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RCIA -Please Click here if you would like to learn more about being an RCIA
Sponsor ---and see the great activities that take place!
Please click here for many pictures of
our RCIA!
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Calling All Moms! - Specifically Mothers of
School aged Children...also known as MOSAC.. a new group is forming here
at Saint Mathew Parish. It is open to the parish and the community
and will be for moms with children in Grades K thru 12 (even college). The
group will provide a Biblical perspective of motherhood through spiritual
nourishment, encouragement and fellowship. MOSAC
will meet throughout the year on the first Tuesday of
the month. (Unless otherwise noted in the bulletin.)
All moms with children , Grades K thru 12 are invited to join
us. The meetings take place in the St. Anthony Room
located in the undercroft of the Church. The schedule consists of lunch/social
time from 11:30-12:30pm, a speaker, and then small group discussion time. Topics
planned....Family Traditions, Back to school issues, Organization
tips. Come
and join other moms from the area to provide you with spiritual
nourishment and encouragement. If you have any questions, please
call Kitty Bauman at 476-6110 or email mkkitty@aol.com
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 Electronic
Contribution Option (ECO)
Please take a moment to reflect on this opportunity to support the ongoing
stewardship renewal at our parish. In doing so, consider the following
passage from the Old Testament: “The choicest of the first fruits
of your ground you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God” (Ex
21:19).
Instead of using a weekly envelope, parishioners are invited to use our
parish Electronic Contribution Option program. This is a direct transfer
of funds from savings or checking accounts to the parish account.
The ECO program provides our parish with reliable income each month. The
more income we receive through this program, the more accurately we can
project and control our cash flow.
By making contributions more convenient, the ECO program also provides
the contributor with some advantages. They merely identify the amount that
they would like to contribute, the account from which they would like the
money transferred, and the frequency.
Transfers can be made once per month for the whole sum, or twice per month
for half the sum. It is important to note that the traditional envelope
system for weekly contributions will remain as an option for those who
wish to use it.
Another valuable, though less obvious, advantage of the Electronic Contribution
Option is that it helps the individual to sustain their financial commitment
to the church. The average, well-intentioned church contributor would like
to give a certain amount to the parish. However, church contribution is
not typically the first expense allocated once they set about the business
of paying the bills. The end result is that the church is one of the last "bills” to
be paid.
Often it is not what one hoped to give but what is left over that goes
to the parish. The ECO program helps the contributor to offer the first
fruits, not the leftovers, to God.
To sign up this program, please contact Ann Connor at 614-471-0212 or
at ANN@stmatthew.net.
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