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Monday, October 02 2023

Sept financial statement below. Note: Rally Day envelopes will be used to fund our new "IN" Fund which replaces the Sunday School Fund. We use this fund for teaching materials, craft supplies, and food and supplies for our IN and Huddle gatherings.

Yesterday, Sarah and I were surprised and very blessed as Kathy praised God for our service and prayed over us. Thank you! You have no idea what that means to us and to Karen and me as well as she was blessed and prayed over as well. But our church isn't built on just one or two servants. We are a team. God's Good News Delivery Co. where all have a part to play and many are doing so very well. Thank You all! Praise God for Gina Fuhrman and her whole serving team at Bread Ministry, Clothing Closet and pantry. Gina, Gail Lichtenwalner, Millie Flexer, Mary Rehm, and all those non-members Karen, Barb, Sue and others) Thank you all!!! We are connecting to new people through their loved shared well and we are being God's hands and feet reaching in loving help. Thank You Lori Rohrer, our volunteer secretary and Two peas in a Pod chef. Lori just updated our website and Face Book presence. Check it our at http://www.stmatthewsec.com! People can now learn more about us, find our calendar and even read my daily blog. New families find churches on line and we are now positioned more relevantly to be considered. Thanks for all you do Lori! Then there's Debbie Siegfried, our envelope secretary and media guru making sure our zoom connections work as we reach around the country to those worshiping God with us. Thanks to Gary Bastian for keeping all our Sunday media working and for opening and preparing our building to welcome us each Sunday. Then there is the whole property Team that keeps our building operational and clean and welcoming. (Danny Reinsmith, Marshall Rehm, Jason Fuhrman, Tim Derr, Mike Canfield, and Craig Siegfried). And thanks to our Children's Church teachers Mike Laise, Barb Schware and Karen Kerns making sure our kids are meeting God and growing in Jesus as they teach Sundays and now Wednesday evenings. Thank you!. We also can't forget our vital team mates, our prayer warriors and our tithing fund-ers! You rock! We are a giving and praying church! PTL! We are family! We are a team! We prosper as we serve and worship together! Thank you to everyone!!! (sorry if I missed anyone! I always worry about that when I list our servants by name) One last thank you and that is for our Pastoral Relations Committee (PRC) that help Sarah and me be our best, stay on track and help with and concerns you raise. (Danny Reinsmith, Kathy Canfield (our lay delegate too), Gina Fuhrman, and Gail Lichtenwalner). What great servants we have! PTL and thank all for all they do to help us to continue to grow into the greater things God has for us! You are all appreciated and you are fulfilling your custom made purposes so well! Thanks again for being you and loving well!

Good Morning Very Blessed, Set Free Masterpieces Who Do the Master's Work! That's you, right? Proclaim it brothers and sisters, because it is an apt description of who you are in Christ and what you and we do as the Master's very loved, very blessed servants. We are blessed to be a blessing and get blessed back as we bless. The angel pronounced over Mary that she was a blessed and highly favored servant. I am pronouncing that over you and our church right now! Receive it and live it! It's an awesome circle of blessings that leads to much love shared and much praise lifted. Times are hard and many of us have struggles. We can keep a healthy focus as we praise, even in the storms and count our many blessings. I think of Paul's thorn in the flesh that was used by God to keep him humble as he served and worshiped. God's grace is sufficient for all of us and His mercies are new every morning. PTL! 

Check out the UR below and the reminder to keep your focus up by counting your blessings and worshiping our All-Knowing Helper and Rock. Pray for those you know who are struggling right now to remember to trust God and lift praise. Then there is ODB's (below) reminder that we are God's masterpieces. We are works of art in process, allowing God to form us more fully into the finished piece of art He has in mind. I think of the Potter and the clay! I think of how old masterpieces are being restored and made new or back to their original glory. God is so God, ain't? Also check out my Charles Stanley devo for today as well as TWFYT reminding us that we are being made new in Christ (Eph. 2:10) and sent to complete our custom made missions. Only you can be you and God has something special just for you today. PTL! Go and love like Jesus. 

As I read these I was reminded of our Chosen episodes from last week and this week. (Wed at 6). Last week, The Baptist said to Andrew and Joanna that when Jesus speaks there's always something there just for you. What is it? Jesus is speaking to you. What's he saying? Yesterday He spoke to us through the red letters of our Bibles, but you don't need red letters to hear His loving voice. Be still and know! I think of this week when we will watch Jesus sending the twelve out two by two as he empowered them to go do His works (just like He does for us) and how He ministered to little James. We may pause and replay that this week because it brings alive so well God's love, grace and wisdom as He uses even the handicapped to go love and bless. (You should really come check that out with us Wed!!!) God loves you so much just as you are and has great plans custom made for you today. Receive and share His love well this week! And then let's celebrate all God is doing through His loving servant Good News Delivery Co called St. Matts!

