St. Matthew's UMC Weekly Sermons

St Matthew's United Methodist Church, Annandale, VA
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Come and be inspired by the Word. St. Matthew's United Methodist church is located in Annandale, VA. We are a home for All God's Children. For more information visit our website at stmatthewsumc.org.

  1. 12h ago

    Grateful In Every Season: When It's Good

    🍂 Grateful in Every Season 🍂 Yesterday in worship, we began our new series, Grateful in Every Season, and explored simple ways to show gratitude for the many blessings in our lives. So, how can we put gratitude into practice? Here are this week's Next Steps: ❤️ 1. Say Thank You – Express gratitude to God, friends, coworkers, and family members. 🙏 2. Count Your Blessings – Take time to write down the things you are thankful for, big and small. 🎁 3. Give Back to God – Show your gratitude through generosity, service, and sharing your blessings with others. Gratitude isn't just something we feel—it's something we practice every day! What are you grateful for today? 🍁

    Grateful In Every Season: When It's Good

  2. Nov 2

    The Question of Suffering: How Do I Move Forward?

    We concluded our Questions of Suffering series by exploring How Do We Move Forward? We learned that grief is the experience of loss, while lament is what we do with that grief. Lament is bringing our pain honestly to God, trusting that He is still with us. We move forward with both lament and hope. Here are this week's Next Steps: Hold the tension between high lament and high hope. Pray the Psalms. Write your own laments. Don't walk alone. ❤️ Even in our suffering, God is with us, and hope remains.

    The Question of Suffering: How Do I Move Forward?

  3. Oct 26

    The Question of Suffering: Can I find Meaning?

    God through the Holy Spirit can take our surrendered suffering and repurpose it into something that makes us more like Jesus. Here are the next steps. 1. Create a surrender prayer card i.e. "God, I don't understand this, but I give it to you. Make something of it." 2. Write your valley down (Psalm 23), name it to pray over it. 3. List 3 gifts a valley revealed. 4. Reach out to someone in a valley. Let them know you love them and care.

    The Question of Suffering: Can I find Meaning?

  4. Oct 21

    The Question of Suffering? Why Me?

    Why Me? Yesterday in worship, we explored one of life's most difficult questions: “Why me?” Pastor Gordon reminded us of the hope we have in the resurrection—that one day, everything sad will become untrue. God is not the cause of our suffering, but He is always with us through it. Here are this week's Next Steps: Say your “why” out loud to God. Bring your questions and struggles to Him. Show up for one person. Be a reminder of God's love to someone who is hurting. Look to the cross when you're tempted to doubt God's love. No matter what you're going through, remember that God is with you, even in the midst of suffering.

    The Question of Suffering? Why Me?

  5. Oct 13

    The Question of Suffering: Where is God?

    Next steps: 1. Pray the 23rd Psalm every day this week. 2. Try contemplative prayer sitting quietly in the presence of God. 3. If you're suffering, tell someone you trust. 4. If you know someone who is suffering, reach out to them this week and be an example of God's loving presence in their life.

    The Question of Suffering: Where is God?

  6. Oct 5

    Words of Life

    Our everyday words are powerful. Do we build people up or do we tear them down? Our words matter. The focus is on our words and how we can do our best to build people up. Matthew 12:33-37.

    Words of Life

  7. Sep 28

    How to Complain Without Complaining

    There is a faithful to way to talk about things that frustrate us, disappoint us and lead us into seasons of discontent. Jesus teaches to bring our concerns directly to one another with honesty and prayer and above all love.

    How to Complain Without Complaining

  8. Sep 24

    Complaint Free Living

    We are the salt and light of the world, and we change it from within. Complaint is the greatest obstruction to our witness.

    Complaint Free Living
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Come and be inspired by the Word. St. Matthew's United Methodist church is located in Annandale, VA. We are a home for All God's Children. For more information visit our website at stmatthewsumc.org.

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    St Matthew's United Methodist Church, Annandale, VA
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    2026
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