Word from Father Tom
As many of you know, we host a Morning Prayer Service from the 1979 Prayer Book every Thursday at 7:30 AM. We have a small committed group that comes, and we welcome all reading this article to join us.
Starting in October, we will also add Holy Communion to our Morning Prayer Office every second Thursday of the month. With this addition, we seek to enhance our worship and bless the baptized, especially those who might not always be able to attend a Sunday Mass.
In time, I hope to add another opportunity for Evening Prayer and Holy Communion for similar and extended reasons.
Fr. Tom
Father Tom will be off this weekend from Friday, Oct. 14 – Monday, Oct. 17th. Mthr. Hannah Armidon will be celebrating and preaching in both services.
OUTREACH ITEMS OF THE MONTH
As Christians, we are asked to feed the hungry. Here’s how you can help: In August, September, and October The Outreach Committee will collect and deliver food and nonfood items for the Home Sweet Home Mission, which feeds and shelters people in need. We are asking for regular-sized items for the Mission’s Bread for Life Food Coop, where the needy can shop, and large or even bulk-sized items for the Mission’s kitchen. Here’s HSH’s needs list:
FOOD: canned chicken; cooking oil; low sodium items, such as soups and veggies; canned pasta; jelly; boxed meals, such as Hamburger Helper; brown rice; bottled water; 100% juice; Glucerna
NONFOOD: toilet paper; paper towels; dish detergent; bleach or disinfectant; plain notebooks.
Thanks so much for your generosity. -The Outreach Committee
NEWS FROM THE “HIVE”
Last year the Stitchn’ Bees began an association with the group, Fostering Dignity. Valerie Beguin began her business after completing her career with DCFS. Fostering Dignity provides new backpacks to DCFS offices throughout the State of Illinois through donations from caring citizens. This allows DCFS Staff to give each child who may be in the process of being removed from an unhealthy living situation, a new backpack into which the child can place their personal belongings.
The Bees involvement in these situations is that we provide the Fostering Dignity staff with our quilts, both cotton and fleece, which the Bees work on throughout the year.
This past week, Staff of Fostering Dignity came to St. Matts to pick up and distribute to DCFS offices, forty-one (41) of our lovingly created fleece quilts. A quilt is given to each child along with the new backpack by DCFS staff to take with them to their new residence.
The Stitchn’ Bees are thrilled to be able to provide a warm bit of comfort to these children who have been placed in a difficult situation.
P.S. If you are looking to fill up some free time on your calendar each week or just once in awhile, and want to be involved in something that ‘warms your heart’, come join the Stitchn‘ Bees on Tuesday mornings from 10 a.m. to Noon in St. Matthews Fellowship Hall. If you knit, crochet, or whatever, bring your projects, or not. Just come and join us around the table for wonderful Fellowship… (The treats are terrific too!)