St. Matthew's: The Church With a Welcome!

Dear Visitor,

One of the most poignant moments in Matthew’s Gospel is the Lord Jesus’ call to fishermen who were working on the beach at the Sea of Galilee.  They were not looking for a change of life, and they were not expecting Emmanuel – God in human flesh – to come seeking them.

Once again it’s tourist season in the greater Wilmington area.  You may be looking for an easily accessible house of worship, and we certainly fit that bill since we are about eight stoplights past the end of Interstate 40.  All you may have in mind is a quick stop in for worship and then back to fun in the sun at one of our great area beaches.

But if you visit St. Matthew’s, the Lord Jesus will be present in Word and Sacrament, just as He promised.  And He will indeed be calling you to follow Him in the same way He once called those fishermen on a different beach.

During these summer months, we are going to be thinking about the ordinary Christian life and asking how following the Lord Jesus in a life of humble service fills our ordinary lives full of new meaning.

If you should choose to come for a visit, we will give you a warm welcome.  We won’t put on a show or try to entertain you like some dumbed-down version of late night TV.  We will invite you to join us in adoring the one God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – and to consider what it means to respond to His great love in Jesus Christ with the praise and thanksgiving of ordinary lives devoted to God and neighbor.

We offer Holy Communion at 6 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday.  We study a chapter of Matthew’s Gospel on Mondays at 6 p.m. and conclude with Evening Prayer.

Give us a try at St. Matthew’s.  I thank you for stopping by.

In the Risen Lord,