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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.

St. Matthew's UMC


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    June 1, 2025 - Traditional - On the Road with Abraham

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 20:25


    Our VBS will explore different Road Trips in Scripture, so throughout the summer, in our sermons, we will examine various individuals who traveled with God. Today, we'll look at Abraham and the road trip of faith that takes us, with all of our faithfulness and faults.

    June 1, 2025 - INTERSECTION - On the Road with Abraham

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 22:15


    Our VBS will explore different Road Trips in Scripture, so throughout the summer, in our sermons, we will examine various individuals who traveled with God. Today, we'll look at Abraham and the road trip of faith that takes us, with all of our faithfulness and faults.

    May 18, 2025 - Traditional - A Harvest

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 23:00


    In our Sunday sermon from May 18, 2025, Andy shares with us from Acts 11 1-18, the Lord pushes Peter to be uncomfortable, and to love people that can be hard to love. Let us not look at the world and see enemies where the Lord sees a harvest. 

    May 11, 2025 - Baccalaureate Service - Living Water for the Wounded

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 24:42


    In our Baccalaureate Service sermon, Mary Beth shares with us from John 4. In His conversation with the Samaritan woman at the well, we see Jesus look past labels and see her. And love her.  Jesus offers us grace, which, like water, flows to the broken places of our lives.

    May 4, 2025 - INTERSECTION - The Most Important Questions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 24:21


    Come to the table: Just like the day on the seashore, Jesus is waiting to meet you. Jesus has answers for your questions. He has questions for you. He is waiting. He wants you to follow him and feed his sheep.

    May 4, 2025 - Traditional - Calling Your Name

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 22:24


    In our Traditional message from May 4, 2025, Andy shares with us from John 21: 1-19. We see Jesus restore Peter. He forgives Peter's sin and restores him.  He calls Peter by his name. Today, Jesus will restore. Listen for Him calling your name.

    April 27, 2025 - INTERSECTION - Why Are You Afraid?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 29:00


    In our INTERSECTION message from April 27, 2025, Mary Beth looks at John 20 19-31. We see Thomas and his doubts, but we also see the disciples and their fear. Why are you afraid? 

    April 27, 2025 - Traditional - Why Are You Afraid?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 18:33


    In our Traditional message from April 27, Brian shares with us from John 20: 19-31. We see the story of Thomas and his doubts, but this is, more importantly, a story of fear. Today, even in light of the resurrection, what are you afraid of?

    April 20. 2025 - INTERSECTION - Easter - He is Risen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 18:20


    In our INTERSECTION Easter message, Brian shares with us from John 20: 1-18.  We as Christians have our great hope, because of Easter. He is risen! 

    April 20, 2025 - Traditional - Easter - Tell the Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 25:02


    In our Easter sermon from our Traditional service, Andy looks at the story of John, Peter, and Mary, and how they came to believe in the resurrection. We don't need any gimmicks. We have the greatest story of all time, as Christians. He is Risen!  He is risen indeed! 

    April 18, 2025 - Good Friday - On the Cross

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 13:12


    In our Good Friday message, Brian shares with us the true power of the cross.

    April 17, 2025 - Maundy Thursday - In the End

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 20:13


    In our Maundy Thursday service, Andy preaches from John 13. Before He goes to the cross, Jesus leaves with His disciples, and each of us, three things. An example of service. The promise of presence. And a new command. 

    April 16, 2025 - Holy Wednesday

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 11:03


    In our Holy Wednesday Message from our combined service with St. Columb's Episcopal Church, Rev. Dr. Natalie Houghtby-Haddon shares about Jesus's all-embracing love, which takes in Peter, Judas, and even each of us. 

    April 13, 2025 - Palm Sunday - Traditional - Can You Feel It?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 22:55


    In our traditional Palm Sunday message, Andy shares with us from Luke 19: 28-40. On this Palm Sunday, we see Jesus enter Jerusalem. The energy is eclectic. But the next step for everyone is always the hardest step.

    April 13, 2025 - Palm Suday - INTERSECTION - Radical Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 26:44


    We welcome our guest preacher, our incoming District Superintendent, the Rev. Trey Haper, to share with us on Palm Sunday from Luke 19: 28-40. Jesus's entry into Jerusalem changed everything. 

    April 6, 2025 - INTERSECTION - Consequences and Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 14:49


    In our INTERSECTION message from April 6, 2025, Brian shares with us from 1 Corinthians 15: 20-22. We are reminded that our sins have consequences, but we always have hope in Jesus. 

