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Holy Week is March 29th - April 5th. We would love to have you join us for any or all of our services!

To access our livestream for past or upcoming services, use this link to our YouTube channel.
www.youtube.com/@theepiscopalchurchingarr.../streams

St. Matthew's is located at 126 E. Liberty Street in Oakland, and St. John's is located at 5234 Maryland Highway in Deer Park.
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Holy Week is March 2

Come have supper with us! ALL ARE WELCOME HERE!

The next meal will be held April 23rd. We will be serving homemade Beefaroni (a/k/a American Chip Suey), salad with homemade vinaigrette, garlic bread, and, as always, homemade desserts!

If you are unable to eat on-site, we will offer takeaway beginning at 5:30 pm.

ALSO, the Nearly New Shop will be open on the evening of March 19th from 5 pm - 6:30 pm in conjunction with Stephen's Table, so you can shop and get a delicious free meal all in one place! Everything* at the shop is 50% off this week!
* RADA knives are excluded from all sales.

Stephen's Table community meals are held monthly at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, located at 126 E. Liberty St. in Oakland. The meals are provided on the next to the last Thursday of each month unless adjusted for a holiday. Please look for our sign near the Second St. entrance and enter the building using that entrance. The meals will be served upstairs in our Parish Hall unless otherwise noted.

We would love to host you for supper every month! As always, the meal is free of charge.
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The Nearly New Shop is having a bake sale on Fridays and Saturdays for an upcoming mission trip!

The bake sales are to help raise the $2,700 needed for Kendall, Margot, and Jules Ludwig to attend the week-long Diocesan Summer Service Week for high school youth and young adults in Asheville, North Carolina. The group will travel to North Carolina to help with the communities still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Helene. The cost is $900 per person, which covers travel, room, and board.

If you wish to donate but will not be in the shop to do so, you can mail a check to The Episcopal Church in Garrett County at PO Box 303, Oakland, MD 21550, or go to our website at episcopalchurchingarrettcounty.org and click "donate now" at the top of the page to donate via PayPal. **Please note on your donation that the funds are for this trip.** The shop can also receive donations on Wednesdays, but there will not be cookies that day. The Ludwig family receives 100% of all donations.

Thank you to everyone who has supported the mission trip so far!
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Come have supper with us! ALL ARE WELCOME HERE!

The next meal will be held on Thursday, March 19th. We will be serving sloppy Joes, cole slaw, chips, and brownie sundaes.

If you are unable to eat on-site, we will offer takeaway beginning at 5:30 pm.

ALSO, the Nearly New Shop Oakland, MD will be open on the evening of March 19th from 5 pm - 6:30 pm in conjunction with Stephen's Table, so you can shop and get a delicious free meal all in one place!

Stephen's Table community meals are held monthly at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, located at 126 E. Liberty St. in Oakland. The meals are provided on the next to the last Thursday of each month unless adjusted for a holiday. Please look for our sign near the Second St. entrance and enter the building using that entrance. The meals will be served upstairs in our Parish Hall unless otherwise noted.

We would love to host you for supper every month! As always, the meal is free of charge.
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Come have supper with us! ALL ARE WELCOME HERE!

The next meal will be held on Thursday, February19th. We will be serving homemade beef stew and biscuits.

If you are unable to eat on-site, we will offer takeaway beginning at 5:30 pm.

ALSO, the Nearly New Shop will be open on the evening of February 19th from 5 pm - 6:30 pm in conjunction with Stephen's Table, so you can shop and get a delicious free meal all in one place!

Stephen's Table community meals are held monthly at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, located at 126 E. Liberty St. in Oakland. The meals are provided on the next to the last Thursday of each month unless adjusted for a holiday. Please look for our sign near the Second St. entrance and enter the building using that entrance. The meals will be served upstairs in our Parish Hall unless otherwise noted.

We would love to host you for supper every month! As always, the meal is free of charge.
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The Episcopal Church in Garrett County invites you to join our Christmas Eve Services!

Christmas Eve Family Service - 7 PM at St. John's, Deer Park

Christmas Eve Midnight Mass - 10:30 PM at St. Matthew's, Oakland
(also live-streamed on our YouTube channel)

To access our live-stream on YouTube, please click:
www.youtube.com/@theepiscopalchurchingarr.../streams

You can also access the live-stream via our website:
www.episcopoalchurchingarrettcounty.org
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