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The Beauty In Being A United Methodist Christian

7th Sunday after Pentecost Just these lines, my friends … … to say it was wonderful to gather at Matthews United Methodist (MUMC) this past Sunday to worship God and celebrate our nation’s birthday. What a glorious day! Moving music, great patriotic outfits and hopefully a little inspiration along the way. If you missed it, I hope you’ll watch here....
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E Pluribus Unum

6th Sunday after Pentecost | 4th of July Celebration Just these lines, my friends … … to say that bringing leeches to church on Sunday was a new one for me. I’ve used a lot of visual aids in my day, but never leeches. If you missed my sermon (actually a sermon that was made possible by the extraordinary contributions...
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Father’s Day

Father’s Day | 4th Sunday after Pentecost  Just these lines, my friends … … to say it is wonderful seeing your faces again on Sundays. One person told me, “So many familiar faces and all smiles.” Thanks be to God. And the worship of God’s people called Matthews United Methodist (MUMC) was so rich. Our music and so much more...
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Lessons from the Shepherd

2nd Sunday after Pentecost | June 2, 2021 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that on Monday I had the privilege of participating in our Town of Matthews Memorial Day Ceremony as well as the dedication of the new Matthews Veterans Memorial Park, sponsored by the Hooks-Orr American Legion Post of Matthews. It was a magnificent morning,...
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Memorial Day & Protocol Update

2nd Sunday after Pentecost | May 26, 2021 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that we are so excited to welcome you back into our sacred space in the days ahead. You have been so patient, but the time has come for us to move towards fully returning to in-person reaching, teaching, praising and serving! Please be...
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Crazy

Day of Pentecost | May 19, 2021 Just these lines, my friends … … to say we’ve anticipated this past Sunday for a long time. We couldn’t have Confirmation in May of 2020 due to the pandemic, so this year brought the Confirmation of two classes. Below are the names of the young people who professed their faith to follow...
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Confirmation

7th Sunday of Easter | Confirmation Sunday Just these lines, my friends … … to say it was a splendid day of worship as so many of you returned to the sacred space of our Sanctuary. I’m trusting that it won’t be too long before we open this space up to all with unlimited capacity. In the meantime, you can...
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Mother’s Day

6th Sunday of Easter | Mother’s Day | May 5, 2021 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that I’m so excited to see you on Sunday! (Please make reservations here.) This will be our first Sunday to re-gather with a maximum of 175 in each Sanctuary service. It is crazy the emotions I’ve been feeling upon seeing...
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Things I Love

5th Sunday of Easter | April 28, 2021 Just these lines, my friends … … to say that I’m loving the privilege that is mine to see your faces again in Sunday morning worship. We have one more week of our test groups and then Sunday, May 9, we will open to all, or at least the first 175 who...