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Church Street United Methodist Church
P.O. Box 1303, Knoxville, TN 37901

All are Welcome

All are welcome at Church Street! We believe every person is of sacred worth and created in God’s image. We welcome and celebrate the gifts God has given to all persons without regard to race, color, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender, disability, status, economic condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religious affiliation. We respect diversity of opinion and expressions of Christian faith. We believe God loves everyone unconditionally! As God loves us, so let us love and serve in the name of Christ.

Church Street News

Lent Devotional – Hymns of the Passion

Thursday, March 27 By: Nancy Carmon After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal […]

Weekly Prayer – March 26, 2025

Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of March 26, 2025 Written by Rev. Catherine Nance We give you thanks for sunshine, O God of Light! It was good to stand in the sunshine for a moment this afternoon. The warmth was reassuring, even with the chilly breeze. We confess that we let the […]

Lent Devotional – Spiritual Fasting for Lent

Monday, March 24 By: David Lineberger Yet even now, declares the LORD, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments. Joel 2:12-13 Strictly speaking, fasting refers to abstaining from food for a period of time, usually one day from sunrise to […]

Lent Devotional – When The Song Begins

Thursday, March 20 By: Kristen Struyk Then Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also, with the trumpets and with the instruments of David king of Israel. 2 Chronicles 29:27 “It is when this surrender of our lives to […]

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