{"id":1,"date":"2022-03-11T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmattsblm.org\/wp2\/?p=1"},"modified":"2022-03-19T15:24:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T15:24:31","slug":"st-matthews-good-news-3-11-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmattsblm.org\/wp2\/2022\/03\/11\/st-matthews-good-news-3-11-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Matthew’s Good News – 3\/11\/2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A Word From Father Tom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent sermons, we have investigated what it means to be a “baptized Christian”. When we are baptized into Christ, we become a part of the body of Christ, i.e., the Bride of Christ, the New Covenant People of God. The Scriptures tell us that when this happens we are given gifts by the Holy Spirit to be used to serve the “body” of members in Christ as we seek to live out the Gospel and Kingdom teachings of our Savior and Lord.
What are your spiritual gifts, and how might the Lord be calling you to serve among us? The starting place in using our spiritual gifts, of course, is not necessarily the involvement in our “organizational needs and functions” as a church, even though this is certainly an important part of using our gifts. Our starting place is realizing that because we are indwelt with the very Spirit of God, everywhere we find ourselves in the world, we have the chance to model, live, and even tell of the Good News of Jesus.
That said; serving the body specifically and certainly looks like something. We are so blessed as a smaller church to have as many people involved in our ministry as we do! Thank you to all! However, we have many people wearing many hats. As willing as they are to do this, as we begin to meet together again, we are starting to show some areas of need. Will you consider and pray about testing out if your gifts match in any of the areas below?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Worship on Sundays in Rite I and Rite II:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n