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,
Pastor
Sam Zumwalt
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