Shelbyville First Church of the Nazarene

09/11/2026

JOIN US to say good bye to summer! Lots of fun for all!!

09/11/2026

National Back to Church Sunday is September 20, 2026.

If you haven't been to church in a while, or maybe ever, we want to invite you to join us at Shelbyville Nazarene. We promise you will love it, because you will be loved!

Sunday School begins at 9am and Worship begins at 10am.

We have activities for nursery through forever!

09/09/2026

Join us Sundays at 10:00AM, September-October for our P.E.A.K sermon series, "When Life Throws Stones." Check out all the resources below.

09/04/2026

Every Sunday morning at 9 AM we have Sunday school classes and small groups for all ages. Come join us!

09/04/2026

09/03/2026

This Sunday night!!! Join us!

09/01/2026

Just a little Tuesday Thought from the heart of a pastor:

If you’re struggling with something at your church; a frustration, a change, a song, a sermon, a relationship, a decision, or something else, what if, instead of withdrawing and doing less or attending less, you tried MORE?

More prayer: for the situation and for yourself.
More time in God’s Word.
More Sundays spent in worship and at the altar.
More time in Sunday School, Bible study, or a small group.
More time building others up and being built up.
More time thinking more about others and less about self.
More of Jesus and less of you.

The truth is: the more we lean into Jesus, the less room we have for the things that aren’t nearly as dear to the heart of Jesus.

So, when you’re frustrated, don’t go for less, go for more!

Pray more.
Love more.
Serve more.
Worship more.
Give more.
Forgive more.
Seek Jesus more.

Don’t let frustration pull you away from the very place and the people where and with whom God may want to transform you

09/01/2026

Join us Sundays at 10am September-October as we talk about the stones life throws at us, the stones we have to throw, the stones we carry, the stones that are in our way, and how we can use those stones to build altars and remember who God is and what God can do!

09/01/2026

Remember When

When our boys were younger, they would spend a couple of weeks each summer up in Ohio with my folks. One year, to get the boys back home, the plan was to meet my parents in Gatlinburg to retrieve them. That trip became a core memory for our family. The boys will never forget, and often recall, the time they spent with Nanny in Papa in the cabin “Remember Me” in the mountains of East Tennessee.

We are fascinated by memory in our world. Our Facebook feeds remind us regularly that “You have memories with…” We create restaurants to remind us of yesteryear like the “Starliner Diner” in Pigeon Forge. Television channels serve to remind us of the shows we watched decades ago like “Nick at Nite” and “MeTV.” We collect trinkets and mementos of the past like keepsakes and souvenirs. We graze through year books and photo albums to, in the words of Allen Jackson, “Remember When.”

Memory is important to us. We love to remember. But we also too often forget. That was one of the major problems for the people of God throughout all of scripture. God would do these mighty and amazing things, he led them out of slavery, provided mana in the wilderness, water from a rock, protection in the dessert, he helped slay giants, and yet, time after time, the people looked back and instead on seeing what God had done, all the saw was the trouble they were in.

In Joshua 4, when the people finally cross the river Jordan into the Promised Land, Josuha tells the people to take stones and build an altar in order to remember what God done for them, that they should teach it to their children, and that the stones
“shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever.”

I want to challenge you to take a few moments each week, begin right now, and look back, reflect, and remember. Where has God met with you? Provided for you? Led you through? Write down three things that God has done, three rocks that he used to remind you of His promises and take time to build an altar and remember when!

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