Welcome to Saints Andrew & Matthias
We are located at 2415 McCann Road in the little village of Irving Michigan. In our historic (1878) brick building we use the historic King James Bible at all our services. We are traditional old fashioned Christians , using the old fashioned types of services from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. We feel it is our duty as Christians in the Church to try, with the Holy Spirit's guidance, to bring others to Christ and thereby change the world, and not to instead let the world change the Church.
Please join us for worship this week to see if you think we are the church that you have been looking for.
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Our Next Special Service
Wednesday
Dec. 20th
11:30 am
Morning Prayer &
Holy Communion
(Ember Wednesday)
On Saturday
December 30th
join us for
Adult
BIBLE STUDY
on the Last Saturday
of each Month
10:30 to 11:30 AM
for info call Nick
269-953-7468
SUNDAY SERVICE TIMES
9:15 AM
Morning Prayer
10:30 AM
Holy Communion
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Please check the calendars above for other services
Rt. Rev. David Hustwick
Rector
Rev. Paul Henderson
Assistant
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Fallen World
Bible Study Group
Concepts and Patterns:
Fall and Redemption
Readings for the next meetings:
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Genesis 2:15-18, 3:1-24
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Genesis 4:1-17
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Genesis 6:4-8, 6:11-14, 6:18-7:1, 7:23, 8:15-16, 9:1, 9:8-9, 9:13
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Genesis 37:3-4, 37:8, 37:26-36,45:25-46:3
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Exodus 32 1-33:10, 34:10
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Numbers 13:26-14:38
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Numbers 21:4-10
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Deuteronomy 30:1-6
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1 Chronical 21:1-30
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Job 30:20-31, 42:1-11
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Proverbs 28:13
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Isaiah 43:22-44:8
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Jeremiah 29: 4-14
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Luke 5:1-10, 5:27-32
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John 16:20-23
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Acts 2:23-47
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1 John 2:1-5
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This Year's
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This Week's Collect & Sermon Text
Advent II
The Text This Week
The Second Sunday in Advent
The Collect
BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen
The Gospel
St. Luke xxi. 25
AND, there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. And he spake to them a parable; Be hold the fig tree, and all the trees; when they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So like wise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
The Sermon
A man once said that, "Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian."
While we may not expect the world to always treat us fairly we can expect Christ to someday come again!
Luke 21:36 “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”
The Advent message is that Christ is coming again to the world. Not as he came the first time , as a poor lowly babe in the manger at Bethlehem, but this time in his power and glory at the end of the world. We are admonished by Christ to be prepared so that we are ready when He comes.
Jesus may come at any time. He did not give any particular date. He did however give signs to look for. Some feel that many of those signs, (conflicts between nations, false prophets, persecution of Christ's followers, etc.), of Christ's second coming have come to pass and His return is eminent.
Whether Christ's return is today, next month, or several centuries away, we do know that He is coming and our job is to be ready for His return.
We therefore need to “watch” and “pray always”.
We need to be spiritually alert by reading God's Holy Word the Bible. In it we are reminded that our sins separate us from God and that only through faith in Christ can we receive remission and pardon.
We should receive Holy Communion often. In the receiving of Holy Communion we are strengthened and are assured that our sins are forgiven us through Christ's sacrifice for us of His body and blood.
We also must use that great privilege of prayer that God has given us. We should be using it not just once a week in church, but daily in our lives. In particular in our prayers, we need to ask that the Holy Spirit remain with us to assist us to be ready.
We need to do this so that we may be prepared to meet our Savior when he returns to judge the living and the dead.
Vacation Bible School
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We pray for our Armed Forces at each of our Morning and Evening Prayer services.
O LORD God of Hosts, stretch forth, we pray thee, thine almighty arm to strengthen and protect the Armed Forces of our country and those of our allies; Support them in the day of battle, and in the time of peace keep them safe from all evil; endue them with courage and loyalty; and grant that in all things they may serve without reproach; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Memorial Day in Middleville 2022
Memorial Days
ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, in whose hands are the living and the dead; We give thee thanks for all those thy servants who have laid down their lives in the service of our country. Grant to them thy mercy and the light of thy presence, that the good work which thou hast begun in them may be perfected; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Amen.
