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Tenth Street United Methodist Church is a community of faith, which is grounded in tradition and elevated by a desire to serve. Worship services offer the familiar comfort of classic hymns and liturgy alongside thoughtful messages relating Scripture to the world we face today. Additional opportunites for spiritual growth include

Sunday morning discussion-based Bible Study, week night topic-driven study series and other periodic/seasonal programs. We strive to participate actively in the Taylor community and serve our neighbors directly, while also offering our prayers and gifts to missions locally and world-wide. Tenth Street UMC found its origins in services conducted in 1896-1898 in the homes of Taylor's early Swedish settlers. In 1900, this group founded the Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church, North. They purchased the chapel of another disbanded congregation and the membership grew. In 1911, the sanctuary was moved to its current site at the corner of Tenth Street and Hackberry. It was not until 1935 that English became the language in regular use. Eventually, changes in the Methodist church structure lead to the church being renamed Tenth Street United Methodist Church. Though there have been several remodels and additions over the years, the congregation continues to worship in the original sanctuary today.

05/31/2026

“Prune Thyself”
With apologies, there were some audio difficulties in the earlier part of the service, but they were rectified well before the sermon.

(Today’s message is delivered by Certified Lay Speaker Heidi Cooper as Pastor Travis Summerlin continues his recovery from surgery.)

We only have so much time and we need to decide how to best use that time. In relationship to the use of our time, the “Book of Mysteries” talks about pruning ourselves just as we prune trees to make them healthier and stronger.

How do we identify which areas of our lives need to be pruned?

Branches that we know aren’t healthy for us are an easy choice. These are dead branches that no longer strengthen our walk with God.

Branches that are blocking sunlight, branches that hinder us from growing in God’s kingdom, often produce some result but block other branches that would be more fruitful.

A good tree pruner also removes the lowest branches. In terms of our lives these are basically distractions that draw away time and energy. It can be difficult to give up those activities with which we have become comfortable but which aren’t productive.

Another area for pruning is removing other people’s branches off our tree. In most churches 20% of the people do most of the work. If we find ourselves overwhelmed and unhappy would it be better to step aside, prune those branches, and choose to serve in another way?

If we regularly hold onto those branches that don’t belong to us we may be blocking someone else from finding joy in doing them?

Pruning becomes more important as we get older. We have less energy to expend. We need to be more focused on choosing activities that bring us closer to joy and to God. We need to listen to his guidance as we do our pruning.

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05/24/2026

"Smart as an Ox"
(Today’s message is delivered by Certified Lay Speaker Heidi Cooper as Pastor Travis Summerlin continues his recovery from surgery.)

Sometimes we need to slow down and read a passage of the Bible and realize how much we can learn from it. This is one of those verses. (Matthew 11:28-30)

Jesus in this verse is talking about training us for service. Training an ox is a metaphor and we can explore it in many ways to decide how it might mean something to us.

If we’re an untrained ox, we can assume that we are yoked to a trained ox. The trained ox could be a metaphor for Jesus. As we grow in our Christian faith God asks more of us.

Scripture shows us how and where Jesus walked on earth leaving us directions as to where our lives should go. God will never ask us to do more than we can do.

God gives us the option to choose to follow his direction. Jesus promises us that he will share the load with us. When we are overburdened we should ask God what load are we carrying that God didn’t put there.

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(Today’s message is delivered by Certified Lay Speaker Heidi Cooper as Pastor Travis Summerlin continues his recovery from surgery.)Sometimes we need to slow...

05/17/2026

“Lighten Up”

(Today’s message is delivered by Certified Lay Speaker Heidi Cooper as Pastor Travis Summerlin continues his recovery from surgery.)

As we age many of us carry around the burden of added weight which often leads to a feeling of guilt. Guilt weighs us down and even when we are repentant we still carry the guilt even though we know God has forgiven us.

Guilt can drive us to be repentant and it can keep us from doing something we know we shouldn’t do. Guilt itself is not bad. It is how we deal with our guilt that makes a difference. In today’s scripture David begs God to forgive him his sins. (Psalm 51:1-12)

David also ask God to wash him completely clean of his sins so he does not have to still carry the weight of those sins. We have trouble accepting God’s forgiveness when we do nothing to earn his forgiveness. We tend to still carry the weight of our sins even though God has forgiven us.

Clinging to our guilt and shame pushes us further away from God and our Christian family as we try to hide our guilt from God and others.

God’s love and mercy wipes away our sins and cleanses us of our sins if we truly repent. God’s love is so great that he can and will give us a clean heart.

David also asks God for a willing spirit. Put down your guilt and enjoy God’s forgiveness with a willing spirit.

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(Today’s message is delivered by Certified Lay Speaker Heidi Cooper as Pastor Travis Summerlin continues his recovery from surgery.)As we age many of us carr...

05/10/2026

(Today’s message is delivered by Certified Lay Speaker Heidi Cooper as Pastor Travis Summerlin continues his recovery from surgery.)

Early in my Christian walk I thought I would be standing in front of a big pile of my sins with Jesus looking at me with judgement. Then I realized Jesus was standing beside me with love, helping me to overcome my tendency to sin.

If you think of your soul as a garden. It lets you see Jesus looking at you with eyes of love. Each flowerbed is a reflection of a different aspect of your soul. For me, I know some beds are a bit barren where I’ve let the external world interfere. Others are filled with weeds. Don’t allow yourself to be critical until you’re ready for Jesus to help you improve. Remember God loves you even when you fall short. As you walk through your garden look for the areas you want Jesus to help you work on next.

