SPECIAL GUESTS

We have been blessed to have so many wonderful people visit us at Matthews!
Carl Overton - Guest Speaker Pastor & 1st Lady Appreciation Day April 2023
JACK & NANCY DELLINGER - MUSICAL GUESTS MARCH 2023
Wayne & Debbie Miller - Men's Day 2023
David & Micki Thurman - Ladies' Day 2022
Steve Lewis - Guest Singer SEPTEMBER 2022
Bobby & Betty Gilley - grandparent's day 2022
Dan & Lynn Traxler - Guest Speaker July 2022
John Miles - Guest speaker july 2022
Joe & Tammie Heffner - Guest Speaker Pastor & 1st Lady Appreciation Day April 2022
Jackie Jenkins - Guest Speaker Ladies' Day 2021
Rita Phillips - guest speaker ladies' weekend 2021
JENNIFER SHULER, KALIA KELLY, PAYTON CLAWSON, MADISON SHULER, RADAMES GAY, MARK SHULER - LEAD SEPTEMBER 2021
MISSIONARY NATHAN ATWOOD - GUEST SPEAKER OCTOBER 2021
PHILLIP KING - GUEST SPEAKER GRANDPARENTS DAY 2021
BRIAN SHIPMAN - GUEST MUSICIAN SEPTEMBER 2021
BETH ANN SIMMONS - GUEST MUSICIAN AUGUST 2021
BOBBY JENKINS - GUEST MUSICIAN AUGUST 2021
TIM HILL - GUEST SPEAKER AUGUST 2021
PRICILLA HENSLEY - GUEST PIANIST AUGUST 2021
LORAINE RUSHING - GUEST PIANIST JULY 2021
JAN ALLEN - GUEST PIANIST JUNE 2021
ALAN & CHERI GREENE - GUEST SPEAKER PASTOR & 1ST LADY APPRECIATION 2021
TOM TATUM - GUEST SPEAKER FEBRUARY 2021
MATT & TRACY GUNTER - GUEST SPEAKER MEN'S DAY 2021
ROB & CANDIE TAYLOR - GUEST SPEAKER YOUTH DAY 2020
MIKE & SONYA WHITE - GUEST SPEAKER MARCH 2020
DON & MILLIE CAPELL - GUEST SPEAKER MEN'S DAY 2020
KEN & TRISH BELL - GUEST SPEAKER PASTOR'S  20TH YEAR CELEBRATION JANUARY 2020
BOBBY DEAL FAMILY - GUEST SINGERS NOVEMBER 2019
ZACHARY & ELAINE BARNES - GUEST SPEAKER NOVEMBER 2019
NANCY JACOBS BLUE - GUEST SPEAKER LADIES' DAY 2019
DON & CYNTHIA HUNT - GUEST SPEAKER OCTOBER 2019
OTIS & GAIL GORE - GUEST SINGERS GRANDPARENT'S DAY 2019
GARRY & JANIE HODGES - GUEST SINGER AUGUST 2019
THE SHEPHERDS - GUEST SINGERS 65TH CHURCH ANNIVERSARY
JOHNNY SAWYER - GUEST SPEAKER JULY 2019
JJ WATT -
CHAD COLLINS - GUEST SPEAKER 2019
TARANDA GREENE - GUEST SINGER JULY 2019
MATTHEW SHORTRIDGE - GUEST SINGER JULY 2019
C.L. & WENDY SIMMONS - GUEST SPEAKER MAY 2019
DAN & MYRA CARTER - GUEST SPEAKER PASTOR & 1ST LADY APPRECIATION DAY 2019
HARRY & KAY CLARK - GUEST SPEAKER APRIL 2019
DAVID WEST - GUEST CHALK/ARTIST MARCH 2019
BILL PHIPPS - GUEST SPEAKER FEBRUARY 2019
JASON HUNT - MUSIC/WORKSHOP FEBRUARY 2019
TROY & WANDA WILHELM - GUEST SPEAKER MEN'S DAY 2019
MISSIONARY JYOTHI REDDI - GUEST SPEAKER AUGUST 2018
NICK & MEGHAN MARTIN - GUEST SPEAKER JUNE 2018
KEN & TRISH BELL - GUEST SPEAKER PASTOR & 1ST LADY APPRECIATION DAY 2018
JIMMY D SMITH - GUEST SPEAKER FEBRUARY 2018
