St. Matthew's Lutheran Church Women

03/21/2020

This is the movie we were going to see

The Hollywood studio and Kingdom Story Company will release the KJ Apa and Britt Robertson-starring faith-based drama on March 27 on premium VOD.

02/25/2020

I Still Believe is an upcoming Christian biographical drama film starring Shania Twain, Melissa Roxburgh, and Gary Sinise. It is based on the life of singer-songwriter Jeremy Camp and his first wife, Melissa Lynn Henning-Camp, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer shortly before they married. Camp's song "I Still Believe" is the film's namesake. If you would like to attend the showing with us on Thursday, Mar 12 at 7pm please sign up on the poster on the bulletin board (so we know to look for you) or Contact Nancy Zimmerman [email protected]. You can view the trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogJ4JIFdXo4

07/09/2019

Christmas was in the air on July 8th! "Why so early?" you ask. Santa's elves (aka Church Women) wanted to get a head start on our annual Christmas Stockings for PWC Foster Care project. Here's some of the colorful stockings that we sewed.

Want to sew a few stockings? *we can always use more*. Get in touch with Ellen Rogers for fabrics & patterns. It's an easy project!

The Stockings will be filled in November.

Bonus project: two more Mission Quilts were quilted! The quilt tops were made at the Day of Service in Jan 2019.

04/04/2019

Save these Dates! Thursday - Saturday, November 7 - 9, 2019

Retreat Theme: "For Everything There Is A Season"
Retreat Leader: Donna Marie Todd
To Be Held at:
Natural Bridge Historic Hotel and Conference Center
15 Appledore Lane
Natural Bridge, VA 24578

Facebook: All Lutheran Women’s Retreat
Email address: [email protected] Registration brochures will be available in April.

11/23/2018

Santa's elves --aka Church Women--got a head start this year! Thanks to the generosity of St. Matthew's members we filled 57 handmade Christmas stockings with all sorts of gifts. Boxes & bins of stockings were delivered to PWC Foster Care program on Tuesday. There will be many, many smiles on Christmas morning.

10/13/2018

We had delightful visit to a local historical gem at Rippon Lodge. Jessica, the site manager, immersed us in the history and architecture of the house and property as well as the families that inhabited it until the mid-20th century. The work is on-going to restore the buildings and interpret it's 200+ year history. After touring the house we spent some time in the gardens with Austin. Everyone brought home some souvenirs of the gardens--fresh basil, carrots and peppers snipped from the plants into our hands! Autumn Day Trip 2018.

08/03/2018

Christmas Stockings in July was a huge success! Goal: 50. Finished : 60 !! Plus several more cut out and ready to sew in 2019. The next challenge is to fill all those stockings in November. There will be a lot of smiles for the children in PWC Foster Care this Christmas.

06/13/2018

Church Women created three gift baskets for a Good Shepard Housing Foundation fundraising event. We got our creative juices flowing and came up with these lovely baskets---Patriotic Picnic, Italian Feast and Sangria, Savory & Sweets. Each basket included handcrafted ceramics and textiles. A grant from Thrivent went a long way in creating them. The Foundation's fundraiser raffle on June 8th was very successful and we are delighted to have been able to help support their mission.

09/19/2017

Is anyone interested in going to see this movie? A portion of the proceeds will to help support the orphanage. Tuesday, Oct 3 at 7pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SA-7wR2xvI

09/04/2017

Thrivent will match all personal donations made through Thrivent.com to designated disaster relief organizations, up to $3,000,000 or 12/31/17, whichever comes first.

08/14/2017

ACTS is in the top three...keep voting please!