Like any garden, the garden of your soul requires weeding, feeding and seeding. Remind yourself that your value comes from being a child of God not from what you do. Your soul garden is based on having a relationship with Jesus and letting him guide you.

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(Today’s message is delivered by Certified Lay Speaker Heidi Cooper as Pastor Travis Summerlin continues his recovery from surgery.)Early in my Christian wal...

05/03/2026

“Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled “

(Today’s message was delivered by Certified Lay Speaker Bill Johnson as Pastor Travis Summerlin recovers from his recent surgery.)

When Jesus told the disciples he was going to prepare a place for them, he was talking to us as well.

There’s a wonderful story about an elderly woman who was talking with her pastor about her burial arrangements. She startled the pastor when she unexpectedly told him she wanted to be buried with a fork in her hand. She recalled how at the end of delicious meals people would say “keep your fork because the best is yet to come.” She told him to tell people who asked that the fork was there because she knew the best was yet to come.

Heaven is a reality. Jesus spoke truthfully about it. Life is hard but if we are followers of Jesus we always know that heaven is to come when life is over.

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"Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled," May 3, 2026

04/26/2026

"The Rest of the Story"
Paul Harvey was known for his radio program where he would tell human interest stories and before the story ended the radio station would break for a commercial. He would come back after the commercial break to tell the rest of the story which was always up-lifting.

Easter is the perfect time to think about “the rest of the story” of Jesus, the time that came after Jesus death on the cross. This story in John 21 tells of how Jesus appears to the disciples in Galilee.

It also tells the story of how Jesus gave Simon Peter the opportunity he needed to redeem himself after having denied Jesus three times. Jesus understood how guilty Simon Peter felt about his betrayal. (John 21:15-19)

The rest of the story of Peter is even more spectacular. Together with the other disciples Peter spread the word of Jesus throughout much of the world. Tradition says that Peter’s life ended with him being crucified upside down (because he didn’t feel worthy to die like Jesus) on Vatican Hill in Rome.

God comes to us where we are. He gives us what we need to serve others. Jesus asks us to love his people. The rest of the story of our lives has not been written yet, God is still at work.

God has a plan and we can trust him for the future, for the rest of the story.

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"The Rest of the Story," April 26, 2026

04/19/2026

"Traveling Companion"
A walking journey is not so much about the destination as it is about what happens along the way. In today’s scripture two disciples are walking on the road to Emmaus. They were not walking towards something, they were walking to get away. Their dreams had been shattered with Jesus crucifixion. Their lives were changed when they encountered Jesus on their journey. (Luke 24:13-35)

Our entire lives are a pilgrimage. We usually do not stop to realize that Jesus is walking beside us every step of our life journey, but He is always there and He always listens with compassion and caring.

When we encounter Jesus we can’t wait to share that with someone else. That is the same reaction the two disciples had when they rushed back to Jerusalem to tell the others of their encounter with the risen Jesus. When we realize that Jesus walks with us everyday it allows us to experience grace. We see things differently; we notice all of the little blessings around us.

May our everyday be a walk with Jesus.

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"Traveling Companion," April 19, 2026

04/12/2026

Most Christians instantly recognize any reference to Doubting Thomas, the disciple who did not accept the other disciples report of Jesus resurrection. Thomas would not accept Jesus’ resurrection until he had seen him for himself. Jesus does not condemn Thomas for his doubt. He tells him not to doubt but to believe. Jesus affirms Thomas doubts and honors them.

People have forgotten that in the Gospel of John, Thomas is portrayed as a thinker, an investigator. John also portrays Thomas as a man of courage. Many Christians are not aware that after the resurrection Thomas carried the gospel all the way to India.

God is not offended by our questions or our doubts. He gave us our minds as a precious gifts to use. He wants us to inquire to question, to learn. Thinking and inquiring go hand in hand with faith. It will help our faith grow deeper.

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04/05/2026

Many of us have become accustomed to using emojis In text messages to one another. Have you ever thought about what emoji would be appropriate to represent our Christian beliefs about Easter and Jesus resurrection?

Several are suggested in Matthew’s account of the resurrection. One might be two women stand side by side crying in front of an empty tomb. That is a good reminder that God often uses unexpected people to share his message. (Matthew 28:1-10)

Perhaps the best emoji suggested in Matthew’s account of that first Easter would be an empty tomb. The empty tomb reminds us that the Good Friday’s in our life are not the end, that there will always be reason for hope. Jesus challenges us to continue his ministry to share his love wherever we go, to carry his message with us. The empty tomb reminds us we are never alone, Jesus is always with us.

Let’s make our celebration of the empty tomb the center of our Easter celebration.

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03/29/2026

On Palm Sunday Jesus entered Jerusalem as a success but by the end of the week he would in some people’s minds be thought a failure. (Matthew 27:15-26)

The dictionary definition of success doesn’t tell the whole story. Being outwardly successful doesn’t necessarily make a person happy.

Jesus defines success differently. He shows composure and inward peace which baffles Pilate. Real success lies in giving your life to serving something bigger than yourself.

Jesus knew that real success lies not in serving yourself but in serving others. Outwardly Jesus didn’t appear very successful and yet 2000 years later people all over the world still bow at his name.

Holy Week calls us to follow Jesus in serving others.

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