Please join us for any or all of our Lenten/Easter Services.
Christmas Eve Festival Eucharist
7:00 pm, Dec. 24, Otterbein Chapel (88 W. Home St., Westerville)
Candlelight, Lessons, Carols, and Communion
9:00 pm, Dec. 24, the Pray. Think. Love. House (30 E. College Ave., Westerville)
Christmas Morning Eucharist
10:00 am , Dec. 25, Pray. Think. Love. House (30 E. College Ave., Westerville
Please join us for any or all of our Christmas Services.
Christmas Eve Festival Eucharist
7:00 pm, Dec. 24, Otterbein Chapel (88 W. Home St., Westerville)
Candlelight, Lessons, Carols, and Communion
9:00 pm, Dec. 24, the Pray. Think. Love. House (30 E. College Ave., Westerville)
Christmas Morning Eucharist
10:00 am , Dec. 25, Pray. Think. Love. House (30 E. College Ave., Westerville
Join us at These Upcoming Events
Pray. Think. Love. Sunday Conversations, Sundays, Oct. 13, 27 & Nov. 3, 12:30 pm, Pray. Think. Love. House
Join us for
Ladies' Holy Happy Hour, Wednesday, Oct 2, 6:30-8 pm, Think. Love. House (30 E. College Ave., Westerville)
Join us for a chance meet new friends and catch up with old ones. We will have a meal, some wine if you like, and a devotion for discussion. And we may have time to color! Bring a friend for this low key gathering.
Pause and Paint
Monday, Oct. 14, 7-8 pm
Pray. Think. Love. House (30 E. College Ave., Westerville)
Read. Reflect. Paint! Join us for a soul-searching, interpretative paint session. We’ll use watercolors to create paintings inspired by various words and passages from written materials. In September, guest artist Heather Reese will be performing her poems. Ramp accessible. Free parking. Supplies provided. $10 at the door.
Pray. Think. Love Sunday Conversations
Sundays, Oct. 13, 27 & Nov. 3, 12:30-1:30 pm
Pray. Think. Love. House (30 E. College Ave., Westerville)
Read. Reflect. Paint! Join us for a soul-searching, interpretative paint session. We’ll use watercolors to create paintings inspired by various words and passages from written materials. In September, guest artist Heather Reese will be performing her poems. Ramp accessible. Free parking. Supplies provided. $10 at the door.
Cookies for Kairos Weekend, Oct. 14
Bake cookies for a Kairos Weekend for the prisoners at the Marion County Correctional facility. A team of 32 volunteers. St. Matt's will be gathering homemade cookies at the Pray. Think. Love. House. God will be making an impact on the inmates thru the cookies, the prayers that have been offered over the cookies as we bake them, and the time the teams spends together with the inmates. Contact Glenn M. to bake cookies.
Street Church
Sunday, Nov. 10, 12 pm-2:30 pm
St. John's Episcopal Church (1003 W. Town St., Columbus)
St. Matt's partners with St. John's Episcopal Church in downtown Columbus to share a simple worship service with our neighbors who may not feel comfortable inside church buildings, then continue our fellowship with a free lunch. Please contact Marsha A. to contribute funds, food or hellp serve.
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Cookies for Kairos Weekend, Oct. 14
St. Matt's will be gathering homemade cookies at the Pray. Think. Love. House. to support a Kairos Weekend at the Marion Correctional Facility. Share God's love thru the cookies, the prayers that have been offered over the cookies as we bake them, and the time the teams spends with the inmates. Contact Glenn M. for details.
Sunday Service and Meal at Old Bag of Nails
Sunday, Oct. 20, 10:30 am, Service at 10:30 am
Old Bag of Nails (Third Floor, 24 N. State Street, Westerville)
Let's return to our old stomping grounds for our 10:30 am service with catered lunch following. Donations for lunch will be accepted. Our 8 am service will still be at Otterbein Chapel.
Pause and Paint, Monday, Oct. 28, 7-8 pm,
Pray. Think. Love. House
30 E. College Ave., Westerville
Read. Reflect. Paint! Join us for a soul-searching, interpretative paint session. We’ll use watercolors to create paintings inspired by various words and passages from written materials. In September, guest artist Heather Reese will be performing her poems. Ramp accessible. Free parking. Supplies provided. $10 at the door.
WholeHeart Tuesdays, Community Prayer/Spiritual Well-Being
Tuesdays through Dec. 17, 6:30 pm-7:30 pm
The Family Room Coffee & Bake Shop (545 S. Otterbein Ave., Westerville)
Join us for an hour of prayer and conversation for the living of these days. Grab a cup of coffee and a sweet treat if you like. Come as you are, give what you can, and take what you need as we gather in and for community.
Pause and Paint
2nd and 4th Mondays
Pray. Think. Love. House, 30 E. College Ave., Westerville
Join us for a soul-searching, interpretative paint session. We’ll use watercolors to create paintings inspired by various words and passages from written materials. Ramp accessible. Free parking. Supplies provided. $10 at the door.
Epiphany Brunch and Games
Sunday, Jan. 5, 12-1 pm Brunch, Games 1-4 pm
Pray. Think. Love. House, 30 E. College Ave., Westerville
RSVP to Molly Marie Hough via text at 614-581-4541 BY THIS WEDNESDAY. Friends and family are welcome! Free will offering will be taken.
Lenten Soup Suppers
Wednesdays, Mar. 12, 19, 26, Apr. 2, 9, 5:30, 7 pm
Pray. Think. Love. House, 30 E. College Ave., Westerville
We will be serving free soup and bread to all who enter followed by a brief meditation with poetry and reflection.
Pub Theology and Culture
Thursdays, Mar. 13, 20, 27, Apr. 3, 10, 6:30 - 7 pm
Grizzlybird Brewing Co., 5901 Chandler Court, Westerville
Gather at this local pub to have a conversation around God and current culture.
Interchangeable Art Banners Fund Raiser
Benefit Your Home and St. Matthew’s
Transform your walls effortlessly with these stunning changeable art banners! PLUS... every penny goes to support St. Matthew’s and programs. 12 in. x 18 in
Place Your Order Today!
​$20 (including frame) $10 banner only
Shoot an email to Donna at dmomm5000@gmail.com, or send her a text at 513-203-6505. Order during Lent (March 5-April 20) and enjoy a 10% off your purchase. Thanks for supporting St. Matthew's Episcopal Church!
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Holy Week
Passion Sunday (Palm Sunday)
Sunday, April 13, 8 am and 10:30 am
Otterbein's Chapel, 88 W. Home St., Westerville
Maundy Thursday
Thursday, April 17, 7 pm
Otterbein's Chapel, 88 W. Home St., Westerville
A time to meditate on the Last Supper of Jesus on the night He was betrayed.
Good Friday Stations of the Cross
Friday, April 18, 7 pm
Otterbein's Chapel, 88 W. Home St., Westerville
A guided journey to the cross through a current day theme.
Easter Morning Celebration
Sunday, April 20, 7 am
Outdoors at Java Central Coffee, 20 S. State St., Westerville
A time to pray and celebrate the Holy Eucharist as the sun rises.