About Us
Hello! My name is Jacob Lancaster, and I have the great job and privilege of serving here as a pastor at St. Matthews United Methodist Church. I am really glad you are checking out our website and looking at our church.
I am really proud of our community and the ways we are committed to loving others through deep, real, and concrete ways, whether they are officially part of our St. Matthews community or part of our broader community here in Morganton. We are also really committed to loving God through worship, prayer, and studying, and we would love for you to join us on Sunday at 11 AM here at 201 Shady Rest Rd, Morganton, NC 28655.
Feel free to continue checking out our website and do not hesitate to reach out through the contact details we have listed here on the website. I really just want to invite you to come and be part of worship with us, service, and in our mission to love God and love one another. Thank you!
Hello! My name is Jacob Lancaster, and I have the great job and privilege of serving here as a pastor at St. Matthew United Methodist Church. I am really glad you are checking out our website and looking at our church.
I am really proud of our community and the ways we are committed to loving others through deep, real, and concrete ways, whether they are officially part of our St. Matthew’s community or part of our broader community here in Morganton. We are also really committed to loving God through worship, prayers, and studying, and we would love for you to join us on Sunday at 11 AM here at 201 Shady Rest Rd, Morganton, NC 28655.
Feel free to continue checking out our website and do not hesitate to reach out through the contact details we have listed here on the website. I really just want to invite you to come and be part of worship with us, service, and in our mission to love God and love one another. Thank you!
Visitor Information
Worship Times
Worship services are at 11am on Sundays and last around an hour!
Clothing
Please wear what you are comfortable wearing! Some people wear button down shirt/slacks or nice blouses with a skirt/nice pants, and some people wear a T-shirt and jeans.
Worship Style
We tend to use traditional Methodist hymns with a pianist, but we will have contemporary Christian music playing. It tends to be intimate and friendly, and there are opportunities to voice prayer concerns and how God is working in your life.
Events
Regular Events
December 2025
Sunday December 7
- 10:00 am – 10:45 am
- Sunday School
- 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
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Sunday WorshipSanctuary
Sunday December 14
- 10:00 am – 10:45 am
- Sunday School
- 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
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Sunday WorshipSanctuary
Sunday December 21
- 10:00 am – 10:45 am
- Sunday School
Special Events
December 2025
Sunday December 7
- 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
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Advent Series: A Desert in Bloom (Isaiah 35:1-10; James 5:7-10)Sanctuary
Guest Preacher: Rev. Logan Miller, Pastor at Glen Alpine UMC
- 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
- Christmas Covered Dish Meal: All are welcome!
Sunday December 14
- 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
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Advent Series Pulpit Swap: A Tangible Hope (Isaiah 11:1-10; Romans 15:4-13)Sanctuary
Guest Preacher: Rev. Monica Childers, Pastor at Salem UMC
Sunday December 21
- 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Advent Series: Somewhere between Heaven and Hell (Isaiah 7:10-16; Romans 1:1-7)
- 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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Special Service: Blue Christmas Service at Salem UMC1206 Salem Rd, Morganton
Join us in partnership with Salem UMC and Glen Alpine UMC at Salem UMC for a time of gathering, worship, and testimony that honors that Christmas is often a time of grief and pain and yet Christ bears with us in both joy and pain!
Online Giving
Contact
201 Shady Rest Rd, Morganton, NC 28655
1-828-437-5420
pastor@stmatthewsmorganton.org
Business hours by appointment