HIGHLIGHTS
HIGHLIGHTS
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EVENTS
Find out what we're doing in and with the community!
Classes thru the LiVE Project,
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For events that happen every week,
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ADVENT: MIDWEEK DINNER AND WORSHIP
Wednesdays, Dec 4, 11, 18
6 - 7:30 PM
Gather for dinner and worship in the Conference Center with soup, music, storytelling, and connection. Bring a salad or dessert to share
CHRISTMAS POTLUCK AND CAROLING
Sunday, Dec 8 at 11:15 AM
Bring comfort and joy through caroling to homebound neighbors and each other. Meet at 11:15 AM in the Conference Center with comfort food to share; caroling begins at noon.
COZY CHRISTMAS FAMILY FUN NIGHT
Friday, Dec 13 at 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Gather for a cozy evening by St. Matthew's fireplace with pizza, a hot chocolate bar, games, and Christmas stories. Wear PJs, bring a blanket or favorite book,and a salad or dessert to share!
YOUTH GROUP CHRISTMAS PARTY
Sunday, Dec 15 at 5 - 7 PM
Current youth, graduates, and friends are invited for Christmas fun and fellowship! Dinner will be provided. Come in your Christmas Sweaters and bring a gift valued at $10 for a gift exchange.
STROLL THEN SNACK: TUKWILA'S WINTER GARDEN, then SPICE BRIDGE HALL
Stroll through Tukwila’s Winter Garden, a garden full of plants designed to highlight the Winter season. Afterwards we’ll go to lunch at Spice Bridge, which helps immigrants start and grow thriving food businesses. Eight food vendors rotate through the food stalls, offering culinary experiences that reflect the diversity of our community. Join us at both locations, or just one.
LUTHER'S TABLE: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Luther's Table is hosting Photos With Santa and we are looking for volunteers to help serve drinks and treats, as well as donations of cookies. While the treats will be offered freely to all, we’ll also be collecting a free-will offering to support Luther's Table. How you can help: *Serve hot cocoa & cider to guests 2-4 volunteers from 12:30-2:30 and 2:30-4:30PM *Donate a dozen (or more) cookies (store bought or home-baked) to share during the event cookies can be dropped off at church by 5pm on Friday. Join us in creating festive memories and help spread joy to the community! Interested in volunteering? Sign up today to either donate cookies or come and serve drinks and treats.
HEALING CIRCLE: COMFORT AND JOY FOR THE HOLILDAY BLUES
Sunday, Dec 8 at 3 - 4:30 PM
Luther's Table
A compassionate space for storytelling, connection, and hope. Open to all, this gathering provides gentle tools for navigating feelings of longing, loss, and loneliness during the holiday season.
HOLIDAY HORNS
Saturday, Dec 14 at 7 PM
Luther's Table
Join Mike's Simpson's french horn quartet, Holiday Horns, for an evening of festive cheer on December 14th at 7 pm, with all donations supporting Luther's Table. Enjoy a lively performance of Christmas classics, featuring a brass twist on your favorite holiday tunes. This pay-what-you-want event is the perfect way to celebrate the season with family and friends.
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE
Tuesday, Dec 27
4 PM and 7 PM and 9 PM
Family friendly at 4, Acoustic at 7, Traditional at 9 The 4 PM Christmas Eve service is an interactive family service perfect for children and children at heart. This 45-minute worship will allow everyone to participate in the remarkable story of Jesus' birth, and we will sing Happy Birthday to Jesus! The 7 PM Christmas Eve service is candlelight, acoustic worship with moments of silence and spirit-filled reflection. This stunning worship is a soulful gift for those seeking deeper meaning and connection with God. Communion will be offered at this service. The 9 PM Christmas Eve worship service is a candlelight service filled with special music, art, a meaningful message, Christmas carols, and the wonder of Emmanual, God with us, coming to offer hope to a weary world.
LiVE Project: Classes
LiVE (rhymes with "give") is a program from the ELCA that helps people better understand and appreciate their place in God's world. St. Matthews has joined this program and purchased a yearly subscription so anyone in our congregation can be part of any and all LiVE offerings for free.
More information at the website.
Use the following St. Matthew’s Bundle Code: LIVEBUNDLE2024 for free registration for all courses!
Abide: a synod-wide Bible study
Tuesdays, starting Oct 1
Zoom link
We invite you to go deeper into the Biblical grounding of LiVE's course/retreat themes in this weekly Bible Study via zoom. Gather with folks from across our synod, as we abide curiously in God’s Word together. This is a FREE offering and meets most every Tuesday evening from 7-8pm via zoom. There will be a holiday break after December 10th & start up again January 7th- continuing the Sermon on the Mount.
Learning Love: Lenten Journey with bell hooks
Thursdays, 7-8:30 pm, Mar 6 - Apr 10,
Register
bell hooks explores the transformative power of love through a commitment to personal growth, justice, and self-awareness. Come and deepen our calling to love as we explore her writing together.
Embracing Difference
Saturday, February 8, 2025
9:00 am - 3:00 pm in person
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Learn to listen to ourselves and others, and to learn how to connect to one another across differences. Reachable Reconciliation is a collaborative effort to live into God’s call of reconciled relationships. Guest Faculty Fred Oduyoye is the founder of Reachable Reconciliation Ministry dedicated to building cultural bridges and reconciliation in families, churches, schools, corporations and communities. Previously Fred was the National Director of partnerships and Networking for Youth Specialties.
Church & Creation: a retreat
Saturday, April 5, 2025
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
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How is God’s creation calling your church into a more expansive identity? Grounded in God’s call to new creation in the book of Revelation, we’ll explore the sacramental nature of the world and how we participate in it.
Regular Weekly Events
Sundays, 8:30-9:30 am
St Matthew's Traditional Service
Sundays, 11:30 am
Grace Lutheran Chinese Worship
Mondays, 7 pm
AA Women's Only Meeting
Thursdays, 3-4 pm
Afterschool Program
Sundays, 10-11 am
St Matthew's Contemporary Service
Sundays, 3 pm
Mt. Moriah Seattle Church
Thursdays, 1-2 pm
Bible Study and Fellowship
Thursdays, 7 pm
AA Open Meeting
OFFICE HOURS
Monday - Thursday
10:00am - 4:00pm
Closed Fridays and Saturdays
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1700 Edmonds Ave NE
Renton, WA 98056
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