Welcome! 

We are a congregation of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

Sign up to attend church by clicking here.  Regular weekend worship is Saturday at 5:00 p.m. and Sunday at 8:00 and 10:45 a.m.  We keep an attendance record and contact list if we need to inform you that someone who attended your service tested positive.  

• Guests and visitors are welcome to come!
• We currently worship in the Family Life Center, spreading chairs apart for social distancing.
• Masks are required.  We sanitize chairs between all services and Bible classes.
• Sunday Bible classes (one for all our youth and adults) and Sunday school (for children) are held in-person at 9:30 a.m.

How to watch the service online (see YouTube video below)

• We are livestreaming our services every Saturday at 5:00 p.m.  That means you can watch it live, as it happens in real time or you can watch it anytime afterward because the recording remains on YouTube.  If you arrive while the service is still going, you can click on the far left of the red "time" bar at the bottom to start the service from the beginning.
• Watch worship by clicking the "play" arrow. Click here for the order of service.
• YouTube is not allowing us to post our live video here while it is in progress, so when you try to play the service below, it will give you a link to the video on our YouTube channel.  That video does work and you will be able to watch the service.  After the service concludes, YouTube does allow us to share it directly with you here on our website.  
• Services from previous weeks are archived and viewable on our YouTube channel.

Church communication

• Contact Pastor Otto at 816-916-4935, email otto@gracefaithlove.org.
• Contact Pastor Andrews at 816-678-9152, email andrews@gracefaithlove.org.
• Read the Current Newsletter.
• For this week's announcements and prayers, go to the "Connect" menu at the top of your screen and select "Newsletter/Resources."
• If you would like to receive the church's weekly email, go to the "Connect" menu and select "Subscribe."

Bible classes

• We meet in person for Sunday Bible class in the Family Life Center at 9:30 a.m.  Pastor Andrews teaches the Gospel of Matthew.
• We meet in person for Wednesday Bible class in the Family Life Center at 10:00 a.m.  Pastor Otto is teaching on the Book of Proverbs.           Note: his class resumes in-person and online January 6.
• You may watch either class live from home using Webex.  The link is in the weekly email we send to homes.
• We meet in person Sunday in the Meeting Room at 9:30 a.m.  Pastor Otto leads "faith milestone classes" for various age groups.
• We meet in person Wednesday in the Family Life Center at 7:00 p.m. (6:30 during Lent).  Pastor Nicolaus teaches "Angels and Demons."

Listening or viewing

• Listen to all St. Matthew sermons. Click here for sermons.  Click here to listen to all Sunday Bible classes.
• All previous worship services since March are available to watch.  To view them, visit our YouTube channel.
• The Daily Bite podcast, Pastor Andrews' daily unpacking of a chapter of God's Word at: https://anchor.fm/rev-steve-andrews-jr
• The Layman's Guide to the Lectionary podcast, Pastor Andrews' weekly Bible study on the readings used in the upcoming weekend's worship: https://anchor.fm/rev-steve-andrews-jr0
• Pastor Andrews' personal web page, which includes his sermon texts and other resources he has written, can be found here.

How to give offerings 

• Please use the "Give" tab at the top of the website.  Offerings may also be dropped in the mail slot at the church office, mailed, or placed in the offering plates at the entrance during regular services.  (We are not currently passing offering plates during covid times.)

Welcome to St. Matthew Lutheran Church, a congregation of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.   

Contact Information

Phone	816-524-7068
Email	secretary@gracefaithlove.org
Address  Preschool	700 NE Chipman Rd.  Lee's Summit, MO 64063

Web contact Susan Velasquez susangvlsqz@gmail.com 816-529-8934.