{"id":6476,"date":"2025-11-17T10:25:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T10:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/?p=6476"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:23:04","slug":"christmas-decorations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/2025\/11\/17\/christmas-decorations\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Matthew Church Christmas Decorating Sign Ups"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>Saint Matthew Church Advent and Christmas Decorating<\/h2>\n<h3>Volunteers are needed on multiple days to set up and replace liturgical decorations<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img class=\"wp-image-6477 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/11\/Christmas-Decorating-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/11\/Christmas-Decorating-66x66.png 66w, https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/11\/Christmas-Decorating-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/11\/Christmas-Decorating-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/11\/Christmas-Decorating-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/11\/Christmas-Decorating-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/11\/Christmas-Decorating.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Saint Matthew Art &amp; Environment Ministry is seeking volunteers to help transform the church into a beautiful and festive environment while maintaining reverence for our Lord during the Advent and Christmas seasons. The Saint Matthew Church, Chapel, and Parish Life Center (gym) will all be decorated, leading to several opportunities to get involved and volunteer. All supplies will be provided. Sign up by clicking the button below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Volunteer Dates:<\/strong><br \/>\nFriday, Nov. 28 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.<br \/>\nSunday, Dec. 21 noon-2 p.m.<br \/>\nMonday, Dec. 22, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.<br \/>\nTuesday, Dec. 23, 9-noon<br \/>\nMonday, Jan. 12, 8:30 a.m.-noon<\/p>\n<p>If you are a teen volunteering for service hours, please contact Kelly Ott to sign off on your hours after volunteering.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in making a donation for a celebratory or memorial poinsettia, which help beautify the church, you can learn more by <a href=\"https:\/\/dioceseofnashville.ccbchurch.com\/goto\/forms\/764\/responses\/new\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to be notified of other opportunities to volunteer with the Art &amp; Environment Ministry throughout the year, contact Kelly Ott at <a href=\"mailto:kott@stmatthewtn.org\">kott@stmatthewtn.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/70A0848A5A92AA1F94-60448529-aeadventchristma#\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Volunteer Sign-Up<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[60,241,243,242,24,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6476"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7708,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6476\/revisions\/7708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}