Outside the Box: The Day The Church Was Born

Dear Fellow Ministers,

What a glorious Sunday we had last week! 14 young people professed faith in Jesus Christ and joined Matthews UMC (MUMC) through Confirmation. That is a big deal. There was amazing music with the MUMC Orchestra at the 8:15 and 11 am services, Wendi Moskowitz sang a beautiful song, “Come To Me,” and as always our Praise Team was incredible at 9:30 am. On Ascension Sunday, we talked about it being our turn to step up as disciples. View this link to our 9:30 and 11 am online worship. Sharing the link to our streams on YouTube is a great way to invite someone to worship with us, by the way! You can also share my weekly video!

The busy-ness of May continues for MUMC this week. Regular administrative meetings are taking place, and new task force has been formed to plan how we can best tell our story when we celebrate our 150th anniversary in 2027. We are so blessed to stand in a long line of faithful people who formed Matthews UMC!

This coming Sunday is Pentecost, a REALLY big day in the life of The Church. It is the day The Church was born through the power of the Holy Spirit. We encourage everyone to wear red, which signifies “what seemed like individual flames of fire alighting on each one of them” (Acts 2:3). For the next twelve weeks in worship, we will hear short “experiences of the Holy Spirit” from people in our church and community. My hope is that the people sharing these experiences will remind us that we all interact with the Holy Spirit in different ways.

I hope you will read through Acts 2:1-21 as God forms a sermon in us. Be ready to hear the scripture in a new way. I am honored to get to be one of the pastors here. I hope you can join in worship, and invite someone else to join us, at 8:15, 9:30 or 11 am for English-speaking services, or 12:30 pm for our Spanish-speaking service. I look forward to being in ministry with you this week!

In Christ,
David Christy

Did you know that with support from the MUMC Community, donating & purchasing baked goods, the United Women in Faith raised $685 for their Scholarship Fund, enabling us to continue providing two $1,500 scholarships for college students? Thank you to all who helped!

Did you know that the 2nd Annual Mental Health Fair provided much-needed resources to our community this past Saturday? Attendees were thrilled with the wonderful conversations, workshops & giveaways. Children enjoyed a regulation station, and police officers talked about the Crisis Intervention Team, an important team to know about in case of a mental health crisis.

Did you know that a group of MUMC volunteers provided food and served at the Staff Appreciation luncheon for Greenway Park Elementary? All enjoyed this end-of-year event! Greenway Park Elementary is one of the groups supported by MUMC Global Impact.

Did you know that the Global Impact Missions team and Global Impact Champions met for dessert & conversation on May 13? Champions serve all 25 ministries supported by your Global Impact giving. These committed individuals are the eyes and ears connecting us to each partner. THANK YOU, Champions, for answering the call to serve! Learn about our mission partners.