To join our ZOOM offerings online, by video, click on the links below or use the link provided in the weekly email.
These meetings are password protected; please email or call the office for the password.
St. Matthew’s Zoom WORSHIP Channel: https://zoom.us/j/2782817521
St. Matthew’s Zoom MEETING Channel: https://zoom.us/j/8648313120
St. Matthew’s Zoom LEARN Channel: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8793263231
Regular Virtual Gatherings Offered via ZOOM
Sundays:
Morning Prayer at 9:15 a.m. (Worship ZOOM)
Education Hour: 10:15 a.m. (Children on LEARN; Adults on WORSHP)
Monday through Friday:
Compline at 8:30 p.m. (Worship ZOOM)
Tuesdays:
Morning Silence at 7:30 a.m. (Worship ZOOM)
Tuesday Afternoon Tea with Lisa Frost-Phillips+ at 4:00 p.m.: Time for Fellowship & Sharing (Meeting ZOOM)
Wednesdays:
Morning Prayer at 8:00 a.m. (Worship ZOOM)
Group Meeting for Those Who Live Alone at 5:00 p.m.: Hosted by Margaret Brill (Meeting ZOOM)
Thursdays:
Birds of the Air at 6:30 p.m. Lay Leadership with Robert+
Adult Bible Study at 7:00 p.m. led by Charles Thomas and Jack Troxell
Fridays:
Morning Prayer at 8:00 a.m. (Worship ZOOM)
To join online, by video, click on the links below or use the link provided in the weekly email.
These meetings are password protected; please email or call the office for the password.
St. Matthew’s Zoom WORSHIP Channel: https://zoom.us/j/2782817521
St. Matthew’s Zoom MEETING Channel: https://zoom.us/j/8648313120
Use these links for all Zoom gatherings, the first for Worship, the latter for Committees, etc.
To call in by phone,
dial 1-929-205-6099, then Meeting ID 278 281 7521 for Worship and Meeting ID 864 831 3120 for Meetings.
This will allow you to participate by audio only.
From the Rector, Rev. Robert Fruehwirth
Dear Friends,
As we all adjust to life under the COVID-19 pandemic, I have taken some time to think about what St. Matthew’s is called to be at this time. We are called to nourish, care, and empower.
1. NOURISH the parish with sound spiritual teaching and social connection. The spiritual teaching teaching will help us to get below the anxiety of these times and grow in our faith. Times of disruption can be the best times to deepen our faith. We have to dig down to discover what is really true for us and commit to that.
2. CARE for one another in our basic needs, within the parish and out in the local community. This will include running errands and buying essentials for our vulnerable members. It will include putting the church at the service of local service groups who need our help, financial and otherwise.
3. EMPOWER people in our parish who want to help by organizing in-reach efforts in the parish and directing people to local agencies needing their assistance. It’s also possible that we will have parish-wide drives.
How we will do these things is in the works: phone trees, Sign-up Genius, Google Forms, Zoom videos, resurrecting our Facebook page and setting up a companion system in the parish. Expect a roll out of different requests and services in the coming days. The staff has made these efforts job one.
At any time, please email me or Lisa Frost-Phillips or Mary Rocap with your thoughts, concerns, hopes. Let us know if you are struggling. Let us know if you need help. I will not be able to respond to all emails directly, but I will take them all to heart and initiate a response if needed.
–Robert Fruehwirth