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​WORSHIP SERVICES
In-person services are held every Sunday . 
Not comfortable gathering with others yet? Unable to attend one Sunday because of a cough or other symptom? Live too far away to drive in, but wish to stay in touch? Join us online! A live service is broadcast by Zoom from Florence every Sunday at its service time, unless noted below. The Zoom link is in your parish newsletter. Don't get a parish newsletter? Sign up above!
​All are welcome both in-person and by Zoom! We love seeing you!
Friday, September 1: Evening Prayer, 7 pm, St Matthew's, Florence
Seasons of Creation
"Let peace and justice flow"
(Starting today until Oct. 4th we will be celebrating the Seasons of Creations using materials from 
https://www.episcopalchurch.org/season-of-creation-and-st-francis-day-resources/
Thursday, September 14, Holy Eucharist, 7 pm, St Paul's, Erieau ​Feast of the Holy Cross
Cemetery Service
The Trinity (Howard) Church Cemetery Annual Memorial Service will be held at 13232 Talbot Road, Ridgetown, on Sunday, September 17, at 2 pm. Officiant will be the Rev'd Harold Harvey. Everyone is welcome!
STUDY SERIES
Bible Studies
Dresden Bible Studies on Wednesday mornings at 10 am include Eucharist. All are welcome.
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Revive
These small group discipleship study sessions happen every Monday at 7 pm via Zoom.
At present, we are studying and discussing the second part of the "Revive" program, "Engaging with Scripture." 
Would you like to know more? Write to stmatthewsflorence at diohuron.org and we will get you homework, links, and next steps!
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Parish and Partnership Meetings and Events
Partnership Council will meet on Thursday, September 28, at 7 pm in-person at Trinity Anglican Church, Blenheim.
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Outreach
'We Can with Your Help' is the food drive that takes place in Erieau and is held by St. Paul's Church. The food drive began about 18 years ago with a Sunday school lesson about 'Going the extra mile'.  
The kids make posters and we used social media to get the word out. Members of the community and congregation donate food and money.
These goods are then unloaded on the day (Sunday, May 28) and we line them along the sidewalk and measure to see how much food we collected in feet. The purpose of lining the food is for the children to get a visual of how much food is donated and how far it can go! The morning of the food drive the Sunday school kids go out and do chalk drawings and words of encouragement. 
The first year the food drive was held we collected...maybe 200 ft of food.
In 2019, our last food drive because of Covid, we did 3,600 ft which is almost 3/4 the length of the boulevard.
Here are the numbers for 2023:
We had $4,845.00 in monetary donations! Divided by 2 (2$ = a foot of food) = 2,423 ft!
Then we had 1,900 feet in actual food donations!
SO....our grand total for 2023 = 4,322 ft of food collected!
​Our little church has always been blessed by our community.  When we ask, they never hesitate to give!

The parish study group's Advent Conspiracy donations and "Soap for Water" campaign raised over $2,800 for the PWRDF Mishamikoweesh Water Partnership this December. Our optimistic goal had been $1,000. Thanks to our parish and communities for the amazing support! And that support is ongoing. Donations to this are most appreciated, and can be made directly to the link in this paragraph :)
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St Matthew's started a Little Free Pantry uptown in the village of Florence during the pandemic and find that now the need is higher than ever. It is emptied nearly daily.
It's Village Stitchers group meets on Tuesday mornings in St Matthew's Hall to sew quilts for shut-ins, the shelters, Westover Treatment Centre, and the new local respite, Three Oaks Cabin, and to knit hats and mittens for men's, women's and children's programs.
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What do you have going on? Let us know and we will add it here!