NEWS​​

REPORTS

Anyone responsible for submitting a report for the 2025 Annual report, could you please email or pass it in to the church office by end of January. Thanks. 

2026 OFFERING ENVELOPES

The 2026 offering envelopes are ready for pickup.  You can pick them up in the Narthex Sunday Mornings and at the church office during the week. If you know of someone (neighbour, family member or friend) that you can deliver to, please do. Thank you.

​EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

St. Matthews United Church, is currently seeking a Maintenance/ Custodial Worker to work 25 hours per week. The primary responsibilities of this part-time position shall be for the general cleanliness and tidiness of all church property including minor repairs and preventative maintenance. The successful candidate must have one to two years of related experience, strong communication, time management and organizational skills and a clear criminal record check.  Resumes with a cover letter should be clearly marked “Maintenance/Custodial Worker” and may be emailed to: lewisporteunitedchurch@gmail.com or dropped off at the church office.

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THANK YOU FROM YOUR CEMETERY COMMITTEE

St. Matthew’s United Church Cemetery Committee wish to thank all those who made a donation to the Cemetery Fund in memory of a loved one; throughout the Advent Season.  St. Matthew’s Memory Tree shone bright in our sanctuary this Christmas honouring all of those that have gone before us.  Thank you for your contributions.

​A REMINDER FROM THE MINISTER

A reminder from Rev. Paula that the hospitals do not contact the minister if you or a loved one are an in-patient. Ensuring the minister knows someone is admitted and requests a visit, is the sole responsibility of the family.

Scent Free Church

Church Council is reminding everyone that we need to be a Scent-Free space as church.  We have people in our church family with life-threatening allergies to all scented products and we have a duty of care to ensure that we protect one another.  We ask everyone to refrain from using scented products, especially colognes, perfumes, after shaves, body sprays, and such as, by using them, you are putting others around you at risk for major health consequences.  Thank you.                                             

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​​​BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS

Items to be included in the bulletin are due at the church office by 4:00 PM on Thursdays.  Any items received after this time will be included in the following week’s bulletin. Thank you for your consideration.

FOOD BANK SUNDAY

Food Bank Sunday is the third Sunday of every month and members of the congregation are asked to bring item(s) for the Food Bank and we show our thanks to God by helping others.  As always, non-perishable food items are needed, especially cereal, pasta (spaghetti/macaroni), pasta sauce, dessert items (cookies, can fruit, jelly, etc.), can soup, can vegetables, juice, tea/coffee, sugar/sugar twin, jam, peanut butter, or cheese whiz, ketchup or miracle whip, can beans, meatballs or pasta, crackers, can milk, can sandwich meat and kid’s snacks (pudding or fruit cups, cereal bars, & juice boxes). Thank you.

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