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Church Bells at Midnight: A Church, its Neighborhood, and a Serial Killer
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About Church Bells At Midnight: A Church, Its
Product Description For fifty-one days in 2017, a neighborhood in Tampa, Florida—Seminole Heights—was terrorized by a serial killer. Benjamin was shot while waiting for a bus, Monica while walking to meet a friend, Anthony while walking home from packing hurricane relief supplies, and Reginald on his way to volunteer at his church to feed the homeless. Police were baffled by his ability to escape, businesses struggled to stay open, residents stopped walking the streets at night, and Seminole Heights United Methodist Church was called upon to serve a neighborhood in fear. Their campus housed efforts to support heroic police officers; their members and friends supported mourning family members; and late, late into the night on day fifty-one, their church bells pierced the darkness to announce when it was once again safe to come outside. For anyone who thinks people don’t need churches in their neighborhoods anymore, the story of Seminole Heights invites you to think again. Review ""Horan tells a moving story about his life and the ministry of the congregation he pastored during a dangerous time in the Tampa neighborhood of Seminole Heights. In doing so, he offers readers inspiration and instruction for being Christ followers in challenging times."" --Steve Harper, retired United Methodist elder and retired seminary professor ""As a resident of the Heights, I experienced the terror gripping our city as we collectively held our breaths with each unsolved murder. Seminole Heights UMC became a place for the community to gather and hope. We couldn't wait to hear those church bells ring and know that finally the reign of terror was over. . . . Finally, we could exhale."" --Vicki Walker, Minister of Missions and Outreach, Hyde Park United Methodist, Tampa ""I read this book as one who grew up in Seminole Heights Methodist. The 'steps, ' 'elevator, ' and 'streets' are all vivid in my memories. As I heard the news of someone killing people, I felt I knew them. As I marveled at the way the church reached out, I felt refreshed and inspired. This is a story of the church truly being the church, with a pastor who 'gets it'! And the bells tell the story."" --Bob Tindale, retired Methodist pastor ""Matt Horan shares an intriguing murder-mystery story that becomes the warmhearted account of the way an ordinary church loved its community through an extraordinary time of crisis and fear. It will inspire and challenge other church leaders to do the same."" -- James A. Harnish, United Methodist pastor About the Author Matt Horan is an ordained elder in the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church. He previously served at Hyde Park and Seminole Heights United Methodist Churches, both in Tampa, Florida, and is currently the pastor at Heritage United Methodist Church in Clearwater, Florida. He is the author of the Reemergent Church blog and is the host of the Disorganized Religion podcast, available weekly on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.
