The Patronal Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist

September 20, 2009

BCP Page 323 8 AM HOLY EUCHARIST RITE I

Page 192 Traditional Collect

Page 340 Eucharistic Prayer II

BCP Page 355 9:15 AM HOLY EUCHARIST RITE II

Page 388 The Prayers of the People, Form IV

BCP Page 299 11:15 AM HOLY EUCHARIST RITE II & HOLY BAPTISM

The WORD of GOD

PROCESSIONAL HYMN 293 “I sing a song of the saints of God”

Page 299 Acclamation

Page 356 “Gloria in excelsis” (Hymnal S-280)

Insert Collects (BCP p. 244, 255 #13) First Reading: PROVERBS 3:1-6

PSALM 119:33-40 (p. 766) Second Reading: 2 TIMOTHY 3:14-17

GRADUAL HYMN 647, verses 1-2 “I know not where the road will lead”

Insert The Gospel: MATTHEW 9:9-13

GRADUAL HYMN 647, verses 3

The Sermon: The Rev. Scott Fisher

Page 301 Presentation & Examination of Baptismal candidates

EVAN WILFRED JOHN LITTLE

Page 304 The Baptismal Covenant

Page 305 Prayers for the Candidates

Page 307/8 The Baptism & Sealing

Page 830/431 Announcements, Introductions, Birthdays, Anniversaries

The HOLY COMMUNION

OFFERTORY HYMN 314 “Humbly I adore thee, Verity unseen”

Page 361 The Great Thanksgiving (Eucharistic Prayer A)

Page 362 Sanctus (Hymnal S-130)

Page 364 The Lord's Prayer

Page 364 Fraction (Hymnal S-155)

COMMUNION HYMNS: SongBook 27, 51b, 113, 119, 114

Page 365/6 Post Communion Prayer & Blessing

RECESSIONAL HYMN SongBook 74 “Lord of the Dance”

All persons baptized with water & the Spirit in the Name of the Trinity are invited to receive the Eucharist. Those who wish to receive only a blessing may cross their arms. It is perfectly acceptable to receive the Eucharist in only one kind (i.e. the Host), and then decline the chalice, crossing your arms.

September 20, 2009

The FEAST of ST. MATTHEW SUNDAY

St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church

Fairbanks, Alaska

www.stmatthewschurch.org

www.episcopalak.org

www.alaskabishopsearch.org

THIS WEEK at SAINT MATTHEW’S

2009

Sunday, September 20th (Feast of St. Matthew)

8 am Holy Eucharist, Rite I

(Nursery available for children three years & younger)

9:15 am & 11:15 am Holy Eucharist Rite II ~ followed by

annual Harvest Dinner covered dish & Announcements

of 2009 Endowment Board grants

1 pm Fairbanks Correctional Center Eucharist

12 am Compline

Monday, September 21ST

6 pm Education for Ministry (EFM) begins (Diocesan Office)

12 am Compline

Tuesday, September 22nd

11 am Denali Center Eucharist

4 pm Weed & Seed Steering Committee meeting

12 am Compline

Wednesday, September 23rd

9:30 am Holy Eucharist w/Healing Prayers

6 pm Choir Practice (parish hall)

7 pm Holy Baptism (Tre Newman) & Eucharist

12 am Compline

Thursday, September 24th

10:30 am Pioneer Home Eucharist

12 am Compline

Friday, September 25th

12 am Compline

Saturday, September 26th

2 pm Memorial Service for Noreen Hayr

4 pm Wedding of Jessica Gooshaw & Steven Flores (private home)

Officiant: The Rev. Mary Nathaniel

Sunday, September 27th (The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost)

8 am Holy Eucharist, Rite I

(Nursery available for children three years & younger)

9:15 & 11:15 am Holy Eucharist Rite II

11:15 am Sunday School Season begins (starting in the service)

1 pm Prayer Shawl meeting (parish library)

12 am Compline

WELCOME to everyone visiting from throughout the Interior and beyond. You are invited to join us at our coffee hour in the parish hall after each service.

St. Matthew’s Health Ministry reminds us that

SEPTEMBER is SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER AWARENESS MONTH

Health Ministry library has a display in the parish hall (check it out!) including information on protecting yourself from “Swine flu.”

COMING:

Sunday, September 27th ~ Sunday School BEGINS! Wanted: Sunday School Guides, Helpers, Volunteers ~ orange colored sign-up sheets in parish hall near the kitchen.

Sunday, October 4th ~ we celebrate St. Francis & the Blessing of Animals, stuffed or otherwise. Polite animals are blessed inside, during the service. More exuberant folk are blessed outdoors, afterwards. If you have pets who have died that you would like remembered in prayer, list them in the parish hall.

