St. Matthew's United Methodist Church

In our INTERSECTION message from Pentecost Sunday, Brian shares with us from Acts 2: 1-21. What can we learn from the birthday of the church? 

In our Traditional sermon from May 12, Andy shares with us from John 17: 6-19.  Jesus doesn't pray that we be removed from suffering but that we will be protected. In the real world, we will find troubles. But, through His graces, these trials and grow us even closer to our Savior.

On our INTERSECTION message from Mother's Day, Brian shares with us from John 17: 6-19.  We are reminded that Jesus is with us and protects us in the same way that  those who love us are always there with us

The path we are walking as a church is challenging, but we believe it is the right path. The world needs to see what unity can look like. Just because we don't agree on everything doesn't mean we can't unite on the main thing.

In our INTERSECTION message, Beth shares with us from Acts 10. In Jesus' church, all are welcome.

In our Traditional message from April 21, 2024, our guest preacher, the Rev. Dr. Eddie Rester, shares with us from Acts 4:5-13. What does it really look like to walk the way of Jesus?  

In our Baccalaureate Service from April 28, 2024, our Student Pastor, Mary Beth Davis-Ashley, shares with us from 1 Kings, 9: 1-13.  For our seniors and all of us, how do we know when God is speaking?  And we find that God may not be calling us exactly where we expect.

In our Traditional message from April 14, 2024,  Brian shares with us from Luke 24: 28-39. We see that Jesus calls us to live the story!

In our Sunday sermon from INTERSECTION from April 14, 2024, Andy shares with us from Luke 24: 28-39. In the life of Jesus, we have seen beauty, we have seen grace, mercy, and redemption.  We know it. But now, now we must show it!

In our April 7, 2024 sermon, Andy shares with us from John 20: 19-31. There is much to unpack and understand here. But in the end, we see here that we have a beautiful story, a story of grace, that the world needs to hear. But before the world can know it, we have to see it.

In our INTERSECTION message from April 7, 2024, Brian shares with us from John 20: 19-31. We have a beautiful story of grace from Jesus. Do we see it?

In our INTERSECTION message from Easter on March 31, 2024, we see the grave empty. In Mark 16: 1-8, we see the wonder and power of Easter!

In our Easter message from our Traditional service, Andy shares with us from Mark 16: 1-8. Easter is the dividing point between the old and the next. We have to imagine who God has called us to be and live remembering who that is.

In our Maundy Thursday service, Beth shares with us from John's Gospel, and we see the lengths that our Lord goes to provide His welcome and His grace, even on the edge of the coming storm.  How great is His love for us!

In our Palm Sunday message, Andy shares with us from Mark 11: 1-11.  We see that Jesus fulfilled His purpose. He was always headed to Jerusalem. The people expected earthly answers. He was offering spiritual ones.  It's the same for us today. Will we look for earthly answers to spiritual realities?

In our Palm Sunday Sermon, Brian shares with us from Mark 11: 1-11. We see Jesus enter joyfully into Jerusalem. This is the beginning of Holy Week, leading to the cross and then to the empty grave. What can we learn from this holy day?

Today, in our Traditional service, Andy shares with us from John: 12 20-33.  We see that we struggle with our greatest temptation - to make our lives completely about ourselves and not about God.  To find life, we must die to ourselves.

Brian shares with us from John 12: 20-33, and we see our greatest temptation is to live only for ourselves!   

In our Traditional message from March 10, 2024, we look at John 3: 14-21.  We are told that people love darkness more than light. We wrestle against the dark, every day, the darkness that tries to pull us down. But, in truth, darkness can never overcome the light. We have nothing to fear; we stand in the light of Jesus!