St. Matthew's 5K Run/Walk

Join us for the St. Matthew's 5k Run/Walk at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, 9275 Bringle Ferry Rd., Salisbury, NC  28146 - 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 24, 2026!  The course will start and end at St. Matthew's.  There will be a 1/2-Mile Fun Run immediately following the 5k at 10:00 a.m.

This 5K Run/Walk is an approved Thrivent Action Team Event.  They have donated $250 for refreshments. 

All funds raised will go to support two local members of our community with medical and essential needs - please see their stories below!

5K Registration Fee: $20 (mail-in through October 22 and online through October 23)
                                     $25 (on-site on October 24)

Fun Run Registration Fee:  $10

Awards (5k):  Top 2 overall male and female winners

Top 3 in each of the following divisions for male and female runners:  10 & under, 11-15, 16-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, and 70 & over.   

Overall winners not eligible for age group awards.  Awards will not be mailed.

Awards (Fun Run):  Top overall male & female.  Medals will be given to all other fun run finishers.

T-shirts – 5k run/walk participants will receive a Dri-Fit Technical T-shirt.  Pre-registered 1/2-mile fun run participants receive a cotton t-shirt.

Check-In:  7:30 - 8:45 a.m. check-in and race packet pick up at the church.

Inclement Weather Policy:  In case of inclement weather, the race may be delayed for one hour.  We reserve the right to cancel any portion of the race if we determine existing weather conditions pose a safety hazard for the participants.

Contact Information:  Kelley Williams - 704-213-0137, kelleybwilliams@gmail.com

Timing and scoring for the 5K will be provided by Salisbury Rowan Runners.

Charlotte Firefighter Pedro Muniz wasn’t supposed to be at the ball fields. His kids had already played earlier, but they wanted to get in a little more practice. While he was there with them, Pedro heard Engine 37 and Ladder 26 heading out, checked the call on his phone and saw it was for a 13-year-old in cardiac arrest.

He looked across the fields and saw the boy down. Pedro jumped a fence and ran 150 to 200 yards to help. What happened next was a race to keep Bryson Blanton alive. Pedro helped with CPR and airway care until Charlotte Fire crews arrived and continued the lifesaving work. Bryson survived, later waking up, talking and walking after doctors found a heart condition that had gone undetected.

For Pedro, a firefighter on Rescue 11 at Firehouse 11 and a father of four, the moment hit even harder afterward. His oldest son is also 13.
On that day, Muniz was not on duty. He was not in uniform. He was not assigned to the call. He was a dad at baseball practice. But when he heard the sirens, checked the call and saw a child down across the fields, years of training and instinct took over. Muniz ran toward Bryson because that is what the moment required.

And because he did, a 13-year-old boy’s story did not end on a baseball field.

Read the full story here!

A Father’s Story:

In May of 2026, 17-year-old Ruthie experienced a brain event. After many steps forward and back, Ruthie was able to return home with her family on September 22nd.

This is a journey we never expected. It has moved us in a way we never knew we could be moved. It has tested and grown our faith in an Eph 3:20 way. We have prayed, fasted, called others to prayer. We have called on the name of Jesus without ceasing. We have searched for Him every moment of every day. We have searched for signs. He has given them. The signs are all around us, that He is coming!
When Ruthie’s journey first began, I read a passage from Matthew 9:22, the first part of the story references a Jewish synagogue leader named, Jairus, who had sought out Jesus to come heal his daughter, who had died. Jesus met him. Jesus healed her and brought her back to life.

The question I had for God, “who is Jairus”? He wasn’t even a “Christian”! You healed his daughter!
The Lord answered me. Jairus was desperate. He discarded all he knew about “religion” and tradition and by faith, left his grieving family to find THE ONE, he had heard about. THE ONE who I’m sure he had heard teach. THE ONE who performed miracles. THE ONE who met those willing to meet Him. THE ONE.

He knew Jairus’ own faith needed to grow during the journey to his house. What he was about to witness would change him forever. It wasn’t just about his daughter. It was about him, and everyone else down the path to his house that needed their faith to rise and encounter Him.

Several weeks ago, God confirmed to me while I was studying Mark 2:1-12, that Ruthie’s healing will take place and we are to go home. We explored other hospitals and facilities that could possibly accept Ruthie and help her progress. He gave me peace, that it will not be another facility, but HIM, and we as a family are to carry her during this time! We were to go home!

We come out of the wilderness. Changed lives. Ruthie’s, ours, countless others and so many more to come. For His glory. For His kingdom!

St. Matthew’s Lutheran Women - In memory of Melissa Hoffner

Brian Agner

Blandy Hardwoods  

The Everson Family

Cline’s Landscape, Inc.

Flint Cattle Co.

Fortson Freight Systems

Gary Curlee Custom Millwork

Gary & Elaine Huffman

Gene Stoner Grading & Hauling

Goodman’s Farm

Greenwood Anesthesia, LLC

Home Resource, Inc.

Jerry & Maxine McDaniel 

Kesco, Inc.

Lakeview Family Restaurant

The Lyerly Family

In Memory of Wesley Lyerly

Misenheimer Trucking, Inc.

Novant/Rowan Salisbury Runners

Owen’s Land & Cattle Company

Panther Creek Farms

Powles Staton Funeral Home

Steve & Vicki Staton

RER Trucking, Inc.

S. E. Collins Engineering

SpecCon, Inc.

Sprinkle’s Complete Truck Repair

St. Matthew’s Men’s Group

Sweatt’s Machining, Inc.

Trexler Trucking, Inc.

Thrivent Financial

Tri-Electric, Inc.

Trip & Son Lawn Care

Tim & Amy Shaver

The Williams Family

2026 printable event brochure!