Latest Announcements

Created on Monday, 09 July 2018

The Mountain Anthems Mixed Chorus is under the direction of Michael Yoder. They come from the Allegheny Mountains of western Maryland and western Pennsylvania. They are members of the Mountain View Mennonite Church located in Salisbury, PA. They hav...

Presentation of 3rd Grade Bibles

Created on Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Thanks to your generosity we purchased 105 Bible Sticks to be distributed to soldiers and their families. Here are some other free resources, brought to you by the same people who make the Bible Stick, that you can use to share and study God’s Word....

Military Bible Stick

Created on Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Thanks to your generosity we purchased 105 Bible Sticks to be distributed to soldiers and their families. Here are some other free resources, brought to you by the same people who make the Bible Stick, that you can use to share and study God’s Word....

Meet Our New Associate Pastor

Created on Tuesday, 22 May 2018

We’re Andy and Rebecca Black and we’re so excited to join all of you in the ministry of Jesus Christ. In partnership with all of you, we are eager to join in the work of making disciples and transforming the community and world. Although the Metro E...

Paraguay Medical Mission

Created on Tuesday, 22 May 2018

The Medical Mission Team will be in Paraguay July 6 - 14. They need our support to spread God’s word and do His work. You can help in several ways. • Pray! Pray for the team, pray for safe travel, pray for the work that will be done and those who wi...

Summer Sack Lunch

Created on Tuesday, 22 May 2018

More than half the children in Illinois public schools qualified for free and reduced lunch programs during the school year. This means during summer, many children will not have regular meals. St. Matthew volunteers pack and deliver lunches for kid...

Trusts / Endowments

Created on Tuesday, 24 April 2018

Do you have a passion for missions or youth ministry or senior ministry, etc? Consider setting up a trust or endowment to provide for the future ministries of your church. These can be established through a trust; a will that creates a trust or endo...

Beulah Camp Save-the-Date

Created on Tuesday, 24 April 2018

• Beulah Youth Institute (BYI) - June 17 - 23 (Grades 8 - 13). Spend a week at BYI for Christian growth and fellowship! Bishop Frank Beard will be the evening evangelist, The Great Romance will lead worship and Sarah and Gabe Wanck will be the morni...

Media Equipment Upgrade

Created on Wednesday, 21 March 2018

Support has begun to come in for the media equipment upgrade project. Most of our current equipment that enables live-streaming, in-house projections and possibilities for TV broadcasting is either obsolete or badly in need of replacement. It is lik...

Off Campus Bible Study

Created on Wednesday, 21 March 2018

Women’s Bible Study - each Monday night at the home of Christine Stroede at 7:00 pm. Men’s Bible Study - each Monday night at the home of D.J. Mernick at 7:00 pm. Women of Worth - monthly at the Abbey at 8:30 am. The next two are Saturday, April 21 ...

Meet the New Pastor And His Family

Created on Tuesday, 20 February 2018

It is an honor to greet you in the strong name of our Risen Savior, Jesus. My name is Bob Swickard and as of yesterday, (as I write this,) it became official that I have been appointed to be your pastor. With that in mind, I wanted to take the oppor...

Bus Reservation Procedure

Created on Wednesday, 27 December 2017

We are instating a new bus reservation procedure, which we hope will avoid double booking and other scheduling problems. First, pick up a reservation form in the church office. Next, fill it out and turn it back in. When it is approved, the reservat...