Ascension St. Matthew’s
A Congregation Rooted in Episcopal and Lutheran Traditions
522 Homestead Blvd, Price, Utah
Join us for Worship and Holy Communion on Sundays at 10:30 a.m.
Our zoom link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82596721430?pwd=gNu3U8djU8auUzO7KPNQg9ZypdLboS.1
Worship Services are being streamed live on:
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Welcome April and May
Upcoming events in April and May- Click on the News and Events link above. Welcome to our visitors - feel loved and embraced by the love and support of our church members. You are blessed with the beauty of God.
Bring hope, Bring peace, Bring Joy, Bring Love, Bring comfort, Bring sunshine, Bring Health. When someone is going through a rough time….just sit with them. No preaching, no advice. Just be there.
Everything comes to you at the Right Moment.
Dear God - If I am wrong, correct me. If I am lost, guide me. If I start to give up, keep me going.
Don’t ever lose hope - miracles still happen.
If you need something to believe in - start with yourself
"Stop stressing over what is out of your control. Pray about it. Hello God: We need your help down here. The world has gone gone mad. Please hear and answer our prayers. Thank You God. Amen.
You can’t change the cards you’re dealt but you can change the way you play the game.
Shoutout to everyone who hasn’t felt okay lately, but you get up every day and refuse to quit. Stay strong.
Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives.
I wonder sometimes if we ever give God a headache.
April 19th - Third Sunday of Easter, Year A
Readings - Acts 2:14a,36-41 , Psalm 116: 1-4, 12-19
Second Reading - 1Peter 1:17-23 , Gospel - Luke 24:13-35
Today’s gospel begins with two disciples walking to Emmaus, overcome with sadness, loss, and disappointment. They had hoped Jesus, who was crucified, would be the one to redeem Israel! Yet the risen Christ walks with them and then opens their eyes in the breaking of the bread. Each Sunday our hearts burn within us as the scriptures are proclaimed and Christ appears to us as bread is broken and wine is poured. The story of Emmaus becomes the pattern of our worship each Lord’s day.
April 26th- Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year A
First Reading - Acts 2:42-47 , Psalm 23
Second Reading - 1 Peter 2:19-25, Gospel - John 10:1-10
Today is sometimes called “Good Shepherd Sunday.” Jesus is called the “gate” of the sheep in today’s gospel. The risen Christ opens the way to abundant life. He anoints our heads with oil and guides us beside the still waters of our baptism. Each Sunday he spreads a feast before us amid the world’s violence and war. We go forth to be signs of the resurrection and extend God’s tender care to all creation.
May 3rd - 5th Sunday of Easter , Year A
Readings - Acts 7:55-60, Psalm 31:1-5,15-16
Second Reading - 1 Peter 2:2-10 , Gospel - John 14:1-14
As we continue to celebrate the fifty days of Easter, today’s gospel includes Jesus’ promise that he goes to prepare a place for his followers in his Father’s house. Our baptism commissions us to share Jesus’ mission in the world. As 1 Peter reminds us, we are a holy people, called to proclaim the one who called us out of darkness into light. In words and deeds we bear witness to the risen Christ—our way, our truth, our life.
May 10th , 6th Sunday of Easter, Year A
Readings -Acts 17:22-31, Psalm 66:8-20
Second Reading - 1 Peter 3:13.22 , Gospel - John 14:15-21
Jesus does not abandon his followers. Through the Holy Spirit, Jesus comes to abide with his disciples of every generation. As Pentecost draws near, we are reminded that the risen Christ dwells in us as the Spirit of truth. We receive this Spirit in baptism and pray that in our gathering around the Lord’s table the Spirit will transform us to be the body of the risen Christ in the world.
God’s Work. Our Hands. God’s World. Our Neighborhood. All are Welcome. Come Share the Spirit
May 17th - 7th Sunday of Easter , Year A
Readings - Acts 1:6-14 , Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35
Second Reading - 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 , Gospel - John 17:1-11
In these days between Ascension and Pentecost, we gather with the disciples in the upper room, waiting for the Spirit to transform the church around the world. In today’s gospel Jesus prays for his followers and for their mission in his name. Amid religious, social, and economic divisions, we seek the unity that Jesus had with his Father. Made one in baptism, we go forth to live our faith in the world, eager for the unity that God intends for the whole human family.
May 24th - Day of Pentecost , Year A
Readings - Acts 2:1-21, Psalm - 104:24-34, 35b
Second Reading - 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 , Gospel - John 20:19-23
Pentecost derives its name from the Jewish festival celebrating the harvest and the giving of the law on Mount Sinai fifty days after Passover. Fifty days after Easter, we celebrate the Holy Spirit as God’s presence within and among us. In Acts the Spirit arrives in rushing wind and flame, bringing God’s presence to all people. Paul reminds us that though we each have different capacities, we are unified in the Spirit that equips us with these gifts. Jesus breathes the Holy Spirit on his disciples, empowering them to forgive sin. We celebrate that we too are given the breath of the Holy Spirit and sent out to proclaim God’s redeeming love to all the world.
May 31st- The Holy Trinity, Year A
Readings - Genesis 1:1-2:4a , Psalm 8
Second Reading - 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 , Gospel - Matthew 28:16-20
Though the word trinity is not found in the scriptures, today’s second reading includes the apostolic greeting that begins the liturgy: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. In the gospel Jesus sends his disciples forth to baptize in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. More than a doctrine, the Trinity expresses the heart of our faith: we have experienced the God of creation made known in Jesus Christ and with us always through the Holy Spirit. We celebrate the mystery of the Holy Trinity in word and sacrament, as we profess the creed, and as we are sent into the world to bear witness to our faith.
Our Bishops:
The Rt. Rev. Phyllis Spiegel, Episcopal Dioscese of Utah and
The Rev. Meghan Johnston Aelabouni of the Rocky Mountain Synod.
Welcome to God’s table of grace
2026 Verse, Theme & Focus of Ministry
“Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; persevere in
prayer.”
Romans 12:12