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March, 2022 St. Matthews Messenger
St. Matthews Lutheran Church Non-Profit Org.
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St. Matthews Messenger PAID
416 E. Dover Road Princeton, IL
Princeton, IL 61356-9551 Permit No. 449
(815) 879-6491
Change Service Requested
MARCH 2022
If it is possible, A Lenten Note from Pastor Scott Schmidt:
so far as it
depends on you, R facing
omans 12 speaks to living our people at St. Matthews with many various thoughts
new life in Christ while also on all of this. Then, we also have some changes in
all of the various challenges how we usher and handle offering counting. Finally,
live peaceably
and turbulence in daily life. As we with the Season of Lent we are returning to in-person
with all.
at St. Matthews have a lot on our Wednesday Lenten services (which also will be
Romans 12:18
plate at this brief current time with recorded) and again now are offering Soup Suppers.
several changes taking place, it would do us all well So, it is vital we keep our focus on the Gospel and
to read of Romans 12 and spend time in prayer. to persevere in prayer. It would be wise for each of us
First, our renovations of adding new restrooms to read and re-read Romans 12 over the next few
upstairs and widening the Narthex near the coat racks weeks. In closing: If it is possible, so far as it depends
are finally underway. Things are a little bit of a mess on you, live peaceably with all.
right now. Second, we are in the midst of changing In Jesus’ name,
COVID protocol as noted on this page. We have Pastor Scott Schmidt
Work begins on Phase 1 of our Installation of
construction projects. congregation officers
February 6, 2022
For more pictures go to www.StMatthewsPrinceton.org
Baptism of Declan Lee Gapinski
February 12, 2022
Son of Brad & Danielle Gapinski
Sponsors:
Jonathon & Lindsey Gapinski
St. Matthews Messenger 2 March, 2022
CONGREGATION [From the family of Debra Dahl:]
GIVING St. Matthews Church Family;
FINANCIAL REPORT My family and I would like to extend our many thanks to
Through January 2022 each and everyone for the many prayers and concern said
YTD Giving Budget: $22,485 for her and also the care and concern extended to us.
YTD Giving Actual: $32,070 God’s many blessings,
YTD Expenses Budget: $23,188 Shirley May
YTD Expenses Actual: $22,269 Bob & Alex Dahl
YTD Expenses Actual
under Budget $(919)
YTD Giving Actual
over Expenses Actual $10,496 Thank you for sharing your congregation’s generosity-
your treasure-with LSSI this past year. As a result, your
heart has been with the 38,000 children, adults, seniors,
and families LSSI served in Fiscal Year 2021.
Peace and prayers,
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
(see full letter in Narthex)
St Matthews 2022
Congregation Council
& Leaders
Andy Dye, President &
Property
Term: 2022 - Jan 2023
Dick Volker, Vice President
Term: 2022 - Jan 2023
Diana Dye, Finance
Term: 2021-Jan 2023
Katie Dye, Worship & Music &
Evangelism
Term: 2021 - Jan 2023
Terry Rapp, Education &
Youth/Family
Term: 2022-Jan 2023
Nate Edlefson, Stewardship
CONGREGATION COUNCIL Term: 2020 - Jan 2023
Kathy Waca, Fellowship &
Tuesday, February 8, 2022 Education & Youth/Family: Kids’ Night Out is Social Ministry
Term: 2020 - Jan 2023
Update on Hoover Farm: we now have the survey map schedule for January 25, 2022.
Brian Huffstodt, Property
hoping to have the transfer-in-kind done in February Social Ministry: no report Term: 2022– Jan 2025
then move on splitting the farm with Princeton Park Fellowship: Taking a break until January 30 Leanne Martin, Memorial
District. Executive Committee Meetings: Term: 2022-Jan 2024
Worship & Music: Bells taking a break until February. Tuesday, March 1, 2022 @ 4:30 pm Jill Snethen,
Stewardship: No report Council Meeting: Financial Secretary
Evangelism: no report Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 6:00 pm Mike Herro, Treasurer
Finance: Good position at Year End with positive This is a summary of the council meeting. If you would like the Barb Miller,
Secretary (Office & Council)
balance of $10,756. approved copy of the Minutes contact the office.
