NEWS

DATES to TAKE NOTE OF

-Christine will be on vacation from Sunday, February 22– Friday March 6th. Please note that there won’t be any regular office hours.

- The walking group will be cancelled for the next two weeks.

​Would you like to be part of the leadership of the St. Matthew’s church family? We have positions needing to be filled for our Church Council and the Nominations Team would love to hear from you. Prayerfully consider whether you feel you would like to offer yourself as a Member at Large or the Chair or Vice Chair, maybe you would like to serve on a team or act in the role of Recording Secretary for our four Council meetings during the year. Please let the church office know to put you in touch with the Nominations Team or be willing to offer yourself as we gather at the annual meeting.

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ANNUAL MEETING

Please take note that all who call St. Matthew's or Porterville United Churches their faith home are required by The Manual of the United Church of Canada to be in attendance at the Annual Congregation Meeting (March 1, 2026).  Annual Reports will be available from the church office by the third week of February and we ask you to drop by to get your own and maybe deliver to someone else. 2026 offering envelopes can also be picked up at the church office.  

 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

St. Matthews United Church, Lewisporte, is currently seeking a Maintenance/Custodial Worker to work 25 hours per week. The primary responsibilities of this part-time position shall be for the general cleanliness and tidiness of all church property including minor repairs and preventative maintenance. The successful candidate must have one to two years of related experience skills and a clear criminal record check. Resumes with a cover letter should be clearly marked “Maintenance/Custodial Worker” and may be emailed to lewisporteunitedchurch@gmail.com or mailed to St. Matthews United Church, P. O. Box 67, Lewisporte, NL

A0G 3A0, Attn: Ministry & Personnel Committee                                                                

​2026 OFFERING ENVELOPES

The 2026 offering envelopes are ready for pickup.  You can pick them up in the Narthex Sunday Mornings and at the church office during the week. If you know of someone (neighbour, family member or friend) that you can deliver to, please do. Thank you.

​​A REMINDER FROM THE MINISTER

A reminder from Rev. Paula that the hospitals do not contact the minister if you or a loved one are an in-patient. Ensuring the minister knows someone is admitted and requests a visit, is the sole responsibility of the family.

Scent Free Church

Church Council is reminding everyone that we need to be a Scent-Free space as church.  We have people in our church family with life-threatening allergies to all scented products and we have a duty of care to ensure that we protect one another.  We ask everyone to refrain from using scented products, especially colognes, perfumes, after shaves, body sprays, and such as, by using them, you are putting others around you at risk for major health consequences.  Thank you.                                             

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​​​BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS

Items to be included in the bulletin are due at the church office by 4:00 PM on Thursdays.  Any items received after this time will be included in the following week’s bulletin. Thank you for your consideration.

FOOD BANK SUNDAY

Food Bank Sunday is the third Sunday of every month and members of the congregation are asked to bring item(s) for the Food Bank and we show our thanks to God by helping others.  As always, non-perishable food items are needed, especially cereal, pasta (spaghetti/macaroni), pasta sauce, dessert items (cookies, can fruit, jelly, etc.), can soup, can vegetables, juice, tea/coffee, sugar/sugar twin, jam, peanut butter, or cheese whiz, ketchup or miracle whip, can beans, meatballs or pasta, crackers, can milk, can sandwich meat and kid’s snacks (pudding or fruit cups, cereal bars, & juice boxes). Thank you.

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