Thursday, October 8th – Sunday, October 11th ~ Diocesan Convention @ St. Mary’s Church, Anchorage ~ St. Matthew’s delegates are Fr. Scott, Laura Bender, Julia Cockerille, & Mary Margaret Davis. Information posted in parish hall. If you have concerns or thoughts about the church for the Convention, contact our Delegates or Vestry members.

FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP thru August 31, 2009

Operating Income (Month) $24,710 (YTD) $186,085

Operating Expense 27,904 - 196,763

Surplus/(Deficit) $(-3,194) $(-10,678)

Weekly offering need to meet 2009 budgeted ministry needs: $5,896.48

Last Sunday's offering (operating fund): $3,559.70

Pay-pal donations during August: $2,012

THOSE ASSISTING IN THE LITURGY

YOU, The COMMUNION of SAINTS and…..

8:00 a.m. 9:15 a.m. 11:15 a.m.

lst Lesson: David Burrell Patty Meritt Irene Roberts Bogenrife

Psalm: Jim Hameister Bernice Aragon

Epistle: David Burrell Tom Marsh Eliza Winfrey

Prayers: Lottie Beyer Barb Hameister Julia Cockerille

Acolyte/Crucifer: Jesse Taylor

Chalice: Lottie Beyer Ann Fleenor Julia Cockerille/Bernice Aragon

Usher John Parsons Gene Freeman

Nursery: ------Millie Ambrose ------

Organist & Musicians: Laura Vines/ Jeff Merkel Laura Vines

Altar Guild: Dee Daniels Diana Childs Julia Cockerille

Coffee Hour: Harvest Dinner

OUR PRAYERS of INTERCESSIONS

Parish Intercessions

The flooded communities and families of the Interior

The Rev. Berkman Silas Bertha Moses

The Rev. Seymour Tuzroyluke Mona

Candy Karli Nancy

Kitson Hannah Katherine

Isaac Arthur Caleb

Kristen Elmerline Joan

Arnold Phyllis Rolf

Howard Mary Kathy

Audrey Richard Byron

Linda Elaine Norma

Harold Vince Frank

Beverly Dolly Maggie

Sharron Henry Frank

Louise Rita Felicia

Those traveling; those in recovery; all those serving overseas & their families; our family in Denali Center, the Pioneer Home, the Correctional Centers, and other homes and programs; and all those grieving

(Please keep these people in your prayers, as we will be rotating names every three weeks or so to include those currently asking for prayer.)

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The flowers on the Altar are prepared and provided at minimum cost by College Floral & Gift. To have memorials, thanksgivings, or celebrations in the bulletin under the flower or candle offering, you may sign up on the charts in the hallway by the office. The flowers cost us $60 per Sunday, and the sanctuary candles cost us $4 per week.

St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church

Fairbanks, Alaska

September 20, 2009

OUR PRAYERS of INTERCESSIONS

Diocese of Alaska & Diocese of Yukon Intercessions

St. Matthew’s, Beaver; St. Andrew’s, Stevens Village; Rampart; St. Jude’s, North Pole; St. Mark’s Nenana; St. Christopher’s, Anchorage/St. Christopher’s Anglican, Haines Junction, Yukon Territory

The Anglican Communion & The Indian Ministries Cycle of Prayer

The Church in Puerto Rico/ The Native people in the Diocese of Minnesota

Thanksgivings

for Phyllis Sydne, Robert Ogburn (1953), Rochelle Elsie (1959), David Matthew (1964), Samantha Brewster (1970), Charlisa Marie, Nikki Jo, Wyatt Lysander (1987), Victor Paul Jr, Michael George Logan, Angela Marie, Taylor Marie, Frances Evelyn Liwanu (1992), whose baptismal anniversary at St. Matthew’s is September 20th

For the Departed

Greg Hering of Fairbanks; Bruce James of Fort Yukon; Ethyl Peasgood (102) of Fairbanks

FLOWER and CANDLE OFFERING

The Altar flowers are given to the Glory of God, and in loving memory of Floyd & Jeanne Ohlsen by their family; in thanksgiving for the birthday of Wes Nelson by his mother, Audrey Sunnyboy.

The sanctuary candle is given to the Glory of God, and in celebration for the life of “Daddy Shane” by your God-children Tenika, Darcy, & Clifford.

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Sexton: MICHAEL ‘TREE’ NELSON

Sunday School Director: PATTY MERITT

Co-Sacristans: CATHY GIACOMAZZI & MARY JOHNSTON

Parish Secretary: HILARY FREEMAN

Wardens: ROXY WRIGHT FREEDLE & KAREN KISS

Deacons: THE REV'Ds MONTIE SLUSHER, BELLA JEAN SAVINO

Priests: THE REV’Ds STEPHEN MATTHEW, JOHN HOLZ, LEE DAVIS

Rector: THE REV. SCOTT FISHER

Assisting Bishop for Alaska: THE RT. REV. RUSTIN KIMSEY