St. Matthew's United Methodist Church

In our Traditional message from October 2, 2022 Andy shares with us from Acts 6: 1-7.  How does church work?  How do all these things fit together?  How does it all happen.  We find out, there is no magic church fairy, it's just you, me, and the Holy Spirit! 

In our INTERSECTION message from October 2, 2022 Brian shares with us from Acts 6: 1-7.  We look at the early church and see how church worked.  How does it work for us today? 

This should actually be thought of as the Lost Brothers. We see two brothers today, lost in sin. One in the sin of lack of righteousness, one in the sin of self righteousness.  To both of these brothers, the Father came running with grace.  No matter where we find ourselves, may we know the Father's deep love. 

In our INTERSECTION message from September 25, Brian shares with us the story of the Prodigal.  What can we learn from this beloved parable of Jesus? 

In our Traditional sermon from September 18, 2022, Andy shares with us from Esther 4.  This passage is very much where we can find ourselves. We are comfortable, all is well. Jackson, or Memphis' problems are of no concern to us. Yet, just like Esther, we are called to look beyond our comfort to the needs that, in truth, do affect us. 

In our INTERSECTION message from September 18,  Brian shares with us from Esther 4. What can learn about the needs all around us from learning Esther's story? 

In our Traditional message from September 11, 2022, Andy shares with us from Luke 10: 25-27. We take a look at this passage from the view of the Samaritan.  We see how hard yet essential it is to love our enemies.

In our INTERSECTION message from September 11, Brian shares with us the familiar story of the Good Samaritan.  What can we learn from this great story of our faith? 

In our Traditional sermon from August 28, 2022, Andy shares with us from Luke 19: 1-10.  In this message we look the the familiar story of Zacchaeus. What does it mean that he was a tax collector?  We see in this story the power of Jesus' love to transform anyone.  

In our INTERSECTION message from August 28, 2022, Brian shares with us from Luke 19: 1-10. What can we see about God's grace from this familiar story of Zacchaeus?

In our INTERSECTION message, Andy shares with us from 1 Samuel 17.  In this familiar story of David and Goliath, we learn that this is not a motivational story. We are not David, Jesus is David, slaying the Goliaths in our lives.  

In our Traditional message, Beth shares with us from 1 Samuel 17 as we see the familiar story of David and Goliath. What can we learn from this treasured passage about what it means to be strong and faithful? 

In our Traditional message from August 14, 2022, Andy shares with us from Matthew 14: 13-21.  In this passage we see Jesus feed the 5,000. But the miracle is not exactly what you think it is. And like a Marvel movie, stay after the prayer for an additional mini sermon from Andy about Mary and Martha. 

In our INTERSECTION message from August 14, 2022, Brian shares with us from Matthew 14: 13-21, the feeding of the 5,000. What can we see when we look this passage through fresh eyes? 

In our Traditional message, Andy takes a deeper look at the story of Joseph as found in Genesis 31: 1-11. What can we learn from looking a little deeper at this well known story? 

In our INTERSECTION message, Brian shares with us from Genesis 37: 1-11.  What can we learn from a deeper look at Joseph and his story? 

In our final message from Nehemiah, Andy preacher from Nehemiah 9: 1-5.  In this passage we see the power and beauty of a what a team can truly do for God. What is next here?  Our best days! 

In our INTERSECTION message from July 31, 2022, Brian shares with us from Nehemiah 9: 1-5.  The wall is being rebuilt. But what is next? 

In our Traditional message from July 24, Andy shares with us from Nehemiah 6:15-7:4.  We see that the wall is completed.  The is finished. But our faith and our work in the church is something that is never completed.  We are called to finish our faith; we call are called to be faithful.  

In our INTERSECTION message from July 24, Brian shares with us from Nehemiah 6:15-7:5.  The wall is finished. There is much to celebrate! 

In our Traditional message from July 17, Brian shares with us from Nehemiah 4: 10-14. We see that Nehemiah instructs the people to fight, but to fight for what matters.  

In our INTERSECTION message from July 17, we see Nehemiah's speech to rally his people in Nehemiah 4: 10-14?  How does he inspire the people to fight?  To fight for their families.  Do we fight for our families?  

In our message from July 10, 2022, we look at passages in Nehemiah that show us this. Being faithful, rebuilding the wall is not always easy, in fact, more often than not we will face opposition.  Internal opposition and external opposition.  But being faithful is always worth it. 

In our INTERSECTION message from July 10, 2022, Brian shares with us from Nehemiah.  We see that being faithful will often face opposition.  May we always choose to be faithful, regardless of the opposition we may face.  

In Nehemiah 2: 11-20, we look at Nehemiah taking and honest inspection of the wall.  It was in bad shape. It needed to be rebuilt.  Until we know where we are and where we stand, we can't fully rebuilt.  But we want to make sure we rebuilt to be who God is calling us to be, not rebuilding on nostalgia and what we used to be.