Get Your Christmas Cards TODAY!!
Do you send our Christmas cards? If you do, then this year you can send them out with a little “Saint Matthew’s” flavor. The children in our Sunday School designed a number of cards last year, and this year, five were chosen and were printed and now are available for purchase! We have set a suggested donation of $5 per pack of 5 with envelopes; but any donation will do!!
Much thanks go out to Robert Belthoff for donating the printing of the cards.
Veteran’s Family Assistance Center
The Family Assistance Center in Teaneck needs our help this holiday season! They provide food and Christmas gifts for the families of currently serving and returned vets. A list of items that are needed is located on the table in the narthex. Please note that toys for children and gift certificates for teens are also needed and everything needs to be brought here to the church by December 15. Help make Christmas special for a family of a US Veteran.
Shop-Rite Gift Cards – A Perfect Stocking Stuffer
With the Christmas holiday coming up fast, we’ll all end up eating more than we should (let’s just admit it now). How about helping your church as you move toward this eating goal by picking up a Shop-Rite Gift card? We are selling the cards in $25, 50, and 100 denominations. Every time you purchase a card, you help Saint Matthew’s—we receive a 5% donation for each card purchase. And these cards make wonderful stocking stuffers.
December Schedule of Events
Advent Midweek Services:
December 9 @ 7:00pm
December 16 @ 7:00pm
December 23 @ 7:00pm
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service -
December 24th @ 8:00pm
Christmas Day Divine Service -
December 25th @ 10am
New Year’s Eve Divine Service -
December 31st @ 4:00pm
Christmas Shopping – Internet Style
Goodshop for Saint Matthew’s
Saint Matthew’s has partnered with Goodsearch.com, an internet search engine that provides a monetary donation for each search topic you enter. Go to goodsearch.com, type in “Saint Matthew’s Evangelical” in the “Who do you Goodsearch for?” box, hit verify, and then enter your search topic. Every search helps Saint Matthew’s.
But Goodsearch goes a step farther with Goodshop. Click on the banner on the page and you’ll be sent to a special website where merchants like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and many others offer a special program where, when you click on their website from their Goodshop page and end up buying an item from their internet site, Saint Matthew’s will receive a percentage donation. So whether you are buying clothes, kids toys, video games, books, TVs, or nearly anything you can think of, by clicking through Goodshop, Saint Matthew’s benefits.
Who do you Goodshop for? Tell them, “Saint Matthew’s!”
Ascension Food Pantry
You Can Make a Difference!
We are collecting food for the food pantry at Ascension Roman Catholic Church here in New Milford.
We will collect canned goods, non-perishable items, and even coupons for this new ministry of Saint Matthew’s. For more information, please speak with Pastor Iovine.
Family Assistance Center
The Family Assistance Center in Teaneck needs our help this holiday season! They provide food and Christmas gifts for the families of currently serving and returned vets. The insert in today’s bulletin has a shopping list of items needed. Please note that toys for children and gift certificates for teens are also needed and everything needs to be brought here to the church by December 15. Thank you very much.
Vision Team
Do You Have Your Shop-Rite Gift Card?
As you know by now, Saint Matthew’s is offering at-face-value Shop Rite Gift Cards as a way of boosting our financial bottom line. Our church receives a 5% donation every time you purchase a gift card from us. For example, if you buy a $25 gift card, 5% of that total comes to Saint Matthew’s. In return, you receive a card worth $25 that can be used at any Shop-Rite. Gift cards come in denominations of $25, $50, and $100.
Christmas Card Fundraiser
This summer, our very own Little Olympians created lovely artwork for Christmas cards. A special thanks goes to Robert Bethoff for completely donating the reproduction and printing of the cards. After church today, get your pack of five assorted cards for a donation of $5.00 or more! Send a unique and handmade looking card to all your relatives and friends this year and support St. Matthew’s at the same time.
Get your today!
Dove Chocolate Fundraiser
Who wouldn’t want to give and receive chocolate this Christmas? We can now help you out with that. St. Matthew’s Lutheran is partnering with Dove Chocolatier Sandra Caldarella to provide high quality chocolates . St, Matthew’s will see a portion of the proceeds from every item sold. Many thanks goes out to Sandra, as this arrangement means she is giving up a portion of her own profits. Orders will be handled by Christina Rottinger. (201) 236-2908 or email at chris@rottinger.net. See the catalog at the back of the church or visit the website: www.dove-chocolate-discoveries.com/sandracaldarella
Please have your orders submitted to Christina via phone or email by November 30! The order will be collected and processed and delivery is guaranteed by the week of December 14th. Do not miss out on this very special arrangement!
Schedule of Events
That Are Coming Up
Interfaith Service – Sunday November 22nd @4:00pm
Thanksgiving Eve Divine Service -
Wednesday, November 25th @ 7:00pm
Adventfest Potluck – Wednesday December 2nd @ 6pm sign up sheet in Narthex
Advent Midweek Services:
December 2 @ 7:15pm
December 9 @ 7:00pm
December 16 @ 7:00pm
December 23 @ 7:00pm,
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service -
December 24th @ 8:00pm
Christmas Day Divine Service – December 25th @ 10am
New Year’s Eve Divine Service – December 31st @ 4:00pm
Zion Lutheran, Westwood
Zion Lutheran School
- 3 year old Nursery, pre-K, full day Kindergarten – 8th grade
- After care
- Small class sizes
- Diverse and multicultural
“Train a child in the way he/she should go and when he/she is old, he/she will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6)
Telephone to set up a visit
Have your child spend a day or half day with us.
(201) 664-8060 fro more information