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WORSHIP | |
Our 8:30 service is more intimate and informal. The piano is used rather than the pipe organ. Holy Communion is served every Sunday at this service. While the 10:50 service is traditional in nature, it has something for everybody. Special music is provided by the Chancel Choir, the Bell Choir, GodSong, or Spirit Singers. Our outstanding pipe organ is used primarily in this service; however, some contemporary hymns and choruses are played on the baby grand piano. Many of our special services for Easter and Christmas will also include additional musical instruments. Holy Communion is served on the first Sunday of every month. Our 9:30 Christian Education program offers rotational Sunday School classes for Children and Youth, as well as diversified programs for Adults. |
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MUSIC
The Spirit Singers, a 12 member ensemble, sings mostly contemporary Christian music. Membership is limited and auditions are required. Spirit Singers perform in the 10:50 worship service approximately every six weeks, as well as Christmas and Easter. All
elementary children are encouraged to participate in children's music
which meets at 9:30 on Sunday mornings in the choir room. In the months
leading up to Christmas, music time is dedicated to the Children's
Christmas program. After Christmas, the children learn the music that
will be sung during the children's worship service. The weeks leading
up to Easter, an anthem is prepared for Palm Sunday or Easter Sunday.
After Easter, music time is devoted to the songs for Vacation Bible
School. |
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SPECIAL & SEASONAL SERVICES
During Holy Week, special services are held on Palm Sunday, Maundy (Holy) Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter. Maundy Thursday represents the last meal that Jesus had with his disciples. A Tenebrae Service (this service symbolizes Jesus's crucifixion by extinguishing candles) is held on Good Friday with special music provided by the Chacel Choir and Spirit Singers. Easter Sunday is full of joy and activity. In addition to the two services, we manage to fit in a brunch and an Easter Egg Hunt for children. The third Sunday of May is Graduation Sunday. This is the time that we honor all of our high school and college graduates in worship. Each graduate is recognized in the 10:50 service and presented a gift. The United Methodist Women serve as hostesses for brunch at 9:30 AM for the graduates and their families. A patriotic service is held the Sunday before Independence Day when we celebrate the birth of our wonderful nation! All Saint's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday in November. We remember those friends and loved ones who have gone to be with the saints in Heaven by lighting a candle in memory of each person as their name is read aloud. The Sunday before Thanksgiving we give thanks for the many blessings God has given us. |
| ST. MATTHEW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 300 N. AIR DEPOT MIDWEST CITY, OK 73130 405-732-6831 |
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The
Chancel Choir meets each Wednesday night
at 7:00 pm to rehearse an anthem and other service music for the 10:50
worship service. Membership in Chancel Choir includes high school
students and adults. No audition is required.
Special
and seasonal services are held throughout the year. Worship services
are planned and conducted each year by the youth group, the children
and the United Methodist Women. We even have an Orange Sunday in August
which features
mission opportunities as a kick-off for our Pumpkin Patch ministries.
During the weeks leading up to Christmas and Easter, special services
are held. The Choir and Spirit Singers present the annual Cantata the
Sunday before Christmas. A Family Service and a Candlelight Communion
Service are held on Christmas Eve. The first service at 6:00 PM is the
family oriented service which features music and reading of the Christmas
story. The candlelight Communion service is held at 11:00 PM.