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ATTENTION ALL GRADUATING STUDENTS!  You are invited to a special service on Sunday, June 2nd at 11:15 AM to recognize your accomplishments as we celebrate Graduation Sunday.  Please send the following information and a recent photo to cadams@stmatthewsumc.org or call the church office by Sunday, May 26th: name, school graduated from, plans for the fall, and statement about what St. Matthew’s has meant to you.  Congratulations!

ATTENTION ALL GRADUATING STUDENTS!  You are invited to a special service on Sunday, June 2nd at 11:15 AM to recognize your accomplishments as we celebrate Graduation Sunday.  Please send the following information and a recent photo to cadams@stmatthewsumc.org or call the church office by Sunday, May 26th: name, school graduated from, plans for the fall, and statement about what St. Matthew’s has meant to you.  Congratulations!

St. Matthew's UMC Pastors' Blog: Pastors' Message - May 17, 2013

stmatthewspastors:

May 17, 2013

Dear Friends,

Sunday is the birthday of the church! It’s Pentecost – the day God’s spirit came and ignited a group of bewildered disciples into an energetic movement centered around Jesus as the Lord of their life and Savior of the world. In Acts 2, Luke graphically describes the…

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St. Matthew’s Worship Audio - 5.12.2013:  Pastor Brian Johnson leads us in the final worship of the sermon series, Encountering the Divine Through Prayer, with the message: Going to the Place of Prayer. Acts 16:16-34; John 17:20-26. 

United Methodist Women (UMW) Sunday - May 5th (8:15, 9:45 & 11:15 AM):  Our speaker at all three services will be Anna Cole who spent much of her childhood in Appalachia as a child of United Methodist missionaries.  Anna is a very creative and gifted young woman who feels a call  into ministry and will begin seminary in August.  She has a real commitment to the United Methodist Church and the work of mission and care of women  and children.  After each service, the UMW will also be selling cards and breads to benefit a  mission project. 

United Methodist Women (UMW) Sunday - May 5th (8:15, 9:45 & 11:15 AM):  Our speaker at all three services will be Anna Cole who spent much of her childhood in Appalachia as a child of United Methodist missionaries.  Anna is a very creative and gifted young woman who feels a call  into ministry and will begin seminary in August.  She has a real commitment to the United Methodist Church and the work of mission and care of women  and children.  After each service, the UMW will also be selling cards and breads to benefit a  mission project. 

Oh, Jonah!  A Children’s Musical, will be presented by our Wesley and Altar choirs TOMORROW at 8:15 or 11:15 AM!  Join us as our children help lead us in this musical worship event!  (We will have a service of Scripture and song at the 9:45 Modern Worship service.)

Oh, Jonah!  A Children’s Musical, will be presented by our Wesley and Altar choirs TOMORROW at 8:15 or 11:15 AM!  Join us as our children help lead us in this musical worship event!  (We will have a service of Scripture and song at the 9:45 Modern Worship service.)

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St. Matthew’s Worship Audio - 4.14.2013:  Pastor Brian Johnson continues the sermon series, Encountering the Divine Through Prayer, with the message, Lord, Teach Us to Pray. Revelation 5:11-14; Luke 11:1-13 

Chuck Knows Church - COMMUNION: “This is the first of a three-part series about communion. Always good to know the basics about the first of two sacraments, right?”

Encountering the Diving Through Prayer: Christ is alive – we are resurrection people!  We now enter into the great 50 days of Easter – in which the disciples encountered the living presence of Christ.  We are beginning a yearlong focus on prayer.  Our Sermon Series for the 50 days of Easter will be: Encountering The Divine Through Prayer.  We will look at how the disciples talked with, and related to the resurrected Christ, and how that might inform our prayer life.  We will examine what Jesus taught about prayer.  During the 50 Days of Easter we will be unpacking some of the problems of prayer, how we do it, what it means, how can it be meaningful part of our lives and not just another thing we have to add to a ‘to -do list’?    We will explore different ways of praying that may be more suited to our participate personality or situation in life.

