g{x `ÉÇ àéü October 2015 St. Matthew s United Methodist Church 2738MacArthur View, San Antonio, Texas 78217 www.smumcsa.org Children s Choir Practice Sanctuary Sunday s 9:15-9:40 am FOR SALE!!! October 2nd Fellowship Hall 6:30-9:30 KEEP WEDNESDAY NIGHTS F.R.E.E Fellowship Hall 6:00-7:45 In This Edition: Page 1 Events Page 2 Information, Admin Board, Attendance Page 3 Pastor Article Page 4 Sunday School Classes/ New Women's Bible Study Armor of God Page 5 Monday Night Bible Study/PNO Page 6 Wednesday night FREE/Wednesday Night Bible Studies Page 7 Huggers/Rockers, Fellowship Time, XYZ Page 8 Pumpkins Arrive/ Church Work Day Page 9 Day School Page 10 Church & Society Ministry Page 11 Trustees Report Page 12/13 UMW Page 14/15 UMW Page 16 UMM/ Thank you Page 17 Calendar Page 18 Prayer Concerns Page 19 Messenger/ Welcome October 15th 2:00-8:30 pm October 16th 12:30-7:00 pm October 17th 9:30-4:30 pm In Fellowship Hall Handbell Practice, Sanctuary Sunday s 12:30-1:30 pm 1
WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Sunday Morning Worship 8:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service/Sanctuary 11:00 a.m. Blended Worship Service/Sanctuary Sunday School 9:45 a.m. CHURCH STAFF Pastor Alan Delafield Business Administrator Hermy Rudloff Children & Family Ministries Director Judy Langford College/Youth Ministries Director Tim Diemert Monday: Day School Director Nikki Irving Secretary Diane Garza Music Director David Cain Organist Irwin Witebsky Handbell Director Susan Collins Nursery Coordinator Annalie Tamez Pastor s Office Hours Tuesday 9:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. Noon Wednesday: 1:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Thursday: 9:00 a.m. Noon Church Office Hours Monday-Thursday 9:00 am to 4:00pm Friday - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Phone: (210) 822-0252 Fax: (210) 828-2195 Church Email Address Information@smumcsa.org St. Matthew s Website www.smumcsa.org St. Matthew s Day School Phone: (210) 826-4850 Fax: (210) 822-5425 Email: dayschool@smumcsa.org Bible Studies at St. Matthew s Monday: Monday Night Bible Study, 7:00 pm, Room 105, Monday New Bible Study Armor of God, 6:30 pm, Abel Chapel Monday Night Men s Bible Study, 6:30, Parsonage Tuesday: Women of Faith, 8:00 am, Room 105 Tuesday Morning Bible Study, 9:30 am, Room 105, Wednesday: Agua Viva Woman's Bible Study 10:00 am, Fellowship Hall XYZ Adult Fellowship, 12:00 noon, Fellowship Hall, Adult Bible Study, 6:45 pm, Parlor Spanish Bible Class, 6:45 pm, Room 605 Administrative Board 2015: Chairman Eugene Hileman Vice Chairman Mike Collins Lay Leader for 8:30 am Jo Reinschmidt Lay Leader for 11:00 am Anne Verner Conference Delegate Carolyn Twyford Conference Delegate Alternate Jo Reinschmidt Treasurer Mike Verner Secretary Jeanie Etter COM Chair Jeanne Adams Finance Chair Ken Lingle SPRC Chair Bill Twyford Month Church Sunday School Small Groups July 180 80 August 176 99 September 173 (Only 3 Sundays) 85 Average Church and Sunday School Attendance July2015 Through September 2015 2
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SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR ALL AGES 9:45 AM Preschool 3-4 year olds meet in room 606. Contact person: Judy Langford (822-0252 ext. 105) Kinder through 1 st grade - meet in room 604.Contact person: Judy Langford (822-0252 ext. 105) Grades 2nd through 5 th grade explore the Bible using music, art, science, games, story, and cooking. They begin each session in room 611. Contact person: Judy Langford (822-0252 ext. 105) Teens and Tweens meet in the Youth Building. Teachers: Terry & Dawn White. Contact Youth Team: Tim and Kelli Diemert (940-594-8633) Come and See Class: (All Ages) Meets in room 301 (Deats Bldg). A discipleship class on knowing Christ and making him know. Studying Romans Contact person: Jim Humphries (494-0112) assisted by John Shero. New Seasonings: (Middle Adult) Meets in room 603. Studying Misfits, The Church s Hidden Strength by Barbra Wendland. Contact person: David Mack (654-0162) Son Shine Class: (Senior Adult) Meets in room 605. Studying the Book of Isaiah. Contact person: Marsha Humphries (494-0112) Voyagers: (Senior Adult) Meets in room 601. Adult Bible Study. Contact person: Frank Tyk (655-2324) Friends of Faith: (Young & Middle Adult) meets in the Fellowship Hall. Contact person: Greg Klaerner (402-3711) Covenant Believers: Meets in the Abel Chapel (Middle Adult) beginning Sep 27th we will be doing a study of Living Generously to coincide with Alan s sermon series. Contact persons: Anne Verner 655-7380 or Judy Langford 822-0252. College Class: Meets in the conference room 105 Currently studying Psalms, Contact person Kathe Masterson 210-364-2907 MONDAY NIGHTS 6:30-8:30 PM In the Abel Chapel Join us for Priscilla Shirer s newest study, The Armor of God. In this new seven week bible study, Priscilla offers an action plan making use of armor God promises us in His word. Cost of the study will be $20. Scholarships are available. Babysitting will be provided in the church nursery. To reserve your workbook or for future information, please contact Judy Langford at 822-0252. 4
