Just These Lines Pastor Blog

14th Sunday after Pentecost Just these lines, my friends … … to say what a remarkable weekend: volunteers with Home2Home Ministry driving all over the area picking up and delivering furniture; vaccines being administered at our vaccination clinic; youth kicking off the United Youth season; families with small children gathering for fun and community; folks from several Matthews’ churches gathering...

13th Sunday after Pentecost  Just these lines, my friends … … to say that it is sure good to be back at church this week. My days away provided rest, relaxation, peace and so much more. Thank you for being a church that is so generous with your staff and community and our need to rest and re-create. Have you...

12th Sunday after Pentecost Just these lines, my friends … … to say that I’ve been taking some additional vacation days. Karen and I traveled to Nashville to be with our daughter MacKenzie in an annual event for the college women’s ministry she leads called Delight. I’m writing to you from the Catholic Conference Center in Hickory. In an hour...

11th Sunday after Pentecost Just these lines, my friends … … to say it was another beautiful Sunday at Matthews United Methodist! As always, the day included inspiring music, moving prayers and the captivating reading of Holy Scripture. I continued our worship series, “Why I am Enthusiastically a United Methodist Christian.” You can watch my sermon Because Practice Makes Perfect...

10th Sunday after Pentecost Just these lines, my friends … … to say that I was so excited to introduce our Habitat for Humanity family, Marie and two of her boys (Prince and Celestine) to you this past Sunday. Are they not a beautiful family? Imagine a mother and her 5 boys living 16 years in a tent made for three persons …...

9th Sunday after Pentecost Just these lines, my friends … … to say that the halls of Matthews United Methodist (MUMC) were rumbling this past week with our Rainbow Campers. It was glorious. Thank you, Rainbow Express Ministries and our United Youth kids and staff who gave so much of themselves, through the week. Though I was watching from Blowing...

8th Sunday after Pentecost Just these lines, my friends … … to say what a special day celebrating Madeline Kamp in worship and then afterwards in The Commons. The morning came with surprises as well, with two of our former pastors, Ken Lyon and Linda Kelly coming along to honor Madeline. Click here to watch our Deep Kids celebrating Madeline...

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....

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...