- Worship Service: Sunday 9:00am
- 416 E. Dover Road, Princeton, IL
- Phone: (815)879-6491
We strive to provide inter-generational events and devotions. We believe the youth can learn much from the adults and the adults often learn more from the youth. Events include a fall trip to the orchard, Christian music concerts, game nights, movies and more. We spend time each Sunday learning about the Word of God and encouraging each other for the week ahead.
Our children’s education program for kindergarten through fifth grade is called BLAST! It offers Bible Lessons And Singing Too for children. It meets on Wednesday evening from 5:45 to 6:45. We also have a weekly Children’s Sermon during worship throughout the year which is for this same age group.
Middle-School Confirmation: St Matthew’s leads a Confirmation course for the area’s ELCA congregations. It meets remotely with special in person functions once a month; it is for students typically in sixth through eighth. All grades meet in one class using multi-media. During the three year program there is a rotation where one year the emphasis is on The Old Testament, with the next year’s focus on New Testament, and then a year on Luther’s Small Catechism
For students who complete the three year program, confirmation Sunday is held in what would typically be the students’ freshman year on the last Sunday of October, which is Reformation Sunday.
Church members wishing to delve further into the teaching of the Bible are invited to join our weekly Bible Study each Thursday at 10:00am; it is a hybrid meeting attended in person and remotely.
This group has meetings in a relaxed atmosphere and welcomes all high school students and young adults. The group uses a variety of methods throughout the year to ponder and grow in faith. from using multi-media sources to reading books to discuss. The group has input on what they wish to use for material.
This Faith Forum offers a variety of topics and study of Scripture. Typically, Forum will offer short courses that run three to seven weeks for each series, depending on the topic. Topics are led by the pastor and other adults.
A few times each year, the pastor takes a turn to lead a Bible Study at the Bureau County Senior Center. This Bible Study meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at 2:00pm.
An Ecumenical, Community led Bible Study group meets each Thursday at 7:00pm between September & May.
