St. Matthew's United Methodist Church

In our INTERSECTION message from January 21, 2024, Brian preaches from 2 Timothy 3: 16-17.  This is part of our series "Balance" on how we United Methodists do theological reflection; we talk about our primary means of knowledge and truth - Scripture. Scripture is the foundation of everything we do, know, and believe.  It is our source of all truth.  In this message, we talk about the es...

In our Traditional sermon from January 14, 2024, Andy shares with us from Matthew 22: 34-40.  We begin talking about the beauty that is the way we do theological reflection in the United Methodist Church.  Join us over the next few weeks as we talk about Scripture, Tradition, Experience, and Reason.   Today, we talk about our method of reflection and how it helps to create balance in our lives and...

In our INTERSECTION sermon from January 14, 2024, Beth shares with us from Matthew 22: 24-40.  Our method of theological reflection, as United Methodists, helps to make us balanced and faithful disciples of Jesus!  

In our Traditional sermon from January 7, 2024, Andy shares with us about the Wise Men from Matthew 2: 1-12. We see the journey they took; how it was often hard. Following after Jesus is not always easy. But when He is the north star that we follow, we find the life we seek.

In our INTERSECTION message from January 7, 2024, Brian shares with us from Matthew 2: 1-12.  We see the journey of the Wise Men.  There is much we can learn about God's love from looking at their road trip.

In our Combined worship service, Brian shares with us from Philippians 3:13-14.  As we move into this New Year, we press ahead. Forgetting what is past, we move ahead, faithfully to what God is calling us to in 2024!     

In our Combined worship service from December 24, 2023, Andy shares with us from Luke 1: 26-38.  Jesus is love.  But Mary had a part to play in God's plan of us knowing that. There are folks out there who need to know that God is love. We have a job to do in telling others this truth!

In our Christmas Eve message, Andy shares with us from Luke 2: 1-20.  The Gospel is Good News!  For unto us a child is born!  That is Good News!  That is the Gospel. God responds to all our human brokenness and needs with Love!

In our Blue Christmas Service, Andy shares from Psalm 130 and Lamentations 3: 22-26.  Lament is a Christian virtue. We wait upon the Lord. We hope in the Lord. But there are times when all we can do is lament our pain, our loss, our hurt. And know that our Lord is with us, in the midst of all of our hurt. 

Today, we look at Mark 1: 1-8. What does a Christian look like?  We see in our Confirmation Sunday, as these young persons confess and confirm their hope, what a Christian looks like.  Where Jesus is, there is peace.  Peace is found in the person of Jesus Christ.    

In our Traditional message for the first Sunday of Advent, we look at this truth - Jesus is hope. Not that Jesus brings hope, but that hope is found in the person of Jesus. Andy shares with us from 1 Corinthians 1: 3-9.  Join us as we learn hope is found fully in Jesus!     

In our INTERSECTION message from December 3, 2023, Brian shares with us from 1 Corinthians 1: 3-9. We find ourselves completely and fully rooted in Jesus. When we are there, we find this truth. Jesus is hope!    

In our 11:00 a.m. Traditional message from November 26, 2023, Beth shares with us from Matthew 25: 31-46.  In this passage, we see how Jesus comes to us, but we have to ask ourselves, will we recognize Him when we find Him?

In our INTERSECTION message from November 26, 2023, Brian shares with us from Matthew 25: 31-46.  In this passage we are given this call from our Lord, to love others in the same way that He does.

In our message from November 19, 2023, Andy shares with us from James 1:17.  We are reminded that all good gifts are from above.  If it is in your life and it is a good thing, it is from God. All of these gifts of grace, they point us to the love and salvation of our God. All good things point us to Jesus!     

In our Traditional message from November 12, 2023, Andy shares with us from James 1: 2-4.  We will have suffering. We will have a crisis of faith. But through these things and by God's grace, we are drawn closer to God and each other. We become who God is making us to be, as our trials help make our faith whole.       

In our INTERSECTION message from November 12, 2023, Brian shares with us from James 1: 2-4.  We see that we will have trials and even suffering. But through God's grace, even these things can become blessings to us!     

In our All Saints Sunday sermon from our Traditional service, Andy shares with us from 1 John 3: 1-3. We have hope, but we don't always have certainty. But we have can have hope because hope is a person.  And that person is Jesus!

In our All Saints service in INTERSECTION, Brian shares with us from 1 John 3: 1-3.  We are reminded of the hope that we always have because we are the children of God. We are loved, by an amazing God!

In our Traditional sermon from October 29, 2023, we hear the story of the widow and Elijah. She had given all that she could give, and now Elijah wanted more?  You can't get blood from a turnip. But when we look closer, we see that her call to give was actually her call to live.  When we give, we actually find life.         

In our INTERSECTION message from October 29, 2023, we hear the story of the widow with Elijah. It looked like she had nothing more to give. We find, however, that when she gave, even when it was a challenge, she found more life than she could have ever expected!      

In our Traditional message from October 22, 2023, Andy shares with us from 2 Timothy 2: 1-10.   Why do we teach?  We find that when we pour into others, we are the ones who are blessed. It is in the giving that we receive!

In our INTERSECTION message from October 22, 2023, Brian shares with us from 2 Timothy 2: 1-10. We see here the call that Paul had to teach Timothy. And we have that same call in our lives.

In our INTERSECTION message from October 15, 2023, Beth shares with us from Acts 6: 1-6. We see here the importance of serving in the church.  Why is it that God calls us to serve? 

In our Traditional message from October 15, 2023, Brian shares with us from Acts 6: 1-6. We see here the importance of serving in the church.  Why is it that God calls us to serve?