Andy Talks

In our INTERSECTION message from July 17, we see Nehemiah's speech to rally his people in Nehemiah 4: 10-14?  How does he inspire the people to fight?  To fight for their families.  Do we fight for our families?  

In our message from July 10, 2022, we look at passages in Nehemiah that show us this. Being faithful, rebuilding the wall is not always easy, in fact, more often than not we will face opposition.  Internal opposition and external opposition.  But being faithful is always worth it. 

Preaching revival at Chapel of the Cross UMC in Columbia, MS, I preach from Acts 7.  I share how God has redeemed and used all the tragedies in my life; my mother's murder, family losses, and even my recent cancer and health issues.  God can redeem and use all of life, even the hard parts, if we will let Him.  

In Nehemiah 2: 11-20, we look at Nehemiah taking and honest inspection of the wall.  It was in bad shape. It needed to be rebuilt.  Until we know where we are and where we stand, we can't fully rebuilt.  But we want to make sure we rebuilt to be who God is calling us to be, not rebuilding on nostalgia and what we used to be.  

In our Traditional message from June 19 we look at Nehemiah 2: 1-8.  Today we see that Nehemiah is motivated to rebuild the wall because he remembers his people. As we rebuild, we need to remember the importance of our community here, remember our mission, and remember how much we love each other.  

In our Traditional sermon from June 12, Andy shares from Nehemiah 1: 1-11.  We look at what happened after the exile to Jerusalem. The wall needed to be rebuilt.  It took everyone. Post COVID, we need to rebuild. We are a different church now than we were before.  To rebuild, it will take all of us. Will you be a part?  

In John 17: 20-26, we see Jesus pray that the church may be one. We don't often think about unity as an important virtue of the church, but we see how important it was to Jesus today. What does it mean to have unity, and how is that something we can do? 

In our message from our Traditional service from May 22, 2022, Andy shares with us from Acts 16: 9-15. We see in this passage that our job is not the be the hero and save the world, our job is simply to be faithful in join in what God is already doing. 

A uniform identifies what a person does or who a person is.  In our INTERSECTION service from May 15, 2022, Andy shares with us from John 13: 31-35.  Jesus tells us that the uniform we were, as His followers, is love. 

In our Traditional message from May 8, 2022, Mother's Day, Andy shares from John 14: 23-29.  What is it that holds our families together?  What is it that holds our church together? What are our birthmarks?