Lectionary: Proper 14, Year C & Daily Office Year Two

All persons baptized with water & the Spirit in the Name of the Trinity are invited to receive the The ELEVENTH SUNDAY after PENTECOST Eucharist. Those who wish to receive only a blessing may cross their arms. It is perfectly acceptable to receive the Eucharist in only one kind (i.e. the Host), and then decline the chalice, August 8, 2010 crossing your arms. (Lectionary: Proper 14, Year C & Daily Office Year Two)

BCP Page 323 8:00 AM HOLY EUCHARIST RITE I 8-8-10 Page 180 Traditional Collect (insert) Page 340 Eucharistic Prayer II Guitar music & singing: Dick & Charlotte House The ELEVENTH SUNDAY after PENTECOST

9:15 & 11:15 AM HOLY EUCHARIST RITE II The WORD of GOD PROCESSIONAL HYMN 690 “Guide me, O thou great Jehovah” Page 355 Acclamation Page 356 “Gloria in excelsis” (Hymnal S-280) Insert Collect (BCP page 232); ISAIAH 1:1, 10-20 PSALM 50:1-8, 23-24 (p. 654); HEBREWS 11:1-3, 8-16 GRADUAL HYMN 68, verses 1-2 “Rejoice! rejoice, believers, and let your lights appear!” Insert The Gospel: LUKE 12:32-40 GRADUAL HYMN 68, verse 3 The Sermon: The Rev. Scott Fisher Page 358 The Nicene Creed Page 385 The Prayers of the People, Form II Page 360 The Peace Page 830/431 Announcements, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Visitors The HOLY COMMUNION OFFERTORY HYMN 321 “My God, thy table now is spread” Hymnal 380, verse 3 THE DOXOLOGY Page 361 The Great Thanksgiving (Eucharistic Prayer A) Page 362 Sanctus (Hymnal S-129) Page 364 Fraction Anthem (Hymnal S-155) COMMUNION HYMNS: SongBook 22b, 113, 29, 31, 59 Page 365/6 The Post Communion Prayer & Blessing St. Matthew’s on the Chena by Susan Englebrecht c 2000 RECESSIONAL HYMN (insert) “Give us oil in our lamps” The Dismissal St. Matthew's Episcopal Church th Fairbanks, Alaska Sunday, August 15 (The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost) 8 am Holy Eucharist, Rite I 9:15am &11:15 am Holy Eucharist Rite II www.stmatthewschurch.org 1:30 pm Fairbanks Correctional Center Men’s Eucharist www.episcopalak.org 12 am Compline THIS WEEK at SAINT MATTHEW’S Sunday, August 22 nd 2010 11 am St. Mark’s Church, Nenana ~ Welcome Potlatch for Bishop- th Sunday, August 8 (The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost) elect Mark Lattime & Family ~ see details posted in parish hall. 8 am Holy Eucharist, Rite I 9:15 & 11:15 am Holy Eucharist Rite II WELCOME to everyone visiting from throughout the Interior (Nursery available for children three years & younger) and beyond. You are invited to join us at our coffee hour in the parish 3 pm Midnight Sun intertribal PowWow meeting (parish hall) 12 am Compline hall after each service. Monday, August 9 th THANK YOU EVERYONE, especially Vestrymember DAWN JAGOW, for 6 pm Loving Kindness Prayer Exercises (in the church) St. Matthew’s VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL last week. The animal creations 12 am Compline by the students are on display. th Tuesday, August 10 Consecration of the Very Rev. Mark Lattime as Bishop is Saturday, Sept. 11 am Denali Center Eucharist 4th in Anchorage. Deadline for Banquet tickets 8/19. Details posted in parish nd 5-7 pm 2 Alaska Native Cancer Gathering @ Hannah Solomon hall & website Bldg ~ flyers posted on parish hall bulletin board near kitchen St. Matthew’s Choir begins rehearsal on Wednesday, Sept. 8 th ~ first choir 5:30 pm VESTRY meeting (parish library) rehearsal for fall! New members warmly welcomed. If interested, please 12 am Compline th contact Barb Hameister (455-7397) [email protected]. Wednesday, August 11 Vestry Member Clarence Bolden has accepted the Lead on the Stewardship 9:30 am Holy Eucharist w/Healing Prayers Committee. Anyone interested may contact him at [email protected] or 7 pm Holy Eucharist 374-5623 or 347-5878. 12 am Compline Wanted: cabin for single Episcopalian man with a 16 year old dog. Contact Thursday, August 12 th church office. 