Viewing Posts found in the Outside the Box category. | View all posts
Committment,
Outside the Box,
Outside the Box with Pastor David Christy: Gratitude for Your Commitment
Dear Fellow Ministers, This “Outside The Box” is all about Gratitude. Thank you for your commitment to Christ and the ways you live out commitment. I continue to be amazed at the beautiful ways you offer the love of Christ to each other, our community, and our world. Our commitment is made stronger by the commitments of the community, and...
Outside the Box,
Outside the Box with Pastor David Christy: Remember Your Why
Dear Fellow Ministers, There has been a great thought shared across disciplines over the last decade or so to “remember your why.” I love that idea because it moves us from a more transactional experience to one that is heartfelt. We don’t just do things for the sake of doing them, but for a reason. Our collective “why” as followers...
Outside the Box,
Outside the Box with Pastor David Christy: A Gift to the Kingdom
Dear Fellow Ministers, I heard three times on Sunday about how incredibly receptive you all are as a church! Dr. Heath, our guest preacher, mentioned it. I received a text from someone who views our services online and they were saying how the joy “oozes through” the computer screen. Then at a Metro District event on Sunday afternoon, a clergyperson...
Outside the Box,
Outside the Box with Pastor David Christy: “Be” Church
Dear Fellow Ministers, We are so very blessed to get to “be” Church. Thank you for the countless ways you live your faith. It excites me to see the ways your faith is lived “outside the box” in everyday relationships and in the ways you extend the reach of Matthews UMC into the community. It is an honor for me...
Outside the Box,
Outside the Box with Pastor David Christy: The Power of Presence
Dear Fellow Ministers, As always, there is SO much happening at Matthews UMC, and people are active in Reaching, Teaching, Praising, and Serving! This past Sunday, we were led in our three morning worship services (view here) by our amazing youth. We thank our youth for the leadership they bring to our church. As Pastor Corey stated, “They are not...
Outside the Box,
Outside the Box with Pastor David Christy: Depth of Discipleship
Dear Fellow Ministers, I continue to be amazed and inspired by the amazing ministries of MUMC! Thank you for being engaged in a depth of discipleship that the world is needing. Pastor Susan and I have been honored to be guests of so many ministries over our first three months. Each one we leave amazed at the good these ministries...
Outside the Box,
Outside the Box with Pastor David Christy: Generosity of Spirit
Dear Fellow Ministers, It is always good to get to worship together, and this past week’s worship was amazing: great music, presentation of Bibles to our 1st graders, and Pastor Susan had a wonderful sermon about remembering our origins as Christian Community. You can view the service here. Thank you for your patience as the work continues on the Sanctuary...
Outside the Box,
Outside the Box with Pastor David Christy: Outward Thinking
Dear Fellow Ministers, It is always fun to get into God’s Word and to seek what it might say to us today. We are currently working through a series called Christian Community In A Me, My, Mine World. Our worship leaders talk every week about worship – quite in depth. We spend time assessing the previous week’s worship and looking...
Outside the Box,
Outside the Box with Pastor David Christy: Making our Shared Ministry Stronger
Dear Fellow Ministers, Pastor Susan and I had the remarkable privilege of being “on-boarded” by staff and lay leaders last week. We were led by Rev. Amy Coles, Assistant to Bishop Carter, and it was amazing. We know much more about needs, desires, and history than we did before, and it is our prayer that this work will make our...
