THE FIFTH SUNDAY of EASTER
May 10, 2009
Year B & Daily Office Year One
BCP Page 323 8:00 AM HOLY EUCHARIST RITE I
Page 173 Traditional Collect (insert)
Page 340 Eucharistic Prayer II
9:15 & 11:15 AM HOLY EUCHARIST RITE II
PROCESSIONAL HYMN 193 “That Easter day with joy was bright”
Page 355 Acclamation
HYMN 178 "Alleluia, alleluia! “ Give thanks to the risen Lord”
Insert Collect (BCP p. 225); ACTS 8:26-40
PSALM 22:24-30 (p. 612); 1 JOHN 4:7-21
GRADUAL HYMN 439, verses 1-2 “What wondrous love is this, O my soul”
Insert The Gospel: JOHN 15:1-8
GRADUAL HYMN 439, verse 3
The Sermon: The Rev. Scott Fisher
Page 358 The Nicene Creed
Page 387 The Prayers of the People, Form III
Page 360 The Peace
Page 830/431 Announcements, Birthdays, Anniversaries
OFFERTORY HYMN (9:15) 577 “God is love, and where true love is God himself”
(11:15) Choir Anthem “God Loved the World”
THE DOXOLOGY (tune 618)
Page 361 The Great Thanksgiving (Eucharistic Prayer A)
Page 362 Sanctus (Hymnal S-129)
Page 364 Fraction Anthem (Hymnal S-155)
COMMUNION HYMNS: SongBook 59, 63, 76, 88b, 95
Page 365/6 The Post Communion Prayer & Blessing
RECESSIONAL HYMN 396 “Now thank we all our God”
The Dismissal
All persons baptized with water & the Spirit in the Name of the Trinity are invited to receive the Eucharist. Those who wish to only receive 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.
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THIS WEEK at SAINT MATTHEW’S
2009
Sunday, May 10th (The Fifth Sunday of Easter) (Mother’s day)
8 am Holy Eucharist, Rite I
(nursery available for children three years & younger)
9:15 &11:15 am Holy Eucharist Rite II
12 am Compline
Monday, May 11th
12 am Compline
Tuesday, May 12th
11 am Denali Center Eucharist
5 pm VESTRY meeting (Parish library)
12 am Compline
Wednesday, May 13th
9:30 am Holy Eucharist w/healing prayers
6 pm Choir rehearsal
7 pm Holy Eucharist & Baptism (Ashton Peter & Natalie John)
12 am Compline
Thursday, May 14th
10:30 am Pioneer Home Eucharist
6 pm EFM Closing Eucharist (Diocesan Office)
12 am Compline
Friday, May 15th
7 pm St. Matthew’s Youth Group Movie/Popcorn Night (Parish Hall)
12 am Compline
Saturday, May 16th
11 am Elks Club Memorial Service @ St. Matthew’s
3-4 pm Duck Dance & Jig class for 8 years & older (Parish Hall)
Sunday, May 17th (The Sixth Sunday of Easter)
Congregational Conversation @ all three services:
8 am Holy Eucharist, Rite I
9 am Sunday School Carnival
9:15 &11:15 am Holy Eucharist Rite II
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.
Love, INC. new volunteer orientation ~ Tuesday, May 12th ~ 1 PM ~ 818 26th Ave. for anyone willing to volunteer to help meet the needs of the poor in our community. Please call Judy at 452-6154 to r.s.v.p. or for information.
St. Matthew’s Health Ministry reminds us that the month of MAY is
ALCOHOL & DRUG ABUSE/FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME AWARENESS
We are collecting names of this year’s Graduates for prayer next Sunday. Sign up in the parish hall.
The January Annual Meeting called for a Vestry Task Force to plan a church conversation on our ministry with children, young people, families, Sunday School, etc. The Congregational Conversation will be next Sunday, May 17th, at all services.
