The Parish of St. Matthew

May 7th, 2012

The Parish of St. Matthew Anglican Church

May 11-12^{th  –} St. Matthew will be participating in our first diocesan synod as a re-established parish!  As decided at our Annual Meeting, Rector’s Warden, Carole Keighley is our elected delegate; Fr. Allen is joining her as a voting member of synod. Peter Keighley is served on the resolutions committee and Douglas MacAdams will present in his capacity as Chancellor of the Anglican Province of B.C. which includes the Diocese of New Westminster.  Others will be attending as observers.

Let us pray for the proceedings of synod as we deliberate and pray together

Sun May 6th – 7:30 PM.  GLORIA  DEI CHORALE Presents Choral Classics  Come and join us for an evening of wonderful music and fellowship!

Miscellaneous

We would like to warmly welcome our new Parish Administrator, Rachel Noel, who will be starting work tomorrow. Please note that our office hours will be changing:

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

                    9:30 AM – 1:30 PM

We are creating a new liturgy service roster for May and June.  If you are not currently on the roster and would like to be a lay reader, prayer intercessor and / or Eucharist Assistant, please see Fr. Allen and or Rachel in the church office (604-853-2416)

We are still working on our website.  Any comments or suggestion regarding our current website or  pictures of our facilities and our communal life together would be greatly appreciated.                     www.stmatthewsabbotsford.com

We continue to collect non-perishable food items for the Abbotsford Food Bank

He has risen indeed.

Acts 3:12-19

1 John 3:1-7

Psalm 4

lk 24:36b-48