Sunday Worship:

8:00 am Rite I, Eucharist

10:00 am Rite II, Eucharist

Outreach Programs

Pray Big! Food Pantry Rena Robbins Community Garden Part-ners Len Goodwin Home Starter Kits Mary Clark/Tina Turner Awbrey Park School Programs

Victoria Long/Michele Rodeen

AL-Anon Office Cub Scout pack #106 Jerry Alexander Girl Scout Troop Jacyln Jensen Dates to Remember: Sunday October 6th: 8:00 & 10:00 Services Blessing of the animals

Sunday October 6th: Between Services Bell Ceremony

Tuesday October 8th: 5:30-7:00 PM Food Pantry

Sunday October 13th: 12:00 PM Vestry

October 24th-26th: Diocesan Convention

Saturday October 26th: 10-11:30 AM Food Pantry

Office Hours: Tues-Wed-Fri 9:00-Noon

541-689-4010

Exciting things are happening at St Matthew's this fall. If you've noticed more cars in the parking lot on Mondays and Wednesdays there is a reason! We have welcomed Ray Brusasco and Maritza Holowatz who are teachers of Math and Spanish. Their students are homeschooled children from the Eugene-Springfield-Thurston-Veneta areas. In addition, the Lions Club will begin meeting monthly at St. Matthew's on the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays from 5:30-7:00pm in the parish hall. This particular group's service area is River Road and they are eager to engage in community service projects in our neighborhood. This is in addition to the Cub Scouts and Girls Scouts that continue to meet during the week and AL-ANON that meets on Sunday nights! Our building is becoming well used as we partner with organizations that do amazing work with kids and with the neighborhood. The Community Garden had an excellent year of gardening, compost building workshops, and outreach in the Latino community. And the Food Pantry remains a vital force for good to our neighbors who need food support. All these things, in the words of parishioner Ginny Holloter, "make Jesus happy". This is in addition to the worship and praise we offer God weekly and the spiritual growth occurring among our parishioners on a regular basis. God is so good! St Matthew's is alive and vital, growing and learning to follow Jesus even more closely day by day. For this I am truly grateful and honored to be priest to such a happening place of God's people. See you Sunday! Patti+

Blessing of the Animals At both liturgies on Sunday October 6, we will be having

"Blessing of the Animals." You are invited to bring your pets (in cages or leashed) to our services at 8 and 10 as we give thanks for the gift of creation and bless our non-human companions. The service will be held in the Parish Hall.

Food Pantry Tuesday Oct 8th

5:30-7:00pm Saturday Oct 26th

10:00-11:30am

VESTRY Sunday Oct. 13th

12:00 PM

Bell Ceremony

October 6, between services, an honor guard will be present to conduct the Bell Ceremony for the

remembrance of fallen firefighters in the

sanctuary as St. Matthew's participates

in the National Remembrance Day.

Diocesan Convention The annual meeting of the Diocese of Oregon known as 'Diocesan Convention' will take place in Salem at the Convention Center October 24-26. Please pray for our delegates: Victoria Long and Jeanette Goodwin as well as Len Goodwin and Rev. Patti who will be representing St Matthew's. Visitors are welcome to come and be present for the proceedings. It is a great way to heart about all the amazing ministries happening in our Diocese which spans all of western Oregon. If you intend to visit please register as a visitor online:

https://convention.diocese-oregon.org/ Friday and Saturday are the official sessions. Thursday evening is a welcome and educational event.

October

Birthdays

Diane Cardwell 1st

Ginny Holloter 7th

Michele Rodeen 9th

Tina Turner 9th

Don Peck 17th

David Harris 24th

October 6 October 13 October 20 October 27

8:00 AM Banton O’Malley Denny Estes

10:00 AM Blessing of the Animals

1st Reading Catherine Tanzer Warren Higer Lemia Mahayni Leah Fones

Psalm Bonnie Wright Mari Berg Scott Diehl John Spriggs

Epistle /LEM Kelly Love Liz Bishop Tina Turner Scott Diehl

2nd Chalice Liz Bishop Lemia Mahayni Scott Diehl Tina Turner

10:00 AM Greeters

Connie Mitchell Warren Higer

Paul and Marple LaFrance

Mari Berg Jeff Coffee

Liz & Raymond Blalock

Coffee Hour Jan Plummer Jeanette Goodwin Baxters LaFrance

Season / Day Pentecost 4C Proper 13

Pentecost 5C Proper 14

Pentecost 6C Proper 15

Pentecost 7C Proper 16

First Lesson Genesis 1:1-5, 20-31b

2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c

Genesis 32:22-31

Jeremiah 14:7-10,19-22

Second Lesson n/a 2 Timothy 2:8-15

2 Timothy 3:14-4:5

2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18

Gospel John 10:11-15 Luke 17:11-19 Luke 18:1-8 Luke 18:9-14

Psalm

Psalm 148 (adapted) Psalm 111 Psalm 121 Psalm 84:1-6

8:00 AM Rite I, Eucharist

10:00 AM Rite II, Eucharist All Servers, Readers and Greeters:

If you are unable to make your scheduled day please arrange for someone to take your place and notify the office.