PHOTOS: Sunday School’s Christmas Activities
To get into the holiday spirit, Sunday School created many beautiful crafts, ranging from learning about Joseph and pretending to be carpenters to planning out this year’s Christmas project!
PHOTOS: First Annual Vacation Bible School 2023
Pocket Crosses
Our Pocket Prayer Crosses that were blessed during a recent service, will be shared with those who are ill or going through a difficult time, or as a reminder that God is always here to listen.
The following is the information included with the Pocket Prayer Crosses.
This “Pocket Prayer Quilt” was made especially for you to slip in your pocket or purse. Throughout the day when your fingers touch the cross that is tucked inside the quilt, be mindful of God’s love and grace for you. Keep it as a tangible symbol of God’s peace, or if you prefer, say a prayer for someone else and pass it along in the form of this tiny gift.
St. Matthias Parishoner In The News
“It is my passion that no child should go to bed hungry in this country, and this has expanded to families, seniors and more,” said St. Matthias, Clermont, parishioner Keith Whitacre. That passion led him to found Food Providers of South Lake in 2019.
Food Providers of South Lake is a group of 40 people from churches, food pantries and businesses as well as individual volunteers, all working together to share, collaborate, communicate and organize activities and actions to reduce food insecurity in their community. About 3.3 million residents in Florida are food insecure, according to a study by Feeding Florida. Florida is ranked 10th in food insecurity and 8th in child food insecurity.
Moving Forward
Matthew 10:12-13
As you enter the house, greet it. If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
How good it feels to be at peace with yourself, with others, and with God. At the same time, you can only have peace with God if you truly seek it out. This peace comes from proclaiming the good news of Jesus, present in our own lives and in the world. Jesus commands us to proclaim that peace to the nations, with faith, hope, and love. Once we find and accept the abiding peace of Jesus, we cannot be the same as before because now we preach with our lives. We teach about Christ in a world that needs a shout of hope.
I love who I am and what I do, which is nothing more than serving my neighbor and proclaiming the kingdom of God on earth. The day I lose who I am and what I proclaim will be the day I die.
MOVING FORWARD: As you encounter others today, say quietly to yourself, “The peace of the Lord be always with you.” Reflect upon whether that practice changed your encounters with them.
Source: https://prayer.forwardmovement.org/fdd/2021-10-11
May the peace of the Lord be with all of you today and throughout the week.