St. Matthew's Chapel

St. Matthew's Chapel The Chapel has summer Services from July to Labor Day. It is available for weddings & memorials. Contact Karen Ernsberger at 603-444-9941.

Check donations can be mailed to: Alice Claflin, 1435 Rt.117, Sugar Hill, NH 03586.

Here is a recent picture of the Chapel taken by TJ Ramsey.
01/08/2026

Here is a recent picture of the Chapel taken by TJ Ramsey.

Refreshments under the maple tree last Sunday!
08/21/2025

Refreshments under the maple tree last Sunday!

Last week the Rev John C. Morris greets guests on the way to the refreshments under the Maple Tree. Come join us next w...
08/13/2025

Last week the Rev John C. Morris greets guests on the way to the refreshments under the Maple Tree. Come join us next week wihen the Rev. Winnie Skeates will preside.

Last Sunday with Rev. Curtis MetzgerUnder the Maple Tree!
08/06/2025

Last Sunday with Rev. Curtis Metzger
Under the Maple Tree!

Bishop McConnell was at the Chapel and joined all for refreshments under the Maple Tree. Come join us next Sunday when...
07/07/2025

Bishop McConnell was at the Chapel and joined all for refreshments under the Maple Tree. Come join us next Sunday when The Rev. John Weatherly will be with us.

Soloist:Dr. Adam M. Finkel, Sc.D., CIHClinical Professor (Adjunct) of Environmental Health SciencesUniversity of Michiga...
06/28/2025

Soloist:
Dr. Adam M. Finkel, Sc.D., CIH
Clinical Professor (Adjunct) of Environmental Health Sciences
University of Michigan School of Public Health

It is an annual privilege to sing at St. Matthew’s Chapel when my friend Fred Anderson preaches. The anthem I’ve chosen this year is the second movement (of 15) from the “All Night Vigil” (or Vespers) of Sergei Rachmaninoff, composed in 1915. Lacking a chorus to bring here with me, I’ll use as a backing track a superb recording by a nine-voice chorus from Warsaw. I was fortunate to have sung the entire piece many times, including on a 1993 tour of Moscow and St. Petersburg with Maestro Mstislav Rostropovich.
The text, from Psalm 104, is especially meaningful to me as I, Fred, and many others around the state continue to work tirelessly to preserve New Hampshire’s lakes and rivers from inappropriate development of solid waste landfills nearby. Our Forest Lake (Dalton/Whitefield) was carved from the land about 15,000 years ago when the glaciers receded after the last Ice Age. The Psalmist wrote here: “The waters stood above the mountains; At His rebuke the waters fled.”
We hear the same message in our closing hymn today, as we work so that “the Earth may be filled with the glory of God, as the waters cover the sea.”
I wish to emphasize that the Vespers is written not precisely in Russian, but in Church Slavonic. To the extent that this reflects any view about the tragic situation in that part of the world, I offer this piece in recognition of my grandparents, who fled from what is now Ukraine circa 1905 to escape Russian imperialism and anti-Semitism.

The Clergy Schedule for 2025!
06/23/2025

The Clergy Schedule for 2025!

The new roof is on the Chapel Building!The new organ is installed!The Chapel Services will be posted next week. Service...
06/11/2025

The new roof is on the Chapel Building!
The new organ is installed!
The Chapel Services will be posted next week. Services start on June 29th @ 10:00 AM!
Look forward to seeing you this summer!

Your generosity is what keeps this historic Chapel going througout the year. Use the QR code to contribute or mail your donation large or small to St. Matthew's Chapel, c/o Alice Claflin, 1435 Rt. 117, Sugar Hill, NH 03586

It is spring clean-up time at the Chapel.As you can see, it is time:• to remove the Christmas Wreath• to clean-up the ga...
03/24/2025

It is spring clean-up time at the Chapel.
As you can see, it is time:
• to remove the Christmas Wreath
• to clean-up the gardens
• prune the bushes
• to touch up the paint
• clean the interior
While walking the grounds, recently, we found numerous roofing shingles were on the ground.

Take a look at the roof and you can see it is time for a new one.


The shingles are literally falling off the roof.
The cost of a new roof is some $45,000. If you would like to contribute:
• Use the QR code below
• Use the website: https://stmatthewsnh.org
• On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Matthews-Chapel
• Mail us at: St. Matthews Episcopal Chapel
C/O Mrs. Alice Claflin
1435 RT 117
Sugar Hill, NH 03586

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Rte 117 And Birches Road
Sugar Hill, NH
03586

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+16033482274

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