Rejoice and be glad in this beautiful day that God has given us. Thank Him for using and sending you! Thank Him for our servants church and the harvest workers He is raising up as He brings in the harvest. Ask Him to empower an embolden you to go, just as you are, His masterpiece in process, and ask Him to love through you well today. Amen! Jesus is lovingly gazing at you right now and knows all you will accomplish and He is smiling! He really loves you! Amen! Go! Be who you would be if you were Jesus! Be you and love well!

UR (Upper Room): Counting Blessings

Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life. - Psalm 23:6 (NIV)

One evening I saw my sister writing notes in her phone. Curious, I took a peek at what she was writing. It was a list of good things that happened to her that day. My sister was counting God’s blessings one by one. When I asked her why, she answered, “So I can always be thankful to God.”

Starting in January 2021, I had many troubles — one blow after another. I was stressed, and as a result it was hard for me to be thankful to God. Then I remembered my sister’s example to count God’s blessings. So every night I tried to give thanks to God for at least one blessing. At first it was difficult. I would wonder, What blessing did I receive today? But, day by day, I came to realize that God’s blessings were abundant. No longer was I stressed. I gave thanks to God and felt content.

In today’s scripture reading, David celebrates God’s presence in his life. Even though he faced many troubles, David knew God’s goodness was with him every day. Life has many troubles, but it also has many blessings. We can give thanks to God always.

TODAY'S PRAYER

Open our eyes, God, to the abundant blessings you give us every day of our life. May we always give thanks to you. Amen.ODB:

The Masterpiece Within

We are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works. Ephesians 2:10

READ Ephesians 2:1–10

audio playLISTEN ONLINE

Writing in The Atlantic, author Arthur C. Brooks tells of his visit to the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, which contains one of the largest collections of Chinese art in the world. The museum guide asked, “What do you think of when I ask you to imagine a work of art yet to be started?” Brooks said, “An empty canvas, I guess.” The guide replied, “There’s another way to view it: The art already exists, and the job of artists is simply to reveal it.”

In Ephesians 2:10, the word handiwork, sometimes translated as “workmanship” or “masterpiece,” is from the Greek word poiēma, from which we derive our word poetry. God has created us as works of art, living poems. However, our art has become obscured: “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins” (v. 1). To paraphrase the words of the museum guide, “The art [of us] is already there, and it’s the job of the Divine Artist to reveal it.” Indeed, God is restoring us, His masterpieces: “God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive” (vv. 4–5).

As we go through challenges and difficulties, we might take comfort in knowing that the Divine Artist is at work: “It is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose” (Philippians 2:13). Know that God is working in you to reveal His masterpiece.

By Kenneth Petersen

REFLECT & PRAY

What are some of the ways that you, as God’s artwork, have become dimmed? How do you feel He’s working in your life these days?

Creator God, thank You for making me one of Your masterpieces.

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT

Ephesians 2:1–10 contains three significant shifts. First, Paul speaks of a shift from death to life: “Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions” (vv. 4–5). The second shift is connected to the first. When we were brought from death to life, our actions changed. We shifted from following “the ways of this world” (v. 2), being “disobedient” (v. 2), and “gratifying the cravings of our flesh” (v. 3) to “good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (v. 10). Finally, Paul switches between the second person you and the first person us. This unites all who call on the name of Jesus into one family.

J.R. Hudberg

Charles Stanley Devo:

Inline image
 

TWFYT (The Word for You Today)

Sept financial statement below. Note: Rally Day envelopes will be used to fund our new "IN" Fund which replaces the Sunday School Fund. We use this fund for teaching materials, craft supplies, and food and supplies for our IN and Huddle gatherings.

