In 2005, the bicentennial celebration honored John Jay and his descendents. John Jay helped found St. Matthew's.
The weekend began with an evening with John and Sally Jay, with readings based on "Selected Letters of John Jay and Sarah Livingston Jay: Correspondence by or to the First Chief Justice of the United States and His Wife." Rector Terry Elsberry was John Jay and parishioner Adele Talty was Sarah.
At the 10 a.m. Sunday service, Jay biographer Walter Stahr, delivered the talk "John Jay's Faith" to the congregation. The Faith of John Jay