Shelbyville United Methodist Church Announces Stratton as New Pastor

August 12, 2015 - Shelbyville United Methodist Church and Short United Methodist Church are excited to welcome Ryan Stratton as their new pastor. Rev Stratton is a newly appointed pastor in the Texas Annual Conference coming from the Central Texas area where he served Buda United Methodist Church as the youth director for four years. Prior to his calling into ministry, Pastor Ryan spent 13 years teaching martial arts in the Austin area.

Ryan has a passion for being involved in the community. The church has a back to school blessing of the backpacks on Sunday, August 23 at 11:00am, all people going to school are invited. This is also a day when we will pray for and offer a blessing to the teachers, school staff and administration for the upcoming school year. Some of the mission and activities the church supports are a prayer blanket ministry sponsored by the United Methodist Women and Shelbyville UMC supports the Shelby County Outreach ministries with volunteers and financially. This is a great time in the life of the church to learn, grow and serve together. Pastor Ryan is thrilled to be part of the ministry here which has been serving this community since 1825 and in the current church building since 1897.

There are bible study times beginning. Tuesday mornings at the men’s breakfast, we discuss the scriptures for the upcoming Sunday. Beginning in September, we will be offering a study on the book of Genesis called “Broken and Blessed: How God Used One Imperfect Family to Change the World.” These studies are open to anyone.

To keep up with events and activities at the church, follow on Facebook at Shelbyville United Methodist Church. Pastor Ryan also has a blog at ryanstrattonblog1.wordpress.com.

Pastor Ryan would like to extend an invitation to join us in worship each Sunday at 9:00am at Short United Methodist and 11:00am for Shelbyville United Methodist. There are also several opportunities for fellowship and mission throughout the year. Feel free to call the church office at any time to learn more. 936.598.7388 and connect with us on Facebook at Shelbyville United Methodist Church.

Pastor Ryan and his wife, Amanda Boyd-Stratton along with their two young children are excited to become involved in the communities of Shelbyville and Short.