President
Scott Terry 309-292-4484 [email protected]
1st Vice President
Kelly Stevens 309-787-3755 [email protected]
2nd Vice President Vacant
Treasurer
Mary Donegan 309-81-2632 [email protected]
Financial Secretary
Vicki Lude 309-592-3840 [email protected]
Recording Secretary
Karen Britton 309-787-4295 309-838-1059 [email protected]
Property Committee
Joel Chapman (Chairman) Andy Gale Solomon Stroup Eisen Stroup 309-948-4652 309-230-8307 309-791-1870 309-721-2794 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Lay Assistants
Jim Barrows 309-787-2420 [email protected] Bruce Hunt 309-799-1773 [email protected] Al Nordstrom (Chairman) 309-203-1046 [email protected]
Adam Schroeder 309-781-6829 [email protected] Dave Schroeder 309-230-3898 [email protected] Doug Teggatz 309-716-7531 [email protected] Dean Young 309-798-2599 [email protected] Dennis Ziegler (Co-Chairman) 309-206-4373 [email protected] Nick Bull 309-798-8862 [email protected] Jeff Martens 309-797-0850 [email protected]
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
115 West 12th Avenue, Milan IL 61264 Phone ~ 309-787-4295 Fax ~ 309-787-4312Email ~ [email protected] Web ~ www.stmatthewmilan.org
The Rev. Kurt Larson Mr. Gregory Mueller, DCE [email protected] [email protected] 563-505-2342 (cell) 309-236-8826 (cell)
Mr. Joel Chapman, RN, Parish Nurse [email protected]
Second Sunday after Pentecost
June 6, 2021
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while we do not look at the things which are seen,
but at the things which are not seen. For the things
which are seen are temporary, but the things which
are not seen are eternal.
ST. MATTHEW NEWS
A NOTE TO OUR GUESTS AND VISITORS:
Greetings in Christ! Thank you for visiting with us today. We encourage you to continue to come back not only now, but in the weeks to come! If there's anything we can do for you, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. If you would like to join the St. Matthew Family please contact Pastor Laron or the Church Office. Our church website is at www.stmatthewmilan.org and our phone number at the church is (309) 787-4295, or you may contact Pastor Larson directly at (563) 505-2342. Thanks for joining us for worship!PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD
To those who are unable to listen to services online, that we now offer the option to listen via a new toll free telephone number. St.
Matthew’s toll free number is (844) 700-9449. Give us a listen! The worship service will be recorded and available via this phone by late Sunday afternoon.
PASTOR IS AVAILABLE
to bring you communion in your homes or in small groups at the church. Please call (563-505-2342) if you’d like to arrange a visit or wish to come to the church to receive.ADULT BIBLE STUDY
Adult Bible Study on the Gospel of Mark has begun. You can attend our weekly Bible study in two ways:
Sunday mornings—8:45am in the Church Gymnasium, with masks and social distancing.
Tuesday nights—6:30 pm on Zoom. Please email Pastor Larson at [email protected] or contact the church office to receive an invitation to join the Zoom Bible Study.
ALTAR FLOWERS
If you would like to help beautify the altar with flowers, the sign up sheets are on bulletin board A. Because of the increase in flower cost,
the cost this year is $20.00. Please put your payment in the offering
plate and note that it is for flowers on your envelope. Contact Vicki Lude at 309-592-3840 if you have any questions.
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LIFE QUOTE FOR THIS WEEK
“The boundaries He establishes serve not to forbid any of sexuality’s blessings but to gather its goodness into a single setting so that nothing deprives the marriage bed of its rightful delight.” Pastor Michael
Salemink, Executive Director of Mission and Ministry, Lutherans For Life – A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life • lutheransforlife.org
OUR CHRISTIAN CALLING
Mark 3:35 – “Whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.” Doing the will of God starts with trusting in His Son
Jesus Christ. Once we have faith in Him and have been reborn as new creatures through Holy Baptism, we strive to grow in this faith and in a life that agrees with our faith. We should strive to grow in generosity, in kindness, and in love across our callings, which include the home, church, and society while growing in the family of God. For all who do His will are his brothers, and sisters, and mothers.
