Scripture: Matthew 6: 25-34

"Lessons from the Serenity Prayer: The Serenity to Accept the Things We Cannot Change"

Pastor Kyle Roggenbuck

This is Miss Susan's last Sunday. We hope you can join us. We wish Susan all the best! She will be missed.

"Lessons from the Serenity Prayer."

June 12th: The Serenity to Accept the Things We Cannot Change. 

June 19th: The Courage to Change the Things We Can

June 26th: The Wisdom to Know the Difference

Betty Greer will be at church to collect donations from 1-2:30pm on Saturday, June 11th and 18th. See sidebar for most needed items. Thank you for your generosity. 

Our second Prairie Path clean-up is this Sunday, June 12th at 2pm. We will meet at the corner of Liberty and West.

Please call Dawn Schubert (630.542.0160) with any questions.

We invite all the women of St. Matthew to join a new women's ministry, providing the opportunity for a regular connection time to deepen relationships, foster connections, and inspire meaningful conversations.

This summer we will start with a once-a-month evening gathering for two hours, hosted by Joyce Miller, Mary Henderson, and Dorothy Peterson. In the Fall, we will look to potentially host twice a month - once in the daytime and once in the evening. Prior to each session, we'll provide a theme to spark our conversations.

Mark your calendars:

June 16th at 7pm at Dorothy Peterson's home
July 14th at 7pm at Mary Henderson's home
August 11th at 7pm at Joyce Miller's home

Please consider participating in our annual St. Matthew Shopping Cart Brigade at the Wheaton 4th of July Parade. Alex Johnson has graciously offered to help lead the shopping cart brigade. The parade begins at 10am, so plan to arrive around 8:30 or 9am. This is a wonderful way for families to get involved and help make a difference for People's Resource Center and Interfaith Food Bank. 

We will need people to push shopping carts to collect food donations, someone to drive the truck, and walkers to collect money. Please contact Erin Walsh at edbreit@hotmail.com or 630.660.4651 or John Adams at jadams1958@gmail.com or 630.235.3698 if you would like to sign up. We are hoping for a great turnout!  

The nursery is open! We are looking for volunteers willing to be the second adult in the nursery. We hope to have enough volunteers that you would only be scheduled once a month at the most. Please contact Kenna at kenna1@comcast.net or 630.209.5710 if you would like to be added to the list. Thank you!

If you would like to read scripture during the Sunday worship service, please contact Bruce Anderson at bruceanderson5959@gmail.com and he will add you to the list. 

Since we are fully open and worshiping together in person, we would like to have greeters welcoming people again. Would you be able to commit to one (1) Sunday a month for a few months? No handshake is needed, just a smile and a "Good morning!" Let Wendy Fanning or the office know if you would like to be a greeter. Thanks. 

St. Matthew will be sending a group of volunteers to Biloxi, Mississippi this fall to work with Back Bay Mission. Volunteer opportunities include worksite construction, painting, helping in the food pantry, assisting clients at the Micah Day Center, and preparing food at Loaves & Fishes soup kitchen.

The cost for the trip is $250 per person, which covers the cost of accommodations (dormitory style) in the volunteer Mission house on the Back Bay campus. If you are interested or would like to know more about the trip, look for the sign-up sheet in the narthex. A final count needs to be submitted by August 1st.

Contact Jeannine Adams for additional information at 630.890.7690.

The St. Matthew worship service will be streamed every Sunday at 9:30am. The service will be available on our website after the service.

Access the service through the St. Matthew YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/StMatthewUCC

**Once you are on YouTube, you have the option to turn on closed captioning and resize the font. Once the video is playing, click on the setting wheel in lower-right of your screen, choose Subtitles/CC, then choose English.**

You can also go to the St. Matthew homepage (stmatthewucc.org) to access the online service. 

Go to our website for instructions on how to donate to St. Matthew. Thank you!