There are 18 article(s) tagged Idlewild Presbyterian Church:

• February 2024

  • For faith communities, boosting security conflicts with mission, identity

    Fencing the perimeter doesn’t feel right, but many churches have armed guards in the parking lots and in the corridors.

    By Jane Roberts February 05, 2024

• September 2020

  • Idlewild Church loses ‘second pillar’ with death of ‘other senior pastor’

    Faye Smith-Redditt ran the church kitchen like a refuge and a confessional, offering physical and spiritual nourishment to anyone who came in the front door or knocked on the back door.

    By David Waters September 08, 2020

• August 2020

  • Memory of Steve Montgomery produces smile, even in the midst of tears

    While thousands considered Steve a friend, it never felt like thousands when you visited with him. It was just you and Steve. He listened to you, you the homeless, you the wealthy, you the mover and shaker and you the one being moved and shaken.

    By Dan Conaway August 14, 2020

  • Eulogies, hymns pay tribute to Montgomery’s pastoral, prophetic voice

    Idlewild Presbyterian Church celebrates life, mourns death of their beloved, retired pastor.

    By David Waters August 11, 2020

  • Opinion: Montgomery and Idlewild ‘prayed my babies to life’

    When our world turned upside down on Jan. 25, 2002, Pastor Steve Montgomery and the Idlewild Presbyterian congregation not only fed our souls, but also our bodies.

    By Angie Mock August 09, 2020

  • Beloved pastor’s funeral to be livestreamed, broadcast

    The funeral will be a private family service, but it will be livestreamed on the church’s website beginning with the prelude at 1:50 p.m.

    By David Waters August 07, 2020

  • Church raises prayer flags for Montgomery

    Those who make and fly flags for Steve Montgomery are invited to share photos of them on social media using #RememberSteve, or to email photos to RememberSteve@idlewildchurch.org.

    By David Waters August 03, 2020

  • Calkins: Steve Montgomery taught us to look for the goodness — which we must do again today

    My longtime pastor, Steve Montgomery, died of injuries from a bicycle accident earlier this week. What would Steve have said to help us make sense of his death? I asked some of his close friends. 

    By Geoff Calkins August 01, 2020

  • Steve Montgomery, beloved Idlewild Church pastor, dies from injuries in bike accident

    The Rev. Dr. Stephen R. Montgomery, whose prophetic hope and pastoral heart gently, but firmly challenged and encouraged his church and community to be more just and loving, died Friday morning at Regional One Health with his family by his side. He was 68.

    By David Waters August 01, 2020

• July 2020

  • Retired pastor in critical condition after bike hit by car

    Rev. Steve Montgomery, who retired as the widely respected and beloved senior pastor of Idlewild Presbyterian Church a little over a year ago, is in critical condition in intensive care at Regional One.

    By David Waters July 31, 2020

• March 2020

  • Calkins: The class of 2020, and a lost senior spring

    The Class of 2020 will not have the senior spring that the rest of us had. It may shape them in important and lasting ways. 

    By Geoff Calkins March 26, 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 20: Graceland closing through at least April 3

    The total number of Shelby County cases is up to 30, and Shelby County Schools is scrapping its plan to provide lunches for students due to a Central Nutrition Center employee testing positive for COVID-19. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 23, 2020

  • Memphians worship apart for Sunday services

    Many Memphians gathered apart for worship services Sunday. Some churches did not open but only held online services amid concerns of the coronavirus.

    By Abigail Warren March 15, 2020

• May 2019

  • Waters: A pastor and a prophet departs Idlewild

    Since Steve Montgomery arrived here from Atlanta in 2000, he has played a role as pastor to the entire community. No one has done more to extend "radical hospitality," as theologian Henri Nouwen called it.

    By David Waters May 06, 2019

  • 12 things I have learned in the ministry

    After nearly 20 years as senior pastor of Idlewild Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Dr. Steve Montgomery leads his last service before retiring on Sunday, May 5. The Daily Memphian asked him to summarize his thoughts as he steps away from the pulpit. He replied with a list of "12 things I have learned in the ministry."

    By Steve Montgomery May 05, 2019

  • Idlewild’s Montgomery retires with lasting impact on the community

    Steve Montgomery helped create a better community and stronger church, other faith leaders say of the retiring pastor of Idlewild Presbyterian Church.

    By K. Denise Jennings May 01, 2019

• March 2019

  • Church nonprofit helps children, parents gain resilience

    A historic Midtown church is helping children and parents in the Memphis community combat adversity and gain resilience with its nonprofit organization, CAFE.

    By Natalie Pilgrim March 31, 2019

• November 2018

  • Idlewild Presbyterian’s 48-bell carillon to toll in fall concert Sunday

    A fall concert at Idlewild Presbyterian Church will feature the church’s carillon, the largest musical instrument in Memphis. David Caudill, senior carillonneur, and Peggy McClure, associate carillonneur, will present the church’s fall concert on Sunday, Nov. 11, at 2:30 p.m.

    By Christin Yates November 10, 2018