DAVID PRICE - GUEST SPEAKER FEBRUARY 2018
DAN & LYNN TRAXLER - GUEST SPEAKER MEN'S DAY 2018
Jonathan & Audrey Shehane - Guest Musicians (Children: Phillip, Dwight, Erin)
HARRY WIDENER - GUEST SPEAKER GRANDPARENT'S DAY 2017
ADRIAN FRANKLIN - GUEST SPEAKER YOUTH EXPLOSION AUGUST 2017
SARAH BETHANY KING - GUEST SINGER YOUTH EXPLOSION AUGUST 2017
JUDAH - GUEST SINGERS YOUHT EXPLOSION AUGUST 2017
BOWLING FAMILY - GUEST SINGERS YOUTH EXPLOSION AUGUST 2017
MISSIONARY NATHAN ATWOOD - GUEST SPEAKER JUNE 2017
RON D MARTIN - GUEST SPEAKER MAY 2017
WAYNE MILLER - GUEST SPEAKER PASTOR & 1ST LADY APPRECIATION 2017
CHARLES & VERONICA MCINTOSH - GUEST SPEAKER FEBRUARY 2017
KENT & KAREN PREWETTE - GUEST SPEAKER FEBRUARY 2017
KEN & FAYE BOYD - GUEST SPEAKER MEN'S DAY 2017
LOVE LIFE - GUEST SPEAKER JANUARY 2017
THE SHEPHERDS - GUEST SINGERS JANUARY 2017
SADDLETREE CHOIR - GUEST SINGERS NOVEMBER 2016
ANDREW & BRITTANY FLIPPO - GUEST SPEAKER OCTOBER 2016
THURMAN JENKINS - GUEST SPEAKER GRANDPARENT'S DAY 2016
ADAM CRABB - GUEST SINGER AUGUST 2016
EDDY WILSON - MUSICAL GUEST AUGUST 2016
TYLER NATIONS JULY 2016
HARRY WIDENER - GUEST SPEAKER MAY 2016
KENNETH ROUSE - GUEST SPEAKER PASTOR & 1ST LADY APPRECIATION DAY 2016
JODY PASCARELLA - GUEST SPEAKER MARCH 2016
VINCE TILLMAN - GUEST SPEAKER FEBRUARY 2016
ALMON YOUNG - GUEST SPEAKER FEBRUARY 2016
WALTER BURGESS - GUEST SPEAKER FEBRUARY 2016
TONY CONNER - GUEST SPEAKER MEN'S DAY 2016
THE BOWLING FAMILY - DECEMBER 2015
JIMMY D & PEGGY SMITH - GUEST SPEAKER NOVEMBER 2015
JANIE HODGES - GUEST SINGER NOVEMBER 2015
CLIFTON & MARGARET EDWARDS - GUEST SPEAKER GRANDPARENT'S DAY 2015
HARMON SMITH - GUEST SPEAKER SEPTEMBER 2015
DORI BROOKS WEST - GUEST SPEAKER AUGUST  2015
TROY RUSHING - GUEST SPEAKER  AUGUST 2015
THE ROBERSONS - GUEST SINGERS JULY 2015
ADRIAN FRANKLIN - GUEST SPEAKER JUNE  2015
JOHN & JUDY MILES - GUEST SPEAKER MEN'S DAY 2015
RON D MARTIN - GUEST SPEAKER MAY 2015
MARK & DEANNA ALBERTINO (EMMA & MALACHI) GUEST SPEAKER - PASTOR & 1 ST LADY APPRECIATION 2015
THE SHEPHERDS - GUEST SINGER FEBRUARY 2015
DANNY PETERSON - GUEST SPEAKER FEBRUARY 2015
SADDLETREE CHOIR - GUEST SINGER JANUARY 2015
MIKE WHITE - GUEST SPEAKER NOVEMBER 2014
LINDSEY THOMPSON - GUEST SINGER NOVEMBER 2014
MATTHEW TUCKER - GUEST SPEAKER NOVEMBER 2014
ALICE SCOTT - GUEST SPEAKER OCTOBER 2014
ELI CHAVIS - GUEST SINGER OCTOBER 2014
TIMOTHY & DANA JULIAN (ALANA) GUEST SPEAKER OCTOBER 2014
YZ & JUDY ISAACS - GUEST SPEAKER OCTOBER 2014
JJ WEEKS BAND - GUEST SINGERS SEPTEMBER 2014
DIXIE MELODY BOYS - GUEST SINGERS JUNE 2014
SAMMY & HELEN OXENDINE - GUEST SPEAKER JUNE 2014
DAVID & DEBBIE SHOEMAKE - GUEST SPEAKER PASTOR & 1ST LADY APPRECIATION 2014
