Saint Matthew United Methodist Church

  • Kids’ News

    Sue Kelcey

    Be at church early this Sunday! We will have lots of eggs for our kids to find! The Easter Bunny told me that there are a lot of goodies in the eggs!

    Be at church by 9:45. Our Easter Egg Hunt will begin at 10:00 sharp. Please do not be late!

    Bring Mom and Dad to help you open all your eggs! You may be the lucky one to find the Golden Egg! We will have crafts in the fellowship hall that you can work on before our hunt! Remember that time — 9:45!! We will have a movie and popcorn during church for all you kids to enjoy while Mom and Dad are in church!

    This last Sunday our kids carried in palm leaves and shouted as they entered church! All this shouting was to welcome Jesus as he entered Jerusalem. People were excited as Jesus entered the city, they gave him the same greeting that a king would receive in those days. They spread palm leaves and their clothes on the road for Jesus to walk on.

    As Jesus passed, the crowds shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord.” By riding a donkey instead of a horse, Jesus said that he came in peace. We can remember the palm leaves as a symbol and a way to praise God.

    See you all in church on Sunday! Blessings

  • Saint Matthew Today for March 27, 2024

    Jason Hardy
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  • 2413 – Provocation

    Jason Hardy
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  • Friday’s Word

    Max Brennan

    Can We Be Certain?

    Jeffrey Long, a radiation oncologist, was fascinated by near-death experiences.

    And for 30 years he has studied them as a scientist and a doctor. He has also written extensively about them. He now says he is certain there is life after death.

    Being “certain” about life after death may seem strange to you. But you can also be certain.

    All you have to do is what Dr. Long has done:

    Look at the evidence.

    I once heard a teacher at Perkins, our Methodist seminary at SMU, deride certainty—and people who claimed to be certain.

    He said, “The opposite of faith is not doubt, it is certainty.”

    He would define faith as trusting things we can’t be certain about. Trusting things that may turn out to be wrong.


    That means he teaches future ministers of the Gospel things that he feels are only possibly true.

    But they may be wrong.

    In other words, faith is a guessing game.

    I don’t believe that.

    I’m with Jeffrey Long.

    If you look at the evidence long enough, you can come to conclusions.

    You can reach certainty.

    I am certain about the Resurrection.

    I have found that, when God does a work among us, God will always give us sufficient evidence to believe it.

    The evidence for the Resurrection is more than sufficient.

    When I stand in the pulpit on Easter Sunday morning, I will tell a story I know to be true.

    Join us.

    But remember—the only way to Easter is through the Cross. Good Friday worship is at 7:00 p.m.

    A week away.

    Easter is 11:00 a.m.

    Come. Behold what God has done for love of us.

  • Max’s Corner

    Max Brennan

    Palm Sunday

    Holy Week begins.

    The entrance into Jerusalem.

    Remembered in our Parade of the Palms.

    It’s a day of celebration, with our Palm Sunday dinner after worship.

    We need food.

    We passed a sign-up sheet last week. If you did not see it, you can still bring something. (I think a lot of people did not see the list and the sign-up looked insufficient. If you want to know what is needed, call Linda Parker: 817 296 0064.)

    Palm Sunday is a great Sunday.

    And we need kids to carry the palms!

    Breakfast

    None this week.

    We have lunch after.

    Holy Week Services

    The two Holy Week services are important.

    I hope they are important to you.

    Mary will lead the Maundy Thursday service. It may be a little different. It may not. Depending on what Mary decides. Let us gather on the anniversary of the Last Supper our Lord had with the disciples.

    It was important for him.

    Let it be for us.

    Good Friday this year WILL be different. It will feature a life-sized reproduction of the image on the Shroud (of Turin). It will assist us as we follow Jesus in the last hours of his life.

    This is one of the most important services of the year. I hope it is important to you.

    See you Sunday. Palm Sunday.

    What joy!—What love awaits us in the coming week of worship!

    Remember plastic eggs and candy for the kids.

    Remember kids for the palm processional and for the Easter egg hunt on Easter.

    God bless—MB