Ascension St. Matthew’s
A Congregation Rooted in Episcopal and Lutheran Traditions
522 Homestead Blvd, Price, Utah
Join us for Worship and Holy Communion on Sundays at 10:30 a.m.
Our zoom link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82596721430?pwd=gNu3U8djU8auUzO7KPNQg9ZypdLboS.1
Worship Services are being streamed live on:
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Welcome June
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The April Newsletter has news and events that happened in April with lots of pictures! The May newsletter will be out soon.
Welcome to our visitors - feel loved and embraced by the love and support of our church members.
When God made me he grinned and said ”This will be fun”
Life never seems to be the way we want it, but we live it the best way we can. There is no perfect life, but we can fill it with perfect moments.
7 Signs You Are Blessed
1. You open your eyes today. 2. You can still walk and breathe. 3. You have food to eat. 4. You have joy in your heart. 5. You are loved. 6. You have a roof over your head. 7. You are reading this right now. If you believe that God will take care of everything - Say Amen!
Sometimes I just look up at God & say thank you, life isn’t easy but I am blessed.
When we keep God in First Place, everything else falls into place.
Prayer. The original wireless connection.
I wonder sometimes if we ever give God a headache.
May 31st- The Holy Trinity, Year A
Readings - Genesis 1:1-2:4a , Psalm 8
Second Reading - 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 , Gospel - Matthew 28:16-20
Though the word trinity is not found in the scriptures, today’s second reading includes the apostolic greeting that begins the liturgy: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. In the gospel Jesus sends his disciples forth to baptize in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. More than a doctrine, the Trinity expresses the heart of our faith: we have experienced the God of creation made known in Jesus Christ and with us always through the Holy Spirit. We celebrate the mystery of the Holy Trinity in word and sacrament, as we profess the creed, and as we are sent into the world to bear witness to our faith.
June 7th - 2nd Sunday after Pentecost , Year A
Readings - Hosea 5:15-6:6, Psalm 50:7-15
Second Reading - Romans 4:13-25 , Gospel - Matthew 9:9-13, 18,26
Though Jesus was a devout Jew who practiced his faith, he was criticized for eating with tax collectors and sinners—the religiously nonobservant. Jesus criticizes the self-righteous and reminds us that mercy is to be at the heart of our religious practices. God continues to be made known in those on the margins of society, like Matthew the tax collector and the hemorrhaging woman. As we gather each Lord’s day we receive the healing that makes us well and sends us forth to be signs of God’s mercy for the world.
June 14th- 3rd Sunday after Pentecost , Year A
First Reading - Exodus 19:2-8a, Psalm 100
Second Reading - Romans 5:1-8, Gospel - Matthew 9:35-10:8(9-23)
Moses tells the Israelites that they are called to be a priestly kingdom and a holy people. Jesus sends out the disciples as laborers into the harvest. In baptism we too are anointed for ministry, sharing God’s compassion with our needy world. From the Lord’s table we go forth to proclaim the good news, to heal the sick, and to share our bread with the hungry.
June 21st - 4th Sunday after Pentecost , Year A
Readings - Jeremiah 20:7-13, Psalm 69:7-10(11-15)16-18
Second Reading - Romans 6:1b-11 , Gospel - Matthew 10:24-39
God does not promise that the path of the disciple will be easy. Jeremiah feels the pain of rejection from those who do not want to hear what he has to say. Jesus declares that his words may bring stark division. Even so, we need not be afraid for God accounts for each hair on our heads. Though we may experience rejection, frustration, division, and death, God’s grace and love make us a new creation each day. Marked with the cross and filled with holy food, we are sent from worship to witness to Christ in the world.
June 28th - 5th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A
Readings -Jeremiah 28:5-9, Psalm 89:1-4,15-18
Second Reading - Romans 6:12-23, Gospel - Matthew 10:40-42
The welcome of baptism is for all God’s children. This baptismal gift sets us free from the power of sin and death. In today’s gospel, Christ promises that the disciple who gives a cup of cold water to the little ones serves Christ himself. From worship we are sent on our baptismal mission: to serve the little ones of this world and to be a sign of God’s merciful welcome.
God’s Work. Our Hands. God’s World. Our Neighborhood. All are Welcome. Come Share the Spirit
July 5th - 6th Sunday after Pentecost , Year A
Readings - Zechariah 9:9-12 , Psalm 145:8-14
Second Reading - Romans 7:15-25a, Gospel - Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
The mystery of God’s ways is sometimes hidden from the wise and intelligent. Jesus associates with those often excluded from the religious community. Like Paul, we struggle with our own selfish desires and seek God’s mercy and forgiveness. We gather to be refreshed by Christ’s invitation: “Come to me, all you that are weary.” Gathered around word, water, and meal, we find rest for our souls.
July 12th - 7th Sunday after Pentecost , Year A
Readings - Isaiah 55:10-13, Psalm 65(1-8)9-13
Second Reading - Romans 8:1-11 , Gospel - Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
God’s word is like the rain that waters the earth and brings forth vegetation. It is also like the sower who scatters seed indiscriminately. Our lives are like seeds sown in the earth. Even from what appears to be little, dormant, or dead, God promises a harvest. At the Lord’s table we are fed with the bread of life, that we may bear fruit in the world.
July 19th - 8th Sunday after Pentecost , Year A
Readings - Isaiah 44:6-8 , Psalm 86:11-17
Second Reading - Romans 8:12-25 , Gospel - Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
It is an age-old question: why is there evil in the world? In the parable of the wheat and the weeds Jesus suggests that both grow together until the harvest. With Paul, we long for the day that all creation will be set free from bondage and suffering. Having both weeds and wheat within us, we humbly place our hope in the promises of God, and from the Lord’s table we go forth to bear the fruit of justice and mercy.
July 26th- 9th Sunday after Pentecost , Year A
Readings - 1 Kings 3:5-12 , Psalm 119:129-136
Second Reading - Romans 8:26-39, Gospel - Matthew 13:31-33. 44-52
As Solomon prays for wisdom, we seek to more deeply know the treasures of faith. In today’s gospel Jesus offers everyday images that reveal to us the reign of God: a tree that becomes a sheltering home, yeast that penetrates and expands, a treasured pearl, a net that gains a great catch. Even as we seek the riches of God’s reign, the great surprise is that God’s grace finds us first!
Our Bishops:
The Rt. Rev. Phyllis Spiegel, Episcopal Dioscese of Utah and
The Rev. Meghan Johnston Aelabouni of the Rocky Mountain Synod.
Welcome to God’s table of grace
2026 Verse, Theme & Focus of Ministry
“Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; persevere in
prayer.”
Romans 12:12