{"id":9,"date":"2010-09-30T21:38:49","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T02:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stmatthewburlington.ca\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-06-09T10:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T15:17:12","slug":"news-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewburlington.ca\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"Worship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\" id=\"sunday-service-at-10-00-am-all-year\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Sunday Service at 10:00 am<\/strong><\/span> (all year)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\" id=\"wednesday-morning-prayers-at-10-00-am-september-to-june\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Wednesday Morning Prayers at 10:00 am in the Fireside Room <\/strong>(October to June)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wednesday-evening-prayers-in-the-garden-at-7-00-pm-june-to-august\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wednesday Evening Prayers in the Quiet Garden at 7:00 pm <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(July to September)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sunday-services-are-in-person-and-livestreamed-please-find-the-sunday-livestream-link-on-the-hello-page-of-this-website-or-search-for-st-matthew-s-on-youtube-registration-is-no-longer-required-masks-are-strongly-encouraged-for-in-person-worship\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Sunday services are in-person and livestreamed. Please find the Sunday livestream link on the &#8220;Hello&#8221; page of this website or search for St. Matthew&#8217;s on YouTube.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"below-is-a-description-of-our-worship\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Below is a description of our worship.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"at-st-matthew-s-we-believe-that-worship-is-the-joyous-responsibility-of-the-whole-community-and-not-just-the-clergy-many-of-our-parishioners-participate-in-the-leadership-of-our-services-each-week-god-calls-us-all-to-diverse-forms-of-ministry-and-we-use-our-gifts-in-many-different-ways\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At St. Matthew&#8217;s we believe that worship is the joyous responsibility of the whole community and not just the clergy.&nbsp;Many of our parishioners participate in the leadership of our services each week. God calls us all to diverse forms of ministry and we use our gifts in many different ways.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"our-worship-always-includes-prayer-bible-readings-and-participation-in-the-eucharist-you-do-not-need-to-be-an-anglican-to-receive-communion-in-our-church-all-of-god-s-children-are-welcome-here\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our worship always includes prayer, Bible readings, and participation in the Eucharist. You do not need to be an Anglican to receive Communion in our church\u2014<strong>all of God&#8217;s children are welcome here<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"near-the-middle-of-the-service-there-is-a-sermon-it-s-generally-10-15-minutes-in-length-and-is-delivered-in-a-conversational-style-i-e-not-read-word-for-word-from-the-middle-of-the-church-aisle\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Near the middle of the service there is a <strong>sermon.<\/strong> It is delivered in a <strong>conversational style<\/strong> (i.e. not read word-for-word) from the middle of the church aisle.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-words-of-our-service-are-printed-in-our-bulletin-and-up-on-large-screens-at-the-front-of-the-church-so-you-don-t-have-to-worry-about-getting-lost-the-screens-are-included-in-the-sunday-livestream-so-you-can-follow-along-from-home\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The words of our service are printed in our bulletin and up on large screens at the front of the church, so you don&#8217;t have to worry about getting lost. The screens are included in the Sunday <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">livestream, so you can follow along from home.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"children-s-programming-is-currently-suspended-and-will-resume-as-soon-as-possible\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Children of all ages are welcome and included in church.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"coffee-hour-has-resumed-refreshments-are-available-after-worship-on-sundays-when-there-are-volunteers-scheduled-to-serve-them-there-is-a-sign-up-sheet-in-church-if-you-would-like-to-bring-refreshments\"><strong>Stay for c<span style=\"color: #000000;\">offee after church!<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> Refreshments are available after worship on Sundays. There is a sign-up sheet in church if you would like to be part of this ministry.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background\" style=\"background-color:#d3dde5\"><strong>Want to know more about St. Matthew&#8217;s? You can either seek out our priest, Canon Susan, after the service, or contact the church office. You can also email Susan directly at canonsusan@stmatthewburlington.ca<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background\" style=\"background-color:#d1deeb\"><strong>Office phone: 905-632-1233<\/strong><br><strong>Office email: office@stmatthewburlington.ca<\/strong><br><strong>Office hours: see &#8220;About Us&#8221; page<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Want to know more about The Anglican Church? <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anglican.ca\/about\/\">Click here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday Service at 10:00 am (all year) Wednesday Morning Prayers at 10:00 am in the Fireside Room (October to June) Wednesday Evening Prayers in the Quiet Garden at 7:00 pm (July to September) Sunday services are in-person and livestreamed. 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