    April 6, 2025 - Traditional - Consequences and Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 16:36


    In our Traditional message from April 6, 2025, Andy shares with us from 1 Corinthians 15: 20-22. All are dead through Adam, but through Christ, all can live. We are more than our failures. We can live because of Jesus!

    March 30, 2025 - INTERSECTION - Jesus's Last Temptation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 19:05


    In our INTERSECTION message from March 30, 2025, Brian shares with us from Matthew 4: 1-11. We see Jesus be tempted to worship someone other than God. What do we learn from this for our own lives?

    March 30, 2025 - Traditional - Jesus's Third Temptation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 15:56


    In our Traditional message from March 30, 2023, we look at Jesus's third temptation. This one cuts the heart of all other temptations.  Who are we? Where does our allegiance lie? We also learn this truth - temptation is always a lie.

    March 23, 2025 - INTERSECTION - Jesus's Second Temptation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 29:30


    We return again to Matthew 4: 1-11 as we look at Jesus's temptation.  In our INTERSECTION service from March 23, 2025, Andy shares with us the great choice for Jesus. Would He trust the Father to take care of Him? We face the same choice today. 

    March 23, 2025 - Traditional - Jesus's Second Temptation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 23:20


    In our Traditional message from March 23, 2025, Brian shares with us from Matthew 4: 1-11. We see Jesus wrestle with this temptation: does He really trust the Father to take care of Him? 

    March 16, 2025 - INTERSECTION - Jesus's First Temptation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 21:29


    Over the next few weeks, we'll look more closely at Jesus's temptation.  Today, we look at the first of His three temptations, turning stone into bread. What is the temptation here? What is happening in this text? 

    March 16, 2025 - Traditional: Jesus's First Temptation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 17:31


    Over the next three Sundays, we will examine Jesus's temptations more closely, each individually. Today, we examine the temptation to turn stones into bread. What was happening here? What is this temptation actually about?

    March 9, 2025 - INTERSECTION - Not Overcome

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 22:03


    In the opening sermon for our Lenten series on Temptation, Brian shares with us from 1 Corinthians 10: 11-13. We are not overcome by our temptation!  Jesus is with us! 

    March 9, 2025 - Traditional - Not Overcome

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 20:46


    In the first sermon in our Lenten series "Temptation," Andy shares with us from 1 Corinthians 10: 11-13.  We see how no temptations have ever come upon us that have not been faced before. We are not overcome by temptation, and Jesus shows us the way out! 

    March 5, 2025 - Ash Wednesday - In Secret

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 20:29


    In our Ash Wednesday Sermon from March 5, 2025, we look at Matthew 6: 1-6; 16-21. Jesus tells His followers that when they fast and pray, they should do so in secret. During this Lenten season, may we spend time in secret, giving Jesus the room He needs to draw us close. 

    March 2, 2025 - Traditional - I Am the Vine

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 17:35


    In the last sermon in our "I Am" series, Andy shares with us from John 15:1-5. Here, we see Jesus tell us that He is the vine. But, he also tells us this: we are the branches. And for us to live, we must abide, or be rooted, in Him, and Him alone. 

    March 2, 2025 - INTERSECTION - I Am the Vine

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 17:38


    In our INTERSECTION sermon from March 2, 2025, Brian shares with us John 15: 1-5. We see that Jesus is the vine, and we are the branches. He is our life! 

    February 23, 2025 - INTERSECTION - I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 23:20


    In our INTERSECTION service from February 23, 2025, we see Jesus's words where He tells us that "I AM the way, the truth, and the life."  He is the way to the Father, and His life calls us to walk in the way that He walked.

    February 23, 2025 - Traditional - I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 22:25


    In our Traditional service from February 23, 2025, we see Jesus's words where He tells us that "I AM the way, the truth, and the life."  He is the way to the Father, and His life calls us to walk in the way that He walked.

    February 16, 2025 - INTERSECTION - Emotions

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 20:26


    In our INTERSECTION message from February 16, 2025, our guest preacher Rev. Erin Hicks shares with us about the power of emotion within our lives and our spiritual journey.

    February 16, 2025 - Traditional - I Am the Resurrection

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 17:46


    In our Traditional message from February 16, 2025, our guest preacher Rev. Trey Haper shares with us from John 11:25. What does it mean when Jesus says I Am the Resurrection?

    February 9, 2025 - Traditional - I Am the Good Shepherd

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 21:18


    In our Traditional service from February 9, 2025, Steve Casteel shares with us from John 10: 11; 14.  What does it mean to our faith to say that Jesus is the Good Shepherd?

