St. Matthew's Lead Pastor is Andy Stoddard.  Andy has served churches across the state of Mississippi.  Before being appointed to St. Matthews, and served as pastor of Asbury UMC in Petal.  Previous to that he has served as pastor of Ripley FUMC in Ripley, MS, Coy UMC in Preston, MS, and Boyle, Linn, and Litton UMCs in the Cleveland, MS area.  Andy is a 1998 graduate of Mississippi College, and a 2003 graduate of Memphis Theological Seminary.  He is married to the former Holly Calcote, originally from Brookhaven, MS.  Andy and Holly have two children, Sarah, a Sophomore at the University of Southern Miss and Thomas, a Senior at Germantown High School.  

Andy's hobbies include jogging, annoying his wife, rooting far too hard for all Ole Miss teams, as well as the San Francisco Giants.  He loves to read, especially CS Lewis, Tim Keller and (of course) John Wesley.  If you are on social media you can become his friend on Facebook at www.facebook.com/rev.andys or follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/revandys or read his blog at www.revandy.org.  

Email: andy@stm-umc.org