LIFE THOUGHT
“Our outer self is wasting away … in this [earthly] tent we groan” (2 Corinthians 4:16-5:2). The Scriptures understand the difficulties of a terminal diagnosis. And it holds life precious all the way through the bitter end: “Our inner self is being renewed day by day … preparing for us an eternal weight of glory.” Physician-assisted suicide cannot even compare!
PAINTING AT THE PARSONAGE
We are going to paint the rooms in the parsonage to make it more presentable to sell. If you would like to help, we will be painting all the rooms starting on June 7. If you have any questions or would like to help, please contact Joel Chapman by calling or texting him at 309-948-4652.
2021 VBS Registration
Student’s name_____________________________________ Age___________ Age: ___ 3yrs ___ 4/5yrs OR
School grade completed K__, 1__, 2__, 3__, 4__, 5__, 6__, 7__,8__
Allergies or other medical problems____________________________________ Parents___________________________________________________________ Address___________________________________Zip code________________ Home telephone___________________________________________________ Work telephone____________________________________________________ Emergency telephone_______________________________________________ Brothers and sisters (names and ages) __________________________________ Family church_____________________________________________________ Special Needs_____________________________________________________
(Additional forms are available by the VBS Poster in the hallway) Please initial: ________ you have my permission to use my child’s picture on St. Matthew’s Web page or Facebook page.
Everyone’s invited to Vacation Bible School at St. Matthew Lutheran Church. The five-day program will be held June 21-25, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Children who are three years old through 8th grade graduates are invited along for the journey. Call Greg Mueller at 795-9812 or the church at 787-4295 with questions. You may register online at www.StMatthewMilan.org.
New/Updated requests this week
Adam Schroeder (recovering from farm accident) Janet Krahl, aunt of Tom Krahl (pray for healing)
Seth Westfall, nephew of Regina Hoffman (hospitalized)
David Swift neighbor of Ruth Hart & former member (hospitalized) Thanksgiving
Birth of Adin Emerson Whitehurst great grandson of Eileen & Bill Leonard Those Who Mourn
Family & Friends of Yvonne Cox, friend of Eileen Leonard
Family & Friends of Terry, Allie, Ashley Westfall, Sister & nieces of Regina Hoffman
Continuing requests
Chris Barrows, (Health Problems) Jim Bennett (health problems)
Kendric Bright, infant son of April Bright (Leukemia) Samantha Dolan, (health issues)
Jason Gorski (recovering from surgery) Ken Heinze, (recovering at home)
Christine Hanson, former wife of Mike Donner (Cancer) Bill Leonard, (at home recovering)
Gary Lucas, friend of Tom Krahl (undergoing tests) Norm Mandle (recovering from ankle surgery)
AnnaMarie Mealey, Friend of Marcia Carter Family (hospice) Barb Miller
Mary Beth Myers, friend of Jeff & Lisa Martens (Brain Tumor) Mark Nelsen, (undergoing treatment)
Deb Stroup
Sally Vetter, (recovering)
Austin Welch, grandson of Al & Kerry Nordstrom (recovering ) Please keep your fellow St. Matthew Members in prayer. Pray for each other; reach out to one another by phone, email, text, or social media. Particularly keep in prayer those who are hospitalized or shut-in and can’t receive visitors.
ATTENDANCE
Weekend , May 29 & 30
5:30pm 31 People inside 0 People outside Communed: 28 10:00am 91 People inside 12 People outside Communed: 102 Online: 12
Adult Bible Study 29 Adult 8 Adult online Zoom Tuesday Sunday School 13 Children (3 yr. to High School) 3 Teachers
THIS WEEK THE LORD WILLING Office Hours 9:00am—12:00pm
Saturday, June 5 5:30 p.m. Worship
Sunday, June 6
2nd Sunday after Pentecost
8:45 a.m. 8:45 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Sunday School Adult Bible Study Worship
Dana Miller Open House Youth ZOOM
Monday, June 7
Tuesday, June 8 6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
ZOOM Fellowship ZOOM Bible Study
Wednesday, June 9
Thursday, June 10
Friday, June 11 9:00 a.m. Bulletin Assembled
Saturday, June 12 8:00 A.M. 5:30 p.m.
