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Readings for Mass September 14, 2008

1st Reading

Ez 33:7-9

Nm 21:4b-9

2nd Reading

Rom 13:8-10

Phil 2:6-11

Gospel

Mt 18:15-20

Jn 3:13-17

On September 11th Archbishop Wilton Gregory will be at Saint Matthew to celebrate Mass at 11:30am for the principals of the Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Saint Matthew parishioners are invited to attend. There will be no 9:00am Mass.

We welcome the following new parishioners to our Parish Family Ruben Romero & Irene, Mowgli & Spencer Martin

For the Separated or Divorced… St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church in Newnan is offering an 8week program titled: “Divorce and Beyond” beginning September 30th and ending November 18th. This 8-week series will meet Tuesday evenings from 7-8pm in room 105 of the education wing. The goals of this program are to provide support within a caring faith community and to guide the participants to find positive and healthy ways to deal with the many emotions they are experiencing during this time of transition and beyond. This program is open to everyone. Childcare will be available. Fee: $10.00. For questions or to register call Sharon Burke at 770.317.7990.

Visit Fr. Vic’s blog at http://padrevic.blogspot.com/

Prison Ministry Meeting There will be a Prison Ministry Meeting at 9:30 am on September 13 at the Church. We will be planning upcoming projects. Jim Powers from the Archdiocese Prison Ministry will attend. All invited. For information, call Nancy Wood 770-631-9663. SPORTS TICKER....Make plans to join your fellow parishioners as we cheer on our men's basketball team when they take on the defending league champions from Our Lady of Lourdes. Tip-off will be next Sunday, September 14 at 3 p.m. at the Our Lady of Mercy gym. Come cheer on Fr. Vic as we try to shut down this rugged Lourdes squad. Admission is free!

Mass Intentions Wednesday 6PM Thursday 9AM

David Morehouse Elizabeth Barclay Fecke David & Syvil Weeks

Saturday 5PM

Kathleen Michalek

Sunday 8:30AM

Nadividad Morgia

Sunday 11AM

Altar Server Training Training for altar servers will take place on:

Saturday - September 20th @ 9:00am Sunday - September 28th @ 9:45am Saturday - October 4th @ 9:00am

Extraordinary Minister Make-Up Training

September 7, 2008

Tuesday 9AM

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

St. Matthew Parish Family

There will be an Extraordinary Minister make-up training session on Wednesday, September 24th at 6:30 pm in the church. This will be the /FINAL/ training session for this year for Extraordinary Ministers, so if you have not attended a previous session, please plan on attending.

You must attend one training session to remain active in this ministry.

Minister of Hospitality Training The following are training dates for new and veteran ministers of hospitality. Remember you must attend one training session to remain active in this ministry.

St. Phocas Workday Join us on Saturday, September 13th from 9-11:00 am to do a little work in the gardens.

Sunday, September 7th @12:30 pm Saturday, September 13th @ 10:00 am Sunday, September 14th @ 12:30 pm

Saint Matthew’s Craft Guild WE' RE BACK !!! Our 1st three sales netted a profit of over $800.00! We'll be having a sale in Sept, Oct, and Nov. before our winter break and will be giving our year's profits to the church in Dec. Next weekend we'll have lots of great ideas all ages... for children up to senior lap quilts, walker caddy's and bibs that you've been asking us to make. And we'll be taking more orders for the personalized bracelets and darling personalized clay art children and figures. Remember we accept cash only...and all profits from the sales go directly to pay down the building fund debt. See you at the sale next weekend. ---The Craft Guild---

Adult Choir Rehearsals! September 9th & September 18th Youth Choir Rehearsals! September 7th & September 14th

Calendar of Upcoming Events September 8 6:30PM

Over 50 Club Meeting

September 9 9:30AM

Church Cleaning

September 11 7:30PM

Knights of Columbus Meeting

September YAM Calendar

See Bulletin Board

October 4th—Feast of St. Francis of Assisi Would you like to have your pets blessed? Join us at 9:00 am on Saturday, October 4th, at the church to have a blessing for your family pets.

Ministry Highlight Fun at the Falcon We are called to serve one another. One way we at St. Matthew serve the needy in our area is through Fun at the Falcon. This year long ministry culminates with a gala held the first Saturday of November. We work in conjunction with other area Catholic Churches to raise funds to be distributed by our respective St. Vincent de Paul Societies. Whatever your talent, it can be used for this worthy event. Please consider giving your time. For more information call Kathy Hampton at 770.703.7023.

