St
Matthews Newsletter - March 2004
Church Calendar
All Sundays
Holy Eucharist 8:00 a.m.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Holy Eucharist 10:00 a.m.
All Wednesdays
Holy Eucharist & Healing
Service 12:00 noon
Holy Eucharist 7:00 p.m.
Choir Rehearsal 7:45 p.m.
Bible Study 7:45 p.m.
Special Holy Days Observed this month
Mar 10 Feast of St. Gregory (transferred from Mar 12) Mar l7 Feast
of St. Patrick Mar 24 Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary (transferred from Mar 25)
Other Special Events
All Wednesdays in Lent: Stations of the Cross followed by Low Mass
beginning at 7 p.m. Mar 6 Women's Quiet Day 10 am - 2 pm Mar 13 St.
Michael's Men's Club - Breakfast meeting at Country Kitchen Restaurant
at 9 a.m. Coming in April. To help with your planning, the key events
in April are included here: Apr 2 Lenten Fish Fry, 5:30 to 7 with
Bingo following Apr 4 Palm Sunday - 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Blessing
of the Palms and Procession Apr 8 Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. - Holy Eucharist
followed by Stripping of the Altar and Watch before the Altar of Repose
Apr 9 Good Friday - 10 a.m. Mass of the Pre-sanctified and Veneration
of the Holy Cross; 12 noon Stations of The Cross followed by the Prayer
Watch (Readings from Scripture
and Meditation) until 3 p.m. Apr 10 Easter Even - 4 p.m. Lighting
of the New Fire, Blessing of the Paschal Candle and Baptisms Apr 11
Easter Day - Three services on Easter Day 6:45 Sunrise Holy Eucharist
in the Memorial Garden 8:00 Holy Eucharist with Hymns 10:00 Solemn
High Holy Eucharist with Incense Parish Family News
Welcome to New Members
It is with great pleasure that we welcome seven new members. Thom
and Dodie Brown come to us from the Episcopal Church and live in
Sun City Center. Carol and Reynold (Ray) Hulse, of Sun City, are
also former Episcopalians. Robert and Patricia Thibodeaux live in
Dover; Robert comes from the Roman Catholic Church and Patricia
from the Episcopal Church. Katherine Kopf, Patricia's mother, lives
in Brandon and is a former Episcopalian. . These folks increase
the number of new registrants since last September to 40! May that
number continue to grow!
Recuperating
Bob Plummer has moved from the Medical Unit at University Village
into the Assisted Living division of UV. This is welcome news; Bob
hopes to be able to attend church soon. Sheila Bair has been incapacitated
by a broken foot and is recuperating at home. Eunice Hall suffered
a fall at her home and is progressing well at Tandem Rehabilitation
Center. She informs us that she will soon be moving to Delaney Ridge
Court on So. Lakewood ; she will be in the Assisted Living area. Jim
Plumb was back in church a week after suffering a serious heart problem.
(The news might not have been so good had not Sandy gotten him to
the hospital in record time.) Finally, Jim Spohn is doing very well
after a short hospitalization for diagnostic surgery, the outcome
of which was excellent. Let us give thanks for all the positive news
and keep all these good folks in our prayers for their complete recovery
and happy futures..
Congratulations and best wishes to those celebrating birthdays in
March and early April: (MAR) Gloria Zimmerer (2nd), Myrtle Court (3rd),
Russell Alexander (5th), Jeff Kleinotas (10th), Judy McKay (18th),
Carmen Natale (21st), Carole Kleinotas (24th), Sheila Bair (25th),
and Betsy Pagnini (30th). (APR) Jim Belland (4th), and Jessica Rivera
(6th).
Congratulations and best wishes also to those celebrating anniversaries
early in April: Russell and Connie Alexander (3rd). (No anniversaries
are recorded for March).
Please accept our apologies if we have failed to list anyone's birthday
or anniversary. If you will call the church office, we will be sure
and update our files.
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