    February 9, 2025 - INTERSECTION - I am the Good Shepherd

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 22:04


    In our INTERSECTION service from February 9, 2025, Brian shares with us from John 10: 11; 14.  What does it mean to our faith to say that Jesus is the Good Shepherd? 

    February 2, 2025 - INTERSECTION - I Am the Light of the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 17:04


    In our INTERSECTION message from February 2, 2025, Brian shares with us from John 8:12 and 9:5. What does it mean when Jesus says that He is the Light of the World? 

    February 2, 2025 - Traditional - I Am the Light of the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 24:17


    In our Traditional Message, Andy shares with us from John 8:12 and 9:5. As we continue our series "I Am," looking at the I Am statements of Jesus, we talk about what it means to say that Jesus is the Light of the World. How is He light in our lives and in the world? 

    January 26, 2025 - Combined Worship - What Now Shall We Do?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 38:22


    In our Combined Worship service from January 26, 2025,  Bishop Bill McAlilly shares with us from Luke 4: 14-21. Jesus calls us to follow Him. He is the way and He bids us to follow Him, above all else! 

    January 19, 2025 - INTERSECTION - I Am the Bread of Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 17:19


    In our INTERSECTION message, Brian shares with us from John 6: 35-41. Jesus is the bread of life. What does this mean to our life and to our faith? 

    January 19, 2025 - Traditional - I Am the Bread of Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 24:16


    In our Traditional message from January 19, 2025, Andy shares with us from John 6: 35-41.  In the first of our series about the "I Am statements of Jesus, we see that He is the Bread. We unpack what it means to feast on the goodness of Jesus. 

    January 12, 2025 - INTERSECTION - Promises

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 23:41


    In our INTERSECTION message from January 12, 2025, Brian shares with us from Luke 3: 15-22.  We see here the power of the promises that are made by us and to us in our baptism.

    January 12, 2025 - Traditional - Promises

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 21:55


    In our Traditional message from January 12, 2025, Andy shares from Luke 2: 15-22. On this Baptism of the Lord Sunday, we talk about the promises we make to God in our baptism, but more importantly, we talk about the promise God makes to us.

    January 5, 2025 - INTERSECTION - The Wideness of God's Mercy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 24:36


    In our INTERSECTION message from Epiphany, Brian shares from Matthews 2: 1-12. In the Wise Men, we see how wide God's mercy is for us!

    January 5, 2025 - Traditional - The Wideness of God's Mercy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 18:20


    In our Traditional message from Ephiphany, Andy shares with us from Matthew 2: 1-12. We see the story of the Wise Men, but more than this, we see the first impression of who Jesus is. We see the wideness of God's mercy. 

    December 29, 2024 - Combined Worship: Put on Christ

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 18:06


    In our Combined Worship from January 29, 2024, Brian shares with us words to live by in 2025. We should put on Christ!

    December 24, 2024 - Christmas Eve - Watch

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 19:35


    In our Christmas Eve sermon, Andy shares with us from Luke 2: 1-20. Mary saw all that had happened that night and treasured it. May we watch what God is doing and treasure it as well.

    December 22, 2024 - INTERSECTION - Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 21:09


    In our December 22, 2024, INTERSECTION service, Brian shares with us from Luke 1: 39-45.  We see the power of love in this Christmas Season. 

    December 22, 2024 - Traditional - Come Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 20:37


    In our Traditional message from December 22, 2024, Andy shares with us from Luke 1: 39-45. Mary needed safety and welcome. Where did she go? She went home. So can we. Come home. Come home to faith, to church and community, to Jesus. 

    December 8, 2024 - INTERSECTION - Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 15:50


    In our INTERSECTION message from December 8, 2024, Brian shares with us from Luke 3: 1-6. Because of Jesus, we can have peace.

    December 8, 2024 - Traditional - What is Peace?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 14:29


    In our Traditional message from December 8, 2024, Andy shares with us from Luke 3: 1-6. We can have hope because God is at work. We can have peace because God is in control.

    December 1, 2024 - Traditional - Lift Up Your Heads

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 20:28


    In our Traditional message from the First Sudnay of Advent, Andy shares with us from Luke 21: 25-36. We see Jesus telling us to be prepared. Look up. In this world of gray, look for green. Keep your heads up. Hope is always coming! 

    December 1, 2024 - INTERSECTION - Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 17:39


    In our INTERSECTION message from December 1, 2024, Brian, on this first Sunday of Advent, reminds us of the importance of living in hope. 

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