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2025 Easter Egg Hunt

The Sunday School held their annual Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday after Pascha. The glorious weather helped to contribute to a fun time for our St. Matthew children of all ages!

2025 Lenten Outreach

Sunday School 2025 Grassroots Lenten Drive

The Sunday School would like to thank the Parish for your generosity for our 2025 Lenten Drive for the Grassroots Crisis Center. For this drive, Sunday School children made announcements to the Parish, carried items to storage, helped to buy items with their families, and helped to deliver the donations.

In total, we were able to deliver around $1000 worth of needed items AND $1025 in gift cards to Grassroots, for a total donation of over $2000. This was very much appreciated by the center and will be used to help many people in need.

Some of the items we were able to bring included :

40 microwavable canned/packaged meals (Hormel Compleats/Chef Boyardee)

57 cans of tuna

14 cans of chicken

7 packs/boxes of diapers

56 juice boxes

9 bottles of shampoo/conditioner

21 boxes of crackers (Ritz/Graham)

28 cans of soup

19 boxes of cereal

12 boxes of pop tarts

128 individual-sized chips

140 Cup Noodles

3 grocery bags full of other snacks, personal care items, and baby supplies

Thank you so much to everyone who donated and helped to make this drive such a great success!

Sunday School 2024-2025 Year

Sunday School will be starting up for the 2024-2025 school year on Sunday, September 8. We will hold classes on Sundays following Liturgy during coffee hour.

If you have not previously registered your children, please fill out the following form : https://form.jotform.com/212075889043157

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Kate Richer at sundayschool@stmatthewoca.org.

2024 Lenten Outreach

The Sunday School would like to thank the Parish for your generosity for our 2024 Lenten Outreach Drive for Grassroots. For this drive, the Sunday School children decorated fliers, made announcements to the Parish, helped to buy items with their families, and helped to deliver the donations.

In total, we were able to deliver around $1200 worth of needed items to the Grassroots shelter/crisis center! The things we were able to bring included :

130 microwavable canned/packaged meals (Hormel Compleats, Easy Mac, Chef Boyardee, and similar)
12 packs/boxes of diapers in a variety of sizes (that's over 1,000 diapers!)
30 packs of wipes
3 tubs of baby formula
6 packs of laundry detergent pods (that's 224 pods)
162 juice boxes
26 tubes of toothpaste
16 sticks of deodorant
6 bottles of shampoo
6 bottles of conditioner
4 bottles of 2 in 1 shampoo/conditioner
10 bottles of body wash
23 razors
174 bottles of water

Thank you to everyone who helped to make this drive a success!

SUNDAY SCHOOL RECENT EVENTS

Spring 2023 - The Sunday School Completed there Lenten Project for Grass Roots Crisis Intervention Center - highlights can be found in Parish Events.

Winter 2022 - St Matthew Sunday School had a busy December!

The St Nicholas Day celebration on December 3rd was a wonderful event. Check out the photo gallery under Parish Events.

The Annual Nativity Pageant was held on Dec 11th. You can view the video here.

Sunday School meets after Divine Liturgy each Sunday from September through May and is open to all children – visitors are most welcome!

Classes for students from Pre-K through High School
Open Door Policy – parents are always welcome in the classroom
Subjects include Orthodox Faith, Holy Scriptures, and history of the Orthodox Church

Past activities and outreach include: