“Gwen Title Pending”

Recorded live on the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 16, 2026.  The service was held in College Park.

The Rev. Gwen Powell presided and preached the sermon. Rev. Christopher was on leave.

The live-stream of this entire service is available on the church’s YouTube channel (@stmatthewsmn).  Click   here to access the full service.  Our YouTube channel has a separate video of the sermon alone.

Image:  Étienne Thevenot (1797-1862), stained glass window depicting Jesus and the Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:21-28), Catholic parish church Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois in Paris (1840). The Latin at the bottom is Jesus’s final words to her, “Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.”

Photo (2011) by Wikimedia User:Reinhardhauke, reproduced under CC-BY-SA 3.0.