Yesterday, Sarah and I were surprised and very blessed as Kathy praised God for our service and prayed over us. Thank you! You have no idea what that means to us and to Karen and me as well as she was blessed and prayed over as well. But our church isn't built on just one or two servants. We are a team. God's Good News Delivery Co. where all have a part to play and many are doing so very well. Thank You all! Praise God for Gina Fuhrman and her whole serving team at Bread Ministry, Clothing Closet and pantry. Gina, Gail Lichtenwalner, Millie Flexer, Mary Rehm, and all those non-members Karen, Barb, Sue and others) Thank you all!!! We are connecting to new people through their loved shared well and we are being God's hands and feet reaching in loving help. Thank You Lori Rohrer, our volunteer secretary and Two peas in a Pod chef. Lori just updated our website and Face Book presence. Check it our at http://www.stmatthewsec.com! People can now learn more about us, find our calendar and even read my daily blog. New families find churches on line and we are now positioned more relevantly to be considered. Thanks for all you do Lori! Then there's Debbie Siegfried, our envelope secretary and media guru making sure our zoom connections work as we reach around the country to those worshiping God with us. Thanks to Gary Bastian for keeping all our Sunday media working and for opening and preparing our building to welcome us each Sunday. Then there is the whole property Team that keeps our building operational and clean and welcoming. (Danny Reinsmith, Marshall Rehm, Jason Fuhrman, Tim Derr, Mike Canfield, and Craig Siegfried). And thanks to our Children's Church teachers Mike Laise, Barb Schware and Karen Kerns making sure our kids are meeting God and growing in Jesus as they teach Sundays and now Wednesday evenings. Thank you!. We also can't forget our vital team mates, our prayer warriors and our tithing fund-ers! You rock! We are a giving and praying church! PTL! We are family! We are a team! We prosper as we serve and worship together! Thank you to everyone!!! (sorry if I missed anyone! I always worry about that when I list our servants by name) One last thank you and that is for our Pastoral Relations Committee (PRC) that help Sarah and me be our best, stay on track and help with and concerns you raise. (Danny Reinsmith, Kathy Canfield (our lay delegate too), Gina Fuhrman, and Gail Lichtenwalner). What great servants we have! PTL and thank all for all they do to help us to continue to grow into the greater things God has for us! You are all appreciated and you are fulfilling your custom made purposes so well! Thanks again for being you and loving well!

Good Morning Very Blessed, Set Free Masterpieces Who Do the Master's Work! That's you, right? Proclaim it brothers and sisters, because it is an apt description of who you are in Christ and what you and we do as the Master's very loved, very blessed servants. We are blessed to be a blessing and get blessed back as we bless. The angel pronounced over Mary that she was a blessed and highly favored servant. I am pronouncing that over you and our church right now! Receive it and live it! It's an awesome circle of blessings that leads to much love shared and much praise lifted. Times are hard and many of us have struggles. We can keep a healthy focus as we praise, even in the storms and count our many blessings. I think of Paul's thorn in the flesh that was used by God to keep him humble as he served and worshiped. God's grace is sufficient for all of us and His mercies are new every morning. PTL! 

Check out the UR below and the reminder to keep your focus up by counting your blessings and worshiping our All-Knowing Helper and Rock. Pray for those you know who are struggling right now to remember to trust God and lift praise. Then there is ODB's (below) reminder that we are God's masterpieces. We are works of art in process, allowing God to form us more fully into the finished piece of art He has in mind. I think of the Potter and the clay! I think of how old masterpieces are being restored and made new or back to their original glory. God is so God, ain't? Also check out my Charles Stanley devo for today as well as TWFYT reminding us that we are being made new in Christ (Eph. 2:10) and sent to complete our custom made missions. Only you can be you and God has something special just for you today. PTL! Go and love like Jesus. 

As I read these I was reminded of our Chosen episodes from last week and this week. (Wed at 6). Last week, The Baptist said to Andrew and Joanna that when Jesus speaks there's always something there just for you. What is it? Jesus is speaking to you. What's he saying? Yesterday He spoke to us through the red letters of our Bibles, but you don't need red letters to hear His loving voice. Be still and know! I think of this week when we will watch Jesus sending the twelve out two by two as he empowered them to go do His works (just like He does for us) and how He ministered to little James. We may pause and replay that this week because it brings alive so well God's love, grace and wisdom as He uses even the handicapped to go love and bless. (You should really come check that out with us Wed!!!) God loves you so much just as you are and has great plans custom made for you today. Receive and share His love well this week! And then let's celebrate all God is doing through His loving servant Good News Delivery Co called St. Matts!

Rejoice and be glad in this beautiful day that God has given us. Thank Him for using and sending you! Thank Him for our servants church and the harvest workers He is raising up as He brings in the harvest. Ask Him to empower an embolden you to go, just as you are, His masterpiece in process, and ask Him to love through you well today. Amen! Jesus is lovingly gazing at you right now and knows all you will accomplish and He is smiling! He really loves you! Amen! Go! Be who you would be if you were Jesus! Be you and love well!

UR (Upper Room): Counting Blessings

Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life. - Psalm 23:6 (NIV)

One evening I saw my sister writing notes in her phone. Curious, I took a peek at what she was writing. It was a list of good things that happened to her that day. My sister was counting God’s blessings one by one. When I asked her why, she answered, “So I can always be thankful to God.”

Starting in January 2021, I had many troubles — one blow after another. I was stressed, and as a result it was hard for me to be thankful to God. Then I remembered my sister’s example to count God’s blessings. So every night I tried to give thanks to God for at least one blessing. At first it was difficult. I would wonder, What blessing did I receive today? But, day by day, I came to realize that God’s blessings were abundant. No longer was I stressed. I gave thanks to God and felt content.

In today’s scripture reading, David celebrates God’s presence in his life. Even though he faced many troubles, David knew God’s goodness was with him every day. Life has many troubles, but it also has many blessings. We can give thanks to God always.

TODAY'S PRAYER

Open our eyes, God, to the abundant blessings you give us every day of our life. May we always give thanks to you. Amen.ODB:

The Masterpiece Within

We are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works. Ephesians 2:10

READ Ephesians 2:1–10

audio playLISTEN ONLINE

Writing in The Atlantic, author Arthur C. Brooks tells of his visit to the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, which contains one of the largest collections of Chinese art in the world. The museum guide asked, “What do you think of when I ask you to imagine a work of art yet to be started?” Brooks said, “An empty canvas, I guess.” The guide replied, “There’s another way to view it: The art already exists, and the job of artists is simply to reveal it.”

In Ephesians 2:10, the word handiwork, sometimes translated as “workmanship” or “masterpiece,” is from the Greek word poiēma, from which we derive our word poetry. God has created us as works of art, living poems. However, our art has become obscured: “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins” (v. 1). To paraphrase the words of the museum guide, “The art [of us] is already there, and it’s the job of the Divine Artist to reveal it.” Indeed, God is restoring us, His masterpieces: “God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive” (vv. 4–5).

As we go through challenges and difficulties, we might take comfort in knowing that the Divine Artist is at work: “It is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose” (Philippians 2:13). Know that God is working in you to reveal His masterpiece.

By Kenneth Petersen

REFLECT & PRAY

What are some of the ways that you, as God’s artwork, have become dimmed? How do you feel He’s working in your life these days?

Creator God, thank You for making me one of Your masterpieces.

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT

Ephesians 2:1–10 contains three significant shifts. First, Paul speaks of a shift from death to life: “Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions” (vv. 4–5). The second shift is connected to the first. When we were brought from death to life, our actions changed. We shifted from following “the ways of this world” (v. 2), being “disobedient” (v. 2), and “gratifying the cravings of our flesh” (v. 3) to “good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (v. 10). Finally, Paul switches between the second person you and the first person us. This unites all who call on the name of Jesus into one family.

J.R. Hudberg

Charles Stanley Devo:

Inline image
 

TWFYT (The Word for You Today)


 

Sept financial statement below. Note: Rally Day envelopes will be used to fund our new "IN" Fund which replaces the Sunday School Fund. We use this fund for teaching materials, craft supplies, and food and supplies for our IN and Huddle gatherings.

Yesterday, Sarah and I were surprised and very blessed as Kathy praised God for our service and prayed over us. Thank you! You have no idea what that means to us and to Karen and me as well as she was blessed and prayed over as well. But our church isn't built on just one or two servants. We are a team. God's Good News Delivery Co. where all have a part to play and many are doing so very well. Thank You all! Praise God for Gina Fuhrman and her whole serving team at Bread Ministry, Clothing Closet and pantry. Gina, Gail Lichtenwalner, Millie Flexer, Mary Rehm, and all those non-members Karen, Barb, Sue and others) Thank you all!!! We are connecting to new people through their loved shared well and we are being God's hands and feet reaching in loving help. Thank You Lori Rohrer, our volunteer secretary and Two peas in a Pod chef. Lori just updated our website and Face Book presence. Check it our at http://www.stmatthewsec.com! People can now learn more about us, find our calendar and even read my daily blog. New families find churches on line and we are now positioned more relevantly to be considered. Thanks for all you do Lori! Then there's Debbie Siegfried, our envelope secretary and media guru making sure our zoom connections work as we reach around the country to those worshiping God with us. Thanks to Gary Bastian for keeping all our Sunday media working and for opening and preparing our building to welcome us each Sunday. Then there is the whole property Team that keeps our building operational and clean and welcoming. (Danny Reinsmith, Marshall Rehm, Jason Fuhrman, Tim Derr, Mike Canfield, and Craig Siegfried). And thanks to our Children's Church teachers Mike Laise, Barb Schware and Karen Kerns making sure our kids are meeting God and growing in Jesus as they teach Sundays and now Wednesday evenings. Thank you!. We also can't forget our vital team mates, our prayer warriors and our tithing fund-ers! You rock! We are a giving and praying church! PTL! We are family! We are a team! We prosper as we serve and worship together! Thank you to everyone!!! (sorry if I missed anyone! I always worry about that when I list our servants by name) One last thank you and that is for our Pastoral Relations Committee (PRC) that help Sarah and me be our best, stay on track and help with and concerns you raise. (Danny Reinsmith, Kathy Canfield (our lay delegate too), Gina Fuhrman, and Gail Lichtenwalner). What great servants we have! PTL and thank all for all they do to help us to continue to grow into the greater things God has for us! You are all appreciated and you are fulfilling your custom made purposes so well! Thanks again for being you and loving well!