Megan Olson, Director of Music
Memorial: Minutes are pending approval at next Congregation
Council meeting. Kathryn Freiberg Nesbitt,
Property: Director of Youth & Family
Ministry
St Matthews 2022 Brad Snethen 2022-Jan 2025 Andy Dye 2021-Jan 2024 Wendell Nelson 2020-Jan 2023 Pastor Scott Schmidt
Foundation Steve Nelson 2022-Jan 2025 Charlie Waca 2020-Jan 2023
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416 E. Dover Road
Princeton, IL 61356 Webpage: www.StmatthewsPrinceton.org
St. Matthews Lutheran Church 815.879.6491 Email: StMatthewsPrinceton@gmail.com
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Mar 1 2 3 4 5
10 am Pastor’s Bible
4:30 pm Executive 5:30 pm Bell Practice Study
Committee 7 pm Ash Wednesday 6:30 pm Explorer’s Bible
Worship Study
8 pm Finance Committee
St. Matthews Messenger
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
9 am Worship Service PASTOR’S DAY OFF 10 am Pastor’s Bible 8:30am-2:15 pm
1 pm Quilters 5:30 pm Bell Practice
10:15 am Sunday School In-Person Study CRE via ZOOM
1 pm South 6 pm Soup Supper
Confirmation via Google Classroom 5:15 pm Via de Cristo Conference Pastors 12 pm Princeton
7 pm Lenten Worship Ministerial Assoc
Meeting Time Change
10:45 am Drive Thru Communion 6 pm Congregation
6:30 pm Explorer’s Bible Set Clocks
with car radio transmission Council
Ahead 1 Hour
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
9 am Worship Service PASTOR’S DAY OFF 11 am-1 pm 10 am Pastor’s Bible
5:30 pm Bell Practice
10:15 am Sunday School In-Person 5:15 pm Via de Cristo C-5 Rural Meeting Study
6 pm Soup Supper
Meeting @ Marshall Putnam
10:20 am Confirmation In-Person 7 pm Lenten Worship
4
6:30 pm Workcamp Co. Farm Bureau
Confirmation via Google Classroom
Committee Meetings 6:30 pm Explorer’s Bible
7 pm Workcamp Regular
Meeting
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
9 am Worship Service PASTOR’S DAY OFF 1 pm Quilters 10 am Pastor’s Bible
4:30 pm Worship &
10:15 am Sunday School 5:15 pm Via de Cristo Music Study
In Person Meeting 2 pm Greenfield Worship
5:30 pm Bell Practice
11:30 am Pre-arranged Home 6:30 pm Explorer’s Bible
Communion 6 pm Soup Supper
Confirmation via Google Classroom 7 pm Lenten Worship
27 28 29 30 31 April 1 2
9 am Worship Service PASTOR’S DAY OFF 5:30 pm Bell Practice 10 am Pastor’s Bible
Study
10:15 am Sunday School In-Person 6 pm Soup Supper
1 pm Pastor’s Text Study
10:20 am Confirmation In-Person 5:15 pm Via de Cristo 7 pm Lenten Worship
Meeting 6:30 pm Explorer’s Bible
Confirmation via Google Classroom
5 pm Via de Cristo Closura
Applications for Workcamp free home
repair are in the Narthex. If you know of
someone who qualifies the applications
are due March 1. Applicants can be from
March, 2022
Senior Citizens, Low Income, and
Handicap Households.
VOLUNTEERS FOR SUNDAY WORSHIP
MAR 6 MAR 13 MAR 20 MAR 27
ACOLYTE Grace Nesbitt Emma Dye Natalie Edlefson Grace Nesbitt
ALTAR GUILD Pam & Wendell Nelson
USHERS Gary Bruce Jim Miller Gail Peterson Dan Druley
Mike Herro Steve Martin Charlie Waca Jeff Martin
COMMUNION Betty & Mike Herro Marilyn & Barb Miller
ASSISTANT Gail Peterson Sandy Rose Steve Lange Teri Schlindwein
Betty Peterson Dan Druley Marilyn Lange Pam Clementz
TELLER COUNTERS
Pam Clementz Charlie Waca Dan Druley Marilyn Lange
SANCTUARY
Sandy Rose Kathy Waca Sandy Rose Kathy Waca
ATTENDANCE
Jackie Woolley Don & Gary & Pam &
GREETERS
Carolyn Butterfield Linda Hildebrand Diane Bruce Wendell Nelson
CAMERA
Paul Schlindwein Jeff Martin Tommy Rose Mike Herro
OPERATOR
SOUND SYSTEM Jeff Martin Tommy Rose Charlie Waca Brad Snethen
READER Worship Team Leota Carlson Marilyn Lange Sue Garvin
VIDEO PROCESSING OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN
CANTOR Worship Team Megan Olson Barb Miller Katie Dye
Gary & Tom & Jennifer
FLOWERS Bea Coates OPEN
Diane Bruce Schaeffer
MUSICIANS Worship Team Leota Carlson Leota Carlson Megan Olson
BUILDING OPENERS Nate Edlefson
BUILDING CLOSERS Nate Edlefson
VOLUNTEERS FOR LENTEN WORSHIP MAR 9 MAR 16 MAR 23 MAR 30
READERS OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN
SOUND SYSTEM OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN
CAMERA OPERATOR OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN
MUSICIANS Leota Carlson Leota Carlson Leota Carlson Leota Carlson
Betty Peterson Dan Druley Marilyn Lange Pam Clementz
TELLER COUNTERS
Pam Clementz Katie Dye Dan Druley Marilyn Lange
Worship Leaders Ash Wednesday, March 2, 2022 St Matthews needs people to help
1. OPEN Communion 1. OPEN Teller Pam Clementz with midweek, Wednesday
Ushers Assistants Counters Lenten Worship Services.