Encountering the Diving Through Prayer: Christ is alive – we are resurrection people!  We now enter into the great 50 days of Easter – in which the disciples encountered the living presence of Christ.  We are beginning a yearlong focus on prayer.  Our Sermon Series for the 50 days of Easter will be: Encountering The Divine Through Prayer.  We will look at how the disciples talked with, and related to the resurrected Christ, and how that might inform our prayer life.  We will examine what Jesus taught about prayer.  During the 50 Days of Easter we will be unpacking some of the problems of prayer, how we do it, what it means, how can it be meaningful part of our lives and not just another thing we have to add to a ‘to -do list’?    We will explore different ways of praying that may be more suited to our participate personality or situation in life.

SAVE THE DATE!  Jonah, a children’s musical, will be presented during  8:15 & 11:15 morning worship on Sunday, April 21st.

SAVE THE DATE!  Jonah, a children’s musical, will be presented during  8:15 & 11:15 morning worship on Sunday, April 21st.

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Join us as we continue our Lenten sermon series, Fifty Shades of Grace, and celebrate Palm/Passion Sunday with Pastor Brian Johnson’s message: King on the Cross. Luke 19:28-40; Philippians 2:5-11. 

A favorite of the 9:45 Worship Team is Hosanna Praise is Rising.  Learn the song early and then join us this Sunday at 9:45 AM.  Can’t physically make it to church?  No problem, listen live on Sunday mornings by going www.stmatthewsumc.org/worshipMinistries.php.

Pastors’ Message - March 22, 2013

stmatthewspastors:

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March 22, 2013

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

This Sunday is Palm/Passion Sunday.  On this day, we will tell the story of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and how, just a few days later, the same crowds that hailed him as King demanded that he be crucified by the Roman authorities.  This marks the beginning of Holy Week, a week during which we Christians journey with Jesus to the cross and the empty tomb.  As we delve into the mystery of the death of the One who is God with us, we remember and experience the deepest and darkest night the world has ever known.  On Good Friday, we see God joining us in our brokenness, taking on the consequences of our sin, and accepting abandonment and suffering on our behalf.  And then, on Easter Sunday, we see the bonds of death broken.  Easter is the ultimate reversal – the ultimate celebration of God’s life-transforming (and life-creating) power, even in the face of death.

But, we can’t get to Easter without Good Friday.  We can’t appreciate the mysterious and world-transforming power of Christ’s resurrection unless we first encounter the reality and pain of his death.  So, this week, you have a simple task: take Holy Week seriously.  Travel with Jesus from the Cross to the Empty tomb. Read Luke 22:1-24:13 a few times – perhaps even every day – and reflect on its significance.  And join us here for worship on Maundy Thursday (7pm), Good Friday (7pm), and Easter Sunday (6:30, 8:15, 9:45, & 11:15am).

This is the most important story of our faith.  Indeed, we Christians believe that Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday is the most important week in all of human history.  So, we encourage you to join us in worship as we experience these central moments of our faith.  We hope to see you here.

Blessings,

Brian and Denise

What is Palm Sunday? The Skit Guys explain the history and significance of Palm Sunday as only they can.

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St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church Worship Podcast 3.10.13 - 11:15 AM:  Join Pastor Denise Honeycutt as we continue our Lenten Sermon Series, Fifty Shades of Grace, with the message, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Psalm 32; Luke 15:1-2, 11-32 

Easter Sunrise Service, March 31st at 6:30 AM, West Lawn!  All are invited to celebrate the risen Lord as our senior high youth lead us in our first service of Easter morning.  This year, several of our seniors will be sharing their testimony on being ‘freed from our fears.’  Come, join our youth, worship with our SALT band, and let us rejoice together!

Easter Sunrise Service, March 31st at 6:30 AM, West Lawn!  All are invited to celebrate the risen Lord as our senior high youth lead us in our first service of Easter morning.  This year, several of our seniors will be sharing their testimony on being ‘freed from our fears.’  Come, join our youth, worship with our SALT band, and let us rejoice together!