10:30 am Pioneer Home Eucharist PAYPAL NOTICE: If traveling this summer, don’t forget you can continue to 5:30 pm Lawn Care Party & Clean-Up (volunteers needed) help St. Matthew’s through PayPal donations on the St. Matthew’s website: 5:30 pm Daughters of the King prayer meeting/ www.stmatthewschurch.org. Baby Shower for Lisa Olsen – everyone invited 12 am Compline FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP thru June 30, 2010 Friday, August 13 th Operating Income (Month) $22,410 (YTD) $133,648 10 am Altar Guild church cleaning Operating Expense -24,682 -155,272 12 am Compline Surplus/(Deficit) $ ( -2,271) $(-21,624) Saturday, August 14 th Weekly offering to meet 2010 budgeted ministry needs $5,947 Last Sunday’s offering (operating fund): $3,928.11 Robert Anita John Arland PayPal donations during June: $6,364 Those traveling; those in recovery; all those serving overseas & their THOSE ASSISTING IN THE LITURGY families; our family in various homes and programs; and all those YOU, The COMMUNION of SAINTS and……. grieving 8:00 a.m. 9:15 a.m. 11:15 a.m. lst Lesson: Andrea Backlund Jane Sandstrom Karen Parr (Please keep these people in your prayers, as we will be rotating names every three weeks or Psalm: Gary Bender Gladys Terry so to include those currently asking for prayer.) Epistle: Andrea Backlund Greg Sandstrom Karen Parr Prayers: Marty Thomas Laura Bender Helen Howard Acolyte/Crucifer: Ivy Mostella Joanna Jagow/Jesse Taylor Chalice: Marty Thomas Greg/Jane Sandstrom Roslyn Allen/Helen Howard St. Matthew’s Health Ministry reminds us that Ushers: John Parsons Gene Freeman AUGUST is MILITARY FAMILY SUPPORT & Nursery: ------Millie Ambrose ------Organist: Laura Vines Laura Vines SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER Month Altar Guild: Cathy Giacomazzi, chr Coffee Hour: Karen Parr O GOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the fraility of our nature we cannot always stand upright; Grant to us such OUR PRAYERS OF INTERCESSIONS strength and protection, as may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (The Rosemary Tree by Elizabeth Goudge) Parish Intercessions Helen Jessica Zelma Walter St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church Scott Carson Wilma Kitson Wesley Fairbanks, Alaska Gidget Rodney Fred Hannah August 8, 2010 Kyle Rose Phyllis Alice Arnold Hazel Joan Jenny OUR PRAYERS OF INTERCESSIONS Sharron Jim Howard Mary Diocese of Alaska & Diocese of Yukon Intercessions Bill Kathy Audrey Byron St. Matthew’s, Beaver; St. Andrew’s, Stevens Village; Rampart; St. Jude’s, North Pole, St. Linda Maggie Kendall Woody Mark’s Nenana; St. George’s, Cordova; St. George’s in-the-Arctic, Kotzebue/Community of Tagish, Yukon Territory Harold Vince Beau Beverly The Anglican Communion & The Indian Ministries Cycle of Prayer Rosalie Jessie Preston Doug The Church of Bangladesh/the Native people in the Diocese of Chicago Christopher Charlie Bert Karen Thanksgivings Bittner Johnny Rogers Bruce Lucy for Leodica, Dennis Allan (1948), Howard Everett, Lou Rae, Terry Lynne, Christopher Teay (1954), Donald Scott, Robert Marquis (1965), whose baptismal anniversary at St. Matthew’s is August 8th For the Departed Diane Brinkman of Eagle/Tok; Callahan Tritt of Arctic Village; Hilary Flynt (+7/18/10) of Georgia (Marlin Collins’ sister);

FLOWER and CANDLE OFFERING The Altar flowers are given to the Glory of God, and in memory of Peter (+8/8/03) & Elsie (+12/9/95) John & Dorcas Ahkiviana (+11/14/99) by Garnett & James Ahkiviana. The sanctuary candle is given to the Glory of God, and in thanksgiving for Clifford John Gowan’s 10th birthday

The flowers on the Altar are prepared and provided at minimum cost by College Floral & Gift

Sexton: MICHAEL ‘TREE’ NELSON Sunday School Director: PATTY MERITT Co-Sacristans: CATHY GIACOMAZZI & MARY JOHNSTON Parish Secretary: HILARY FREEMAN Wardens: ROXY WRIGHT FREEDLE & KAREN KISS Deacons: THE REV'Ds MONTIE SLUSHER, BELLA JEAN SAVINO, SHIRLEY LEE Priests: THE REV’Ds STEPHEN MATTHEW, JOHN HOLZ, LEE DAVIS Rector: THE REV. SCOTT FISHER Bishop-elect of Alaska: THE VERY REV. MARK LATTIME