Asbury Crestwood United Methodist Church

06/08/2026

"Those who cast shadows on their neighbors will end up in the dark."

“Is the dress black and blue or white and gold?” That’s the question asked by one of the internet’s viral sensations of 2015, “The Dres...

05/17/2026

Many paths have brought us to this place, many more will lead us from here, and at this moment, we have a lot of feelings about the next steps we need to take.

It’s graduation season and the school year is starting to wind down, so there’s a nervous excitement in the air as some of us and the people we love make steps into new beginnings in new places.

At the same time, in this era when the unprecedented has become commonplace, many of us feel that the conditions on the road we’re travelling are changing so quickly that we’re struggling to see where we’re going at all and paths that once seemed clear and secure now seem a bit more treacherous.

And then, among us, around us, and even within us, there are places when the journey has taken its toll and we are scared to death about what’s around the next corner.

Tell me, where is the road
I can call my own,
That I left, that I lost,
So long ago?
All these years I have wandered,
Oh, when will I know
There's a way, there's a road
That will lead me home?

Wherever you are today, you need to hear the significant simplicity of this promise.

“My grace is sufficient for you,” says the Lord, and there's a way, there's a road, that will lead you home.

My father worked in highway construction for fifty years. Beginning when he was a teenager and continuing until he was almost seventy, Dad...

05/13/2026

Join us on Saturday June 13 for Music at Asbury’s next concert.

05/03/2026

Living Stones and Sentence Diagrams (1 Peter 2:2-10), preached May 3, 2026

As my friends and I discussed these verses at our preacher’s Bible Study this week we noted the generous use of adjectives in the passage.

If you grew up diagramming sentences in English class, this passage might give you flashbacks, because it seems as though almost every noun has a modifier connected to it.

Of course, sometimes writing like that comes across as pedantic or ostentatious, and sometimes it reflects a student’s desperate attempt to reach the minimum word court for their assignment.

But here, it reads as excitement, like this is really wonderful, important, life changing news that the apostle is almost straining to put it into words.

Just listen again to some of the adjectives he uses—newborn, pure, spiritual, living, chosen, precious, holy, royal, marvellous—and all those words either describe the people or the Church’s mission.

Note: Most of my preached sermons stick close to what I've written and posted here. I added enough to this in the pulpit that I thought it...

05/01/2026

It’s time for Asbury’s annual plant sale. Organized by the UWF, all proceeds support charities serving women and children.

Join us today and tomorrow.

04/28/2026

Join us on the church grounds Saturday, June 13 at 4PM as Music at Asbury presents "America the Beautiful"--a concert by the Regimental Brass of West Point.

Admission is free.

Use link in comments to reserve your seat.

04/26/2026

From "The Shepherd's Voice (John 10:1-10) by Pastor Jason

Sitting this week with how the Bible talks about shepherds, I’m struck that despite the need for good shepherding, the marketplace for bad shepherds continues to be vast and growing.

We give our time and energy to online platforms that have a vested interest in keeping us angry, then wonder why we’re so mad.

We open our minds to unserious and unvetted sources, then suffer the consequences of lacking understanding.

We make peace with violence and accept that scarcity leads to prosperity, then wonder why no one trusts anybody and why people are so lonely.

We surround ourselves with clowns, then act surprised to find ourselves living in a circus.

The voices of bad shepherds are as loud as they’ve ever been.

"[But the good shepherd] calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know the voice of strangers." (John 10:3-5)

The voices of bad shepherds are as loud as they’ve ever been, but Jesus says we don’t have to listen to them and we certainly don’t have to go where they would lead us.

From numerous scriptures to countless hymns and sacred songs, “The Good Shepherd” is one of our Faith’s most comforting and enduring image...

04/14/2026

Asbury fondly remembers the life and ministry of Rev. Dr. Clayton Miller who passed away on April 11, 2026. Rev. Miller was the congregation's senior pastor from 1977 to 1993.

Asbury will host a memorial service for Clayton on Saturday, September 12 at 1:00PM.

Share Memories of Clayton & Support the Miller Family

04/06/2026

Early morning on Easter Monday and the colors of our floral cross are still bright.