Mexcio Mission Trip 2013

March 30
2 pm Luggage drop-off and packing

March 31
7 am Check-in begins in the Teen Center
8 am Easter Commissioning Service in the Worship Center
9:30 am Departure for Mexico - Walnut Acres Staff Lot

April 6
~7 pm Return from Mexico - Saint Matthew

April 7
Noon-3 pm Pizza Lunch and clean-up

April 14
8:15, 9:30 & 11 am Amigo Worship Services
11:45 am Amigo Lunch Set-up
12:30 pm Amigo Lunch and Program

Easter at Saint Matthew

March 27
7:00 pm – “Maundy Thursday Worship Service”
Valley Wide Worship Service at Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church - 1801 Lacassie Ave.

March 29
7:30 pm – “God’s Friday Worship Service”

March 31
8:00, 9:30, 11:00 am – “Easter Worship Services”
Mexico Commissioning is at the 8:00 am Worship Service.

Saint Matthew Foundations Scholarships

The Saint Matthew Lutheran Church Foundation will be awarding scholarships to graduating high school seniors attending college in the fall of 2013. For a recipient attending a 4-year college or university, $1,500 will be awarded. For a recipient attending a 2-year community college, $1,000 will be awarded. In addition, one scholarship of $1,000 is available for a graduating high school senior who is planning to attend an accredited vocation institute or Christian leadership program after graduating in 2013.

The deadline for the application is April 22. The deadline for the letters or recommendation is May 1.
 

The scholarship application and qualifying criteria can be found here:
SMLC Foundation Scholarships

High School - Ponderosa Camp

Generation Change Small Group

Generation Change Small Group
(Financial Peace University for Teens)

Begins January 20
12:15 - 2:00 p.m. in the Teen Center
Cost is $75 for class materials and lunches.
Join leaders Michele Lewandowski and Debi Murphy for this nine-week small group that teaches teens how to be who God created, how to do more with your money, and prepares you to go out into the world and write your own story.

Click on this link to SIGN UP:
Generation Change Small Group



Christmas at Saint Matthew

December 24

2:00 and 4:00 pm
Family Worship Services, appropriate for families with young kids.

7:00 and 9:00 PM
Christmas Eve Worship Celebration,  music led by band, choir, brass and organ.

HS LOG Weekend

LOG is a Christian retreat that offers a way for students to help themselves and each other live their lives as a part of a Christian community. It introduces and reinforces the fullness that a Christian life can be, in a way that is geared towards high school students.

The LOG Weekend is January 11-13 in Walnut Creek.

Online Participant Application (for those who HAVE NOT attended a LOG Weekend) are available and are due by 12/16.

Click the link to fill out the application online:
Participant Application