A poem celebrating the Feast of the Transfiguration.

Interested in serving as a Lay Eucharistic Minister for Sunday worship or other services? Then join us for a training session.

St. Matthew’s will be hosting the first of three Justice United gatherings- to build community and go deeper into the whys and hows of organizing for change. All are welcome!

Nothing can separate us from the love of God, but everything distracts us. The Rev. Robert Fruehwirth preaches at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Hillsborough NC on honoring and caring for God’s presence in our lives.

As of July 27, 20 more cans of beef stew are needed to fulfill our obligation for July, 2023 to OCIM.

Hope Anderson preaches on the wheats and the weed in Matthew 13, taking us on a deep exploration of God’s allowance of the life-threatening with the life-giving.

It’s not too early to begin crafting and canning for our annual holiday FEST bazaar.

Whether you’re a member of St. Matthew’s or not, join us on the last Sunday of the month for a service of Compline, and mostly, a cappella singing.

Read here to learn about a new Sabbath Group starting in the fall at the Leiss’ farm in Hurdle Mills.

Sunday July 23rd saw the initiation of the new children’s playset behind the Hayden Building…

Sunday August 6th we will celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration with special music and elevated liturgy. What is special about this feast?

As Jane and I came back from vacation, we were delighted to see the work on the Rectory foundation proceeding so well. The crew had already backfilled the ditches that surrounded the rectory (Sebastian thought they were building a moat) and had begun working on the back patio

The rector, the Rev. Robert Fruehwirth, previews the fall’s coming emphasis on the Eucharist, and how it ties into our work also with our parish history.

The St. Matthew’s Women’s Singing Circle invites you to celebrate Old Christmas with them on Friday, January 6, at 7:30pm for a Faith & Arts Concert at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. Old Christmas is when we hold our breath as the Twelve Days of Christmastide end and the Season of Epiphany begins.

Three Vignettes from Norwich: A December message from the Rev. Robert Fruehwirth.

Keep My Commandments was the signed work of Ernest Lakeman, installed in 1942 as a Ruffin family memorial. Lakeman’s most famous work was his window in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, memorializing John Jacob Astor’s death on the Titanic in 1912.

The most widely recognized window is the Angel of Praise Window, installed in 1899. It was listed as the “Ruffin Memorial Window” in a 1910 publication of Tiffany Glass. Joseph Lauber designed the Angel in 1894, and most likely Agnes Northrop designed the cluster of Iris at the Angel’s feet. It is signed Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company and dated 1896.

This ‘patron’ window of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church is by Lawrence Saint, who is well known for windows done for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, and the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. The names of James Webb and Sarah Frances Cheshire and their children are laced throughout the window.

This window has one major panel. The theme of the window is labor and is based on Matthew 11 :28: “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.”