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  • Mary’s Corner

    Mary Teague

    Hello all! I am so excited about our Saturday Night Concert Series this fall. Beginning this Saturday, September 20th at 6:00 PM, we will be entertained by the MSB Gospel Choir. (I have learned what MSB stands for, but I’ll let them share on Saturday.) Thanks to your generosity, we will be able to make a wonderful contribution to Eastside Community Assistance for September.

    We can also look forward to another brilliant show on October 25th at 6:00 PM, when All Peoples Church will perform the musical Lazarus in our Saint Matthew Auditorium. Dinner will follow both concerts.

    For this Saturday, we need desserts. Our meal will be hamburgers and hotdogs with all the trimmings. We also need folks to help with set-up at 5:00 PM and clean-up after the festivities. And remember—I have 6 tickets to give away. If you haven’t purchased a ticket because $25 is a lot, please come to the concert anyway! There will be room and plenty of food for all.

    Our dear and wonderful Faith Salfen is working daily to get the church cleaned and ready for the event. If you’re able to help with this, it would be greatly appreciated. Faith will be at the church Wednesday and Thursday afternoons beginning around 12:30. Thank you, Faith, for the love you show our church through your work!

    Finally, I will be preaching in a couple of weeks. The sermon will be about lenses and the way we see the world. I hope you can join us every week—either in person or online at saintmatthewumc.com. The good news of Jesus Christ is shared each week in our worship and in our proclamation of God’s message to His beloved children.

    I look forward to seeing you,

    – Mary

  • Kids’ News – Moses and the Burning Bush

    Sue Kelcey
    A realistic painting of Moses standing barefoot in the desert, holding a staff and gazing in awe at the burning bush. The flames blaze brightly without consuming the bush, casting a warm glow on Moses’ face, while the backdrop shows a sunset sky over distant mountains.

    Last week, we met Moses as a baby floating in a basket, saved from the river by Pharaoh’s daughter. He grew up in Egypt, but now the story takes a surprising turn.

    One day, while Moses was tending sheep in the wilderness, he saw something strange. A bush was on fire, but it didn’t burn up! Curious, he came closer. Then he heard a voice:

    “Moses! Moses!”

    “Here I am,” Moses answered.

    God spoke from the flames:

    “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. I have seen the suffering of my people in Egypt. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring them out.”

    Moses was afraid. He whispered, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh?” He felt unworthy because of his past mistakes. But God gave him a promise:

    “I will be with you.”

    God was not choosing Moses because he was perfect, but because He had a great plan—and Moses was part of it!

    What We Learned:

    • God can speak to us in surprising ways.
    • We don’t have to be perfect for God to use us.
    • When God calls us, He promises to be with us.
    • With God’s help, we can do important things for Him.

    See you in church Sunday as we follow Moses to see where God will lead His people next!

  • Newsletter for September 17, 2025

    Jason Hardy
    2025-09-17 St Matthew TodayDownload

  • Lost and Found

    Jason Hardy
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  • Friday’s Word

    Max Brennan

    I teach a class as well as preach most Sundays. I asked my class, “How do we handle it when a scriptural word disagrees with the teachings of Jesus?”

    Example from the Flood Story: “The Lord was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved his heart.”

    A God who goofs and is sorry for his mistake is not the God of the Gospels. God doesn’t goof. Jesus tells us in Matthew 5:48 that God is perfect. God is also omnipotent. So, God knew what we would be before God made us.

    It is not possible to reconcile that word from Genesis with the God we know through Jesus. But many Christians try. They are forced to, for they have built their faith on the idea that the whole Bible is inerrant.

    But we know that’s not true. I say “we” know it. Anyone who can read and think knows it. But scriptural inerrantists are taught not to think. They are taught not to believe their own eyes, not to read the clear meaning of words on a page.

    Result: The teachings of Jesus lose their authority, for the perfect God he proclaims must also be a God who goofs and grieves his mistakes. The God of perfect love must also be a God who destroys his creation.

    The Flood Story is a great story. But it is very bad theology.

    There is a center of authority within the Bible, and that center is Jesus. His word stands above all others. John tells us he is the Word.

    Of course, folks in my class knew this already. They can all read.

    Come. Worship with us.

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