Good Morning Very Blessed, Set Free Masterpieces Who Do the Master's Work! That's you, right? Proclaim it brothers and sisters, because it is an apt description of who you are in Christ and what you and we do as the Master's very loved, very blessed servants. We are blessed to be a blessing and get blessed back as we bless. The angel pronounced over Mary that she was a blessed and highly favored servant. I am pronouncing that over you and our church right now! Receive it and live it! It's an awesome circle of blessings that leads to much love shared and much praise lifted. Times are hard and many of us have struggles. We can keep a healthy focus as we praise, even in the storms and count our many blessings. I think of Paul's thorn in the flesh that was used by God to keep him humble as he served and worshiped. God's grace is sufficient for all of us and His mercies are new every morning. PTL! 

Check out the UR below and the reminder to keep your focus up by counting your blessings and worshiping our All-Knowing Helper and Rock. Pray for those you know who are struggling right now to remember to trust God and lift praise. Then there is ODB's (below) reminder that we are God's masterpieces. We are works of art in process, allowing God to form us more fully into the finished piece of art He has in mind. I think of the Potter and the clay! I think of how old masterpieces are being restored and made new or back to their original glory. God is so God, ain't? Also check out my Charles Stanley devo for today as well as TWFYT reminding us that we are being made new in Christ (Eph. 2:10) and sent to complete our custom made missions. Only you can be you and God has something special just for you today. PTL! Go and love like Jesus. 

As I read these I was reminded of our Chosen episodes from last week and this week. (Wed at 6). Last week, The Baptist said to Andrew and Joanna that when Jesus speaks there's always something there just for you. What is it? Jesus is speaking to you. What's he saying? Yesterday He spoke to us through the red letters of our Bibles, but you don't need red letters to hear His loving voice. Be still and know! I think of this week when we will watch Jesus sending the twelve out two by two as he empowered them to go do His works (just like He does for us) and how He ministered to little James. We may pause and replay that this week because it brings alive so well God's love, grace and wisdom as He uses even the handicapped to go love and bless. (You should really come check that out with us Wed!!!) God loves you so much just as you are and has great plans custom made for you today. Receive and share His love well this week! And then let's celebrate all God is doing through His loving servant Good News Delivery Co called St. Matts!

Rejoice and be glad in this beautiful day that God has given us. Thank Him for using and sending you! Thank Him for our servants church and the harvest workers He is raising up as He brings in the harvest. Ask Him to empower an embolden you to go, just as you are, His masterpiece in process, and ask Him to love through you well today. Amen! Jesus is lovingly gazing at you right now and knows all you will accomplish and He is smiling! He really loves you! Amen! Go! Be who you would be if you were Jesus! Be you and love well!

UR (Upper Room): Counting Blessings

Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life. - Psalm 23:6 (NIV)

One evening I saw my sister writing notes in her phone. Curious, I took a peek at what she was writing. It was a list of good things that happened to her that day. My sister was counting God’s blessings one by one. When I asked her why, she answered, “So I can always be thankful to God.”

Starting in January 2021, I had many troubles — one blow after another. I was stressed, and as a result it was hard for me to be thankful to God. Then I remembered my sister’s example to count God’s blessings. So every night I tried to give thanks to God for at least one blessing. At first it was difficult. I would wonder, What blessing did I receive today? But, day by day, I came to realize that God’s blessings were abundant. No longer was I stressed. I gave thanks to God and felt content.

