To our guests and visitors: We welcome you today and cordially invite you to join us in our worship services. Our custom is to stand to sing and praise God; to sit for instruction; and to kneel for prayer.

The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) in which our liturgy is found is in the red book. The Hymnal 1982 is the blue book. Hymn numbers are on the announcement board in the front of the church as well as in the bulletin. Hymn numbers preceded by an S, as in S 204 are found in the front section of the Hymnal.

It is also custom in Episcopal Congregations to be prayerfully quiet before worship and then to greet each other during the Peace, at the conclusion of our worship, and during our Fellowship hour after services.

All baptized Christians are welcome to receive the Bread of Heaven and the Cup of Salvation at God's Altar. If you do not wish to receive the wine from the common cup, the first chalice bearer will offer you the intinction cup into which you dip the bread. If you do not wish to receive Communion, you may come up for a blessing.

Live Plantings can still be given for the Lester Crancer Memorial Prayer Garden. Sign-up sheets are located on the bulletin board in the Lounge.

Annual Church Meeting: The Annual Church meeting will take place immediately after the service next Sunday. Please make plans to attend this important meeting.

Penny Outreach: Please continue to donate aluminum cans for Outreach. We use the money at Christmas time for community outreach.

Trinity Food Pantry: Bob and Audrey Moller make regular pick-ups and deliveries of food to the Trinity Food Pantry in the Central West End, but they would like to make the most of their trips by having a full barrel of food to deliver - so go through your own pantry and find canned or boxed foods that you can spare, or when grocery shopping, buy an extra item or two for the barrel. Protein-rich items are especially welcome.

Please bring donations for St. Martha's Hall to St. Matthew's on Sunday. St. Martha's Hall is a non-for-profit agency which provides shelter care programs for abused women and thier children. In season clothing is needed (underwear, socks, pajamas, jeans/pants, shirts/sweaters). The greatest need is for size 8-14 boy's clothing.

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Flowers this morning: Given to the glory of God and in as a gift to Rev. Doris Westfall from Terri Gilson.

Birthdays: Colin Lamming, Henry Caby, Langen Neubacher

Anniversaries:

Prayer Cycles: (Diocese of Missouri) Trinity Episcopal Church, St. Louis, and Anne, their Rector; (Diocese of Lui) Improved agricultural production in Lui Diocese, and John and Lorence; (Anglican Communion) Alaska, and Mark, their Bishop

Mission to Costa Rica: Dan Sue, Emma, Caleb, and Isaac Jenkins

Paper Recycling: Now you can help us earn money for the Church by dropping off your newspapers, magazines, office paper, shopping catalogs and mail in the yellow and green container at the end of our parking lot. Please do NOT include plastic, glass, metals, any type of cardboard, phonebooks or trash.

Schnucks Coupons:

Schnucks has implemented a new program recently. At the customer service counter of each participating Schnucks store is red and black "eScript Community Card". It looks like a credit card but it isn't. The sticker on the front of the card gives a toll-free number that you call to activate the card. When you call they will ask you the zip code of the church (63122) as well as the name of the church. Or you can give them St. Matthews Identification number which is 164503184.

When you shop at Schnucks, give the check-out person the card, they will scan it and the total amount of your groceries, excluding tax, will be accumulated each calendar month to determine how much the church will receive. That amount will then be wire-transferred to the church each month.

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