Located in Madison, Mississippi, St. Matthew's UMC is a family of faith reaching out to share the life-changing love and grace of Jesus.
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 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 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 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 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 2, 2024, we begin our series "Marks of the Church. What does it mean when we say the church is One?
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 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 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 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!
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
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.
In our INTERSECTION message, Beth shares with us from Acts 10. In Jesus' church, all are welcome.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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?
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?
Brian shares with us from John 12: 20-33, and we see our greatest temptation is to live only for ourselves!
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.
In our INTERSECTION message from March 10, 2024, we look at John 3: 14-21. We see that this is the judgment: We love dark more than light. We wrestle against the dark every day, with Jesus' light as our weapon.
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!
In our INTERSECTION message from March 3, 2024, we look at Jesus cleansing the temple in John 2: 13-22. Jesus was faithful, no matter what others thought. For us to do the same, we must wrestle with our pride.
