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St. Matt's Community

Posts written using this profile are written by different members from our community, and individual posts are attributed with the names of parishioners as they feel comfortable to share. If you would like to contribute a testimony of God’s work in your life, please email us 🙂

Their Name Liveth For Evermore

Background: As the First World War’s bloodiness took its toll, the practical challenges of dealing with death on a vast scale grew –...

Why I Like the Book of Common Prayer

Millions of people around the world have utilized the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) since its inception in the 1500s, and it still influences...

Introduced to a Life with Faith

St. Matthew’s is my family’s church, so I started coming when I was young. My grandfather, Duncan Green, lived near St. Matthew’s and...

Life Sentences

My daughter said something to me that struck a chord. She was told by the doctors that she must start to take insulin and my daughter said...

Representation & Seeing — Some thoughts on The Chosen, a new mini-series on the life of Christ

Hello St. Matts, My name is Michelle and my family and I are rather new to this church community. We, like some of you, are just...

My Testimony

My story is not an easy one. I grew up in an emotionally abusive home, always feeling like I wasn’t good enough or smart enough. I was...

Finding Faith in My Darkest Hour

Finding and understanding my faith was a difficult journey for me. When I was young I was baptized and went to church every Sunday with my...

A Question of Faith

On April 11 2020, my beloved wife, Bridget, to whom I was married for 53 years, died in hospital from an untreatable form of cancer....

F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

Serving in the pastoral care ministry has been a privilege, a joy, and a blessing. During 27 years of pastoral care I have gained at least...