St. Matthew's United Methodist Church

What does it mean to be a welcoming church? What does Jesus' Table look like? Who gets to come?  We see today that Jesus loves and invites the entire world. That means we have to as well.

In our INTERSECTION sermon, Brian shares with us why being a church of welcome matters so much.

In our Traditional service on July 21, 2024, Andy shared with us from John 14: 5-6. We are an evangelical church. That label is thrown around a lot in our world. What does it mean to say that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life and that no one comes to the Father but through Him?  Let's be careful to build our church only on the rock of Jesus.

In our INTERSECTION service from July 21, 2024 Brian shares with us from John 14: 5-6. We call ourselves evangelical. In a world where that label carries a lot, what does that mean?

In our INTERSECTION service from July 14, 2024, Andy shares with us from Philippians 2: 12-13.  What does it mean to say that our church is "Wesleyan?"  Why should that even matter?

In our Traditional sermon from July 14 2024, Brian shares with us about our Wesleyan heritage and why that matters to who we are.

In our July 7 sermon, we continue our series "The Marks of the Church."  Orthodox or Orthodoxy is a word we hear tossed around a lot. It's an important word, and orthodox theology is one of the foundations of our church. But what exactly does that mean?

In our INTERSECTION message from July 7, Brian explains what it means to say that our church is "orthodox."

In our Traditional message from June 23, 2024, Andy shares with us from Ephesians 2: 19-20. We see that the church is founded upon the teachings of the Apostles. That is what it means to be "Apostolic," to be part of that lineage. But what does that actually mean?

In our Traditional sermon from June 16, 2024, Andy shares from Revelation 5:9-10 and Matthew 28:19-20.  We continue our series "The Marks of the Church."  We look at at what it means to say that the church is catholic.  When we make Jesus the center of life together, we find that our differences are beautiful.   

In our INTERSECTION service from June 16, 2024, we continue our series "The Marks of the Church." In this service, Brian shares from Revelation 5:9-10 and Matthew 28:19-20 as we talk about what it means to say the church is catholic.

In our Traditional message from June 9, 2024, we continue our series "The Marks of the Church."  Brian shares with us from Ephesians 5:25-27 and Revelation 19:7-8, and we talk about what it means to say the church is holy.

In our INTERSECTION service from June 9, Andy shares with us from Ephesians 5:25-27 and Revelation 19:7-8.  As we continue our series "The Marks of the Church," what does it mean to say that the church is Holy?

In our Summer series "Marks of the Church," Andy preaches about the mark of being "One."  We have one Lord, one Faith, one baptism. But what does it mean when the Nicene Creed says that the Church is One?

In our INTERSECTION service from June 2, 2024, we begin our series "Marks of the Church.  What does it mean when we say the church is One?

In our combined worship service on May 26, 2024, Andy shares with us from Romans 5: 1-5. We talk today about the Trinity.  While there is much we do not understand, over very salvation is a Trinitarian act.  We are made right with the Father, through the Son, by the Spirit.

In our Traditional message from Pentecost Sunday, Andy shares with us from Acts 2: 1-21 and Genesis 11: 1-9. God is a God of restoration.  He restores all things. When we catch on fire with the Spirit, amazing things happen! 

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!