Coffee time after the Sunday 10 am service is an important (and popular!) time of social fellowship among the congregation. We are grateful to the volunteer coffee "hosts" who set up, administer and take down for this event each week.

We are still looking for volunteers for a couple of the Sundays in August. See the sign-up list in the narthex, and if you are available, sign up for one of the open Sundays. Instructions can be provided, if you are new to this!

Sunday School will be resuming this fall, on September 13.

If you are interested in becoming a part of the team, either as a teacher or a helper, please contact Susan Fredette.

Please get your name in by mid August, so that there will be time to get the necessary security clearance in place before classes begin. Support is available; you will not have to run everything on your own.

Angela is looking ahead to a Christmas Concert. Looking for:

• a few children  to read parts
• a few people to join in the singing

Either way, you don't need to be a "rock star" or to make every rehearsal, so long as you want to make "a joyful noise unto the Lord"!

If that's you, please contact her at stmattscommunication@gmail.com

If you are knowledgeable about these subjects, or have a friend who is, Angela would like to hear from you. Please contact her at stmattscommunication@gmail.com. 

What do

• an evening hearing the voices of women in Nigeria,
• learning about Alongside Hope and their association with the Canadian Food Grains Bank,
• sorting and delivering personal care items for local charities,
• and packing vacation bible supplies for “On Eagles Wings”

have in common? These are some recent examples of ways we at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in St. Albert are doing God’s work here at home and around the world.

Alongside Hope is helping to provide light to St  Luke’s Hospital in the West Bank. The dedicated medical staff at St. Luke's Hospital is doing everything they can to provide safe and reliable care, but frequent power outages and the increasing cost of fuel make this incredibly challenging.

Summer service times are in effect, which means there will not be an 8:00 am service until September 13.

Please join us weekly, Sundays at 10:00 am!

At vestry, it was decided that we wanted to be intentional in our creation of an environment of worship. As such, the choir has relocated practice to the parish hall.

We ask parishioners to be mindful to the degree and volume of conversation in the Sanctuary prior to service.