Monday Night Bible Study 7:00 PM - Room 105 You are invited to join our group on Monday nights at 7:00 pm in the Conference room, in the Church Office Building, Room 105. We invite all ages, from youth to adults. We are currently studying the bible by including religious videos from various groups, such as, National Geographic, International History and other historic educational research material. Some of the exciting subjects we will be learning about in the next 8 weeks include: Science of the Bible: Last Supper Jesus Arrest Pontius Pilate, The Crucifixion, Decoding the Past: Resurrection, Science of the Bible: Jesus Tomb Jesus: The Lost 40 Days Resurrection to Ascension If you have any questions regarding this class, please contact Ken Lingle at 210-655-8539. PARENTS NIGHT OUT OCTOBER 2nd!!! 6:30 9:30 PM Ages 12 months to 5th grade Volunteers are always needed for our monthly Parent s Night Out Ministry Scheduled on the first Friday night of each month. Getting involved is such a blessing to the children. The children arrive at 6:30 pm for play, dinner, story, crafts, and games and stay till 9:30 pm. We are using our Power Xpress Sunday School curriculum as a basis for planning each month s activities. It s a blessing to reach children with the Good News of Jesus Christ. This outreach is a living expression of the vitality of this church. Please contact Maria Cantu at 270-505-3578 If you have any questions 5
Wednesday night F.R.E.E. F ellowship R elationship E ducate E nergize Supper, worship, study for children, youth and adults 6:00-6:30 Supper 6:30-6:45 Worship 6:45-7:45 Study for all ages Elementary ages: Kindergarten - 4th grade Tweens: Fifth and sixth grade Youth: Seventh grade through High School Nursery available for younger children CO - ED ADULT BIBLE STUDY Wednesday night F.R.E.E 6:45 pm in Parlor SPANISH BIBLE CLASS Wednesday night F.R.E.E. 6:45 pm in Room 605 6
Thank you to volunteers who are making a difference with our youngest St. Matthew s family members. It s never too late to join this wonderful ministry which happens at 11:00 in the nursery every Sunday morning. For more information contact Judy Langford at 822-0252 Hugger and Rocker Schedule October 4 October 11 October 18 October 25 Nursery Staff Cindy & Shelby Campbell Steve & Carolyn Schrader Mary Alice Barrow SUNDAY FELLOWSHIP REFRESHMENT TIME - 2015 October Sonshine November Voyagers December Covenant Believers XYZ ADULT FELLOWSHIP will meet on October 14th at noon in the Fellowship Hall. Lunch will be provided. Join us for fellowship and interesting conversation. 7
Church Work Day Volunteers Needed November 14th at 9:00 am, we will be having another CHURCH WORK DAY We need your help with repairs, yard work, cleaning windows, Sanctuary, carpet, vacuum, doors, walls and cleaning the restrooms. Larry will need light bulbs changed and help with replacing rotten wood panels. These are just some of the things that need to be taken care of. This is your church and GOD s house, please make this a priority WE want our church to look nice and we want our visitors to enjoy a nice clean church. If you have any questions, please call Mary Holmes at 210-826-7580 and if you can t 8
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Methodist Men - Held meeting on September 13th with a great breakfast and continued our viewing of the movie Courageous what started out as Cops & Robbers story is getting serious. We will continue the movie next month on Sunday morning at 8:00 am in the gym. The Methodist Men are purchasing approximately 80 folding chairs to replace existing ones as well as a new chair rack from an additional donation. Remember we meet the second Sunday each month at 8:00 am in the gym. By: Robert Freund 16
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The St. Matthew s Messenger This is a new article page that will be available for anyone to: express joys, announcements, celebrations, special needs of jobs or articles you need in your home, sharing your talents or gifts, thank you s, and other sentiments. Please call Diane at 822-0252 or email to information@smumcsa.org by the 3rd Friday of each month, which is the monthly Monitor article deadline date. Synthia Collins is a Certified C.N.A and does home health care on weekends. If you know of someone needing a loving, caring provider, please contact her at 210-902-6557. Anyone needing a ride to the doctor, or grocery shopping or picking up prescriptions our Nurture Ministry can help you, so please call the church office and let them know. REMINDER: We do not have up-to-date information for 40% of our church family. Please notify us of your new or updated home phone number, cell number, work numbers, change of address, and email addresses and changes. We receive phone calls every day where members are trying to reach other members, and we can t help them, because our information is not up-to-date. We still have work numbers for people who retired 20 years ago. Please help us!!! Diane Garza, Secretary Welcome to St. Matthew s United Methodist Church family! We are truly excited that you have joined our congregation. Picture Pending Carol Marsh Paul Sutton Tara Cooper Winston Chieza 19
fàa `tàà{xãëá United Methodist Church 2738 MacArthur View San Antonio, TX 78217-4503 -Address Service Requested- OCTOBER 2015 Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID San Antonio, Texas Permit No. 1283 St. Matthew s is all about FAMILY!!! Come see what God is doing at St. Matthew s!!!! Check out our awesome website at - www.smumcsa.org Piano Lessons by Comfort-Air Engineering, Inc. Irwin Witebsky - St. Matthew s organist Expert instruction for a reasonable fee Please call (210) 690-2188 A New Generation of Comfort! Robert & Georganne Freund St. Matthew s members since 1984 Commercial / Residential / Sales & Service 11403 Jones Maltsberger / www.comfort-air.com / Phone: 210-494-1691 20