Men’s Network Worship
Sunday, June 13
2nd Sunday after Pentecost
8:45 a.m. 8:45 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m.
Sunday School Adult Bible Study Worship
Youth ZOOM FLOWERS Wayne & Laurie Prather
Ken Brown
Celebrating their “42” Anniversary In Memory of Jackie and Kevin
CANTOR 5:30 p.m. Alex Barrows Vicki Lude 10:00 a.m. Linda Tobin Sandy Young LAY ASSISTANT 5:30 P.M. Al Nordstrom 10:00 a.m. Dean Young
ALTAR Pat Miller
Vicki Lude
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CHRISTIAN CARE
2209—3rd Avenue, Rock Island, Il 61201 309-786-5734
NEW DONATION GUIDELINES & HOURS
For several reasons, we are now only accepting donation on Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and items must be from our current needs list. Even though we sincerely appreciate the extra things your are giving us, we will be obligated to REFUSE the donation if it does not meet our needs list.
WE WILL ACCEPT ANY FOOD DONATIONS DAILY We will accept Bottled Water ANY TIME!
OUR CURRENT NEEDS: Bottled Water, Napkins, Pine-Sol, bleach, Dish
Soap, Oven Cleaner and Black Pepper.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
UPCOMING CONGREGATIONAL EVENTS:
St. Matthew Shirt sales in June—prepaid order forms are available At the sign-up table in the narthex.
Mini-golf outing at Happy Joe’s in Coal Valley is July 19th at 3:00 p.m. (A round of golf will be $5.00 unless we have 20+ golfers). We will have pizza in their party room at 4:30p.m. Free Will Offering.
The 1st Annual St. Matthew Golf outing is August 8th at Saukie in Rock Island. The prepaid cost is $30 for 9 holes, a cart, lunch & prizes. Lunch is at 12:30p.m. at the Saukie Clubhouse. All levels of golfers welcome. Equipment rental available with advance notice. If you have any questions please contact Chris Chapman, Ken Brown, or
GOLF TICKETS FOR TPC DEERE RUN
Would you like free round of golf at TPC Deere Run?
In 2019, the Milan Christian Assistance Fund (MCAF) accepted an opportunity from the John Deere Classic Golf Tournament. In exchange for supplying people to man one of the parking lots at the tourney, the MCAF received $1835. We have accepted the same offer for the 2021 JDC. Each volunteer will get a pass to play one round of
golf at TPC Deere Run. That's a pretty good deal for you golfers out
there! There is a total of 39 shifts to cover between the four churches that support the MCAF. St. Matthew has been asked to supply people for 12 shifts. Anyone can volunteer for more than one shift if they desire. The volunteers will be needed from Wednesday, July 7th through Sunday, July 11th. Each shift of work lasts 3.5 hours (7:00 to 10:30; 10:30 to 2:00, 2:00 to 5:00). Please read the document at this URL to get the details of what is involved for the volunteers (the document is slightly outdated, but essentially accurate)
https://stmatthewmilan.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/jdc-handicapped-lot-details.pdf.
If you have more questions, or want to volunteer, please contact Mary Donegan (309-781-2632) or Al Nordstrom (309-203-1046). There is also a sign-up sheet in the hallway.
As a reminder, the Milan Christian Assistance Fund is a collaboration of St. Matthew Lutheran, Trinity United Methodist, St. Ambrose Catholic and St. Patrick’s Catholic. We all contribute to this fund. It is managed by the Blackhawk Township office for the purpose of providing
financial assistance to residents of Blackhawk Township that need help with utilities, medical, rent, etc. See https://
www.stmatthewmilan.org/milan-christian-assistance-fund/ for further details.
YOUTH ( 6th grade through 12th grade)
We continue our zoom meeting on Sundays at 8pm. If you have any questions , please let Greg know by contacting him by text at 309-236-8826 or e-mail [email protected] .
We are planning on going to the National Youth Gathering in 2022. There will be NO Garage Sale this year.
