St. Matthews Anglican Church - Riverview, Florida 

St Matthews Newsletter - August 2004

Church Calendar

Special Holy Days observed this month
Aug 4  Transfiguration of our Lord (transf'd from Aug 6)
Aug 15  Commemoration of the Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
Aug 18  Feast of St. Bartholomew, Apostle. (transf'd from Aug 24)
Aug 25  Feast of St. Augustine (transf'd from Aug 28)

Other Special Events
Aug 1  Parish Summer Brunch 9 to 9:30 a.m.
Aug 3  Vestry Meeting 7 p.m.
Aug 7  Altar Guild Meeting 9 a.m.
Aug 7  St. Anne's Guild Meeting 10 a.m.
Aug 14  St. Michael's Men's Club Meeting 9 a.m.
Aug 17  Meeting of Scrapbooking Club 10 to 12 noon

Next Month
Sep 15-17  Bi-Annual Synod of the Anglican Province of America (APA) and Annual Synod of the Diocese of the Eastern United States (DEUS) in Delray Beach, Florida

Sep 19 — Annual Visitation of the Most Reverend Walter Grundorf to
confer the Sacrament of Holy Confirmation and to receive
new members into this branch of the Holy Catholic Church.
A luncheon will follow services on this date.


Parish Family News

With great pleasure we welcome three new members to St. Matthew's Parish. Thomas and Theresa Peckos live in Brandon and come to us from the Roman Catholic Church. Don Landgrebe, husband of parishioner Gwen Landgrebe, has become a baptized member and will be confirmed at a future date when he returns from military service in the Mid-east.

Baptisms. So far this year three babies have received the Sacrament of Holy Baptism at St. Matthews. On April 10 baptism was administered to Scott Alan Davis III, son of Scott and Heather Davis; on June 6 Ahnah Aaliyah Bursos, daughter of Rafael Burgos and Julie Camancho Cruickshank was baptized; and Tyler Joseph Strunk, son of Richard Strunk and Sabina Layton was baptized on July 4. Congratulations to the new Christians, their parents and sponsors.

Congratulations and best wishes to those celebrating birthdays in August and early September. (AUG) Alexia Roberts (1), Mauri Sampson (6), Paul Weiss (6), Joe Abrams (8), Vonda Freeman (11), Peter Laietta (11), Bob Ohanesian (16), Jonathan Cole (18), Joe Keesling (20), Christine Richardson(21), Tom Pagnini (22), Mary Keesling (24), and Stephanie Roberts (24). (SEP) Christina Maldonado (2), and Dana Perrin (7).

Congratulations and best wishes also to those celebrating anniversaries: (AUG) Arnott and Cheryl Bennett (13) and Jean and Lester Lindley (29); (SEP) Art and Constance Severn (6).

Please note that we include birthdays and anniversaries for the first ten days of the following month in the event of a delay in issuing The Messenger. If your birthday or anniversary does not appear on schedule, please phone the Church Office.

IMPORTANT: If you have news appropriate for the Parish Family News section of The Messenger, please call Jean Green on 657-9164. Specific items of interest are illnesses, family births, deaths, special events, etc. Thanks so much!

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