In today’s scripture reading, David celebrates God’s presence in his life. Even though he faced many troubles, David knew God’s goodness was with him every day. Life has many troubles, but it also has many blessings. We can give thanks to God always.

TODAY'S PRAYER

Open our eyes, God, to the abundant blessings you give us every day of our life. May we always give thanks to you. Amen.ODB:

The Masterpiece Within

We are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works. Ephesians 2:10

READ Ephesians 2:1–10

audio playLISTEN ONLINE

Writing in The Atlantic, author Arthur C. Brooks tells of his visit to the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, which contains one of the largest collections of Chinese art in the world. The museum guide asked, “What do you think of when I ask you to imagine a work of art yet to be started?” Brooks said, “An empty canvas, I guess.” The guide replied, “There’s another way to view it: The art already exists, and the job of artists is simply to reveal it.”

In Ephesians 2:10, the word handiwork, sometimes translated as “workmanship” or “masterpiece,” is from the Greek word poiēma, from which we derive our word poetry. God has created us as works of art, living poems. However, our art has become obscured: “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins” (v. 1). To paraphrase the words of the museum guide, “The art [of us] is already there, and it’s the job of the Divine Artist to reveal it.” Indeed, God is restoring us, His masterpieces: “God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive” (vv. 4–5).

As we go through challenges and difficulties, we might take comfort in knowing that the Divine Artist is at work: “It is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose” (Philippians 2:13). Know that God is working in you to reveal His masterpiece.

By Kenneth Petersen

REFLECT & PRAY

What are some of the ways that you, as God’s artwork, have become dimmed? How do you feel He’s working in your life these days?

Creator God, thank You for making me one of Your masterpieces.

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT

Ephesians 2:1–10 contains three significant shifts. First, Paul speaks of a shift from death to life: “Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions” (vv. 4–5). The second shift is connected to the first. When we were brought from death to life, our actions changed. We shifted from following “the ways of this world” (v. 2), being “disobedient” (v. 2), and “gratifying the cravings of our flesh” (v. 3) to “good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (v. 10). Finally, Paul switches between the second person you and the first person us. This unites all who call on the name of Jesus into one family.

J.R. Hudberg

Charles Stanley Devo:

Inline image
 

TWFYT (The Word for You Today)


 

St Matthew’s Financial Update

 

September

2023

Monthly

Revenue

Monthly

Expenses

YTD

Revenue

YTD

Expenses

General Fund   

$7,855

$18,729

$114,580

$138,541

 

The figures for the “General Fund” include all revenue and all expenses for the month.  This includes all revenue from offerings, rent, and other income.  The expenses reported above are actual expenses for the month.  The totals reported for Missions and the Rebuilding Fund are also included in the “General Fund” figures.

Missions 

$576

$2,030

$8,391

$12,270

Rebuilding Fund

$295

$3,365

$3,810

$4,859

St Matthew’s Financial Update

 

September

2023

Monthly

Revenue

Monthly

Expenses

YTD

Revenue

YTD

Expenses

General Fund   

$7,855

$18,729

$114,580

$138,541

 

The figures for the “General Fund” include all revenue and all expenses for the month.  This includes all revenue from offerings, rent, and other income.  The expenses reported above are actual expenses for the month.  The totals reported for Missions and the Rebuilding Fund are also included in the “General Fund” figures.

Missions 

$576

$2,030

$8,391

$12,270

Rebuilding Fund

$295

$3,365

$3,810

$4,859


 

St Matthew’s Financial Update

 

September

2023

Monthly

Revenue

Monthly

Expenses

YTD

Revenue

YTD

Expenses

General Fund   

$7,855

$18,729

$114,580

$138,541

 

The figures for the “General Fund” include all revenue and all expenses for the month.  This includes all revenue from offerings, rent, and other income.  The expenses reported above are actual expenses for the month.  The totals reported for Missions and the Rebuilding Fund are also included in the “General Fund” figures.

Missions 

$576

$2,030

$8,391

$12,270

Rebuilding Fund

$295

$3,365

$3,810

$4,859

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St. Matthew's EC Church

5th & Ridge Streets
P.O. Box 433
Emmaus, PA 18049
Telephone 610.965.5570
Email: stmattsecemmaus@gmail.com

ABOUT US

We are learning to live and love like Jesus. 

We are working on becoming who we were created to be and doing our custom made purposes well. 

We are part of the Evangelical Congregational Church http://www.eccenter.com/

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