Religious Education News Women’s Faith Formation Women’s Faith Formation is will be meeting on the second and fourth Mondays of September due to the Labor Day holiday. We will meet Monday night, September 8, 2008 at 7:00 pm in The La Salette Day Chapel. At our last meeting on August 18th, we chose The Shack by William P. Young as our first book for discussion. We will discuss the beginning of that book at this meeting. All women of the parish are welcome.

RCIA In celebrating this month of Our Lady’s final journey to God in her glorious Assumption, let us ask her motherly intercession to draw souls to the Sacred Heart of her Son. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is a journey too – of conversion to God and what he intends for us. RCIA is the process by which persons who was never baptized, or was baptized in other Christian tradition, become members of the Church, a people on a pilgrimage to our Heavenly Father. Please contact King Cooper at (770) 774-1182 for more information. Bible Study Daytime Bible study will begin Tuesday, September 9th from 10:15 to 11:30 am in room 3. All are invited. No previous experience is necessary. Please join us as we explore God's word together! For more information contact Doris Cooper at 770.632.0426 or Linda Spencer at 770.632.8880. CAFE 945, The Catholic Adult Faith Enrichment program, will begin next Sunday, September 7, in the Conference Room at 9:45 (between the Masses). We will focus on Prayer and different types of prayer Catholics can engage in, especially as practiced by St. Francis of Assisi. Grab a cup of coffee and a doughnut and join us in CAFE 945!

Calling All 6TH, 7TH, & 8TH GRADERS!!! The St. Matthew Junior Youth Group will have its KICKOFF PARTY on Saturday, September 13th from 6 pm (just after the 5:00 Mass) until 9 pm in the conference room. PIZZA, GAMES & FUN for all! Please join us for an evening of food, fellowship & fun, plus a little friendly competition! And bring your favorite Christian music ~ we’ll be making a CD of the group’s favorites this year. Please RSVP to Cynthia Welsh at 770-252-3475 or email [email protected]. If you have questions, contact Cynthia Welsh or Deacon Gayle Peters at 770-964-5804. PRISM A very special thank you to the House of Galilee who was in charge of snacks for the Sept 7 meeting and provided pizza! The House of Judea is responsible for snacks at our next scheduled meeting on Sept 28. RETREAT NEWS: If you didn't pick up a permission slip to attend the Retreat on Sept 13 & 14, there are copies on the PRISM bulletin board near the kitchen area. All St. Matthew Teens are invited to attend! Call Julie Allen at 770-714-9868 or Deacon Gayle at 770-317-9705 for information.

Tending Our Gardens Stewardship In Everyday Life “What have you done with the garden entrusted to you?” — Machado Many are familiar with the phrase “time, talent, and treasure” as a description of Christian stewardship, and these are indeed important aspects of it. However, stewardship is much more. It entails accepting all aspects of our lives as gift, and inviting God into each. I believe God cares deeply about how we take care of our bodies, emotions, and relationships. God wants us to use everything we have to bring about the kingdom in our lives and the world around us. In March of 2004, Bishop Robert Morneau gave a presentation on “The Spirituality of Stewardship” at the annual Regional Stewardship Conference in Atlanta. He presented this idea of stewardship as different gardens that we are called to tend in our lives. We will cover the difference gardens over the next few weeks, as a guide for discernment. It is important to realize that this is simply a starting point: a tool to help you start asking your own questions. Only you can ultimately determine how God is calling you in your life. It is important to note that this process should not necessarily be seen as a way of adding more tasks to your life, but as a call to balance and openness. Stewardship addresses what we do in our lives, but more importantly how we do them. As you read through the questions, check off areas in which you would like to be more attentive or spend more energy. Feel free to star questions related to areas where you are doing well. When you are done, go back and circle one to three areas you want to work on.

Garden of Emotions Our feelings and mental state are integral parts of us as human beings. Emotions are tricky things, as we all have different ways of dealing with them, some more healthy than others. A good place to start is to recognize our emotions as gifts from God that we are called to faithfully tend. Do you take time off before you get to a point of burnout? Do you ask your friends for support when you need it? Do you let your emotions build up to an unhealthy level? Do you let yourself have fun? Be happy? Be goofy? Often enough? Do you spend enough time alone? Have you considered counseling to help understand yourself better and move forward? Is there a particular emotion you have that you want to understand or handle better?

Financial Giving in our Parish Family August 31, 2008 Offertory

$13,169.16

Given in checks & envelopes (214)

$12,294.16

Parish Debt Reduction

$130.00

Second Collection

$163.00

Upcoming Second Collections September 7—Catholic University of America September 14—St. Vincent de Paul Society