ST. MATTHEW AT PRAYER MILITARY
Serving in the Armed Forces
(Thank you for your service)
*Lieutenant Zach Chapman (Utah National Guard) Airman 1st Class Collin Leonard (Fort Hood, TX) *Kyle Mandle (Stationed in Bahrain)
Patrick Mealey, extended family of Marcia Carter (Fort Bragg, NC) Ashlie Morgan, granddaughter of Barb Miller (National Guard) Micah Morgan, grandson of Barb Miller (National Guard) Major Joe Pauley, (Ft Carson, Colorado Springs, CO) *Krystin Pearson (Army National Reserves)
Chris Ryan, son-in-law of Terri McGinnis (deployed to Afghanistan) Chaplain Scott Shields, son-in-law of Karen Edmund (Juneau Alaska) Senior Airman Luke VanLandegen, son of Cindy VanLandegen
Staff Sgt. Fred Winkelman, grandson of Marlis Donner (Fort Irwin CA) *Adam Witmer (Iowa National Guard)
BIRDIES FOR CHARITY
The forms for the Youth Birdies of Charity are in the hallway on the table. If you are interested in filling out the form, please return it to Greg Mueller, DCE or the Church Office.
KITCHEN COORDINATOR—INTERESTED?
St. Matthew is looking for someone to oversee our kitchen area. The “Kitchen Coordinator” keeps an eye on supplies, cleanliness of the kitchen, would arrange for food donations, and would call for helpers (when we are again allowed to host events). A list of willing helpers and donators is already available, but we are looking for a willing gent and/ or lady to oversee this area. Please consider and call the church office at 309-787-4295.
CAMPING?
An interest has been expressed for a congregational camp out. If you are interested please contact Erin Schroeder 563-210-4313, or Greg Mueller, DCE at 309-236-8826, or sign up on the sheet on bulletin board C. We are still checking out dates and locations. Watch the bulletin for details.
THE MEN’S NETWORK
Hey guys, mark your calendars for our next “Bible Study and Breakfast” on Saturday, June 12 from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. We will be doing a Study on Noah. If you have any questions, contact Pastor Larson at 309-787-4295 or cell—563-505-2342 or [email protected].
READY TO ADOPT A NEW FLOWER SPOT?
17 spots have been prepared along the front of the church building for planting. Individuals, families, or groups can select a spot to plant flowers. Please see the sign-up sheet on the welcome desk as you enter the church building to claim your spot. If you want the same spot next year, perennials are an option. Otherwise, annuals are
recommended. Please do not plant a bush of any kind. Any remaining spots unclaimed after June 19th will be planted by the church. You will be responsible for taking care of your spot throughout the season. Please note: Spots 1 and 4 have air conditioner vents behind them, so low-lying plants are recommended in order to not block the vents. All spots are roughly the same size.
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CARD SHOP OPEN
LWML Card Shop is open and restocked with fresh cards for ALL occasions! Birthdays, Anniversary, Sympathy, Congratulations, Thinking of You (and more!) cards can be found on the LWML table in the hallway next to the church office. Check out these beautiful and lovingly handcrafted cards. Each purchase supports the work of St. Matthew’s Women in Mission!
If you need a large print bulletin or would like
to use a hearing impaired device, please speak
with an
Usher or Lay Assistant.
HELP NEEDED
We are looking to put together a committee or team to help with the streaming of services. If you are interested in being on this team, please contact Greg Mueller, DCE or Pastor.
VBS 2021 JUNE 21—25 SAVE THE DATE!!!
Has God put on your heart the desire to help with VBS this summer? If so, then give Greg Mueller-DCE a call and let him know that you would like to join the great staff and be part of this exciting ministry at St. Matthew. If you have any questions give Greg a call at 795-9812/236-8826 or [email protected]. Please start praying about this
important opportunity we have to share the Good News of Jesus with so many young people and then ask God if He wants you to join the staff.
YEAR 2021 ENVELOPES
We still have some 2021 envelopes that have not been picked up yet. They are on the counter in the hallway under bulletin board C. If you do not see your envelopes there and would like some, please contact Vicki Lude at 309-592-3840 .