THANK YOU to an anonymous donor for the donation of more (much needed) Song Books.
Yukon River flooding: Anyone willing and able to volunteer to help Eagle and other places clean-up after the flood waters recede, please contact the Rev. Anna Frank (452-3040).
FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP thru March 31, 2009
Operating Income (Month) $29,527 (YTD) $68,398
Operating Expense 23,162 - 73,115
Surplus/(Deficit) $ 6,364 $(-4,717)
Weekly offering need to meet 2009 budgeted ministry needs: $5,896.48
Last Sunday's offering (operating fund): $5,019.27
Pay-pal donations during April: $4,484
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: Karen Kiss Jane Sandstrom Julia Cockerille
Psalm: Shirley Gordon Linda Mullen
Epistle: Karen Kiss Becky Snow Jim Hameister
Prayers: Mary Margaret Davis Laura Bender Fred Brown
Acolyte/Crucifer:
Chalice: Mary Margaret Davis Greg/Jane Sandstrom Julia Cockerille/Audrey Jones
Ushers: Sue Englebrecht Gene Freeman
Nursery: ------Millie Ambrose ------
Organist: Mary Ellen Koeller Mary Ellen Koeller
Altar Guild: Dee Daniels Laura Bender Julia Cockerille
Coffee Hour:
OUR PRAYERS OF INTERCESSIONS
Parish Intercessions
The flooded communities and families of the Interior
Johnny Betty Franklin
Hannah Elsie Katherine
Sherry Isaiah Arthur
Kristen Elmerline Joan
Bonnie Phyllis James
Howard Mary Kathy
Audrey Faith Byron
Linda Elaine Alice
Harold Vince Dona
Beverly Dolly Henry
Margaret Norma Jane
Lonnie Frank Eva
Elizabeth Maggie Dorothy
Marjorie Cherokee Nancy
Robert Grace Louise
Sterling Barbara
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 to include those currently asking for prayer.)
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An Easter Liturgical Reminder: The Easter Season lasts 50 days, until May 31st. The emphasis is on God’s forgiveness & love, not our guilt. Traditionally, therefore, no Confession nor kneeling during Easter. May 31st is Pentecost Sunday. There will be only one service at 10 am – Holy Eucharist & Baptism. Contact the church office (456-5235).
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
Fairbanks, Alaska
May 10, 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. John’s, Eagle; Holy Trinity, Circle; South Central Deanery meeting, Meier Lake Camp & Conference Center, Wasilla /St. Paul’s Anglican, Dawson City, Yukon Territory
The Anglican Communion & The Indian Ministries Cycle of Prayer
The Church of the Province of Uganda/The Native people in the Diocese of Wyoming
Thanksgivings
for Andrew Dean (1964), Maria Lisa, Antoinette Bonnie (1979), Forrest Joseph (1981), whose baptismal anniversary at St. Matthew’s is May 10th
For the Departed
Terry Douglas of Fairbanks/Ambler; Norma Attla of Huslia; The Rev. Hugh Hall of Kodiak; Kjersti Anderson of Colorado (granddaughter of Mayo Earnest)
FLOWER and CANDLE OFFERING
The Altar flowers are given to the Glory of God, and by Rebecca & William Fisher in thanksgiving for her sister, Charleen’s birthday this week; and for her grandmother, Mrs. Kitson Fisher, and in memory of her grandmother, Mrs. Charlotte Adams, and her mother, Margaret Ann Adams Fisher.
The sanctuary candle is given to the Glory of God, and in thanksgiving for Craig by his mother, Holly King.
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The flowers on the Altar are prepared and provided at minimum cost by College Floral & Gift.
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Sexton: MICHAEL ‘TREE’ NELSON
Sunday School Director: BETH CORVEN
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, LAYNE SMITH
Rector: THE REV. SCOTT FISHER
Assisting Bishop for Alaska: THE RT. REV. RUSTIN KIMSEY