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St. Matthew’s Calls New Rector

As was announced in church on October 25th, we have called a new rector, the Reverend Rodney Roehner. Father Rodney comes to us from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in New…

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Letter from Father Peter

Dear friends: It has been my great privilege to serve as your interim rector this past year.  St. Matthew’s is a wonderful, healthy parish that is poised on the frontier,…

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Update – Search Committee – October 18th, 2020

In case you missed it, Tim Walsh and Karen Sawyer (Search Committee co-chairs) delivered some exciting news during this past Sunday’s services. (Spoiler alert: We’ve called our next rector!) Below…

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Update – Search Committee – September 28th, 2020

As of September 25th, St. Matthew’s has been blessed with many responses to our posting for a new full-time rector. The Search Committee has been very busy meeting with the…

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Update – Search Committee – August 21st, 2020

As of August 18th, St. Matthew’s has been blessed with many responses to our posting for a new full-time rector. All of the candidates are in various stages of discernment,…

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Update – Search Committee – July 31st, 2020

We have received a few more applications this week. We are in the process of scheduling some initial Zoom calls with a couple candidates in order to start distilling our…

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Update – Search Committee – July 6th, 2020

The Search Committee leads had a very productive kickoff meeting with Rev. Canon Arlette D. Benoit Joseph, the Canon of Transition Ministry for the Diocese of Pennsylvania, and we continue…

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Parish Profile Approved by Bishop’s Office

The Profile Committee and Vestry are pleased to report that the Parish Profile was approved by the Bishop’s office on June 18th and the Search Committee is now accepting applications…

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Parish Profile Now Complete!

The Profile Committee is pleased to report that the Parish Profile was approved by the Vestry on June 9th and has now been submitted to the Bishop’s office for approval….

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Rector Search Update – Profile Committee

On Monday, February 10th, we concluded the focus group sessions which started in mid-January. Approximately 104 people participated in the sessions. The Profile Committee then met to work on codifying…

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