2. OPEN 2. OPEN Charlie Waca
If you can help in one of these areas,
Ash Assistant Sandy Rose Reader Teri Schlindwein Musicians Leota Carlson please call 815-879-6491
Sound Board OPEN Camera OPEN Soup Suppers begin March 9 or email the office at
St.MatthewsPrinceton@gmail.com
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Council was granted authority by the Congregation at THOSE WHO REQUESTED PRAYER:
the January 30, Annual Meeting to elect Synod From St. Matthews: Jim Dye, Steve Lange, Peter Lange, Shirley
Schmidt, Judy Dyke, Doris King, Shirley Carter, Alyce Dall, Jane
Assembly Voting Members for the open seats Gronwald, George Dall, Paul Segerstrom, Fran Orloff, Terry
which are one Lay Female and one Lay Female or Ferrari, Kathy Waca, Dick Volker, Judy Nelson, Josie Edlefson,
Lay Male, in addition to those elected at the January Lynda Fenwick, Jennifer Bacorn, Irma Streit, Jim Eble, Valerie
30 Annual Meeting: Mike Herro, as a Lay Male Voting Frese & family, Porter Seidel.
Member, and Hannah Herro as a voting member who Friends and Family* Dustin Seidel, Dana Freese (daughter of
is a Confirmed Teenage Youth or Young Adult under Jackie Woolley), Nancy Lorang (friend of Pam Clementz), Mona
the age of 30. (The expectation these all would be Cook (daughter of Libby Dyer & sister of Rita Byrd), Trisha Hiebing
(niece of Lois Pinter), Deb Rabe (friend of Joelle Crockett), Scott
from different households.) April 15, 2022 is the Pazdro (friend of Gary & Joelle Crockett), Brayden Bennett (great-
registration deadline for Synod Assembly. grandson of Nancy Henning), Kendall Barfield (cousin of Steve
[Marilyn] Lange), Ruth (Clayton) Porter, (mother of Quinta [Bill]
Naffziger), Gary Schiall (nephew of Lois Pinter), Lisa Nyman
(cousin of Jackie Woolley & Lynda Fenwick), Loretta Volker,
Jamie Pennington, Gail Edlefson, (father of Nate [Sara] Edlefson),
Elizabeth Johnson (friend of Andy Rapp), Sara Redner (friend of
the Quilters), Anne Buelvas (daughter of Steve & Marilyn Lange),
Linda Wallace (friend of the Quilters), Art Stephenson (friend of
Peter Lange), Rheta Shallhorn (friend of Nancy Henning), Beth
Woolley (cousin of Lynda Fenwick & Jackie Woolley), Patrick
Thorpe, Jr. (friend of Peter Lange), Debbie Kirk (friend of Peter
Lange), Tim Cass (friend of Gail & Betty Peterson), Savanna Bell,
(friend of Ryan & Katelyn Lootens), Darwyn Guier (friend of Linda
Hildebrand), victims of disasters & violence, and those
impacted by our pandemic in anyway.
SPECIAL JOYS:
Baptism of Declan Lee Gapinski, son of Brad & Danielle (Saltezki) Gapinski.
THOSE IN MOURNING:
Family & friends of Debra Dahl (daughter of Shirley May).
PRAYER CHAIN: If you would like to share a prayer request , call the
church or email a request to: StMattsPrayers1@gmail.com
2022 Confirmation
The Small Catechism Part-Time Position Media Outreach Technician
All lessons are 30 to 40 minutes by Google Classroom and should be done by each We have a part-time position of 10 hours per week for a Media
student on their own or with parents. Outreach Technician as approved at our Annual Meeting to work
Complete the Quiz, save a copy, and send to Pastor.StMatthewsPrinceton@gmail.com. with audio/video recordings, processing, and equipment along with
We will meet in person usually twice a month as indicated below in red, and the Google our website, social media, and to also oversee and work with our
Classroom lesson for that day should be done prior to meeting in person. volunteers in this growing area of outreach ministry.
MARCH 2022 Part-Time Employment Opportunity:
Media Outreach Technician
Mar 2 Ash Wednesday Worship 7:00 pm Job description posted at www.StMatthewsPrinceton.org
Mar 6 Theology of the Cross and Theology of Glory Send resumes to StMatthewsPrinceton@gmail.com or
St. Matthews Lutheran Church,
Mar 9 Lenten Soup Supper 6:00 pm & Worship 7:00 pm 416 E Dover Road,
Mar 13 Connection with God through Prayer Princeton Il 61356-9551
Also Meet In-Person 10:20 am to 11:11 am
Mar 16 Lenten Soup Supper 6:00 pm & Worship 7:00 pm
Mar 20 Forgiveness
Mar 23 Lenten Soup Supper 6:00 pm & Worship 7:00 pm
Mar 27 The Sacrament of Baptism
Also Meet In-Person 10:20 am to 11:11 am
Mar 30 Lenten Soup Supper 6:00 pm & Worship 7:00 pm
St. Matthews Messenger 6 March, 2022
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