by Patti Hinson | Jul 6, 2022 | News & Announcements
Dear St. Matthew’s Family, Greetings from Michigan! I’m enjoying some vacation time with my family. I’ll see you when I return on July 12. Until then I wanted to share some brief information. I want to let you know the Kathy Lundgren has decided to retire from her...
by Patti Hinson | Jun 23, 2022 | News & Announcements, Upcoming
Dear St Matthew’s Family, Welcome to summer! I hope you are taking some time to relax and refresh during these hot summer days. Maybe taking the kind of time that can help re-center and renew. Most of us need that from time to time. I hope you can, and while you do,...
by Patti Hinson | Jun 9, 2022 | News & Announcements, Upcoming
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is divided into 65 synods. St Matthew’s is part of the Metro DC Synod. Each synod is led by a bishop. Each bishop is elected by their synod at their Synod Assembly. The Metro DC Synod’s bishop is Bishop Leila Ortiz,...
by Patti Hinson | May 26, 2022 | News & Announcements, Upcoming
Dear St. Matthew’s Family, What a trying couple of weeks it has been in the United States. Gun violence and mass shootings have invaded our collective awareness again, stirring everything from fear and resignation to anger and rage mixed with a profound sadness....
by Patti Hinson | Mar 31, 2022 | News & Announcements, Upcoming
Dear St. Matthew’s Family, We are nearing the end of Lent. The annual time to reflect and purge, to consider our faith and ourselves in it. I know many people make it a practice to give something up during Lent as an attempt to dive deeper into that reflection and...
by Patti Hinson | Feb 17, 2022 | News & Announcements, Upcoming
Dear St. Matthew’s Family, It’s been six months. Time is a sneaky thing, isn’t it? Always telling us it is dependable and never changing. Sixty seconds always give us a minute, and seven days always give us a week, but the steady perception of time often eludes me....
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