Ascension St. Matthew’s
A Congregation Rooted in Episcopal and Lutheran Traditions
Price, Utah
Join us for Worship and Holy Communion on Sundays at 10:30 a.m.
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FAITH
Doesn’t always take you out of the problem. Faith takes you through the problem.
Faith doesn’t always take away the pain, Faith gives you the ability to handle the pain.
Faith doesn’t always take you out of the storm, Faith calms you in the midst of the storm.
AMEN
During the seasons of Lent and Easter, ASM will be offering Lenten, Mid-week Services and Holy Week Services. All are Welcome to attend.
February 14th - Ash Wednesday Service 7:00pm with communion
March 24th - Palm Sunday 10:30am with the Palm Sunday Procession with communion
March 28th - Maundy Thursday Service 7:00pm with communion, Washing of the Feet and Washing of the Hands
March 29th - Good Friday 12:00pm Stations of the Cross 7:00pm The reading of The Passion of Christ - no communion
March 30th - Easter Vigil 7:00pm to 8:00pm Centering prayer, Taize music and time for meditation
March 31th - Easter Sunday Sunrise Service - 8:00am with communion, 9:30 Potluck Brunch, 10:30 Easter Sunday Worship Service
Mid-week Services - All services will start with a meal of soup and bread. We will be using the “Why Church: A Lenten Series from the Rocky Mountain Synod as our study guide.
February 21st - 6:00pm to 7:15 pm Lenten 1: Foundations Lesson and Activity, with prayer and singing
February 28th - 6:00pm to 7:15 pm Holden Evening Prayer - a beautiful liturgy
March 6th - 6:00pm to 7:15 pm Lenten 2: Story Lesson and Activity, with prayer and singing
March 13th - 6:00pm to 7:15 pm Heart of Flesh - a quiet meditative service with readings, prayer and singing
March 20th - 6:00pm to 7:15 pm Holden Evening Prayer - a beautiful liturgy
Our Bishops:
The Rt. Rev. Phyllis Spiegel, Episcopal Dioscese of Utah and
Bishop Jim Gonia of the Rocky Mountain Synod, ELCA
God’s Work. Our Hands. God’s World. Our Neighborhood. All are Welcome. Come Share the Spirit
March 3rd - Third Sunday in Lent, Year B
Readings - First Reading - Exodus 20:1-17, Psalm 19
Second Reading -1 Corinthians 1:18-25, Gospel John2:13-22
The third covenant in this year’s Lenten readings is the central one of Israel’s history: the gift of the law to those God freed from slavery. The commandments begin with the statement that because God alone has freed us from the powers that oppressed us, we are to let nothing else claim first place in our lives. When Jesus throws the merchants out of the temple, he is defending the worship of God alone and rejecting the ways commerce and profit-making can become our gods. The Ten Commandments are essential to our baptismal call: centered first in God’s liberating love, we strive to live out justice and mercy in our communities and the world.
March 10th - Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year B
Readings - First Reading - Numbers 21:4-9, Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
Second Reading - Ephesians 2:1-10, John 3: 14-21
The fourth of the Old Testament promises providing a baptismal lens this Lent is the promise God makes to Moses: those who look on the bronze serpent will live. In today’s gospel Jesus says he will be lifted up on the cross like the serpent, so that those who look to him in faith will live. When we receive the sign of the cross in baptism, that cross becomes the sign we can look to in faith for healing, for restored relationship to God, for hope when we are dying.
March 17th - Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year B
Readings - First Reading - Jeremiah 31:31-34, Psalm 51:1-12
Second Reading - Hebrews 5:5-10, John 12:20-33
God promises Jeremiah that a “new covenant” will be made in the future: a covenant that will allow all the people to know God by heart. The church sees this promise fulfilled in Christ, who draws all people to himself when he is lifted up on the cross. Our baptismal covenant draws us to God’s heart through Christ and draws God’s love and truth into our hearts. We join together in worship, sharing in word, song, and meal, and leave strengthened to share God’s love with all the world.
March 24 - Palm Sunday, Sunday of the Procession, Year B
Processional Gospel - Mark 11:1-11
Readings - First Reading - Isaiah 50:4-9a, Psalm 31:9-16
Second Reading - Philippians 2:5-11 , Gospel - Mark 14: 1-15:47
This week, the center of the church’s year, is one of striking contrasts: Jesus rides into Jerusalem surrounded by shouts of glory, only to be left alone to die on the cross, abandoned by even his closest friends. Mark’s gospel presents Jesus in his complete human vulnerability: agitated, grieved, scared, forsaken. Though we lament Christ’s suffering and all human suffering, we also expect God’s salvation: in the wine and bread, Jesus promises that his death will mark a new covenant with all people. We enter this holy week thirsty for the completion of God’s astonishing work.
March 31st- Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter Day, Year B
Readings - First Reading - Acts 10:34-43, Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
Second Reading - 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Gospel - Mark 16:1-18
Christ is risen! Jesus is alive, and God has swallowed up death forever. With Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, we may feel astonished and confused, unsure of what to make of the empty tomb. But this is why we gather: to proclaim, witness, praise, and affirm the liberating reality of Christ’s death and resurrection. In word and feast, we celebrate God’s unending love, and depart to share this good news with all the world. Alleluia!
April 7th - Second Sunday of Easter , Year B
Readings - First Reading - Acts 4:32-35 , Psalm 133
Second Reading - 1 John 1:1-2:2, Gospel - John 20:19-31
The Easter season is a week of weeks, seven Sundays when we play in the mystery of Christ’s presence, mostly through the glorious Gospel of John. Today we gather with the disciples on the first Easter, and Jesus breathes the Spirit on us. With Thomas we ask for a sign, and Jesus offers us his wounded self in the broken bread. From frightened individuals we are transformed into a community of open doors, peace, forgiveness, and material sharing such that no one among us is in need.