the Warrens Lions Building, St. Matthew will be having a Chili Supper and Silent Auction. More information will be posted as the date draws near. Click here to keep updated as information becomes available.

Building Update

For any updates regarding the building of our new church, click here.

Church "CDs"

For information regarding church CDs, go to the Building Update page.

ST. MATTHEW IN THE NEWS

Tomah Newspapers

We are again in the news! Paul Medinger, a staff reporter for the Tomah Journal, interviewed Pastor Enderle regarding our growing congregation and the construction of our new church. To read Paul's article, go to http://www.tomahjournal.com/articles/2008/07/01/features/01st.matthew.txt or click here to read the article. (MS Word document)

The same article was included in the Monday, June 30th edition of the Tomah Monitor-Herald (paper edition) including a photograph by Tomah Journal staff photographer John Froelich.

For more information regarding ground breaking for the new church, click here.

Something Local

Have you seen the May 2008 issue of "Something Local", a newspaper servicing Monroe, Jackson and Juneau counties? If you are able to get a hold of a copy, check out the article on page 14 titled "Familiar Country Church Revitalized." That familiar country church is our own St. Matthew Church!

If you can't find the newspaper, click here to read the article. (MS Word document)

Wisconsin Central

From Katherine Enderle:

A few weeks ago I came home after picking up the kids from school and there was a man and his wife parked in our parking lot.  He was taking pictures of the church, and told me that he travels around the state taking pictures of neat old buildings for a website.  He was driving down Highway 12 and spied St. Matthew on the hill, and wanted to include it on his website!  I found the site today -- nice picture, brief write-up (although not entirely accurate about the age of the building), and a link to our website!

Check it out! http://www.wisconsincentral.net/CultureBldgsHomes.html

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