Extreme Weekend Make Over!

Get ready for an Extreme Weekend Make Over! From the moment a household drives on to the parking lot to the moment they drive off, we are vigorously working to raise the bar on how we connect and serve God’s people on the weekend. Though the adjustments and changes will impact the whole week, the focus is on every ministry and activity that occurs during the 24 hour period between Saturday and Sunday nights.


Already the parking lot has been restriped, play ground freshened up, ARC floor resurfaced, new door entry mats and trash cans put in place. Underway is the remodel and relocation of our nursery and children’s class rooms. Soon to come will be the repair of the wall paper in the ARC, bathroom upgrades as needed, freshening up the coffee bar outside the fellowship hall, black out window screens for the ARC and an upgrade in our Data base system. We hope to have funds to replace the projectors in the sanctuary and remodel the fellowship hall into a worship area for Family Ministry.

Funding for these upgrades come from a recent gas lease check, a generous donation and monies from the February 2010 Round Up Auction.

The Extreme Weekend Make Over is much more than a face lift to our facility.

- Session intends to approve our new Sunday morning service schedule during our August meeting. The makeover will most likely result in having one Traditional and two Contemporary services on Sunday mornings, late October launch. You will be informed when a decision is made.

- Our Children and Youth ministries are joining forces to create what is called Family Ministries. Leslie Lummus will oversee the ministry as a whole but she is partnering with Becky Prince, Children’s Minster, to help families make their homes the center of their Christian life.

- Youth programming is being turned upside down so we can intensify of our efforts to disciple St. Matthew’s own.

- Guess Services is doing a great job on the weekends, but Judy and some of her leaders are evaluating how to better connect with worshippers and build family units among those who sit next to each other, weekend after weekend.

- Jeff Gehle, small group minister, is assertively working to expand how we connect baby Christians with a small group.

- Judy Madden is recruiting and training the Body to provide pastoral care to each other.

- Allan and Lisa Latham are leveraging all of our available tools to improve the quality and frequency of our communication to the body as a whole.

- Melissa Hagler and her team is working to help every small group be engaged in a mission outreach.

- Chris Bohon is on the cusp of introducing two new worship leaders for our Contemporary services and Mike Mabry is gearing up the choir for a spirit moving fall run and Christmas Cantata rehearsal.

Time and space does not allow me to share all that is going on, but I hope you get the drift. We are not standing still. God is making us over into a new creation and the possibilities are unlimited. I invite you to join the movement of God that is taking place in our midst. I invite you to invite your friends, neighbors and family to join us as well. I invite you to be unified for a common purpose, to glorify God and share the love and grace of Jesus Christ with as many people as we can.

Peace,

Rick