RICK & CYNDI BUSBY - GUEST SINGERS (Former Florida boys tenor - WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS, I WAS ON HIS MIND)
HARRY CLARK- GUEST SPEAKER MEN'S DAY 2014
MISSIONARY JYOTHI REDDI - GUEST SPEAKER SEPTEMBER 2013
GREG & BRENDA WILLIAMSON - GUEST SPEAKER SEPTEMBER 2013
BEN & DARIS BLACK - GUEST SPEAKER GRANDPARENT'S DAY 2013
HAZLEHURST YOUTH - GUESTS AUGUST 2013
CHAD & CASSIE CRISP - MUSICIAL GUESTS AUGUST 2013
VAIDALIA GEORGIA DRAMA TEAM - SPECIAL GUESTS AUGUST 2013
ANDY NICOLSON - GUEST SPEAKER AUGUST 2013
DRIVEN, HAZLEHURST DRAMA TEAM - AUGUST 2013
JUDAH - GUEST SINGERS AUGUST 2013
JOANNA ALLEN - GUEST SINGER AUGUST 2013
MACKIE SWAILS - SPECIAL GUEST AUGUST 2013
JIMMY D & PEGGY SMITH - GUEST SPEAKER JULY 2013
AM & MARTHA STEPHENS - GUEST SPEAKER AUGUST 2013
THE MANNINGS - GUEST SINGERS (DAWN, CELESTE, TYLER, MIKE)
BOBBY & JERRI SMITH - GUEST SPEAKER MAY 2013
HARRY & DORIS WIDENER - GUEST SPEAKER MAY 2013
KEN & PRISCILLA HENSLEY - GUEST SPEAKER PASTOR & 1ST LADY APPRECIATION 2013
ANDY & DIXIE GAZAK - MUSICAL GUESTS FEBRUARY 2013
THE SUMMIT FAMILY (BEN, PATSY, & JILL FIELDS) - GUEST SPEAKER & SINGERS JANUARY 2013
THE BUEHNERS (ANDREW, TERESA, CALEB, EVAN) GUEST SPEAKER MEN'S DAY2013
BRUCE GOODRICH - GUEST SINGER JANUARY 2013
AARON & RITA PHILLIPS - GUEST SPEAKER OCTOBER 2012
THE ALLENS (CHRIS, JOY, JEREMIAH, JADLYN) GUEST SINGERS & SPEAKER OCTOBER 2012
MARGARET ERVIN WICHARD - GUEST SPEAKER AUGUST 2012
TED & PEGGY SMITH - GUEST SPEAKER JUNE 2012
CHARLES & SUE PARKER - MUSICAL GUESTS MAY 2012
RON & MARGARET LACKEY - GUEST SPEAKER MAY 2012
ALTON BRISTOW - GUEST SPEAKER PASTOR & 1ST LADY APPRECIATION 2012
DANIEL & FAITH HOLLIFIELD - MUSICAL GUESTS APRIL 2012
MISSIONARY NATHAN ATWOOD (ALISON, ETHAN, BETHANY) FEBRUARY 2012
STEVE HOLDER - MUSICAL GUEST FEBRUARY 2012
DARREN HOLMES - GUEST SPEAKER MEN'S DAY 2012
SAM WHITED - GUEST SINGER NOVEMBER 2011
EIGHTH DAY - MUSICAL GUEST OCTOBER 2011
LUKE & OLIVIA WHITE - GUEST SINGERS NOVEMBER 2011
EAST LAURINBURG YOUTH DRAMA TEAM - SPECIAL GUESTS OCTOBER 2011
BILL LEONARD - GUEST SPEAKER PASTOR & 1ST LADY APPRECIATION 2012
THURMAN JENKINS - GUEST SPEAKER AUGUST 2012
MICKEY MARVIN - GUEST SPEAKER MEN'S DAY 2011
LESLIE NEASE - GUEST SPEAKER AUGUST  2011
CRABB REVIVAL (ADAM & TERAH - MUSICAL GUESTS AUGUST 2011
JERRY & PAULETTE CHITWOOD - GUEST SPEAKER OCTOBER 2011
PALMENTTO STATE QUARTET - MUSICAL GUESTS MARCH 2011
SOUNDS OF GRACE - MUSICAL GUESTS APRIL 2011
CL & JOYCE LEONARD - GUEST SPEAKER MARCH 2011
THE GALLOWAYS - MUSICAL GUESTS JANUARY 2011
THE WIKELANDS - MISSIONARIES FOR EMMA'S KIDS NOVEMBER 2010