St. Stephen United Methodist Church St. Stephen United Methodist Church, Charlotte, NC

Pastor Ken takes us into part two of our worship mini-series, “The Power of…” exploring the power of community, the crowd, and words. Catch part one of the series, “The Power of: Community.” This week, we explore The Crowd. There’s something that happens when we come together. The crowd can reenergize us. It offers support. […]

Pastor Ken kicks off a short sermon series, “The Power of…” exploring the power of community, the crowd, and words. This Sunday, we’ll explore how the early church experienced community and their commitment to doing life together. It was all about the quality and not the quantity of their relationships. Through building quality relationships, the […]

In this Pentecost message, Associate Pastor Jesse Enniss encourages us to consider how our own cultural backgrounds and identities have made us feel included or excluded, and how our unique differences inform the creation and building of a unified church community. Sermon Reflections: How does the confusion of languages at the Tower of Babel compare […]

On this Mother’s Day, Pastor Ken delivers a message exploring the “marks of a mother.” The mothers and women in our lives leave impressions that reflect the One who made us. The highest calling for any person — man or woman — is simply to reflect the marks, the characteristics of the One who created […]

Pastor Ken delivers the final message in our worship series, “Distorted: Misunderstood Passages of Scripture.” Last week, we explored hope. Earlier, we explored judgement and our first message examined “unanswered prayers.” This week, we turn our attention to a passage of scripture and a common phrase it inspired: “God won’t give you more than you can […]

Pastor Ken delivers the third message in our new worship series, “Distorted: Misunderstood Passages of Scripture.” Last week, we explored judgement, and our first message examined “unanswered prayers.” This week, we turn our attention to the concept of hope. Sermon Reflections: False Hope vs. True Hope: Pastor Ken contrasts “false hope” with “true hope.” What is […]