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January 2007 Annual Meeting
THE YEAR 2006 in PRAYER
From the New Year’s Eve Eucharist, on Saturday Midnight, December 31st, with fireworks on First Avenue and moose in the ChurchYard and rector’s grandchildren acolyting and zero degree temperatures, through Sunday morning, January 1st, 2006 and the Church filled for a single morning Eucharist; through the 365 days until Sunday, December 31st, 2006, with two Sunday Eucharists, and Sean O’Grady and Heather Brown’s wedding, and again a New Year’s Eve Eucharist with fireworks and grandchildren, St. Matthew’s gathered and prayed on an average of every 8 hours, 7 days a week. The Official Records of St. Matthew’s record 1,122 services during 2006. The Heartbeat of this Body is people praying, and the breath of the Body is Holy Spirit.
147 Sunday Eucharists
4 Sunday Eucharists (outside of Fairbanks)
157 Private/Home Communion visits by Lay Eucharistic Ministers
160 Private/Home Communion visits by Clergy
21 Fairbanks Correctional Center Services/Visits (Fairbanks)
20 Correctional Center Services/Visits (outside of Fairbanks)
257 Midnight Compline Services
29 Week Day Offices (Morning Prayer, Noon, Evening Prayer, etc.)
28 Evening or Week Day Eucharists
16 Tuesday Denali Center Eucharists
52 Wednesday Morning Eucharists
52Wednesday Evening Eucharists
19 Thursday Pioneer Home Eucharists
22 Celebrations of Holy Baptism, 33 Baptized
1 Celebration of Confirmation, 14 Confirmed
1 Ordination to the Diaconate
21 Celebrations of Holy Matrimony, Renewal of Vows, etc.
28 Commendations of the Dying/Departed
50 Funerals, Memorials, Burials, etc. (within Fairbanks)
5 Funerals, Memorials, Burials, etc (outside of Fairbanks)
32 Recorded Other Services, House Blessings, Parties, Gatherings, Etc.
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